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Brickfrog

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  • UGREEN enters Network Attached Storage (NAS) market with diverse Linux-based NASync lineup

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  • Bummer, the formfactor / specs look okay but it's kind of a dead end if I can't just install & use a vanilla Debian OS or similar.

    With all the NAS OS options probably Synology has the best one but even there I don't actually want to get locked into that. I doubt this UGOS software can match Synology's let alone Debian.

    If it's any consolation it looks like UGREEN is responding to comments about installing other OSes at their kickstarter page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/urgreen/ugreen-nasync-next-level-storage-limitless-possibilities/comments

  • how to avoid seeding torrent queue

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  • Yes - But keep both TCP and uTP enabled (should be the default setting unless you changed it).

  • how to avoid seeding torrent queue

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  • Seems easier just to disable queuing altogether. Then if you're worried about bandwidth usage just configure your "global maximum number of connections" and your "global rate limits" to whatever you need them to be. Also keep uTP enabled (under Options / Connection) if you're concerned about the torrent client using up your bandwidth while using the internet.

    It's not the answer you're looking for but it might be worth giving a try.

  • Rotating banners on /r/piracy

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  • Keep in mind the instance itself hosts generative AI communities, it is even mentioned in the sidebar of https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/

    as well as the instance's local communities list

    https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/communities

    Anyways this all seems like a non-issue IMO, most people don't even see the community homepage and would hardly ever see the banner pic. And db0 isn't talking about flooding /c/piracy with AI art posts, just updating the community banner... though this instance does have a local community !stable_diffusion_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com if you're interested in seeing AI art posts.

  • Comcast: "Starting today, new and existing customers can take advantage of the following speed increases:

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  • Meanwhile no mention about their limited upload speeds.

  • Better Live ISO Booter than Ventoy?

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  • Not sure if it fits what you're looking for but I usually use YUMI for multi boot situations, can't recall it giving me any issues over the years. But I don't do anything overly complex either.

    Never had the need to use Ventoy myself so can't really give a good comparison but maybe others have used both & can give a better review.

    PS - For what it's worth my basic toolkit is YUMI with https://www.system-rescue.org and https://www.memtest.org, that alone covers the vast majority of my diagnostics/rescue situations. But I've also added Windows 10 ISO onto the multi boot on occasion which could be useful for getting to a Windows prompt with Windows tools when needed - though I have a habit of keeping Windows on its own USB via https://rufus.ie

  • Swarms of AI "killer robots" are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should

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  • It's okay, killbots have a preset kill limit. Just send wave after wave of human soldiers at them until they shut down.

  • Please advise how to transfer P2P a 30 GB file

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  • Interesting, though I suspect that is a false positive, it's happened before with that software

    https://rejetto.com/forum/index.php?topic=9037.0

    Most likely because it is a self-contained web server executable? That sort of software would seem suspicious and similar to other sorts of virus/malware.

    Granted I have not used it in a while but I'd be surprised if it were true, their forums and github would be full of reports of malware.

    https://github.com/rejetto/hfs

    That aside you have plenty of other options to use if you prefer to use something else.

  • Please advise how to transfer P2P a 30 GB file

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  • Syncthing, Resilio Sync, or one of those browser based p2p file sends e.g. https://file.pizza or similar.

    If both p2p ends know how to use torrents then creating a simple torrent to share to the other peer would work fine. But that requires slightly more IT competence especially if someone needs to open a port forward (ideally you would make sure you have your own port forwarded so the other party doesn't have to worry about this).

    If you're doing this more than once it might be worth setting up a simple server e.g. HFS is a nice open source/free HTTP file server, been a while since I used it but it still seems to be active https://www.rejetto.com/hfs/

  • Broadcom yanks ESXi Free version, effective immediately

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  • Sucks but not surprising. Broadcom has a history of doing things like this, ugh. Even with their paid products they jack up the price so much that the only customers that stick around are the business enterprise types that are locked in & can't easily migrate for various reasons.

  • Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought

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  • “But I was still embarrassed this weekend when I had to stick a straw in my wine glass.” Soda cans are doable; coffee mugs are not. The first must-have Vision Pro accessory is a very long metal straw

    Or this works too

  • New Pixel features for a minty fresh start to the year

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  • Seems like it is only available with 128 GB storage. All the other Pixel 8 models have at least 128-256 GB versions if not more.

  • Switched from uTorrent to QBitTorrent

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  • auto adding public default trackers to any public torrent

    qB already has that, see Tools / Options / BitTorrent / "Automatically add these trackers to new downloads"

    I don't use that feature but it seems to be there.

  • how to get bitcoin or (whatever crypto usenet services will take) anonymously (or where to find out)?

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  • i know the bitcoin atm’s and banks do “know your customer” stuff (basically they id you first)

    Depends on your area so make sure to double-check. Many (most?) BTMs only require KYC for larger amounts. e.g. buying $800+ might require KYC, buying less than $800 may only require text message verification. For text messages you can buy a temporary burner phone with cash, or if you're lucky you can find a SMS service that works with the BTM - just be aware most BTMs don't work with virtual SMS phone numbers.

    Or your other option is maybe buy bitcoin via cash by mail, some crypto trading websites/platforms offer that.

    Or going non crypto you could technically just purchase a pre-paid credit card with cash, you'd just need to make sure the card would work with whatever services you are subscribing to.

    Cash is still more anonymous than cryptocurrency, I suppose you can ask the services you're subscribing to if they accept cash by mail (I don't know of any offhand).

    PS - Not sure if your post is breaking rules here, this Lemmy instance is anti-cryptocurrency and does have a rule forbidding crypto shill topics. But it might be okay if you're just asking a general question.

  • What Torrenting program do you use?

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  • If PicoTorrent meets your needs then you're fine, it's a great torrent client.

    I tend to use qBittorrent, Deluge, rTorrent/ruTorrent.

    Below is the list of desktop/server torrent clients people have mentioned over on the old subreddit.

    I'll just add that it's best to avoid current versions of BitTorrent/uTorrent/Vuze nowadays. (Vuze users should migrate to BiglyBT)

  • Sonarr/Radarr, is this still a thing?

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  • Automation apps have gotten more popular over the years so yes, they are still a thing.

    Sonarr/Radarr are the most popular ones but there are others too. Most work with torrents and usenet but you'd need to check the individual projects to be sure.

  • Which audio codec to choose?

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  • Presumably you're ripping to archive/store that data long term in which case you should use a lossless codec like FLAC.

    OTOH if you're planning on re-ripping these CDs every year or something then it doesn't really matter what codec you use since you're going to do the work all over again anyway.