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  • No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How do I make the most out of a mediocre laptop?bylistless@lemmy.cringecollective.io
    26 days

    get in the EFI (BIOS) and reduce shared RAM for graphics down to 1GB. this is entirely dependent on your EFI, I can’t really tell you what to click on. If there’s a search function in your EFI, search for “shared”. Test if you can get away with less if you don’t game.

    To strip out the most graphical eyecandy press Win + R to open the Run dialog. Type sysdm.cpl and press enter. go to advanced tab. in “performance” section, click settings and select “Adjust for best performance” then apply, ok.

    Run the Win 11 debloat script, that will also help immensely.

    That’s about as good as you’re going to get unless you switch away from a toy operating system to Linux. (gottem)

  • No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets?bylistless@lemmy.cringecollective.io
    1 month

    UNIX Neckbeard here:

    Magnets use to affect the magnetic hard drives (spinning platter, HDD) that were inside computers. This was especially bad because it would erase data permanently. It was the main concern about magnet+computer that everyone was worried about. CRT monitors were affected by magnets, but the inbuilt degauss or a handheld degaussing coil would usually correct the issue.

    If your device has solid state storage (basically everything nowadays) that concern went away. Any other issues (like affecting the compass or accelerometer in a phone) are only temporary.

    I have never heard of a magnetic field damaging an LCD and a quick google search says that’s a myth. Pressing on an LCD will damage it, so maybe a really strong magnet that was placed on an LCD that had ferrous metal behind it physically broke some LCDs and the myth was born, when really it was just pressure that broke the LCD.

  • Open Source@lemmy.ml•Matrix or Signal?bylistless@lemmy.cringecollective.io
    1 month

    Do you want it to be so complicated that no one you know in real life is able to use it for more than two weeks before they make some kind of mistake or change that deletes their entire message history and identity? Matrix

    Do you want a slim chance that friends and family might use it, but you have to listen to privacy nutjobs tell you your app is a CIA NSA PsyOp and you might as well cc: potus(at)whitehouse(dot)gov all your messages, it’s run by an american non-profit obviously it can’t be trusted? Signal