// #eevblog — 2025-09-29
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
00:25:56 <MrMobodies> https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-disable-and-remove-ai-features-from-windows-11-a-complete-guide.371151/
00:25:57 <EEVBot> [url] How to Disable and Remove AI Features from Windows 11: A Complete Guide | Windows Forum | windowsforum.com
00:26:26 <MrMobodies> "Unremovable AI (Paint Example): In certain utilities, disabling Copilot or its AI features is impossible—locking users into a more “intelligent” workflow whether they want it or not."
00:26:30 <MrMobodies> Just NO!
00:26:44 <MrMobodies> searching for things on search engine is one thing
00:26:53 <MrMobodies> opening up a program locally is another
00:27:25 <MrMobodies> "Resource Usage: Older or entry-level hardware may struggle under the new AI workloads, slowing down even routine tasks."
00:28:15 <MrMobodies> Just like the Appstore when an update is initiated in the background where the user might be unaware why it slows down 5 - 10 years ago.
00:31:27 <MrMobodies> One thing i notice about the language used in that webpage, like this one "Smarter searches". bullsh*t and I wonder if the person that article is getting commission to write it.
00:51:14 Quit: Kuschelpony ([email protected]) Connection closed
01:16:55 Join: Kuschelpony ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
01:41:58 <MrMobodies> https://petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.com/?petition=730194
01:41:58 <EEVBot> [url] Petition Map - built by Unboxed | petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.com
01:43:40 <MrMobodies> Steve30 do you think it'd be much easier and practical just to have people present their passports when applyoing for jobs?
01:46:23 <MrMobodies> I mean they could run that check against the databses.
05:06:06 Quit: Kuschelpony ([email protected]) Connection closed
05:29:44 Quit: watcher ([email protected]) Ping timeout: 2 minutes
05:35:55 Join: DogWomble ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
05:37:01 Join: steve30 ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
05:37:01 Mode: (by ChanOP) +o steve30
07:48:42 Quit: DogWomble ([email protected]) Ping timeout: 2 minutes
09:52:19 Quit: ChanOP ([email protected]) Service shutdown
09:52:47 Join: ChanOP ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
09:52:47 Mode: (by ChanOP) +o ChanOP
09:54:45 Nick: eddie is now known as eddie1
09:54:45 Nick: Ampera is now known as Ampera1
09:55:38 Nick: eddie1 is now known as eddie
10:45:00 Join: Halcyon ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
10:45:00 Mode: (by ChanOP) +a Halcyon
10:45:08 <Halcyon> Morning instant soups
10:48:08 Quit: Halcyon ([email protected]) Client exited
10:48:44 Join: Halcyon ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
10:49:40 <Ampera1> hi Halcyon
10:49:44 Quit: Ampera1 ([email protected]) Quit: Don't look at my quit message, steve30 has a better one anyways.
10:49:51 Join: Ampera ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
10:50:02 <Ampera> how are you doing
10:51:23 <Halcyon> I'm well, how are you?
10:51:49 <Ampera> Halcyon, visited my grandfather and some other family in CT yesterday
10:51:52 <Ampera> just relaxed today
10:51:58 <Halcyon> Ah very good.
10:52:32 <Ampera> wadya think of this outfit I put together
10:53:06 <Halcyon> Yeah looks good. Suits you.
10:53:27 <Halcyon> You look like you should be on a cartoon or Japanese anime
10:53:39 <Ampera> loool
10:54:00 <Ampera> it's the first outfit I've sorta put together that I've really liked and felt like it suited me
10:54:26 <Halcyon> Yeah looks good
10:56:11 <Ampera> <3
10:56:25 <Ampera> now just need to try to make variations on it, and change things up
12:05:03 <rc-garage> blip blop
12:06:08 <gremlinz> Ampera
12:06:18 <Ampera> gremlinz
12:06:37 <Ampera> what is your opinion on public restrooms and the use thereof
12:07:08 <rc-garage> they are terrible to rest in
12:09:37 <gremlinz> i think the last pub restroom i used was at my local shopping centre. i dont really have an opinion, if i gotta pee, ill find a way
12:15:13 <Halcyon> ROFL rc-garage
12:15:34 <rc-garage> oh, I would not try that
12:16:04 <Halcyon> Ampera: Of course I prefer my own, clean, private bathroom, but I don't have a problem peeing in public. Mostly because I don't really have to touch anything but myself.
12:16:31 <Ampera> Halcyon, I try to avoid peeing in public, because even though I am likely safe, it's still dangerous
12:16:47 <Halcyon> Ah yes, there is also that aspect
12:16:59 <Ampera> well, not necessarily just peeing
12:17:02 <Ampera> but using the restroom
12:17:43 <rc-garage> slippery floor, and...
12:17:46 <Halcyon> I try avoid airplane or airport bathrooms generally, because they tend to be gross, but I also try to fly Business Class whenever possible, so you don't have to share with hundreds of other people.
12:18:06 <Ampera> I am not as worried about that
12:18:20 <Ampera> I am more worried about being assaulted or harrassed
12:18:28 <Halcyon> Indeed
12:18:33 <Halcyon> I don't have that worry
12:18:49 <Ampera> for me, it is not a huge worry
12:19:05 <Ampera> but in some places in the US it could be a felony for me to simply use the restroom
12:19:59 <rc-garage> well, you asked about restrooms, not countries... I agree that the us seems scary
12:20:20 <Ampera> anyways, a video about women's restrooms in victorian london got recommended on youtube
12:20:23 <Ampera> so i watched that
12:20:28 <Ampera> and it just made me think about it
12:20:45 <rc-garage> how did you feel about german restrooms?
12:23:22 <Ampera> rc-garage, I didn't have any worries
12:23:35 <rc-garage> ok, that is good
12:23:51 <Ampera> but I am usually mildly on edge and scared going to a bathroom anyways
12:23:59 <Ampera> idk if scared is the right word
12:24:01 <Ampera> anxious?
12:24:14 <Ampera> idk what laws or protections germany has on that front
12:24:29 <Ampera> I am legally a woman there so they'd have to look pretty close to get upset at me
12:25:52 <rc-garage> last time I saw a pic, you did look woman like, so, I do not think anyone would care. unless you pee on the wall, and sing helicopter helicopter, and swing it around
12:26:25 <Ampera> I do not really have anything to swing around
12:26:46 <Halcyon> Hahaha
12:26:47 <rc-garage> oh, ok, I am not up to date.
12:27:00 <rc-garage> well, uhm, so...
12:27:21 <rc-garage> I dont see a problem.
12:27:38 <Halcyon> Most people probably wouldn't think twice
12:28:20 <rc-garage> and, over here, most toilets are closed rooms, so it is not like anyone would see anything, other than a person going thru a door
12:28:42 <Ampera> no, that's the same here
12:28:48 <Ampera> it's probably not a problem for me
12:29:09 <Ampera> but there have been women born that way their entire lives who have been beaten up and assaulted here for looking too much like a guy
12:29:35 <Ampera> rc-garage, PMed pictures I took a couple days ago
12:29:40 <Ampera> of what I look like now
12:29:46 <Ampera> new outfit I put together
12:29:48 <rc-garage> well, people are weird
12:31:30 <rc-garage> that works.... not that I have a reputation of having amazing taste in clothes and things
12:31:52 <Ampera> rc-garage, I like it a lot
12:31:57 <Ampera> but now you are up to date on how I look
12:33:23 <rc-garage> yep
12:33:51 <Ampera> one way to look a things, that I think about now and then
12:34:01 <Ampera> is that I don't really know what it's like to be a guy
12:34:22 <Ampera> I know what it's like for people to treat me like one, but I don't know what it's like to actually be one fully
12:34:50 <rc-garage> eh, I dont know anything, I just happen to be, and that works so far
12:37:54 <rc-garage> heh, but I do wonder... do you feel tall, in those shoes? or do you just feel like you have tall shoes? My ex was pretty small, and she did act different, when she had the tall shoes on.
12:38:42 <rc-garage> shoe-boot
12:39:23 <Ampera> rc-garage, I definitely feel taller
12:39:23 <Halcyon> My flight tomorrow literally has 1 vacant seat left.
12:39:33 <Halcyon> I'm glad I paid for extra legroom
12:40:32 <rc-garage> if i was going on a longer flight, I think I would also.
12:41:21 <rc-garage> hm, I am not sure these low cost airlines have that option.... I should look that up
12:41:22 <Halcyon> I'm relatively tall, so I always opt for the exit rows if I'm travelling economy
12:41:41 <Halcyon> Also, I just don't like being that close to other people
12:42:07 <Ampera> rc-garage, they are not that hard to walk in, but I do walk and feel differently wearing them
12:42:20 <Ampera> I like them a lot, but also do not want to wear them every day
12:44:08 <rc-garage> they look stable and such, so should be ok to use, I guess, i was just wondering if they make you feel like you are different, and not just like you have different shoes, kind of
12:46:48 <rc-garage> I do not think tall shoes are an option in my size, at least not for a price that I would pay, just to try, lol
13:02:40 <Ampera> rc-garage, how different do they mean
13:02:57 <Ampera> they do make me feel a little different emotionally, bbut it's not like I become a different person wearing them
13:04:05 <rc-garage> well, that will do. I guess it is a personal thing also, so not very important, I was just curious
13:15:06 <rc-garage> but it is 5 in the morning. time for a nap. have fun and stuff
13:15:37 <rc-garage> or 2 fun, and only one thing
15:54:36 <MrMobodies> Hello
15:54:46 <MrMobodies> https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/road-safety/headlight-glare/
15:54:46 <EEVBot> [url] Are headlights too bright? Everything you need to know about headlight glare | RAC Drive | www.rac.co.uk
15:55:18 <MrMobodies> " The College of Optometrists, told us: "LED lights differ to traditional halogen headlights in a number of ways. Firstly, **LED lights are much brighter, exhibiting 200 lumens per watt compared to 24 lumens per watt in traditional halogens**"
15:55:56 <MrMobodies> Is that bullshit? Just because they CAN go 20 that high doesn't mean they SHOULD set it like that as the default.
15:56:44 <MrMobodies> They are only as bright as they set it, sounds to me like they are using that as an excuse to say it can't be set any different. Have I read it wrong?
16:53:30 Quit: ChanOP ([email protected]) Service shutdown
16:53:53 Join: ChanOP ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
16:53:53 Mode: (by ChanOP) +o ChanOP
16:55:53 Nick: eddie is now known as eddie1
16:55:53 Nick: Halcyon is now known as Halcyon1
16:55:53 Nick: Ampera is now known as Ampera1
16:57:39 Nick: eddie1 is now known as eddie
17:10:27 Nick: Halcyon1 is now known as Halcyon
17:10:29 Quit: Halcyon ([email protected]) Client exited
17:10:34 Join: Halcyon ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
17:10:36 Mode: (by ChanOP) +a Halcyon
17:13:47 Join: watcher ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
17:15:29 <K> hello cable glands
17:27:31 <watcher> Hello K
17:27:39 <watcher> what are you doing?
17:28:38 <Halcyon> Hello K and watcher
17:28:44 <watcher> Hello Halcyon
17:33:19 <steve30> hi
17:33:26 <K> is do work work
17:34:14 <Halcyon> Hey steve30
17:34:47 <K> !coffee steve30
17:34:48 * EEVBot pours coffee down steve30's throat
17:35:04 <steve30> I was out photographing yesterday
17:35:06 <steve30> https://www.flickr.com/photos/36651585@N04/54818553200/in/dateposted-public/
17:35:06 <EEVBot> [url] Camera Crew | Anti-Immigration protest at The Sandpiper Hote… | Flickr | www.flickr.com
17:35:10 <K> oh oh, what is "&", Halcyon?
17:35:29 <steve30> also got some nice portraits of police dogs :)
17:36:39 <steve30> mmm, coffee
17:36:59 <Halcyon> K: Because I'm the channel owner, it shows up. It's part of the upgrades Austnet did
17:37:12 <Halcyon> I dunno how to turn it off
17:38:06 <K> ah.
17:38:26 * K curtsies to the king and shuffles back
17:38:42 <Halcyon> Bah, don't be silly :P
17:52:24 * steve30 collapses onto Halcyon
17:56:45 <Halcyon> \o/
17:56:45 <EEVBot> I
17:56:45 <EEVBot> \ /
18:11:45 <watcher> Hello steve30
18:18:34 <MrMobodies> Steve you therE?
18:18:45 <steve30> yes but i need more coffee
18:19:40 <MrMobodies> what do you think of the ID Cards?
18:20:02 <MrMobodies> and the availibility being on a phone APP and not a plastic card?
18:21:23 <MrMobodies> there's even a petition about it
18:21:24 <MrMobodies> https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
18:21:24 <EEVBot> [url] Do not introduce Digital ID cards - Petitions | petition.parliament.uk
18:22:16 <MrMobodies> or don't you see it being a problem?
18:24:18 <steve30> this is what we were warning people about during coronavirus
18:24:49 <Halcyon> I like the idea
18:24:59 <Halcyon> I almost never carry a wallet anymore
18:27:09 <MrMobodies> warning?
18:27:42 <MrMobodies> I remember people reporting about problems with the NHS/Covid App thing at the time.
18:27:48 <Halcyon> Are these the same people who think 5G is some kind of dangerous weapon?
18:28:06 <MrMobodies> I am not sure, I hope not.
18:28:56 <MrMobodies> If there was a bunch of rowdy yobs makings lots of noise, the police turn up and inspects their cards to find out if they are legally entitled to be here then that sounds great
18:29:03 <MrMobodies> requring it to report pot holes....
18:29:22 <MrMobodies> and phone app only
18:29:37 <MrMobodies> I'd want a card send to me, and the phone app as option too.
18:30:14 <Halcyon> Over here, our driving licenses are on our phones, but they still send you a physical card
18:30:27 <MrMobodies> oh yes that's good, something I'd expect
18:30:37 <MrMobodies> I hope it'd be the same here
18:31:09 <MrMobodies> I just hope they don't require it to depend on a whole load of things.
18:32:01 <MrMobodies> mobile phone, up to date OS, working broadband/signal package being available in the store service to be up.
18:32:40 <Halcyon> I prefer the digital version for most things. But obviously for things like mortgage applications and important banking stuff, you can't photocopy/scan your phone.
18:33:23 <MrMobodies> Yes, as a backup I'd expect a card. If the phone gets stolen I'd still have the card.
18:34:01 <MrMobodies> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyl3lzzed2o
18:34:01 <EEVBot> [url] What are digital ID cards, how will they work and will they be mandatory? - BBC News | www.bbc.co.uk
18:34:11 <MrMobodies> "They will take the form of an app-based system, stored on smartphones in a similar way to the NHS App or digital bank cards."
18:34:43 <MrMobodies> I hope that won't be their only method.... using just a phone.
18:35:12 <MrMobodies> that's my only concern
18:36:37 <MrMobodies> if they were to dish them out in envelopes, to known citizens where I get it in a letter here's your ID, use it when you need to, great.
18:37:21 <MrMobodies> at the same time they could get stolen in transport and for someone not expecting it could lead to trouble.
18:37:51 <MrMobodies> got a HTC 630 I just bypassed that lock thing, not pleased with the OS
18:38:42 <MrMobodies> I'd put the it in airplane mode but the HTC connect app keeps on turning it back on despite the airplane mode,
18:40:09 <MrMobodies> oh it's behaving now
18:41:02 <MrMobodies> One of the Violin man's customers left it in his shop in 2017
18:41:11 <MrMobodies> it even has the stickers on the back
18:41:41 <MrMobodies> he tried to contact them but they didn't pick up and they never returned to pick up the phone
18:42:24 <MrMobodies> he gave it to me last year but unable to bypass to realize it is still Android 6 and the ways were for the later Android to bypass the lock
18:43:00 <MrMobodies> I think it needs a net battery, it went to 60% flat in less than an hour
18:44:57 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/Dff5m4T.jpeg
18:45:28 <MrMobodies> One thing I absolutely hate is that, can't find a way to clear it despite it being the same Android build as my Samsung J5.
18:51:05 <MrMobodies> but this particiular one didn't seem to come with all the advertising services like the one I bypassed at the pub last year. I think that was a 2017 HTC mode, and that had all news things and offers would come up and distract.
18:56:26 <MrMobodies> camera app keeps on turning the brightness to FULL
18:56:38 <MrMobodies> override the brightness I already set and hurting my eyes
18:56:57 <MrMobodies> and things AUTO play when I don't want them to
18:58:12 <MrMobodies> https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps/comments/lifhna/my_camera_app_automatically_maxes_my_screen/
18:58:19 <MrMobodies> looks like a known issue
19:00:39 <MrMobodies> I turned auto brightness OFF
19:00:45 <MrMobodies> https://forum.fairphone.com/t/screen-brightness-forced-to-maximum-in-camera-app/121139
19:00:46 <EEVBot> [url] Screen brightness forced to maximum in camera app - Fairphone 5 - Fairphone Community Forum | forum.fairphone.com
19:01:33 <MrMobodies> "Both apps contain a class com.android.camera.special.AutoBrightness, which causes the screen to be set to maximum brightness."
19:02:20 <MrMobodies> so some overzealous person thinks they know better and overrides it, regardless of the strain it can cause to the eyes
19:05:14 Join: DogWomble ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
19:28:19 Quit: watcher ([email protected]) Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/
20:29:42 <MrMobodies> Just found the phone UPDATED! despite turning it off.
20:29:47 <MrMobodies> Google Search bar cannot be remoced
20:30:47 <MrMobodies> and what drew me into RAGE is this
20:30:51 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/F3f8lZX.jpeghttps://i.imgur.com/F3f8lZX.jpeg
20:30:53 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/F3f8lZX.jpeg
20:31:00 <MrMobodies> It wasn't there before
20:45:10 <MrMobodies> glad to disable that rubbish
21:10:18 Quit: steve30 ([email protected]) Quit: <Baljem> steve30: by the way, I had the most bizarre dream the other day that someone came in here and seriously flipped their shit over your quit message and why aren't the ops /doing/ something about it
21:10:38 Quit: Ampera1 ([email protected]) Quit: Don't look at my quit message, steve30 has a better one anyways.
21:10:46 Join: Ampera ([email protected]) to #EEVblog
21:30:00 <MrMobodies> I am going to give that phone away
21:30:12 <MrMobodies> Aadaptive brightness keeps on turning back on on it's own
21:30:37 <MrMobodies> then it has the very LAME enery saving thing that dims "depending what's on the screen"
21:30:43 <MrMobodies> no way to turn that off
21:35:27 <MrMobodies> I bet the owners left that phone there intentionally. Everything about it is horrible. Adjusting the brightness is done via a little tile and hidden away.
22:26:45 <MrMobodies> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15140649/tech-giant-Blair-257m-ID-card-contract.html
22:26:46 <EEVBot> [url] Is the tech giant who gave Blair £257m in line for huge ID card contract? Government embroiled in cronyism row after revelation former PM lobbied for his billionaire backer who could make millions | D | www.dailymail.co.uk
22:27:31 <MrMobodies> Nothing wrong with an ID card but I don't trust them recently and that's not the only thig.
22:28:11 <MrMobodies> using the scheme to make work for themselves and their friends and party donors I see.
22:28:56 <MrMobodies> At the same time it's the DailyWail so it might not be true.
Search this day's buffer: