Tech Questions
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@Kirwan somewhere in my office pile of old computer shit I've got a USB dock that fits 2.5 and 3.5 and works like a charm. Not the fastest, but makes sure you never lose anything's in a PC changeover.
That said, Google One is giving 100GB cloud for free now, so the need for hard drives is thinning.
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@Higgins said in Tech Questions:
@Kirwan Thanks, I will see what I can find in somewhere like PB Tech here in Wellington and see what they might have than can be used. Hopefully they will have something that can accommodate such an old hard drive!
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/NBASTT1609487/StarTech-SATDOCK25U-USB-to-SATA-External-Hard-Driv
I used to use a Dock similar to this. I used to buy cheap hard drives from China and their connections and cables always broke and they were some weird not standard ones so I'd wind up having to use a dock for them.
Dock's are a bucketload cheaper now than what they used to be.
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Posting this in this thread, after @Rembrandt 's post two months ago.
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Does anyone know an easy way to reduce file size on phone photos ? I'm on an S10, and images are rypically 6-7mb. Even reducing the megapixels to their lowest level possible (1440x1440) and changing the saving type to HEIF, they still come out around 4mb.
Which is no use for uploading to the Fern!
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@voodoo said in Tech Questions:
Does anyone know an easy way to reduce file size on phone photos ? I'm on an S10, and images are rypically 6-7mb. Even reducing the megapixels to their lowest level possible (1440x1440) and changing the saving type to HEIF, they still come out around 4mb.
Which is no use for uploading to the Fern!
Plenty of apps to do that. I have one called 'Compress' although iOS now gives you an option when uploading to go original/medium or small. Medium usually fits on fern requirements.
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@Machpants I got this one for free just now:Screenshot_20200406-153852_Google Play Store.jpg
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@Godder said in Tech Questions:
Any thoughts on how to lock porn out of a device? Particularly anything for school, as currently my wife's nephew (15) basically can't be given anything with internet access. Not a lot of money in his mother's budget, so it will have to be cheap.
It's called a calculator. It's simply not possible to prevent a teenager from finding porn on an internet connected device.
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@Godder said in Tech Questions:
Any thoughts on how to lock porn out of a device? Particularly anything for school, as currently my wife's nephew (15) basically can't be given anything with internet access. Not a lot of money in his mother's budget, so it will have to be cheap.
We've found familyzone useful for younger kids, which we get for free from the school.
But as said above, a motivated teenager will get around any restrictions. Or just look on his friends devices.
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I spent a few hours trying to lock down the boy's Macbook but knew that, once I got it to the point where his mother was bamboozled by tech terms, that was enough.
As long as they're not installing malware... that's about the best you can hope for.
(Pornhub Premium is free right now... I've heard
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@Godder said in Tech Questions:
I thought that might be the case... Can't even buy a dumb phone any more (in his mother's price range).
If his school gave him a device, would they be able to lock it?
It is technically possible for the OS to be locked down and accessible to only the school network, preventing additional apps or access outside of a controlled environment. But I sincerely doubt schools have that level of capability.
It tends to takes years to provide that capability for billion dollar organisations.
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@Godder said in Tech Questions:
I thought that might be the case... Can't even buy a dumb phone any more (in his mother's price range).
If his school gave him a device, would they be able to lock it?
The schools get it to a point, then youtube gives step by step instructions on how to bypass whatever they put in place.
It's whack a mole.
At 15, all you can do is have a frank conversation about what to avoid with porn, the downsides of it, and the aspects that are unrealistic and damaging, then wait for him to grow out of masterbating when he's 80 or something.
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His mother is incapable of viewing him as anything other than a child, so that's unlikely - I've already told her that and she didn't like that idea... She's paranoid that he will meet people off the internet and get murdered (never mind that she was active on NZ dating for years), so her current solution is no devices. I'm sure he was active online at school when it was open, but for now, schooling will have to wait till school is open again.
