RedEyeFlightControl

RedEyeFlightControl , 7 days ago to Technology in FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days

It was active for about 3 months, until she broke the screen. I replaced her device and put the phone on the shelf. I replaced the screen and digitizer a year later when I needed a spare handset and they told me "it had never been on network" and was ineligible for being unlocked. Which is bullshit because the phone was bought and paid for at the time I purchased it in a box at the store with a prepaid card. As far as I'm concerned, straight talk still owes me 200$. Even if the phone was NEVER activated, I still own it outright, making it mine to do with what I please.

RedEyeFlightControl , 8 days ago to Technology in FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days

Not always true, I bought a smart talk phone for my kid and the phone was paid in full at the time of purchase. It's still carrier locked 5 years later because they say "it wasn't in service for x amount of time and therefore isn't eligible". I even reported this to the FCC, opened a case, and they did fuckall and closed the report.

RedEyeFlightControl , 26 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership

Do it. I dare ya. Keep digging. It's fun watching the hole get deeper while you disappear into the darkness.

RedEyeFlightControl , 1 month ago to Technology in Russia Says It's Assembled a Lithography Machine, Will Make 350nm Chips Soon

YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL VODKA STILLS

RedEyeFlightControl , 1 month ago to Technology in Russia Says It's Assembled a Lithography Machine, Will Make 350nm Chips Soon

This brings them to about mid 90's tech... They'll be able to make microwave ovens, tamagotchis, and a counterfeit N64 that runs a game called "Mushroom Plumber 3D"

RedEyeFlightControl , 1 month ago to Technology in Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin

This was when BTC was like 5 cents and no one had learned this lesson yet.

RedEyeFlightControl , 1 month ago to Technology in Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin

Still looking for that backup of that disk with my bitcoin wallet from the early days... sadly probably gone forever.

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Technology in Unsmart a smart TV

Oh, things are way better now than they were back then. I'd still confirm via documentation that the interfaces are compatible :)

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Technology in Unsmart a smart TV

I was a poor college student and had access to engineering samples from a local manufacturer. Discarded parts gave me twin 15" LCDs for free in the mid 00's. Also, to see if I could. It was a fun challenge. These are different revs of a controller that were outfitted in several slot machine prototypes. They gave me many years of service. I probably still have inkjet prints of the pinout and signal diagrams, somewhere.

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Technology in Unsmart a smart TV

I have rematched controllers to displays in the past. It's neither simple nor easy. You'll need to dig through spec sheets to ensure you're sending the correct signals over the correct pinouts, at the correct frequencies and voltages. Be prepared to read some IO documentation for the sending and receiving chipsts, then verify pinouts with certainty. They are not always standard.

Here are 2 identical LCDs, with 2 very similar, nearly identical looking controllers. Note that one needed to be re-wired. It is not fun butt-connecting 2 dozen 28ga wires.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9026109e-521e-44a3-a36b-095179afab44.png

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Technology in AT&T Says Personal Information From 73 Million Customers Leaked On The Dark Web—Including Social Security Numbers

You think they're going to send notices to ex-customers? I was an ATT customer for 2 decades and switched a few years ago. I'm wondering if I'm compromised, but won't get notice because I'm not technically an active customer.

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Memes in My thoughts after every Whatsapp update

Telegram added stories not too long ago and I feel the same way about that. It's UI pollution we don't want, and that we didn't ask for, and that serves no real purpose.

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Selfhosted in New Unraid OS License Pricing, Timeline, and FAQs

Yeah no kidding, paying for unraid?

TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) keeps getting better, for free. It does most of the same tricks that the big boy appliances do, but with your commodity hardware, at no cost.

And it does all this exceedingly well. AND if you want.. you can buy support. At your discretion.

RedEyeFlightControl , 3 months ago to Technology in Google to shut down Keen, its experimental Pinterest-like social media platform

My understanding is that Google "rates" its leaders by the number and types of projects they develop. Ergo there are a lot of people working on disparate items that often overlap, because it's "their" project. Once the project completes, they get their credit, stop caring, and move on to the next. It is said this is why google creates then kills so much. It's by design, essentially. The products they keep are the ones that make the most ad revenue.

RedEyeFlightControl , 4 months ago to Technology in Apple cancels Apple Car project after more than a decade

Yes. That would be in the past, making it foreshadowing.