scottyseng

The Buds 2 Pro now supports Bluetooth LE Audio. This means that the compression will be far superior to the standard Bluetooth audio compression fallback.
 
All Bluetooth LE Audio devices has to support a new audio format called LC3.
LC3 is the replacement for the old Bluetooth audio format called SBC.
LC3 offers roughly 3 times higher quality audio at the same bit rate as SBC.
 
Bluetooth LE Audio also supports a bunch of other cool things like the master device connecting to both slave devices independently, rather than how it works right now where your phone connects to only one earbud, and then the earbud connect to each other. 
And Bluetooth LE Audio is lower latency too.
 
 
Too bad both the watch 5 and Buds 2 Pro are both pretty expensive. If they were cheaper I'd probably upgrade from my Galaxy Watch Active (first gen) and Galaxy Buds (first gen). But as it stands right now I don't think the improvements are enough to justify the price for me.

Might as well call it MSI Gaming X.

LOL, that's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. EVERYONE (Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Broadcom, Nvidia, etc.) uses VLANs to more easily segment the network and reduce broadcast domains and they are just one of many tools as a means to an end. If you think for a second VLANs are dumb I've got a bridge to nowhere to sell you. A single flat network is the stupid thing to push and there is a reason no SMB, enterprise, or hyperscaler does it.
Are VLANs dumb in most home environments? Sure
Beyond that? Hell no.
 
Edit:
To further clarify, VLANs shouldn't be used to segment traffic types, they are used to segment devices based on what they need access to. If OP is doing it just to segment traffic types, that's not the right approach.

Summary
Broadcom (AVGO) is currently in what appears to be late stage talks to acquire hypervisor and virtualization vendor VMWare for around $60 billion which works out to about $140/share at the current numbers. The final announcement is rumored to be announced Thursday (May 26th).
 
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My thoughts
Having seen what people have talked about when Broadcom bought other companies such as Symantec and CA I do not have high hopes that VMWare will be around for much longer if this goes through. There are still some anti-trust hurdles I believe which could stop this but having heard horror stories from many people about trying to work with Broadcom for licensing alone I think this is going to be very bad for a lot of places if this goes through.
 
Sources
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/24/vmware_broadcom_acquisition_rumor/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/broadcom-discussing-paying-around-140-a-share-for-vmware-people-say-11653334946
https://apnews.com/article/technology-michael-dell-inflation-6b654d54abcfafc63b4c9e698a7235fd
 
 
Edit:
Broadcom has confirmed plans to convert VMWare to subscription based licensing instead of perpetual:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/27/broadcom_vmware_subscriptions/

Nope
 
Yep

HOLY SHIT CONGRATULATIONS TARAN

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not possible, not useful for gaming. 
 
Multiple GPUs don't really matter for these software unless you're using a CUDA renderer (Vray, etc). - @scottyseng from 2018 xD
 
 
 

So let me get this straight.
You don't know how serious the issue is, yet you say that Intel downplays the issue? I feel like you, and a lot of reporters, are arguing in very bad faith here.
 
 
I don't know how big this issue is either, but after reading all of the sources thoroughly, except the one in French, I got the impression that it is not that big deal of a deal.
It may warp slightly, but even if it does it should only result in a couple of degrees rise in temperature. Of course Intel will say "modifying your socket will void the warranty". I mean, does anyone actually expect any different? I don't think that means "Intel doesn't care about their customers" or that "Intel are threatening people".
 
I can see how some people will be worried about their motherboards though, and I would say that if you are worried then getting this third party plate might be a good idea. Intel will say it voids your warranty, but it's not like they will be able to tell. 

It's not a scam, it's just the wrong service for your location. LTE anywhere outside of dense urban areas is going to be a game of luck. Should have done more research before you switched. 
 
I should know, i live in a very rural town where I'm lucky if i get 2 bars of reception on my phone, most times it's 1 or 0.
 
Here's my current reception

 
People need to stop calling everything a scam just because it doesn't work like they think it should. 

I like ITProTV, their courses are good and the labs included at the higher subscription are good as well (they use a partner company where you are remote controlling real switches and routers). I used them to prepare for Network+, Security+, and CCNA, and plan to continue using them for further learning. I will say though that if you don’t already have a good background in networking, a live multi-day or college-type course and physical labs may be better at preparing you for a high score.

Summary
 
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp
 
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My thoughts
This is the most disappointing news I have heard in months in the tech space. I love bandcamp, its one of the few places you can buy high quality music files without paying a premium. Why would Epic want bandcamp?
 
Sources
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/epic-games-begins-to-show-its-more-than-games-acquires-bandcamp/

If you live in a moderately dense apartment building or similar, there is probably a local cell tower on or in your building, that is connected via fiber probably to spectrum. Or even if its a separate company connecting the cell tower, the fibers go through the same path that the drunk person hits. The cell tower should stop broadcasting when it is offline, but it might not.

No. You go in Audit Mode.
In the OOBE screen (the screen where you setup account, network, etc.), just hit Ctrl+Shift+F3
This will make Windows generate a temporary Admin account and login to it.
 
From there, you have full Windows account experience. This mode is designed to setup a system.
You can install the system drivers, software and some account settings set will be set as default for future account creation, activate Windows, update the system.
(and yes you can restart the system, it drop you back in that account for you to resume what you need to do)
 
Basically, this is how OEMs setup systems. You go through the same process (then they image the drive and mass deploy it on their system as they come out)
 
Once done, on the dialog box that will always show when you go in this account: (or you can open it at anytime by opening the Run dialog box, and enter: sysprep)

 
Just pick "Shutdown" under the "Shutdown Options", and pick "OK"
 
Then you are ready to give the system to someone. That person will turn on the system, and it will be like they bought a new computer in the store. They'll get the OOBE screens, make their account, and ready to go.
 
I should make a tutorial on that on this forum. I think many don't know about this mode which existed in Windows since ages)
 
 

I would double check the mount of the hard drive. The Blues (the newer ones too) are usually fairly quiet.
 
Ah, I thought my Black was loud until I got a WD Re (the enterprise drive)...I can hear it seek data in the next room over. haha.

Here's a wild concept...  take responsibility for your own actions.

Hey there, welcome to the forums!
Great project you have in mind; one thing on the refurbished enterprise stuff: yes, they can be great deals, but it's mostly old hardware, so be aware that they may be inefficient, have atrociously slow POST times, and may require specific hardware for compatibility (i.e. HP / Dell custom part numbers). Source: happy owner of a ProLiant 🙂

Indeed, most servers come with a RAID controller; technically you can run anything you want on it, but, as you pointed out yourself, it is a terrible idea to run TrueNAS on it. The simple reason why everywhere they tell you to forget about hardware RAID is that you're not likely to find the same replacement for the RAID card when it breaks, therefore all your data would become inaccessible. Why do they seem to break so frequently? Because people use software RAID (mostly ZFS) on top of these cards, which poorly handle the monumental amount of IOPS that ZFS issues. In short: although technically you could use hardware RAID, you probably shouldn't; the worst possible thing would be to use it with ZFS as well. By far the best solution is to use ZFS on JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Drives - means bare drives, without any hardware RAID) / bare drives (an HBA).

Some RAID cards allow you to choose a JBOD mode, but this shouldn't be trusted too well (research needs to be done on the specific card model on forums), as depending on the card, some do not give the OS bare direct access to the blocks and the SMART data, both of which are required for a good ZFS implementation. Some others allow you to flash them to HBA mode / IT mode (Initiator Target mode). This is what you basically want, as it gives that bare direct access aforementioned, aka if the card dies, you replace it with any other HBA and everything is accessible and readable by ZFS. The alternative is to buy directly an LSI HBA, which are cards that don't need to be flashed. They tend to be more expensive, because of this very reason.

To answer your questions:
 
NO, this is a recipe for disaster. That RAID0 is not direct access to the disk, plus the data is coded (though not encrypted) in proprietary ways by the card on the disk. This means when the card dies, unless you replace it with an exact same model, that data is gone. And yes, the card will fail, since ZFS will fry its poor processor with humongous amounts of IOPS. (Note that this isn't an issue if the card is in HBA mode, since there's no calculations / strange trickeries that it has to do, just issue the SAS commands to the disks.)
It will work, but you shouldn't do it.
 
I've done a little research, and it looks like this particular card is an Intel chip with software RAID capabilities. It could be a very great scenario, since it means it's basically an HBA (with packaged RAID software that you obviously won't use). If this were the case (and further research on TrueNAS forums / Reddit needs to be done to confirm this) then yes, you could use ZFS directly on this with no problems.
 
Yes, you could. Everyone absolutely despises this, but I think it comes more out of stigma and bad usage more than anything else. I would not recommend this solution either, but I'll explain why it exists and what are its characteristics.
In the enterprise industry, hardware RAID is pretty much the norm (except for some more recent cloud / storage enterprises). It is so because
- it's far easier to maintain,
- it requires no software layers (allows for hypervisors like ESXi, which don't have any software RAID, but really want redundancy),
- it offsets parity processing on an external processor instead of the CPU,
- allows for additional write cache (instead of eating up RAM), and
- this cache can be battery backed-up for days in case of power loss, which is something you just plain can't do with any software RAID (unless you run a UPS, which is way more expensive and will keep your system up only for minutes).
The main reason why you don't want a hardware RAID though, is that you're not an enterprise; you don't have a contract with Dell / HP for a technician to come and replace the RAID card / whole server if it fails. So, if it does, you either find an exact replacement for that card, and have your data back; or you say goodbye to said data.
Depending on how much you'd pay to keep your data safe, I think it's worth paying <50$ for an HBA, and not have to worry about any of that proprietary bullshit.
Also, hardware RAID is mostly self-managed, so you don't have access to any setting, SMART data or any of that. If the card thinks it's time to replace a drive, it will scream until you do as it wishes, regardless of whether that drive has actually failed.
 
This is correct; either way, regardless of using ZFS or hardware RAID, it's a very easy thing to do.
 
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My personal advice: run either Linux with ZFS or TrueNAS (FreeBSD with ZFS) and forget about hardware RAID. Read the TrueNAS hardware recommendation guide, which tells actually a lot of useful information regarding all kinds of hardware for any NAS. Everything that's said there applies to both FreeBSD and Linux, with ZFS. There is really, really important stuff there.
Then do some specific research on that PERC S110 (I will do some as well in the meantime) to make sure that it gives the system bare direct access to the drives, or that it can be flashed to a firmware that allows that. This is crucial.
If this is not the case, read this list of top picks for HBAs and this complete list of HBAs and controllers to find cards on the market that either are born HBAs, or that are hardware RAID cards with LSI controllers that can be flashed into becoming HBAs. I have one of such cards myself, flashed into HBA mode.

If there's anything that isn't clear, I'll do my best to clarify. Cheers!

It isn't only GPUs that have gotten more expensive... Pretty much everything has, from tapioka to wood. 

wow, that looks stupid as fuck.

Watched this earlier today, great watch. Angry Steve is the best Steve

All technical innovation comes from funding that is motivated by a return on investment,  if you tell company A they can only use interface X, then they are not going to develop interface X+1 which would have been better.  

Then you don't know much about the Anime industry. Many series are only on Crunchyroll, Funimation or Netflix for a limited time then intentionally removed. The Japanese studios and distributors specifically want people to buy physical copies, that's just the way they are. I've gone back to re-watch something and it's no longer available, this has happened multiple times.
 
I pay for all 3 mentioned and can't even watch anything I want. It's stupid but is what it is.

lol at 320MHz channels. 
I am willing to bet that such large channels will be pretty much useless and only exists to get a higher number on paper.
 
You can only fit like 4 overlapping cells in the 6GHz band (and like 2 in the 5GHz band) if you run it at 320MHz channel width. If you live alone in the middle of the woods, or in a bunker made of lead then sure it might be useful, but that's about it. 
 
I'm skeptical of even running 160MHz channels, even when 6E comes out. 
 
It will be interesting to see how Wi-Fi 7 turns out though. I am way more interested in the new features rather than "we made the channels wider and modulation more granular". 

These questions and more, so tune in next week for another exciting episode of MERGER BALL Z!!!!

Nextcloud ftw

Most "hacks" involve insiders.
a) The hacker is an existing employee
b) The hacker is a former employee
c) The hacker is a contract employee that was subcontracted by the employer
d) The hacker is a former employee of a subcontract
e) The hacker socially engineered someone they know who works there (see previous 4 points)
f) The hacker claims to have hacked the site and wants to talk to someone who can pay them to reveal what they did/have, even if they don't have that information, and then once that person's name is revealed, they pretend to be that person to other employees.
g) The hacker phished the customer support/tech support
 
It's rare to have a hack that was just done without some insider being the hacker or being socially engineered to let the hacker in.
 
Usually other styles of hacks involve dumping databases of security-weak products (eg NoSQL databases) or the programming language (eg PHP, Javascript (Node.JS), Python) because of the ol "bobby;drop tables" type of problem.