mangaskahn

joined 1 year ago
[–] mangaskahn 12 points 1 week ago

I like my Denon Heos setup: 2 TVs, home theater, receiver in my office connected to my computer and speakers in 7 other locations. Works great with Music Assistant, and doesn't require a cloud connection. It can pull firmware updates if you want but I've blocked all Internet access for those devices with no loss of functionality.

[–] mangaskahn 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem would be getting it back out. The post only says 1 teleport, nothing about getting home again.

[–] mangaskahn 11 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Accession to NATO usually requires border disputes to be resolved. Last I knew Canada, the US and Turkey were also standing in the way.

[–] mangaskahn 18 points 3 weeks ago

For about a month until it's shut down as insufficiently worshipful to our corporate overlords.

[–] mangaskahn 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

MAC is useless as a component of the security check. It's trivial to change; either with a dongle, as you said, or in the network configuration of every major and minor OS.

[–] mangaskahn 9 points 4 weeks ago

Wow that headline. While it's factually true I guess, it's not at all representative of what's stated in the article. They conveniently leave out that they want a separate deal with Mexico. More decoupling than excluding.

[–] mangaskahn 9 points 1 month ago

My wall button still works, plus I get door status, car occupancy, and remote door control, all with no cloud connection or subscription necessary. The app isn't required, but it's super useful.

[–] mangaskahn 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Skype was a steaming pile for sure, but it had the ability to search for and message a distribution group and get an answer from whomever was available and I could pin it for future use. Now I have to know every name in a group and message them individually until I find someone to help or start a meeting to get everyone at once. It may just be how our Teams instance is configured, but I miss that feature. And who decided there should be a limit on how many people I can pin in Teams?

[–] mangaskahn 7 points 1 month ago

So like reavers, but more humane.

[–] mangaskahn 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Another stupid looking crossover/small SUV with a horse on the grill does not equal sport sedan

[–] mangaskahn 4 points 1 month ago
[–] mangaskahn 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They also don't understand the proper definition of theory, conflating it with hypothesis or conjecture.

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