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  • Science cannot exist without finance. Science and its practitioners do not exist in a vacuum. Who are going to feed the "scientists"? Or who are going to be the "scientists"? It takes time and resources to train "scientists". It also takes time and resources to ensure knowledge is inherited and shared. That is why renaissance and enlightenment is such a big deal in history.

  • Most folks have taken things for granted for too long. Throughout the course of our history, we human have never been wealthier, healthier, and happier. Our stomachs have never been more filled. People have forgotten how we get here. It is not dynastic empires, Soviet Republics, nor facist dictatorships that bring us the quality of life we all enjoy. It is rather tragic to withness the spread of the anti-capitalism ignorance.

  • Asus also has a similar line. Just they carry and market this line of products in limited countries only.

    It is also not that odd to see Asus grabbing the Intel NUC business. Intel NUCs have been contract manufactured by Pegatron, the OEM manufacturing spin-off of the original ASUSTeK Computer Inc., whose majority shareholder is still ASUSTek.

  • I have been using it since v1.1x and that was released around a year ago. In other words, it has been running good enough for me for a year. Features are added and bugs are getting fixed along the way. I have not experienced any major break.

  • You are welcome and glad that it works eventually.

  • I am curious if you are using an external DAC or the built-in audio interface for your headphones.

  • I would place my trust on the good "not-so-old" Yubikey. I have been using their keys since early 2010s. I have used NEO, 4, and 5 NFC and all of them have been rock solid.

  • No not anymore. I no longer find it necessary now. Things have become much easier. Many routers have out-of-factory OpenWrt support or are outright built with/on OpenWrt. Companies like GL.iNet has made the barrier to entry the lowest ever.

    Gone were the days we had to spot the right hardware versions, find ways to access debug ports, tinker with das uboot (or it had to be added...), flush the official firmware, and flash the right OpenWRT image. And this often would set you down on a path to compile the "right" kernel to work with proprietary driver/firmware blob files so hardware acceleration (e.g. NAT or WiFi radio) could work properly.... Indeed I have learnt a lot but honestly I don't really miss those days lol

  • dd is transferring in blocks while rsync is transferring in files (or file tree). If you wanna clone a disk, the former is a better option as you want a clone and a block device may contain more than one partition.

  • Both the SD cards and SSDs are interpreted as block storage devices by the Linux kernel. You should be able to clone the SD card to a SSD with tools such as dd.

  • And the issue still persists even after taking those steps?

    Does the dig command confirm 1.1.1.1 is in use?

  • prowlarr does not appear to support customizing DNS. You need to alter your DNS on the OS level. Which OS are you using?

  • SD cards are not known for reliability either. A decent USB drive can get you SMART passthrough at least.

  • Check for the exact core configuration and cache size via Intel Ark first. More often than not i5 and i7 can have the same core configuration and cache size but difference base and boost frequencies.

  • Yeah hiding DNS queries is just one part of the equation. It has to be coupled with other techs/techniques to really achieve privacy.

  • Chrome has DNS-over-HTTPS enabled by default. Firefox, however, enables that by default in certain regions only.

    Cloudflare has a comprehensive guide on how to enable it in various browsers.

    P.S. If you dun wanna use Cloudflare as the resolver, quad9 can be an (maybe better) option.

  • Pi should not be the first choice unless you just wanna dip your toe in the water with limited investment or you are real experienced in the trade. While the hardware is powerful enough for many use cases, it is very limited in external connectivity which really hampers its potential as a NAS/multi-purpose server.

    CPUs often get less efficient (in the sense of work done per watt) when they are pushed to their limits. Unless you are running the server at full load all the time, the power consumption of a typical x86 system is quite manageable (~30-50W) at idle to low usage. Newer hardware is surely more efficient as newer designs are relatively faster and often have more power conservation technologies built-in.