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  • He'll meet you at nearest Waffle House tuesday morning...

  • Intel finds cause of overheating CPUs, provides another BIOS update
  • Intel finds cause of overheating CPUs.... it's crappy design!

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • I used to use syncthing few years back. I don't remember much about it and I can't even remember why I ditched it. It probably wasn't any disasterous situation - I'd remember that, but there still had to be reason I did it.

    What I remember I specifically used one way sync of photos. I don't do picture editing at all and I tend to sort pictures on drive differently than one huge pile on phone, so this was what allowed me to do my shit easily.

    Different people, different tastes.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • Honestly I've never even heard of brand called Drobo.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • Yeah, once you wrote this I saw a video where it's explained Asustor is basically "unlocked" just like regular PC, unlike Synology and Qnap who are hard-set on their offerings. This is quite a big plus IMO. Some people criticize Asustor that it relies on third party solutions like Virtualbox. Not really concern to me as I'd definitely not run a whole virtualized system. And for Docker it has Portainer if I looked right? Isn't this considered a go-to solution with self built systems running docker? How could this be bad?

    Although I have to add that from what I saw both Syno and Qnap have their own systems more polished as a whole than ADM is.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • Ok, thanks for reply. I'll keep it in mind. I'm in EU, so I'll check the M.2 situation here.

  • Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
  • But that is terrible to use. I can't imagine my kids or wife to use this with TV...

  • Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
  • Not mentioning taking 100 screenshots each second with what - 25 frames per second? - is kinda overkill...

  • Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
  • So how do you all guys watch content on these "dumb TVs"?

    If you connect e.g. android box, how is it any different than connecting the TV itself? Do you think producers of android boxes aren't such pricks? This bugs my mind.

  • Ubisoft comes crawlin' back to Steam
  • Yes, and I'm doing what's in human power to reach it one day!

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • As I wrote above. It's not about speed, it's about price and mostly availability. When I look at 2,5" at my country's biggest retailer, there's not really much to chose from and the number of available offerings are more or less shrinking. That's not really the case with M.2 which seems to be "new shit" everyone wants so there's plenty of options. And even if I stayed with "trusty WD Red" it'd still cost less to buy M.2...

    Another benefit (for me) is its form factor. I don't have a lot of space. Classic 2-bay NAS size is "perfect" for me, apart from its bay limitation. That's what's so tempting on Asustor. Either Nimbustor with 4xM.2 or even Flashstor with just 6xM.2 are quite a small devices (compared to what regular 6-bay would be) which is a big plus for me.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • I meant I probably should not buy 2-bay NAS with just USB2, if that still exists. There'd be not much to expand to once I put those two starting drives in. So preferably more bays/slots to put another drive there once the need arises. Or use expansion units like all of these offer (Synology is eSATA I believe, others have USB).

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • Thank you for suggestion. I stumbled upon this brand last week, it looks promising. Sadly they don't have presence in my country. Sure there's ebay, international sellers and possibly other ways, but I don't want to buy such a thing with non-local warranty.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • Thanks for the reply. For now, I only intend to stream music if anything at all.

    And as for the services, the main gripe now is adblock, honestly. There's also cheap N100 mini pc burried in my drawer that I intended to run Proxmox on and play with it. But that's reserved for "when I have time" winter evenings or so.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor
  • I don't need it. But since I can't use spinning drives due to noise reasons, there are only SATA SSD and M.2 SSD options. And while SATA speed is definitely enough for me, M.2 drives are actually cheaper for whatever reason. That way I could even go with things like Flashstor that only has M.2 slots.

  • Synology/QNAP/Asustor

    Hello, not sure how on-topic is this, but I'll ask anyway. Since I'm wrapping my head around this topic for long time to no avail.

    I'm planning to buy NAS mostly to store my music, pictures and documents on my place. At the beginning I'd like to keep it simple so I don't plan to install billion things on it. I would definitely want to install adblocker like PiHole/AdGuard. I'm also eye-ing Tailscale for remote access (no public IP) and Jellyfin/Emby for music streaming at home. So apart from usual NFS/SMB file shares, let's say there are these three apps I'd like it to run at the beginning.

    The NAS has to be as quiet as possible, so even thought it's more expensive, I'll have to go with SSD drives. Looking at prices two 2 TB (in mirror RAID) should be doable and should be enough space for me, at least for now. I'm no hoarder.

    I have few other "must-haves":

    1. decently working companion app that automatically backups pictures from at least 2 android phones (my wife needs to deal with it and she's not really friends with tech stuff)
    2. possibility to upgrade storage other than just replacing drives for bigger ones
    3. simple, easy to use (both setup and "rescue") scheduled backups to external USB drive
    4. I knew I had something else but it completely slipped out of my head

    That brings me to what's available. I almost pulled the trigger on Synology DS423+. It looks reasonable powerful, I can put 4 SATA SSDs and 2 M.2... that's what I thought. But it turned out it's not possible to use M.2 as storage with anything but Synology's own overpriced drives that aren't even available in my country. So, it's just four SATA drives, which is... "not great, not terrible" as some would say. What seems to be a big plus is the DSM. Everyone I know really praises it. Plus it seems to have very good reputation in terms of longevity of devices.

    Then there is QNAP. Apparently their system QTS is not as polished as DSM, but everything needed should still be there. There's similarly priced, similarly equipped TS-462. It's just dual-core CPU, but has more RAM (not upgradeable though) and it seems it can accept M.2 as storage at least. As per internet research, the build quality is just as good as Synology.

    And then there's Asustor, which I heard about years ago and then completely forgot they exist. Last week my friend mentioned this name, so I checked their offering too. Well, Nimbustor AS5402T looks absolutely the best on paper! Well, it only has two regular drives, because it's got FOUR M.2 slots! I assume it's because SATA is on decline, but M.2 SSDs are cheaper than SATA nowadays so it's actually better for me to have the numbers reversed. And it's cheapest on top of it. So where's the catch? I presume the ADM system is piece of shit. Right? Or is it build quality that's bad? Reliability? IDK.

    Which of these three do you think would be the best for my needs? I'm more than open to other offerings and suggestions too! Thank you very much!

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    Concord allegedly cost over 400 million dollars to make
  • Good game, yes. Concord was not one of those. It was mediocre, nothing special, definitely not a game people would pay 40 for.

  • Concord allegedly cost over 400 million dollars to make
  • That's the thing. They sell it due to marketing. Concord had virtually no marketing whatsoever.

    So Sony came up with $40 game that failed to be as good and enjoying as mediocre f2p ones, supported it with zero marketing and expected profits somehow. Genius.

  • [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax?
  • That's what's so dumb with it! As I said, in EU you see the final price, including tax. So "healthier option" with lower tax would instantly be seen as cheaper than "unhealty" one with heftier tax. This way it could actually work.

  • [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax?
  • Yeah, I was talking about local stores mainly. Online it's understandable as every state has its own view on taxes, same as each state in EU (we're not federation though).

  • [USA] How can sales tax brackets affect purchasing behavior when prices are pre-tax?
  • As a regular European I never even understood why US shops list prices without tax. It feels just dumb. When I go to store here the store is required to show final price on tag - meaning including tax and recycling/author fee if there's one. Seems much more user friendly.

  • Wireless mouse with silent switches recommendation

    Hello, not sure whether this is right place to ask, but I'll ask anyway. I'm looking for mouse replacement, but I do need the mouse to be quieter than your usual "click click clik", as I often use it in the evening in a room with other people sleeping. Usage is about 50:50 office and single player gaming, so I don't need the best sensor tracking or the fanciest RGB (I nor need nor want that at all), I just want well working, silent mouse.

    I hold my mouse mostly in claw/fingertip grip, so I can't operate something big, Deathadder-like. Ambidextrous shape is fine (maybe even preferred), as long as it has 2 thumb buttons on the left side. I used to have Logitech G305 which was almost perfect, except for 2 things: 1) very loud clicks and 2) mouse wheel got nasty swollen over time to the point it stopped rolling at all.

    I'm using something people describe as "PWNAGE symm 2 clone" from local store brand, that is exactly what I need (smaller shape, silent), but its sensor is somehow starting to act weird after like 3 years? It's been discontinued so I can't buy replacement one.

    Or if you know better place to ask (other than /r/...), I'd be glad. Thank you very much!

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    Is Disco Elysium playable in short bursts?

    Hello, I just finished the game I was playing (Book of Demons, would give it 7/10) and I'm looking what to play next.

    I don't have as much time for gaming as I used to (job, children, etc.) so I usually have about an hour at the evening to play. Some games are tough to fit into this because it breaks immersion too much and everyday having to remember when I left just to quit soon after is just... tedious? Wrong? Idk and I don't want to spoil good games with it.

    My friend gifted me Disco Elysium for christmas and it looks ver promising. But is it possible to squeeze it into this schedule? Or does it break the game too much? Thank you for your input.

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    Dumb Q: How to manage sw licences?

    Hello everyone, I hope I came to the right place to ask my stupid question. I'm currently working in a company that stuck way way back in time. I'm talking some people are still working in DOS level back in time. There is some revamping of this in progres, but it's going to be a long run.

    The "IT department" (called computing department, lol) consist basically of 2 people, boss and me. Boss loves the old days, he's "happily" using Win XP on his computer and hates everything newer than Win7, although half of everything he tries to do doesn't work there anymore (and don't even start with security of the OS). Anyway... that's about the company background and what to expect.

    During currently ongoing upgrades to get this company at least to 21st cwntury, there will be some sw licencing happening. I'm expecting like buying dozens of Office 2021 keys and some other standalone soft too. But there's problem with managing those keys, as there is no precedence, no rules and everything's going to be from the scratch almost. People are coming and going, PCs are dying (remember, there are still some DOS machines), hard drives replacing, etc. etc. Windows domain? Not in this company. Ever.

    So, how do you keep track of what is installed and where? Thank you very much.

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    Does anyone use https://presearch.com/
    presearch.com Presearch

    Presearch is a decentralized search engine, powered by the community.

    Presearch

    Browsing the web I came across this (meta) search engine. From the first glance, it seems promising and giving quite a good results to my searches. Definitely better than Google, Bing or DDG, which tend to be full of SEO/ads/AI bullshit these days. Does anyone use it?

    It somehow implies it's open source and indeed there is github https://github.com/PresearchOfficial too, but I can't find any link from the presearch.com itself to it. It's just... IDK, weird?

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    Does portable bluetooth speaker with USB input exist?

    I'd like something like JBL Charge, but with USB port that I can connect to PC and speaker would act like external audio device. I've only found ones with USB-A to insert pen-drive, which is not the same.

    I use headphones exclusively at my PC, but there are times when I'd like to show something to my wife and since I have only one pair of headphones it's no sound for either me or her. Audio quality is not crucial, so I thought I'd buy bluetooth speaker (which I can use everywhere with my phone) and connect it with one USB cable and it's done. It would charge when I'm out and I could use it whenever I needed. Well, it seems this idea was wrong since every single one I've checked has USB port only for charging. Are there any of these that act as USB audio device?

    Does thing like this even exist? If so I'm probably too stupid to pick right keywords to search engine. Thank you everyone!

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    Let's play something different today

    Lvmen - XXI

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    Zwyntar - Bilym snigom
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    Clueless guy looking for family car (EU)

    I'm in Europe, looking for family car and have no idea what to look for, as cars are far from my thing.

    I'll start with a bit of info. We don't drive that much, most often just short rides in town (like groceries, kids to school, etc.) or short drives to nearby towns (10-15km). Longer distances about once a month (50+ km). Slughtly bigger car is a preference as we usually have stuff to carry in boot. Currently we have old Ford Mondeo turnier from 2003 and due to its engine problems it needs to be replaced. I have around 15k € budget, so will be looking at used market cars.

    Because of intended use I scratched out all diesel offerings. Right? Leaving me with either gasoline or hybrid options. Full EV are probably no go due to price. I've picked a few possible cars from local/nearby sellers and would really appreciate your input on them (or alternatives I should be looking at).

    Ford Focus wagon from 2019. Has 1.0 ecoboost engine (92 kW / 125 hp), has some nice equipment options like auto AC, heated seats, steering wheel and front screen. It has a mileage of just about 90k km (60k miles). It's priced slightly under 13k €.

    Toyota Auris sports wagon hybrid, from 2018. It's typical Toyota prius-like hybrid with 1.8 liter engine and electric motor. Not plug-in hybrid. Mileage of around 150k km (100k miles). It's slightly less equipped than the Focus (and it doesn't support android auto or carplay) and is priced around 15k €.

    2019 Kia Cee'd wagon. It is probably the simplest car in this list - it has 1.4 liter engine without direct injection and without turbo (73 kW) - does it mean less things to break? Other equipment is pretty good though (parking camera, heated seats and wheel, ...), it has mileage if just 40k km (25k miles) and it should still be in factory warranty till 2026. Priced at 12.5k €.

    There's also VW Passat variant 2016 plug-in hybrid. It's decent condition, although it has over 210k km (like 140k miles). I don't have option to recharge at home (flat), but there are 2 or 3 public stations in walk distance. Priced at roughly 16k € it's slightly over my intended budget, but it's a bigger more comfortable car and has plenty of optional features (like parking camera, driving assistants, full led lights, etc.).

    And there's about another gazzillion of cars and my brain hurts... Would you please help me decide?

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    Stoned Jesus - Seven Thunders Roar

    Check this Ukrainian band out, especially in these troubled times for that country. I'm the mountain is probably one of my absolutely top liked songs of all time.

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    Dopethrone - Transcanadian Anger

    This is something a little bit heavier. If you want something that sounds insanely distorted, brutal and hairy as f*ck, say no more. This is it. Check especially song Killdozer.

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    King Buffalo - Regenerator

    I love this band. It's not a heavy stoner with those massive distorted guitar sounds, more to the psychedelic side, but I love the energy. Power trio as it should be!

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    underrated band: Ranges

    I don't know if it's only me, but I really like what this band do. And I rarely see them mentioned anywhere. When someone mentions post-rock, it's usually bands like Sigur Ros, God is an astronaut, Mogwai, Mono... Ranges? Barely ever, at least in my social circles. So here you go, try and listen. Maybe you'll like them as I do.

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    kurcatovium kurcatovium @lemm.ee
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