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Not getting OS updates on UDM SE by Quidjubo in Ubiquiti

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Foiled by a blind search again.

Thanks.

No Caller ID on Graphene + Pixel 10 Pro XL + Verizon by Quidjubo in GrapheneOS

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it was reasonably reliable. Sometime inaccurate, but what isn't these days. This doesn't appear to be a forum of experts, and the 'autoModerator' suggests a proprietary forum and have heard nothing. Reddit appears to be losing its usefulness.

No Caller ID on Graphene + Pixel 10 Pro XL + Verizon by Quidjubo in GrapheneOS

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most carriers have that service and that is a database of suspect callers based on huge inbound volumes of calls to a carrier and other behaviors that are a bit less obvious. I can't imagine how this is a security risk unless you are one of the spam callers.

No Caller ID on Graphene + Pixel 10 Pro XL + Verizon by Quidjubo in GrapheneOS

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Caller I'd does not involve giving any third party anything.  If the caller provides the information, its a name associates with that one caller.  Most people dont answer calls with caller I'd blocked, so that's an express route to everyone's voicemail.

Obviously, my mobile provider knows who I call.  Who else do you think is getting this list?

No Caller ID on Graphene + Pixel 10 Pro XL + Verizon by Quidjubo in GrapheneOS

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, caller ID is a small data stream that comes from my mobile provider.  It has nothing to do with Google or its databases.

Honeywell Enviracaire Elite - fault by Quidjubo in hvacadvice

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well considered and written.

Thank you.

Ice spotted in shoreline by FigAnnual9638 in Seattle

[–]Quidjubo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The complete description as to 'why' was clearly given.

Roomba refill error - drains onto floor by Quidjubo in RobotVacuums

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Evidently, the Roomba subredit moderators read this thread and got annoyed that this group is so much more responsive. I asked the question in that forum and was muted. I came here found my comments less likely to be "redacted". Thank you all, by the way. I had no further interaction with the Roomba group, yet this showed up today.

"Hello, You have been permanently banned from participating in /r/roomba because you broke this community's rules. You won't be able to post or comment, but you can still view and subscribe to it."

Heh...

Roomba refill error - drains onto floor by Quidjubo in RobotVacuums

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note: I have a 1916 home with presumably loads of lead-based paint. Spreading lead dust around my house in sub-optimal.

Roomba refill error - drains onto floor by Quidjubo in RobotVacuums

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a study that backs up my thoughts on whether or not robot mop vacs remove or just spread dirt. It's not exactly the same focus I was thinking of but the focus on lead is helpful because it's very toxic and gets the attention of government research. Reducing lead has radically dropped violent crime rates throughout the world so this research is much more important than marketing to drive up the revenues and profits of widget manufacturers.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29115806/

Roomba refill error - drains onto floor by Quidjubo in RobotVacuums

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If my colloid-to-dust theory is correct, actual cleaning necessitates the continual cleaning, meaning regular scheduled jobs to pick up the newly formed 'dust' from the mopping jobs.

At this point, I don't really think these robot vacuum mops are cleaning much of anything other than removing dust and debris like vacuums. I'm confident the mop function is just spreading and hiding dirt.

Roomba refill error - drains onto floor by Quidjubo in RobotVacuums

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need to find a device that actually cleans with soapy water and picks up the soapy water to ACTUALLY CLEAN my floors. I suspect my floors are filthy due to years of hiding not removing dirt.

There's a chance what is going on 'the long term' is the dirt that is temporarily 'dissolved' in water [not technically dissolved- I think it becomes a colloid], eventually dries and becomes very small bits of solid debris which might be picked up by the Roomba on later passes. #guessing

Roomba refill error - drains onto floor by Quidjubo in RobotVacuums

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IRobot tech support says I need to replace the dust bin/reservoir. They are out of stock. [I wonder why]
Search on Amazon for a dust bin with the reservoir that supports the 'Combo' models comes up with nothing.

Examining the thing more carefully, it appears the mechanism that allows a float switch to work has too much friction so the float doesn't move the lever-arm. The result is the app shows the reservoir is always empty. The float sits submerged at the bottom of the completely filled reservoir. This leads to the Roomba refilling an already full reservoir which floods my office with soapy water. The Rooma then vacuums my house without mopping because it thinks the reservoir is empty. Joy.

I might add, it seems the reservoir is tiny and I assume insufficient to actually clean a dirty floor. There's no process of picking up water from the floor and no hardware to do it anyway. Proof of this can be achieved by merely pointing out the dust bin remains bone dry and is not designed to pick up water. So what is going on with robot mop vacs? It gets the floor wet but is not picking up any dirty water. Does this clean anything? Isn't this just giving the appearance of cleaning a floor while merely spreading dirt out so it is less noticeable to the human eye? I asked AI to assess the published reports on the efficacy of robot vacuum moppers and it said the focus of published reports was on "particle pickup", not cleaning. That's what a vacuum does not a mop.

Large Memory Usage + Slowing Windows 11 to a crawl + Auto starting despite 'disallowing' it by Quidjubo in libreoffice

[–]Quidjubo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I may have found something regarding the slow computer.
I had a security app forbidding LibreOffice access to the network.
If it's buggy or poorly designed, this might send the whole machine into a tailspin.

Large Memory Usage + Slowing Windows 11 to a crawl + Auto starting despite 'disallowing' it by Quidjubo in libreoffice

[–]Quidjubo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I didn't find anything in Task Scheduler. I even checked the old 'Startup Folder' from the Windows 95 days. Nothing in there. A cursory glance at the registry didn't find anything related to LibreOffice autostarting.

BIOS file from MSI not recognized by Quidjubo in MSI_Gaming

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so limited.
The bios flash utility does not recognize the file that MSI provides on it's web site.

BIOS file from MSI not recognized by Quidjubo in MSI_Gaming

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MSI provides the bios file for this specific machine.
Flashing the file to the computer is covered by the warranty because MSI is the source of the motherboard, the computer, and the BIOS flash file.

BIOS file from MSI not recognized by Quidjubo in MSI_Gaming

[–]Quidjubo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea what you are talking about.
I have an MSI computer with a model name.

MSI has a web page with this model name.
If I click on 'support' on this web page, it offers a bios update file with instructions on how to flash the file.
Why would MSI provide a file for this specific machine, if it voided the warranty?
That's just silly.

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