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Comment Re: And just like that, everyone stopped using Ple (Score 1) 17

> I have found that streaming directly to my Plex home server over TLS is generally smoother without going through Wireguard. Not quite sure why.

I recently had to solve this.

Wireguard should work with a regular 1500byte MTU connection at 1440 or 1420 bytes (the default) --- however --- if your ISP is routing your IPv4 using 4-in-6 internally (like my major cable company) everything goes to hell.

Try dropping your wg MTU to 1360, MSS at 1320, and set up a mangle table to clamp MSS to PMTU (e.g. iptables rule).

I got a 10x bump in TLS over wireguard throughput.

Total pain in the ass and lightly documented.

Comment What I've been telling colleagues... (Score 2) 100

AI = "Amalgamation of Information"

AI just uses probability calculations to amalgamate together an "average" of information on the subject. It's not smart. It doesn't think. It's not self-aware. It just is a digital hamburger grinder that churns out a paste of what gets put into its hopper.

Comment Re:It WILL Replace Them (Score 4, Insightful) 34

The illusion of intelligence evaporates if you use these systems for more than a few minutes.

Using AI effectively requires, ironically, advanced thinking skills and abilities. It's not going to make stupid people as smart as smart people, it's going to make smart people smarter and stupid people stupider. If you can't outthink the AI, there's no place for you.

Comment Re:Better if... (Score 1) 148

Really? I would expect the opposite.

Me too.

I prefer a low-mid price motorola with a good battery, I don't want to replace it ever if I'm not forced, and I take care of it.

I could easily buy a new phone whenever, but I'm not an appy apper. It's just a phone with a snapshot camera to me.

One thing about not getting patches... you're also not usually affected by the new bugs. Software comes out, it's full of bugs, bugs start getting exploited, they start getting patched. After a couple years of that the version is pretty solid.

Comment Re:Disappointing but not surprising (Score 1) 3

They're already making bank doing this, so it's pretty clear their terms already put them in charge of the decision.

I doubt any content creators are going to withhold from them, because what's the alternative? Publishing on youtube? They won't have enough views to make money, documentaries are niche.

Comment Re:Buggy (Score 0) 90

The mandatory online account registration was awful.

Windows 10 is the only version you can download and install for free, from MS, legally. If you don't register an account, it just disables some of the crapware and you have to close a few popups once in awhile.

I've been using primarily *nix since the 90s, and went 2 decades without owning a windows (or mac) box. When I needed to install Windoze (to run software for a class) I chose Win 10 and I'm pretty happy with that. I don't have to worry about predatory IP lawsuits, I didn't have to buy some shitty old computer that already had a copy of windoze, and I didn't have to sign up for anything.

I do actually have a microsoft account, for using Teams (on Linux), but I sure as heck don't want to connect that to their telemetry. Just on principle.

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