They might ve referring to changing the settings for stuff like "active torrents" and maximum connections. I've fiddled with all this stuff but never really bothered digging into finding the 'proper' settings
Pretty much. I have 1080P Bluray for movies, two 720p for TV, and a "give me the lowest resolution available" for stuff my users request but I feel has little value (like reality TV). For TV I have two 720p profiles but one maxes out at 720p with only lower resolutions below the cutoff while the other includes 1080p but only if 720p isn't available meaning they're placed below 720p in order of priority.
Yes I was actually sad to leave Mullvad, and the developer was pretty cool about giving refunds, so I'd definitely go back if things changed in the future.
AirVPN does have port forwarding and is what I wound up switching to. So far, everything is working fine and there are a decent number of servers available.
Are you really trying to take the moral high ground while arguing that the term "idiot" should be revived and solely reserved for people with mental disabilities related to intelligence? JFC this is what happens when you take sniffing your own farts a little too far.
It's like you want to enshrine the word in its most hateful form rather than allow its meaning to be diluted into something powerless and inconsequential.
I recently wound up "following" a car for about 30 miles right to their house. I got behind them on the freeway for around 25 miles, exited at the same exit, drove about 5 miles through town making all the same turns, drove by as they pulled into their driveway in a residential neighborhood, and then pulled into my own driveway two houses down. They were probably shitting bricks, and I even debated on whether I should just pull off onto a random street as we got closer and closer to my house, but I was tired and wanted to get home. Definitely a weird-ass but totally coincidental situation.
NordVPN also doesn't have port forwarding so you're unlikely to be able to seed anything back. This'll get you banned from private trackers and goes against the whole concept of torrenting.
Provided it's available in your location, and still being sold/produced. Furthermore Blurays are only going to be harder to find as time goes on with companies like Best Buy stating that they'll no longer be selling them.
DNS is like a big phone book telling you that navigating to "google.com" = IP address 75.209.123.456, for example. Your ISP can see these requests and add information to them like ads. Using AdGuard DNS encrypts these requests so they can't be modified.
It's not illegal in Oregon either and I actually looked up the statute to confirm.
You seriously got pulled over for flashing your lights at a left lane camper? I thought it was actually codified in law down there (or maybe one of the neighboring states) that you can flash your light to indicate your desire to pass.
I have a bunch of WD HDDs (9) in my Fractal Design Define R7 case sitting on top of my desk, about 2ft away at ear level, and can barely hear them. If anything the hum of the fans is what I can hear most (though still quiet). I have a security camera NVR with a little 40mm fan 12ft away on top of a high shelf in my office and I can hear it over my server by quite a large margin.
Even if rebuilding it today, I'd go for HDDs as you can't buy 12, 14, 18TB, etc SSDs for a couple hundred bucks and you won't really gain any benefit using SSD over HDD as reading large movie files from a disk isn't going to saturate the drive cache and you won't be dealing with random seeking.
You said you might upgrade all the drives in the future but how (2nd NAS?) and what will you do with the old ones? 4x4TB is going to fill up pretty fast especially when you're first starting out and eager to add new titles.
Maybe mention that you're 'taking lessons' to change/Americanize your accent to the people you're familiar with and then fairly rapidly incorporate your new dialect into your speech? This kinda changes something you may be embarrassed about into something more akin to learning a new language. I'm sure after a short bit, your new speech will just become normal sounding, and everyone will forget about the change.
They might ve referring to changing the settings for stuff like "active torrents" and maximum connections. I've fiddled with all this stuff but never really bothered digging into finding the 'proper' settings