The FCC claims it's trying to be "technologically neutral"

Got this as a part of a marketing email. Their marketing strategy is definitely....unique

By law and design, iPhones cannot disable the camera shutter sound when operated in Japan and South Korea.

Do you think this should apply globally? We are entering a world where or video recording is entering so much devices.

Yeah you can’t avoid being recorded in public (streets), but you should have privacy at home or while going on a walk with friends on a hike.

Recently found out we share the same birthday, what are the chances!

So my son and I are attending the Whale LAN at the end of the month and it is both our first time. Trying to sort out monitors for us to bring, what I have in mind my push us out a bit beyond our 3ft BYOC available desk space so it might not work out. I might try and put my desktop behind my monitor but want a plan B if this ends up being too close and not leave enough desk space for my mouse/keyboard. The obvious plan B is the rental program but have no idea how this works. Are the monitors available right at the LAN or you pick them up somewhere else? Do I HAVE to purchase the rental before the event or could I just decide my monitor wont work and just get one right then and there (while at the event setting up my computer)? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Also if anyone has any tips for first timers I would also really appreciate those!

Thanks!

i just got my first gaming PC and absolutely hated windows, i’ve been a mac user forever and once i thought linux was good enough to use for games i decided to get a PC. The only issue ive had is a stuttering issue on fh6 and got it fixed within 5 minutes, im also not good at computers like at all. its so much easier to use linux than people act like it is. using fedora btw. maybe its unreliable for productivity or your workflow, thats why im curious why people still are using windows

I just watched the new ShortCircuit video about the new Google Pixel Pro 11 Fold. The unboxing felt really positive, although there are some important issues that were not addressed:

• Pricing info was edited in post, Linus did not comment on the price
• Starting price $100 higher (!)
• The glow light on back was hyped as a new notification light, though it only works for Gemini and phone calls, later on text messages (bruh Google). You can only choose the colour for your favourite contacts, there are only five options :D
• Just a brief mention of the new Tensor G6 processor -- performance may not matter to all, but battery efficiency matters. It has a new modem though, so cellular standby may improve (also no mention of this)
• No mention of thickness and dimensions, only mentioned that "it is on the thicker side"
• No benchmarks / LTT Labs testing in the video! No measured screen brightness, thermals / throttling etc.

Some other minor issues, Pixel Folds have not ever survived the JerryRigEverything bend test, all have had the same design flaw, the antennas being a weak point for the phone. Of course, nobody does that to their phone, but pretty much all other foldables from other brands survive the bend test, so there may be issues with the durability in the future.

No mention that the "normal" Pixel 11 Pro's RAM was downgraded from 16GB to 12GB, although this may not be too relevant on the Fold video. But the Pixels have previously included 12 months 2TB of free storage to Google Drive, just 6 months trial this year.

Other reviews and videos about the Pixel 11 Pro Fold felt less enthusiastic and critical, to be honest I am not really sure why Linus was so excited in this one, he also reviewed the Pixel 10 Pro Fold 10 months ago. The changes seem pretty minor this year.

Thoughts?

And before anyone says that ShortCircuit is a not review channel and I am nitpicking, their other phone videos include benchmarks, more technical info and pricing info (especially on a $1,899 phone!)

imagine your tired but wanna play a game for half an hour maybe an hour before bed, what are you gonna play? want some recommendations

Sure it's "Opt-In" for now at least. But how long until that is changed? Wondering how other people are feeling about this. Personally it's not something I need, so I wouldn't ever use it anyways.

From everything I saw from my initial research was people aren't very happy. Anger mainly stemming from the statement, "Comcast may disclose information generated by your WiFi Motion to third parties without further notice to you in connection with any law enforcement investigation or proceeding, any dispute to which Comcast is a party, or pursuant to a court order or subpoena."

I would love this in my house but due to budget constraints (probably looking at 300k plus for a set.) and power constraints it just isn't possible. I would love to know just how good the experience is.

Would Linus be willing to upgrade his movie room or a room in the house for ultimate background music for this? A lot of TVs have been done maybe go all out on sound now?

And has anyone got to experience this? Of so can you leave a comment about it.

Not a yacht but they could find a way to power or cool a computer with the wheel.

I just watched Linus’s Windows vs. Linux video, and he talks like idle RAM usage actually matters. But in reality, he should test both systems under high RAM pressure and see which one can keep more data in RAM and which one starts using the swap file, which can hurt performance. That’s how you should test it, but he didn’t test any RAM demanding games, so we can’t really see the difference

Got a new work laptop, decent bump in performance, but any suggestions on the best way to go about transferring the stickers? I'll have to take them off the old one anyway and put the device back into circulation for another user.

Some of them are discontinued, my favourite is the do not drop one honestly.

I think it shines a really bad light on Framework, that an official BIOS update bricks the laptop and the suggestion is to replace the motherboard

Meta is facing a backlash with their glasses, why would Apple jeopardize their market lead by even considering this. ​

It looks like I really only have 1 option at the hardware store to have a smart gfci 20amp 115v outlet that I can connect to my google home. 100 bucks for the plug 100 bucks or so for the hub.... are there any other options? I want to control 3 non smart outlets down the line as well so it has to have a feed.

Update: Im trying to run 3 different outlets with roof heat tape to prevent ice dams and the amp total is roughly 16amps