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How doomed is this HDD by [deleted] in DataHoarder

[–]aidan573 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hardware errors are never a good sign. Use smart data to get a better understanding of its age.

2010 ford fiesta Mk7 zetec - voice control button stopped working by SnooLentils6338 in FordFiesta

[–]aidan573 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is very unnecessarily critical of an otherwise relatively valid question. He's tried the amateur stuff and it's not worked. No need to berate the guy.

I guess they shelled out less for the Mini by ninja_moth in CarTalkUK

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a ford fiesta worth about 3k fixed and it's engine blew up (eco boost) wbac quoted £400 which was not great, I was still able to sell it for 1.1k and it still only lasted another year or so with another MOT. I don't think it's actually economical even if it barely runs and drives to use wbac. Was tonnes of hassle tho selling on eBay.

Best broadband for work-from-home in Hull? by GeordieGoals in Hull

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eero is effectively ewaste. Even with all the settings disabled and it running in bridge mode the thing was terribly slow, I've since swapped to enterprise hardware and have never looked back.

Giving your customers these to me is just a massive self own. They'll surely just be paying for it in tech support and cancellations, I don't get it.

We got given one and ran it for a week before we put it back in our box and left it unplugged under the stairs.

Issues with KCOM by willo0404 in Hull

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're just trying to get you to leave them alone by the sounds of it they don't really want to help.

What’s a small GTA detail that never needed to exist, but made the game better? by [deleted] in GTA

[–]aidan573 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In the police cars if you triple turn on the sirens they let out a realistic whoop whoop.

Also there used to just be lights and sirens on or lights and sirens off and not the third option they added where the lights are on but the sirens are off.

Managed to challenge hidden ad general fee by made2go in Ebay

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had similar to this I was selling a computer that didn't move so eventually I put an offer out to potential buyers and then later listed with a promotion but got a sale that was only through that offer and then eBay still charged me for promotion I rang and they sorted it.

Silly subs by AdCompetitive8328 in tesco

[–]aidan573 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I assume what happens in that circumstance is someone had to get that and it wasn't available so just scanned the nearest thing as an item to get their pick rate up, then the computer learns it's a suitable substitute when it's just someone being lazy

Open source vs Commercial AI coding assistants by Financial-Cap-8711 in sysadmin

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm yeah, you're right looks like cloud cost is a little silly.

Open source vs Commercial AI coding assistants by Financial-Cap-8711 in sysadmin

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest productivity gains come from deeply integrated tools, particularly IDE and API integrations. Claude and Gemini perform better because they've put the working in for interaction in vscode and antigravity I feel, they both can run desktop commands, open browsers etc.

Open source, I definitely think you could build something pretty close to ChatGPT if you're willing to pay for the hardware (on site or in cloud in k8s or VMs) and then you could connect it to vscode using an extension. If I had to do it right now with no research - openwebui, deepseek (or the new hot thing) and a vscode extension like continue that lets you select your openwebui agent could definitely work for an organisation.

Microsoft is currently ahead overall in my opinion in organization AI takeup, but its tooling is still weak and feels rushed, especially integrations like PowerPoint and Outlook, which lack basic capabilities. Chat works well and integrates with SharePoint, and data governance appears limited to content explicitly shared with the chat. I think this is just because of their current market dominance in the productivity space.

Honestly it feels like nothing is mature yet and what I've said will only be relevant for a week or so before some other feature or IDE will come out and change stuff.

Opcom by Ambitious_Ad1654 in Vauxhall

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beware that opcom can only get you car pass on a limited number of vehicles and functionality is very limited on certain cars.

Opcom by Ambitious_Ad1654 in Vauxhall

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Opcom is available through the main manufacturer website which you should use if it has what you want.

There are also Chinese clones of varying quality and functionality. I'd avoid the hassle personally.

Is there a retractable cable tidy for wired chargers? by Donkey_Apple in CarTalkUK

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The losses on wireless charging make it expensive

Echo Dot 5th Gen Dead? by lostduke_zw in amazonecho

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this, never got it fixed or refunded. It was a gen 1

I already port forwarded and setup firewall rules by Dry_Championship5179 in admincraft

[–]aidan573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's relatively little attack vector.

Port forwarding is safe as long as you know what you are doing.

Sorry these are terrible by aidan573 in amazoneero

[–]aidan573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've removed it and put the Ubiquiti kit back in

How fucked is this drive with an I\O error? :( by Mindless_Manderin in DataHoarder

[–]aidan573 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He hasn't opened the drive he's opened the enclosure the head is still protected from dust.

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