Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Huge Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Date: 17 Jan 2019 16:30:39 GMT Organization: Piglet's Pickles & Preserves Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <20190117184830.7f5c588f.rsw@therandymon.com> Reply-To: usenet@huge.org.uk X-Trace: individual.net bqn20TmgRwcVOKiggMfrEQ8k9Kv5bKZ+BNi+DpnnNBvDM67vdD Cancel-Lock: sha1:41XwB6gmNXcCfDsjy+/va5TluC4= X-No-Archive: Yes X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:17286 On 2019-01-17, Dan Espen wrote: > RS Wood writes: > >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:50:25 GMT >> joecool wrote: >> >>> I just bought a large monitor to use as a tv. No 'smart' features. This >>> one: https://www.amazon.com/Philips-BDM4350UC-43-Inch-IPS-LED-Monitor/dp/B01E18XRY2 >> >> Looks lovely. It'd be hilarious using it with a desktop enviro that >> insists on running all applications in full-screen mode. I can imagine >> running 20+ terminals on it with i3 though! > > Recently got one of these: > > http://tinyurl.com/ybou6zbt > > (Dell.com 28" 3840x2160) Nice. I just got the 27" version. Moving my "stuff" from my old machine and Mint 17 Mate to the new one and Mint 19 Cinnamon was what prompted my comments about the Mint developers (to whom I have nonetheless sent money) concentrating on bells and whistles when there are fundamentals that don't work properly. Still can't get my scanner to work, after several days tinkering. > Took me a few days to find solutions for all the programs that ended up > with tiny unreadable fonts. +1 What moron thought that specifying the sizes of things in pixels was a good idea? > Still not quite sure what to do with all the extra screen real estate. Just have lots more windows open. > Web browsers in full screen look pretty silly since most sites confine > text to what they think are normal screen widths. But videos > look great. +1 -- Today is Boomtime, the 17th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3185 ~ Stercus accidit ~