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cmnybo ,

OK, now ban bootloader locking next.

cmnybo ,

Skyrim and Fallout 4 really need a CPU with very good single threaded performance. If you have a lot of cores, make sure nothing is running in the background so you can get a higher boost speed on the cores the game is using.

Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads | Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google." ( arstechnica.com )

Mac malware that steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data has been spotted circulating through Google ads, making it at least the second time in as many months the widely used ad platform has been abused to infect web surfers....

cmnybo ,

Don't use more than one ad blocker extension on the same browser, it can cause conflicts.

cmnybo ,

Just make sure the VPS will shut down if the bandwidth is exceeded rather than giving you a big overage charge.

cmnybo ,

It sounds like he wants everything done server side like they did in the mid 90's. It's certainly possible, but it won't result in a very good user experience. The whole page would have to reload to change anything on it.

cmnybo ,

It looks like they are trying to compete with fedex on how much damage they can do to your package.

cmnybo ,

If they don't want to maintain the copper lines, they can always replace them with fiber.

Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough ( www.xda-developers.com )

There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple's claim that...

cmnybo ,

8GB would be fine for basic use if it was upgradable. With soldered RAM the laptop becomes e-waste when 8GB is no longer enough.

Am I the only one preferring low quality media over high quality one?

I have a very slow Internet connection (5 Mbps down, and even less for upload). Given that, I always download movies at 720p, since they have low file size, which means I can download them more quickly. Also, I don't notice much of a difference between 1080p and 720p. As for 4K, because I don't have a screen that can display 4K,...

cmnybo ,

I typically look for 1080p X265 encodes around 2-4 mbps to save disk space. I will download higher bitrates for anything with a lot of film grain since it will get very blocky at lower bitrates.

I can't tell much difference between 1080p and 4K unless I'm very close to a large screen. Also, most 4K files are HDR and I don't have anything that supports HDR.

cmnybo ,

All of the mirrors listed on their website are safe. Just pick one close to you. If it downloads too slow, you can try a different mirror. If you know how to use bittorrent, you can use their torrent link. It will typically be the fastest.

cmnybo ,

They will usually block port 25 so you can't run a mail server. It's unusual for an ISP to block everything unless you are on CGNAT.

cmnybo ,

If your ISP provides IPv6, set that up. Everything will have a globally routed address, so your domains will work from your LAN and the internet. If you don't have IPv6 available, get a free tunnel from Hurricane Electric.

cmnybo ,

That will add extra latency from USB. Old programs are not likely to be very tolerant of that.

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    cmnybo ,

    Always get a router that you can install OpenWRT or OPNsense on.

    Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ( www.reuters.com )

    Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.

    cmnybo ,

    I wouldn't put one of those amazon spy devices in my house even if they paid me. There's no way in hell I'm going to pay to use one.

    cmnybo ,

    There's an option to allow it to run offline and that will allow it to work with cracked clients. There's no user authentication, so only make the server accessible to people you trust over a VPN.

    cmnybo ,

    We just need a law to prevent them from changing the prices during business hours or limit it to one change per day if they are open 24/7.

    cmnybo ,

    Of course there aren't many people buying EVs when the only ones available in the US are high end luxury models.

    Import a bunch of those cheap Chinese EVs and lots of people will buy them. It won't hurt the US manufacturers because they don't produce any budget models.

    cmnybo ,

    Since you can have multiple IPv6 addresses on one machine, you can use a rotating address for all outbound connections and a permanent address for inbound connections. If you visit a malicious website that tries to attack the IP that visits it, there will be no ports open. They would have to scan billions of addresses to find the permanent address. All of that scanning would be easily detected and blocked by an IDS.

    cmnybo ,

    The benefit is being able to easily access devices from the internet. The same address works on the LAN and WAN. There's no port forwarding, so multiple devices can have the same port open. You also don't need to mess with a VPN if your IPv4 connection uses CGNAT.

    cmnybo ,

    NAT works fine until you get stuck on CGNAT and can't host anything on IPv4 without using a VPN.

    cmnybo ,

    Why? Phones have been thin enough for a long time that you have to put them in a case just to get a good grip.

    cmnybo ,

    Upgrade to Linux. It's free and not filled with spyware like windows.

    cmnybo ,

    It's working fine for me. The onion site works fine too.

    cmnybo ,

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    HP bricks ProBook laptops with bad BIOS delivered via automatic updates — many users face black screen after Windows pushes new firmware ( www.tomshardware.com )

    On May 26, a user on HP's support forums reported that a forced, automatic BIOS update had bricked their HP ProBook 455 G7 into an unusable state. Subsequently, other users have joined the thread to sound off about experiencing the same issue....

    cmnybo ,

    It's pretty ridiculous not to have a way of recovering from a failed update.

    On my desktop, I just have to plug a flash drive with the BIOS image into a specific USB port and press a button on the motherboard. It doesn't matter if the BIOS is broken and it doesn't even require a CPU or RAM to be installed.

    cmnybo ,

    It's an Asrock board.

    cmnybo ,

    I always rip my CDs and blurays so I can stream them from my server. It's much more convenient and I don't have to worry about the disks getting scratched. The disks are only used as a backup or if I want to re rip with a different video codec in the future.

    I will not buy digital media if access can be taken away from me.

    cmnybo ,

    The LEDs will also fail from overheating. LED bulbs don't last long in fully enclosed fixtures that were designed for incandescent bulbs.

    If the bulb starts flickering, that's usually a bond wire failure in an LED. When the LED heats up the bond wire loses connection and it will reconnect when it cools down again. The LEDs are in series, so if one fails, the entire bulb goes out. Flickering can also be caused by a capacitor failure in a switch mode supply, but most LED bulbs use linear regulators with a high voltage series string of LEDs now, which also increases the chance of a bond wire failure.

    The early LED bulbs that cost a fortune had huge aluminum heat sinks to keep them cool. The few that I had all lasted until the LEDs got dim.

    cmnybo ,

    Just make sure the file doesn't have a double extension. That can trick people into running a .exe when the file extension is hidden. That's really only a problem on windows though.

    Looking for private tracker for AV1 encodes

    As the title says, I'm looking for a private tracker with a good sized library of 1080p AV1 encodes. I'm on LST.gg and there's a handful of uploaders and encoders there that have given me the opportunity to upgrade some of my library to AV1, but I keep hearing about how great AV1 is for anime and there isn't really any anime in...

    cmnybo ,

    There is not much AV1 content because there are not many platforms streaming AV1 yet. Transcoding a lossy format like H.264 or VP9 to AV1 will reduce the quality.

    Networking Gear Recommendations? (starting from scratch)

    Hi, I hope its appropriate to ask this here, considering this is the most active community closest to this topic (Networking). I am moving places shortly and will need to start from scratch will all networking equipment. Including router and wifi-extenders. Am wondering what the general consencus is around networking gear, what...

    cmnybo ,

    It's getting harder to find routers that will run open source firmware. The best option is to run OPNsense or pfSense on a low power x86 machine and use separate APs for WiFi.

    cmnybo ,

    Have you tried running a speed test with and without the VPN while nothing else is using any bandwidth? See how that compares with the torrent speed.

    cmnybo ,

    You opt out by simply never giving them any of your data.

    cmnybo ,

    You can get free accounts from sites like Eternal September, but you only get access to text groups, which are mostly full of spam anymore. If you don't download much, it's best to just get a block account.

    cmnybo ,

    This will probably just make peer to peer messaging apps more popular.

    cmnybo ,

    That temporary fix will eventually become unnecessary. IPv6 has slowly getting more and more use.

    cmnybo ,

    Pre-recorded tapes usually had a primitive form of copy protection called macrovision. It would make the copy pretty much unwatchable, but it was fairly simple to remove. You could build or buy a device that would strip it out.

    cmnybo ,

    That's ridiculous. You should be free to give away, sell, or trade digital games just like you can with physical copies.

    cmnybo ,

    The problem is the average person is not going to know how to properly secure whatever they are hosting.

    DRM Hell

    Amazon Prime, like many services, is a DRM hell. It won't go to over 480p on Firefox on Linux at my end. However, instead of a rant, I am interested in why this is happening. Say, I rented the same film from YouTube Movies(Yes, such a service exists) and the quality can toggle all the upto 1080p but the same title on Prime Video...

    cmnybo ,

    That doesn't work. You used to be able to run the windows version of google chrome in wine to watch amazon videos in 1080p, but that hasn't worked in years. Just pirate it. It's easier than messing with their stupid DRM.

    cmnybo ,

    People also make Linux run on low powered microcontrollers that take hours to boot and don't have enough processing power to do anything useful just because they can.

    cmnybo ,

    I made a sleeve of aluminum foil bubble insulation for mine. I taped it together with aluminum HVAC tape. It makes the enclosure heat up quicker, but I have to run the enclosure fan on longer prints to keep it from getting too hot.

    cmnybo ,

    I just use the exhaust fan for temperature control.

    cmnybo ,

    If you use Firefox, you can transfer tabs between your phone and computer.

    An increase in bad seeds on Bit Torrent?

    So I've been grabbing a few shows I want to watch reruns of while playing Balatro that don't have good blu ray releases. My piracy is fairly limited these days so I don't bother with private trackers (do have a VPN though). In the past, I never really had an issue with grabbing a few one offs off the popular, maybe honeypot,...

    cmnybo ,

    Someone probably just did a crappy job converting HDR to SDR.

    cmnybo ,

    Apple hardware is overpriced and they go out of their way to make it unrepairable.

    streaming or torrenting today vs. 5 years ago

    I've been a good boy for 5 years or so but the seas call to me. Are streaming sites the way to go now or is torrenting still a better bet for mainstream movies and tv? I'd imagine all of my accounts have been deleted on those sites so I'd be starting over.

    cmnybo ,

    Torrents and usenet will get you high quality videos if that's what you want. Streaming sites are usually only have low bitrate videos.

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