mathstodon.xyz is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Mastodon instance for maths people. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface!

Server stats:

2.8K
active users

#consumerelectronics

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

Wow, this was a surprisingly detailed article about how to fix a jumpy mouse scroll wheel by fixing or replacing the encoder.

Unfortunately, I do not feel up for this right now actually. It's cool to know it's possible though.

makeuseof.com/fix-mouse-scroll

MUO · How to Fix a Mouse Scroll Wheel Jumping Up and DownMouse scroll wheel jumping up and down and making control difficult? Here's how to fix it.
Closed-source technology is evil, especially in children’s toys

Yet another proprietary technology that does not work without it’s parent company, is becoming e-waste because the company will no longer support it (due to going out of business). It is even worse when this thing happens to machines implanted into your body, fortunately this time it is “only” a very expensive, animate, talking children’s toy that is now dead and their kids can no longer play with it, unless they are OK with it no longer talking or moving it’s face.

We need better legislation regulating the #RightToRepair . There also needs to be more of an effort to educate people about why you must not trust closed source consumer electronics, and that if you do want to buy something like this, try to #BuyItForLife . Although in our mostly unregulated market economy that is likely never to happen since right-to-repair, and consumers well-educated about proprietary technology, tend to slightly reduce profits for these companies.

Consumers need to know that they should not just buy any nice, shiny, high-tech thing they see, especially for their kids, unless they first check what will happen to the device if the company that made it decides to drop support. If the device requires an Internet connection, the odds are it will stop working at an inopportune time. If it is open source, it is more likely you can find someone to fix it even after the company no longer supports it. Understand this before you make your purchase.

https://aftermath.site/moxie-robot-ai-dying-llm-embodied

aftermath.site · AI Company That Made Robots For Kids Goes Under, Robots Die - AftermathEmbodied, maker of the AI robot called Moxie, is shuttering. With their closing, parents have to explain to their kids that Moxie is dead.
#AI#christmas#toys

⭕️സാംസങ് ഇയർബഡ്സ് പൊട്ടിത്തെറിച്ച്; കാമുകിയുടെ കേൾവി ശക്തി നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടതായി യുവാവിന്റെ പരാതി
Read full story: nivadaily.com/samsung-galaxy-f
Join our Whatsapp group
chat.whatsapp.com/CktzgxHMaoo8

Why don't smart speakers have USB type C?

For example, Amazon echo and Google nest mini have proprietary barrel charger plugs.

What is the point of a proprietary barrel charger plug on a device like a small smart speaker which may be occasionally moved around? It makes much more sense to have USBC, the common connector,for power on those devices, and yet, stupidly, they have a proprietary charging port. It makes zero sense to me. Does someone care to explain this to me?

Why does Amazon echo not have USBC?

Why are there proprietary barrel charger supporters

The whole point of USBC was to be the one connector for everything

#usbc
#usbcpowerdelivery
#usbtypec
#usb4
#commonport
#oneconnector
#1connector
#onecommonconnector
#onecommoncharger
#standardization
#consumerelectronics

1967 Vintage Advertisement Poster

"Turn it on...Turn it off..." (Note: There is no text present in the image.)
Tags: "vintage advertisement poster", "retro style", "1967", "September", "page 027", "consumer electronics", "electrical appliances", "popular culture"

nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/0

#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #vintageadvertisementposter #retrostyle #1967 #September #page027 #consumerelectronics #electricalappliances #popularculture

We have a Westinghouse-branded Roku TV. It’s a 32” 720p set that we bought for $99 in 2021 and used for a year before we bought a Sceptre 55” 4K dumb TV. The Roku now sits in our bedroom, unplugged and unused. Because of that we’ve avoided the forced update scandal and don’t know if it does this motion smoothing thing. I have my doubts, but I’m starting to wonder if I can replace the Roku board with an SBC. #tech #capitalismsucks #consumerelectronics #roku #hacking theverge.com/24188282/roku-tv-

The Verge · Dear Roku, you ruined my TVBy William Joel