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I have this handle in most places.

voltagex at voltagex dot org.

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voltagex_··on My Day Away from Reddit
Yuck, blockchain.
voltagex_··on Windows on Btrfs
Well you'd need to fund the cost of a kernel driver signing certificate and get it through WHQL as well. That's just for a start. So this wouldn't be something you could build yourself.
voltagex_··on Yubico is merging with ACQ Bure and intends to go public
>Currently we ship to EU/EEA countries, Norway, Switzerland, UK, USA and Canada
voltagex_··on Digital clutter: Learning to let go and stop hoarding terabytes
I did hit an issue where 20TB drives require substantial (2A) current when they first spin up, but other than that, that's the plan.
voltagex_··on Digital clutter: Learning to let go and stop hoarding terabytes
Nah, too many files have disappeared completely from the Internet, no one's interested in archiving and no, archive.org doesn't get everything.
voltagex_··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
$549USD - more expensive than some people's TVs.
voltagex_··on ZSTD 1.5.5 is released with a corruption fix found at Google
What's stopping those 4 patches from being upstreamed?

What advantages or disadvantages am I getting from them?

voltagex_··on Fix Intel CPU Throttling on Linux
Is this normally logged anywhere? You may have just saved me RMAing a laptop.
voltagex_··on How to build a Linux-based wireless router out of spare parts (1998)
Having done this for a few years, I can say that you should get a separate access point and leave OpenWRT for routing / switching only. I also have Mikrotik gear handling >1GBe duties.
voltagex_··on If you're happy with OpenBSD, probably any computer is good enough
Depending on where you are, there'll either be local auctions of surplus tech, or eBay / refurbishing stores selling these kinds of things. I always went for Dell Optiplex, but there are HP and Lenovo equivalents too
voltagex_··on How We Built Fly Postgres
I don't even see pricing for this when logged in, FWIW.
voltagex_··on Recent Progress in and around LibreSSL [pdf]
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF1d_aCSzS0
voltagex_··on The US will finally allow adaptive beam headlights on new cars
Hi. I'm a wheelchair user. It's only reasonably recently that the buses here had a restraint system that can lock my chair in place added, before that I needed to hold on to a bar next to me, which destroyed my shoulders.

Uber decimated the taxi industry, the pandemic finished them off, and now taxis need to be sent from one town over, and those drivers don't accept my government subsidy card.

At my fittest, I could push my chair about 10km per day.

I need a car.

voltagex_··on Using a Canon EOS camera as a webcam in Debian
https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback/issues/268#issuecom... specifically.
voltagex_··on USB4 v2 is also 120 Gbps
There's $50-200USD USB PD meters on AliExpress. I like Ruideng / RD-Tech brand ones.
voltagex_··on USB4 v2 is also 120 Gbps
What do you want to test? Another reply has mentioned the 15K USD TotalPhase device, which I'd love to use one day.

For "home" testing, I've used a USB C -> NVMe enclosure (UGreen is my favourite) with a half decent NVMe drive in it. Does the drive reach 1 gigabyte / second sustained read/write? Congrats, the cable supports 10 gigabit.

voltagex_··on Dear Linux, Privileged Ports Must Die
OpenSSH doesn't support SRV records by default - it would make things easier to move if it did.
voltagex_··on WireGuard Servers Running from RAM
https://github.com/mullvad/system-transparency seems to include the stboot mentioned in the article.
voltagex_··on Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
A company called EnTech does this.

https://www.entechtaiwan.com/lib/softmccs.shtm

voltagex_··on Weird monitor bugs people sent me in the last 5 years
No one lists DDC support in reviews.

On my Acer XB271HU, using SoftMCCS either doesn't work, or causes the monitor to go into factory test mode (flashes full screen R, G, B instead of sleeping). In factory test mode, different commands work or don't work.

voltagex_··on Is there hope for Linux on smartphones? [video]
Just a warning with that one - if you unlock it, it will never receive another Sony OTA, and there's no re-locking. Probably less of a problem now that it's out of support. Sailfish was also really rough on it.
voltagex_··on Pine64’s response to “Why I left Pine64”
So very few lessons learned from the first PinePhone, then
voltagex_··on Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
Yep but also no response via the Pinboard support email.
voltagex_··on Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?
pinboard.in but Maciej appears to be offline (?) at the moment and archiving is a bit broken (for me). Hope he's OK.
voltagex_··on Using your SIM card for MFA when logging in to an SSH server
Instant PhoneCheck USD 0.030

Active SIMCheck USD 0.090

Strong SubscriberCheck USD 0.200

voltagex_··on How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?
The vendors, against Windows.
voltagex_··on How fast is 12th Gen Intel Core?
Why is Docker's VM not idling?
voltagex_··on ICMP, Ping, and Traceroute – What I wish I was taught (2020)
That's the Linux version, not WinMTR.
voltagex_··on ICMP, Ping, and Traceroute – What I wish I was taught (2020)
Last updated 9 years ago.
voltagex_··on Captive Portals
I found the GL.inet gear underpowered, although I've only used their cheap stuff and finicky re: firmware -the last one had removed OpenWRT luci by default
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