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The most precious machine in our stack of laptops and PCs, excluding anything we actually use regularly. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break.
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Wiring up a house for networking including cables, access points, connectors, and racks. Plus Google is found liable for what its AI overviews say.
Plugs
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Managing Cache and DirectIO for Databases on ZFS
Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA
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We were asked about wiring up a house for access points etc.
Jim’s guide to Wi-Fi AP placement
Monoprice 24-port Cat5e Patch Panel
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The new Steam hardware is getting close, Arch Linux’s AUR is compromised, and curl is having a month off from vulnerability reports. Plus updates on using the Kagi search engine, retro handhelds, and 3D printing.
Plugs
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Steam Machine and Steam Frame are shipping this summer
Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day [archived] 2
Arch Linux’s AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware 4.5
Arch Linux Now Believes Malware Incident Under Control: More Than 1,500 Affected Packages
Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack
Arch Linux locks down AUR signups amid wave of malicious commits
Retro gaming handhelds
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We get into the process of working on and with formal protocol specifications, something Andy is familiar with from his work on Matrix.
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Having recently moved house, Gary wonders how to reconfigure his homelab and network setup. Plus Shane is fed up with GitHub’s outages and formulates a plan to move away… somewhere…
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People were locked out of their password managers to stop a brute force attack, Coreutils come to Windows, a FreeBSD PR effort backfires, and the best simple consumer WiFi gear.
Plugs
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Why ZFS Is the Ideal Filesystem for Multi-User/Department Media Production
Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA
News/discussion
Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks
Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils
FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop
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We were asked about the best simple consumer WiFi gear.
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A new Firefox release confuses Félim, Plex makes no sense in a world where Jellyfin exists, Will considers paying for the Kagi search engine, and another small Android tablet for your wall. Plus what we learned at the recent Ubuntu Summit.
News/discussion
Firefox 151.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing
Ubuntu Summit
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We revisit the topic of the dire situation with hardware prices, this time with a focus on getting the most out of machines with limited resources.
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Microsoft threatens a security researcher for disclosing vulnerabilities publicly, bricks old versions of Office, and announces their version of OpenClaw. Plus keeping up with the latest technology.
Plugs
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Which ZFS Storage Metrics Matter for Database Performance
Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS
News/discussion
Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation
The researcher is a former MS employee says Krebs
Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher
Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations
Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent
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We were asked about keeping up with the latest technology.
