Recent content by pa1

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    FTA Agreement with UK

    The price of PI in USD is exclusive of sales tax. So, if you consider standard gst rate of 18% on base price of a PI, there isn't significant difference or markup for prices in INR. The benefit will not be significant.
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    Daily Memes Thread

    And she said without looking, share it with your brother(s). The rest is an epic story of a lifetime.
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    India will conduct a nationwide civil defence mock drill on 7 May 2025

    Is travel advised tomorrow in the evening(Hyd) ? On the day of voluntary lockdown during covid, we were rushing to our hometown and got delayed. Our car was stopped and driver was caned few times in typical police fashion for being on the street at 8 AM. Want to avoid any issues and postpone...
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    Anyone into RTL-SDR as a hobby? Need help with dongle purchase

    The one I have looks like this https://www.amazon.in/CALANDIS-Dvb-T2-Antenna-Receiver-Remote/dp/B0BGP3WC5L It's overpriced right now. Might as well get the original one. I've heard that these work too ( rtl2832u ones) though it says dvb-t but double check before buying...
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    Anyone into RTL-SDR as a hobby? Need help with dongle purchase

    Are you specifically looking for official rtl-sdr or just an sdr dongle ? DVB-t2 dongles can also be used as sdr. Got one of those couple of years back for 2K but before I've seen them as cheap as 800. Have tracked flights with ads-b, listened to FM, was able to trackdown sources of RF noise...
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    Amazon Deals and Discounts - 2025

    one advantage I see is if you spill something or eat kurkure/chips while typing, you will not notice the resulting mess. Will just add another colour to the mix.
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    Active Noise Cancellation Earbuds pressure, pain, nausia

    Did your friends try your set of bose earbuds or their own buds ? If you have access to a different brand with ANC like airpods, can you borrow and try them on ? If you still have issues with other brands, its worth a visit to an ENT like others suggested. With my own set of soundcore anc...
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    Jiofiber not working when running torrent

    In that case I'm sure setting up Jio's router as switch (if possible) should resolve your issue. Maintaining connection states for NAT (specially for torrents with 100s of connections) is more taxing on your router than just dumb forwarding IP packets. If it's not possible, then figure out a...
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    Jiofiber not working when running torrent

    Can you try setting up the jio router as passthrough/switch with your own router managing the dns & nat ? If nothing else works, check if you can run torrents with a vpn(both tcp & udp ones).
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    21-30k Should my cousin get a tablet for note-taking in college?

    Tablet keyboards are too small and compact for coding usecase. He'll be trading shoulder pain for wrist pain unless he gets a decent sized bluetooth keyboard which will again add to weight. If weight is really a problem, its better to get a new/used lower spec 14" inch laptop that is lighter...
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    ACT Fibernet silently cuts FUP from 3300GB to 1500GB

    Then you should definitely not find out about ACT plans in Hyderabad like the 300Mbps plan that costs 1075+taxes.
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    ACT Fibernet silently cuts FUP from 3300GB to 1500GB

    Yes. They have sent an email update which I noticed only yesterday.
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    The Trumps & Elon tweets thread (Had to make this since it's never ending)

    Elite "secular" and hip personalities will still stay to make sure India stays on "track".
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    21-30k Reliable basic laptop for a teenager

    This also means higher ambient temperatures. Old laptops will typically have thermal issues due to dust and/or thermal paste not being as efficient as new. Better to do a stress test and check for heating issues if going for refurbished (offline).
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    0-20k [20K] Need a refurbished Mini PC.

    Those refurbished lenovo thinkcentre tiny pc with a 8/9th gen i5 processor would have been good enough for your usecase. I've seen them listed for as low as 11-12K on Amazon. It's strange that I can't find any lenovo, dell or hp 1L form factor refurbished PCs on Amazon anymore. Does anybody...