My UPS says 116 watts right now, but it’s probably not particularly accurate. That’s running my pfSense box, NAS, switch, 2 access points, Starlink and a mini PC. That’s with minimal disk and internet activity. My CCTV cameras and DVR use another 30 W in the day and 50 W at night.
Port forwarding would be preferable, but it’s not required. If you don’t have an open port, you will only be able to connect to peers that do.
I’ve bought plenty of games that I’ve pirated. I’m just not willing to pay more than a dollar or two unless it’s DRM free.
At least it’s viewable without javascript.
You could always swap the controller with a modern one running Marlin.
There will never be an AI free Linux distro again since it’s allowed in the kernel. I would certainly prefer to use a distro that doesn’t allow vibe coded programs though. That junk is unmaintainable and will be abandoned when the creator can no longer afford the tokens.
You want a business laptop. Most of them are designed to be repairable and have parts readily available. They are also a lot more durable than the junk you find in the stores. The only downside is they are not good for gaming, but you can always pick one with Thunderbolt/USB 4 and use an eGPU. Just make sure the port has all 4 PCIe lanes connected.
It’s probably running a proxy server so the company can sell your internet connection to the AI scrapers.
Block all of Meta’s domains and ASNs on your network and cut off contact with anyone that uses it.
copy file.txt prn was an interesting shortcut for printing things 35 years ago.
The Linux equivalent of that is cat file.txt > /dev/lp0. It still works if you have a parallel port printer that accepts plain text.
I’ve never tried it, but you can use UNetbootin to do that.
RAM that’s hogged by windows is wasted RAM. It should be used by programs and for caching.
The Pi 4 & 5 are no good for tinkering anymore, but the Pi Pico microcontrollers still are. I just hope they don’t screw that up too.
The oldest seeded torrent just turned 23 years old a week ago.
It would even make a decent living room gaming PC. The 3050Ti won’t run the modern AAA junk, but it will handle most indie games and a lot of older games.
Reddit is slowly dying. It will eventually be 100% bots.
They made a large chunk of the internet inaccessible without javascript.
Pressed discs last for decades, but they still fail and should be backed up. I’ve never heard of anyone wanting to keep the DRM before though.
Mumble is much better for gaming. It’s lightweight and doesn’t use the GPU at all. Since it’s self hosted, there is no ID verification.
It looks like all of the cells are in parallel. I sure hope they have a fuse for each cell. If not, it will get very exciting when someone puts one in backwards.