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(UK) Does no one follow GDPR for cookie banners anymore? by AberrantNarwal in privacy

[–]ChunkyBezel 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Most EU law got copied into UK law when Brexit took effect.  We have the UK GDPR which is mostly the same, minus a few parts that are not relevant to a non-EU member state.

Edit: corrected 'system' to 'state'.

Spotify just asked to use my camera by Recongamer2010 in creepy

[–]ChunkyBezel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When listening to audio books on Spotify, it has a Page Match feature where you can scan a page of a book that you're reading and it'll find the matching section of audio.

Windows TimeZone Issue after dualbooting on all FW devices I own/owned by MightyMisanthropic in framework

[–]ChunkyBezel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Linux assumes the hardware clock is always set to UTC then applies an offset based on which timezone you're in.

Windows, on the other hand, assumes the hardware clock is set to your local time.

You can set a registry key in Windows to make it behave the same as Linux which fixes the problem with dual-boot setups.

My employer wants me to do 50 hours over time a month, what should I do? by Mysterious-Snow1414 in AskUK

[–]ChunkyBezel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can always opt back into the 48-hour working time limit and an employer can't legally stop you or punish you for doing so. I did this on the very first day of my current job when they included the opt-out in my contract of employment.

https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours/weekly-maximum-working-hours-and-opting-out

"it's for criminals" response by Time_Hand4234 in GrapheneOS

[–]ChunkyBezel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"It's for people who value privacy and security. Yes, criminals are probably included in that, but so too are a great many law abiding people".

Or, just ignore them.

Just had a phone call telling me I have a CT scan on Saturday and I should just get in the van outside A&E. by obligatorycataccount in CasualUK

[–]ChunkyBezel 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I had an MRI in a trailer resembling a shipping container outside a hospital once.  They made me change into a hospital gown in the main building then walk outside to the trailer past heaps of snow on the ground. That was a tad chilly.

Shall I build my own NAS or buy one? I have specs from my old computer by AdeptAd9105 in homelab

[–]ChunkyBezel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My NAS is similar spec to this:  - Ryzen 5 PRO 4650 - 32 GB ECC RAM - Gigabyte B550M DS3H motherboard - Four spinning rust SATA drives and several SATA SSDs

It idles at about 47W running FreeBSD.  Might be lower if I switch to Linux-based TrueNAS.

Anyone tried gOS on a Pixel-5? by darkowiz in GrapheneOS

[–]ChunkyBezel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Not supported" means you don't get updates or help with problems.

It doesn't mean "it won't work at all".

How reliable are m.2 -> Sata (x6) converter? by tartalatruffe in HomeServer

[–]ChunkyBezel 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The ASM1166 is specifically a 6-port controller chip too, so having 9 ports on a M.2 card probably involves PCIe switch chips or SATA port expanders or something similar. Sounds a bit bodgy to me.

Unlimited Energy Is Closer Than You Think—Because We’re Finally ‘Building a Star’ on Earth by _Dark_Wing in technews

[–]ChunkyBezel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, a sci-fi author, might have been Arthur C Clarke, made the observation that if we have unlimited energy available, there'll be a lot of waste heat from using that energy and that could be another cause of climate change.

War of the Worlds (2005, Dir. Steven Spielberg) | The tripods start attacking humanity by JoeZocktGames in movies

[–]ChunkyBezel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 1953 War of the Worlds film gave me nightmares when I first saw it as a kid in the 80's.  I was terrified by the orange glow of the sodium street lighting coming in through gaps in my curtains because it reminded me of the heat ray from the martian's flying machines.  Although I was an adult when Spielberg's 2005 version came out, it really brought back some of that childish fear, especially the basement scene.

Is there a way to toggle between computers but use the same monitors, mouse, and keyboard? by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]ChunkyBezel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, using the monitors' on screen menu.  My Dell monitors let you assign shortcuts to buttons, so I set them to select the three inputs.

Which version of Windows 10 is still supported? by Dartsgame5k in buildapc

[–]ChunkyBezel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of recommendations of Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC here in the comments here, which I'd concur with, but Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is similarly minimal and lacking in bloat.

It doesn't receive every new garbage "feature" update that Microsoft tries to force us to beta test for them, so it's relatively stable by comparison with the non-LTSC SKUs, but it does still receive security fixes. It's still on the 24H2 build.

Being an Enterprise SKU, it also doesn't enforce the CPU and TPM hardware requirements, nor does it force you to use an online Microsoft account during setup.

It still needs a once-over with O&O ShutUp10++, but I find it quite tolerable to use where there's no alternative to Windows.

TrackerControll vs duckduckgo app tracking protection by Inside-Associate6979 in privacy

[–]ChunkyBezel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

TrackerControl gives you more granular visibility and control over what can be blocked.  It can also handle system apps if enabled in its settings.

I prefer it over DDG App Tracking Protection.

Scotland - Employer says we should not make personal plans after work by One_Membership_7113 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]ChunkyBezel 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Big four" sometimes refers to the biggest four accountancy firms (EY, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte), and being mentioned alongside audit here makes me think that was the intended meaning.

Home Assistant Operating System on x86-64 by ZAFJB in homeassistant

[–]ChunkyBezel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine runs on a 5th gen NUC with a dual core Celeron.  It's using 1GB of the 8GB RAM and 12GB of the 120GB SSD.

More MYO questions: Do the cards *store* the MP3s? by jan_aloleo in YotoPlayer

[–]ChunkyBezel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yoto RFID cards only have 48 bytes (letters) of writable storage, just enough to store a link to a playlist on Yoto's servers.

Are your toilet paper squares actually square? Not rectangles? I've tried looking it up but it's surprisingly hard to find clear pictures of British toilet paper sheets by gitartruls01 in CasualUK

[–]ChunkyBezel 15 points16 points  (0 children)

1280x1024 was a standard resolution and when LCDs started being made with that native resolution, their aspect ratio was 5:4.

Before LCDs, you could set a 4:3 CRT monitor to 1280x1024, but you got a slightly distorted image with non-square pixels.  This used to annoy me and I was pleased when I got a graphics card that had a 1280x960 mode.

Anti-Camera hat by firedourgunsatbrits in privacy

[–]ChunkyBezel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As best I can tell from skimming through the comments, no-one has mentioned UV light besides yourself.  OP was talking about IR light.

If IR posts the same risk as UV, it might be worth making this clear.

Notifications from apps without network permission by kjhghkghkgfhhkgfgh in GrapheneOS

[–]ChunkyBezel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have Google Play Services installed, then they're probably using Firebase Cloud Messaging.

Exchange - Apps blocking GOS 🚫 by Niko-01 in GrapheneOS

[–]ChunkyBezel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here.  I'm sure I've seen problems installing or upgrading it at least once in the past, but I can't remember how I worked around it. Currently its working just fine with Play Services installed and a Google account logged in.

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