RedCardRef

You guys have no idea how bad things can get.

As an average IPL game of T20 cricket viewer can tell you.

Basically every over consists of 6 balls bowled, times 40(each team gets 20 overs)

And ads are sold on each ball, so 240 ad slots for sale, these are overlay ads, so basically the feed gets reduced to 70% of the screen and you see an ad for the remaning 30% typically for 5 secs.

On top of this after each over(6 balls), you get full screen targeted ads for 30 secs before the nexy over starts. This targeted ad is exclusively sold for your demographic account. Your friend or a family member will see a completely different sst of targeted ads.

A wicket(batter got out)? You dont need to watch a replay of how it happened here is 30 secs of more ads in the middle of the over while the new batsman walks on to the field. I wish this was sarcasm.

And on top of all this, you get a full 2min 30sec "strategic timeout" in between each innings to guess what? Run more ads.

And all of this just in the span of just over 3 hours start to finish.

Rinse and Repeat.

Consider Compose Multiplatform and Kotlin Multiplatform

https://www.jetbrains.com/compose-multiplatform/

Not really the case for Android, you skip the google account setup or the amazon account setup if you are using a fire tablet and continue using the device by sideloading whatever APKs you want. Most of the times the APKs that depend on Google Play Services will continue to work fine.

I skipped the amazon account registration and directly sideloaded the Google Play apps on my fire tablet.

Even for Google TVs you can skip the setup and use the TV as is. You can sideload APKs on this as well.

AFAIK, the account setup/login circumvention is not possible on fire tv sticks/google chromecasts.

You can take a very old android device factory reset it and continue using at as an offline only device without the blessings of google or amazon. (Except FRP devices)

But that is not the case with Apple, you need to connect it atleast once to the internet to activate the device.

IIRC, the microsoft store version is incapable for doing full restore from a recovery state. You need the "windows" .exe version from itunes.com

https://youtu.be/07NMuobVVwQ?si=6X_uZQoK11ZJcebI

https://youtu.be/1VpWKwIjwLk?si=JxjXuhJJAutXp1ww

Recently watched the Netflix docu series on this, J&J claimed that cyanide was not present in the factory, so there is no way the pills could have been contaminated at the factory.

Then later on one of the doctors asked J&J if a test for cyanide is done for each batch in QA at the factory. J&J said yes, each batch was tested for the presence of cyanide.

The doctor then asked, "Why were they testing for it(cyanide)?", kinda blew my mind. Implying that J&J knew cyanide contamination was a possibility at the factory itself.

Which provider is immune to this? Gitlab? Bitbucket?

Or is it better to self host?

Care to share the powershell script with us?

The ePub comes from Port Anna, then a quick sanity check via EPUB FIX [1] then finally to the official amazon.com/sendtokindle

All of the above if you want a wireless experience, you can just use Calibre and plug in the reader via USB for a smoother experience.

[1] https://kindle-epub-fix.netlify.app/

Among Us!

people can join on mobile devices as well!

This! I did this when an relatively new but obscure book was needed for work.

Read it on my kindle after removing the DRM and sent it via amazon.com/sendtokindle

Impressive, Very Nice! Let's see Paul Allen's routine.

I just use adguard as my DNS on my phone, blocks out most, not all ads!

Functionality is not limited to the browser, ads are also blocked in freemium type apps.

I also use the same DNS on my router so that I dont have to configure each device on the network.

https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

App feels slick, but I feel that it needs an option to cast the music to a speaker(or google home device). I know I can connect to it via bluetooth but a native integration would be nice!

Can you share a link to that electronics course? I am also kind of in the same boat right now. I need to use off the shelf components mainly Pi Pico and a seperate module.

Specifically, I want to get RP2040 or the newer RP2350 with another module onto a single PCB. Currently I am soldering the pins between the two modules.

I assume this should be fairly trivial since soldering and having two seperate off the shelf PCBs is what I want to eliminate.

Following this discussion!

Do you mind sharing the guide? I am already on the "Apps Only Mode", but I still get the full banner ads on the home screen.

It constantly offers me new music, artists with few thousands followers that are interesting and relevant.

Are they though? Is it not in spotify's best interests to stuff your discover weekly with cheap(to them) music?

I have been holding on to spotify and each monday I have been saving my DW playlists (120+ weeks and counting), but lately it has been filled with cover songs and songs that are not very relevant. I am hardly adding any songs to my favourites from the DW playlist these days, this is in contrast from earlier when I would generally favourite a few songs atleast each week from the DW playlist.

Y Combinator Startup Podcast: How To Build A Tech Startup With No Technical Skills | Dalton & Michael Podcast

Episode webpage: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ycombinator/episodes...

Currently I am considering Zoho Billing which is included in the broader suite of Zoho One. It is also available standalone.

It keeps things nice and tax compliant in my country, so that reduces overhead for me.

Apart from the major players like stripe and paypal, also consider checking out Lago.

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lago

I wish there was an option to export the conversation.

As one of the other comments mentioned W11 IoT LTSC was released quite recently, 24H2 I belive. It is a legit general availability release obtained from the same website.

massgrave[dot]dev

The activation scripts are open source and available on github.

I personally take the HWID route, which you only need to do it once and the license persists between disk wipes and clean reinstalls.

If anyone is exploring options, Windows 10 IoT LTSC has official support till 2032. Added benefit is that it doesnt come with preloaded bloatware from MS.

I have recently installed W11 IoT LTSC on a 3rd gen Intel, the TPM requirement in this version is optional.

lambda stack has fixed this to a great extent apparently, did you get a chance to try it?

Glider from Fdroid. But if I click on a HN link shared to me in other apps, it opens in chrome. Other than that its been a pretty awesome experience.

+1 even I want to join the mailing list.

I have been an R "user" for a while now, after reading your single line approach to the problem I am reminded of the saying which goes something like this "An idiot admires complexity, A genius admires simplicity!". Perfectly splendid!

How are you sourcing DTS 5.1 soundtracks?

Just my 2c. I daily drive a GT710 passively cooled from MSI, it has a HDMI DVI-D and a VGA port. One of the newer GT710 models from ASUS has 4xHDMI.

Displayport quality is miles ahead compared to the above on the same monitor. (I daily drive 2x Dell P2419H)

If you are going for a multi monitor build then the GT710 is a bad choice if you care about quality.

I would suggest something along the lines of a proper GPU which has a silent mode in which fans do not run unless they are under load. IIRC Asus STRIX cards and Zotac cards had the feature and I am sure other vendors also have something similar.

Ofcourse the best option would be to find a motherboard with a ton of displayport connections, but I did not find any!

PS5 has a public exploit althought it is on older firmware (<4.51 IIRC). Check one of the videos on "Modded Warfare" YT Channel. He backed up the disc version of Ghost of Tsushima. The exploit itself is well documented, but method of backing up and running games is still primitive.