SamB

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

They think that their domination is strong enough so that after an initial backlash, the users will come back since they have nowhere else to go. And they’re kind of right.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It’s strange how the Internet has been flooded by this news. Like leave Google alone or Firefox gets it. Very strategic use of the media might I say.

 

If you are curious whether Ubiquiti ditched the fan on the new U7 Pro Max, well, I have some bad news for you. I opened the device and this is the teardown video.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Propaganda? Judging by the number of downvotes, I assume people didn't even bother watching a 5 minutes video. Set it on 2x speed.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Well...the domestic routers also conduct in heavy data collection and some have technical backdoors, so I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Some data is definitely collected especially if the router is made for mainland China.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I don't know about evil, but it's curious to see that the OS that Xiaomi uses is a modified version of OpenWRT, so the support could have been there. I mean it could still be an option in the future.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No, it cannot.

 

Ladies and gentle gents, I give you yet another marvelous router review, this time from China (hopefully with the doors closed in the back)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had some very bad experience with their software over the years and I admit I haven't tested their new line yet. Has it gotten better?

 

Skip the gloomy tech news a bit and just enjoy some good ol' router reviews with tests and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And the AI will? It will use all websites to give you the info. It doesn’t think, it spins.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't deny the usefulness aspect of AI. I used it recently to increase the resolution of a video. It's awesome. But when it's used to replace info search, art, music.. Just why?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I mean, sure, as long as you're keeping the data locally. Otherwise, yikes.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Then why not use an ad-blocker? It's not wise to think you're getting the right information when you can't verify the sources. Like I said, at least for me, the trust me bro aspect doesn't cut it.

 

This may be an unpopular opinnion.. Let me get this straight. We get big tech corporations to read the articles of the web and then summarize to me, the user the info I am looking for. Sounds cool, right? Yeah, except that why in the everloving duck would I trust Google, Microsoft, Apple or Meta to give me the correct info, unbiased and not curated? The past experiences all show that they will not do the right thing. So why is everyone so OK with what's going on? I just heard that Google may intend to remove sources. Great, so it's like trust me bro.

 

I tested the Intel BE200 and the Qualcomm NCM865 using the EnGenius ECW536 and these are the results that I got.

 

If you were planning to get an Intel WiFi 7 PCI adapter, watch this video first. I checked the single-client throughput using both BE200 and a WiFi 6E adapter. And the results were .... underwhelming.

 

It seems that Intel is gatekeeping WiFi 7 and I analyzed the options that we currently have.

 

I recently finished testing the ASUS RT-AX88U Pro and you can see for yourself the results that I got.

But this is not entirely the point of this post. The problem is that the search engines have become weird, so I need to ask you, the user, if this type of content is useful.

So please let me know if the type of tests that I ran are useful and clear enough. If I can add something or need to remove specific info.

I also intend to move towards video format and to be honest, translating all this written info into a comprehensive video is incredibly overwhelming.

Which is why I need your advice about what needs to be improved. Thank you!

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