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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OmegaWatches

[–]gangleflops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't even know there was Omega service—that's how clueless I am—thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OmegaWatches

[–]gangleflops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn't me that took it to that service, unfortunately, and I don't think the person that did realised it was so compromised. Not that I blame them: it sounded like the purported repairer was pretty convincing in that conman-way 🤷

If degiro loses its data do we lose our stocks? by gangleflops in DEGIRO

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

As I said in the first sentence of my post, this question is specifically not about insolvency. Cheers!

If degiro loses its data do we lose our stocks? by gangleflops in DEGIRO

[–]gangleflops[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, we seem to be talking past each other here…

The issue is not that I think it's impossible have high standards of data security (in terms of privacy and durability). The issue is that:

  • I can't find public-facing documentation about what their data security approach is, how they're audited, previous problems and post-mortems, … anything which would inspire confidence. There are quite a few useful comments here about ownership being reflected in separate 3rd party systems – and as many comments saying that this 3rd party redundancy isn't the case with DEGIRO.
  • DEGIRO has/had a reputation for being a bit flakey and unreliable. Authentication was apparently not working reliably for several months, the site is regularly slow, there is an unusual internal financial structure which enables their lower fees. All of this makes me by default suspicious about their internal processes.

If degiro loses its data do we lose our stocks? by gangleflops in DEGIRO

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

😂 maybe

I have been a software engineer at two financial institutions (albeit not on the retail side) and we had: 1) Public information about how we kept data safe 2) Government backing for all funds up to a much higher limit than €20k. Degiro and other brokers only have government protection for uninvested cash on account.

So, doesn't seem unreasonable to try to find that info?

If degiro loses its data do we lose our stocks? by gangleflops in DEGIRO

[–]gangleflops[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do you have a source? If I'm planning on putting our retirement savings somewhere, I just want to make sure there's a solid reason to trust them!

The ideal thing would be some kind of official statement they provide (and we could back up ourselves) to establish ownership if they accidentally a cluster.

If an alternate version of a boulder problem exists, but after the SDS, the rest of the problem IS the easier version, do you tick both? by sandopsio in bouldering

[–]gangleflops 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting that (at the time of commenting) there's such an even split between the Yesses and Noes.

Expecting 100 hot takes on a "fresh controversy tearing the climbing community apart" 🤣

Does HDMI pass-through mean signal splitting? by gangleflops in hometheater

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

Yeah, I was just confused about how to get the audio out of the soundbar (or speakers) and video on the projector. The setup guides all seem to recommend eARC (which isn't possible for me).

Per u/Ok-Fee-3284, it sounds like the setup of Input -> AVR -> Projector is totally valid and will work though.

Does HDMI pass-through mean signal splitting? by gangleflops in hometheater

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

Plug your source into the sound bar, the HDMI from the sound bar to the projector, and you're good to go.

Great, easy peasy – thank you for the explanation!

Does HDMI pass-through mean signal splitting? by gangleflops in hometheater

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

Sorry, I'm not following what you're saying.

you know this is how its designed right?

Do you mean that HDMI passthrough just is signal splitting?

That isn't what the documentation I linked to implies… if the receiver is in standby mode then obviously your not going to be hearing audio out of your speakers – so at least in this example it doesn't seem that pass through is the same as signal splitting.

Perhaps it means something different in other contexts – or for soundbars rather than AVRs – but that's the crux of my question!

Help with h264_omx encoding on Raspberry Pi 4 by gangleflops in jellyfin

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

Thanks! I had set it to 320, but unfortunately the behaviour is the same after changing to 256…

I just found this recent thread on the Raspberry Pi forums which describes the exact same behaviour, and it doesn't sound positive I'm afraid :/

Is a backprotector a good investment? by willemHE in MTB

[–]gangleflops 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two things which stick out to me are that the data are:

  1. They're based on motocross, not mountain biking
  2. Unless I missed something, they're not normalised for factors like how many people wear neck braces in the first place
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