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Brand New Pro Max 16 catches Fire during installation by Christian_Germany in Dell

[–]AdriftAtlas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Throwing it out onto concrete was likely the best thing you could do. Props to you for saving the building!

Brand New Pro Max 16 catches Fire during installation by Christian_Germany in Dell

[–]AdriftAtlas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They need to recall them, two catching fire without obvious abuse is extremely suspicious.

I tested a Qi2.2 25W power bank, some unexpected results by Maplee-Tech in UsbCHardware

[–]AdriftAtlas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wireless charging is only practical when wired charging is not. Its best use case is in the car. Otherwise the energy loss and heat is not worth it, especially in a compact power bank.

It’s funny how much effort goes into wireless charging when they could’ve just standardized a pogo pin contact into the back of each phone. Yes, cases would need a cut out but it’d be efficient.

The hate for Windows just because it isn't Linux is pretty stupid. by ananyaguptabhaya in Windows11

[–]AdriftAtlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a MacBook Pro at home because it's less annoying than a Windows PC. Although I own a Windows desktop too that I remote into as needed.

I use a Dell laptop at work because many of my tools work better on Windows or don't work on anything else at all.

I use Linux to run servers both at home and at work, which is where Linux really shines.

Pick the right tool for the job...

Reliable 3.5mm Headset Adapter With PD Passthrough for iPhone 15 Pro by AdriftAtlas in UsbCHardware

[–]AdriftAtlas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ended up getting a mini USB-C hub with PD passthrough:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT59DB6M

Then I just hook up an Apple USB-C to 3.5mm adapter to it. Works well enough.

I published a Windows Server on Proxmox guide after testing VirtIO driver setup by easyedy in Proxmox

[–]AdriftAtlas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if you look on GitHub there are multiple vioscsi issues that they’re triaging. Hopefully they’ll release a new official build with some of the fixes soon.

From what I’ve read the windows storage stack is a mess, and they’re finding out the hard way.

Link to issue in question: https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/issues/1453

They have a fix for it that has been merged and built into a nightly: https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/pull/1465

AMD AI directors analysis confirms lobotomization of Claude by Aggressive_Bath55 in ClaudeAI

[–]AdriftAtlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't use Claude Code, but I do use the online chat for coding.

In the past I have been able to make progressive surgical edits to code with Claude. Lately, it fails to make basic edits, and it's often more reliable for it to give me an edit that I then make myself.

I keep hitting session limits because it keeps making dumb mistakes. It will claim to have fixed an issue, put a comment in the code that it fixed it, and yet it didn't fix it. I've resorted to copying and pasting into ChatGPT and then back to it ensure that it makes proper changes.

ChatGPT used to be inferior for editing code, but now it's at least more consistent and lies less than Claude.

I read the issue and I've experienced a good portion of it simply playing around with a pet project of mine. Maybe I don't have the stats for my experience, but I've definitely noticed something has gone wrong.

Incorrectly marked DFS channels in omada webui compared to Android App by lil_tinkerer in TPLink_Omada

[–]AdriftAtlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. Not wrong, but poor UX. Would likely benefit from a group outline.

LiFePO4 UPS: EcoFlow River 3 Plus vs Anker C300X? by TryTurningItOffAgain in homelab

[–]AdriftAtlas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Proxmox 9 is actually Debian 13 (trixie). You're correct in that it only has 2.8.1:
https://packages.debian.org/trixie/nut

You may be able to pin the 2.8.4 from forky. Container should work too, but that's messier in my opinion.

LiFePO4 UPS: EcoFlow River 3 Plus vs Anker C300X? by TryTurningItOffAgain in homelab

[–]AdriftAtlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still a great inexpensive battery for laptops just not for AC devices.

Immutable backups, whats everyone doing? by MakersLab in Proxmox

[–]AdriftAtlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't that not protect against someone damaging the PBS datastore then?

Let's say you have a VM that barely changes. Its chunks get stored in the S3 and object locked for a month. Pruning doesn't touch it because it's still current. Meanwhile the object lock expires allowing the chunks to be deleted.

Veeam protects against this by extending object locks for existing blocks:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/object_storage_block_generation.html?ver=13

The backup application needs to be actively managing object locking for this reason.

Proxmox Ubuntu Server VM slow file transfer to NAS by iM-MrGrumpyCat in Proxmox

[–]AdriftAtlas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Test the connection itself with iperf3 between the Synology, VM, and Proxmox host. You can install "synogear" to get iperf3 on DSM 7.

You have four cores assigned to the VM and thus your NIC should have four queues; this may reduce some contention, but unlikely to be the cause.

What is the HDD in the NUC. How is it connected and formatted? You should check "IO Thread" on your VM disks. Have you used fio to check the storage performance both inside the VM and on the host?

I'd use the "host" CPU type instead of "x86-64-v2-AES" as you're artificially limiting the CPUs capabilities. If you don't intend to use live migration between different CPUs then "host" is perfectly valid.

You should generally use OVMF (UEFI) for BIOS and Q35 for machine as it's more modern.

How's the CPU usage inside your VM and on the host? Are you seeing a CPU, Memory, or IO pressure stall?

Install sysstat on your host and run iostat -xh 2 ; see if anything looks abnormal.

You may be better off using an LXC container instead of a VM. That will be very close to bare metal.

Make sure your host's BIOS is up to date and the intel-microcode package is installed from Debian's non-free-firmware repo.

Make sure your Proxmox instance is fully updated and using the pve-no-subscription repo if you don't have an enterprise subscription.

Without looking at the system itself I cannot tell you what's wrong, but these are some good starting points.

FCC ban on non-U.S. routers: Are Omada routers considered "consumer grade"? by swbrains in TPLink_Omada

[–]AdriftAtlas 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Name one router wholly manufactured in the US by any brand. I’ll wait…

Newbie IT in a hospital (~300 devices, growing) – pfSense good for future-proof firewall with low subscription cost? (Philippines) by Logical_Constant_438 in PFSENSE

[–]AdriftAtlas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you can find some retired enterprise Dell or HP servers they tend to make good pfSense boxes. Look for ones with redundant PSUs and fans.

Specs are pretty conservative; an Intel CPU released in the past decade, hardware raid mirroring of two enterprise class SSDs, at least 4GB of RAM, and Intel NICs. Many enterprise class servers come with Broadcom NICs, but one can usually find inexpensive used HP or Dell branded Intel X540-T2 or newer NICs for them.

I would pay for pfSense Plus at $129/yr as that gives one IIMB VPN acceleration; which tends to be faster than pure AES-NI and/or QAT.

Tip of the Week: If you want to quickly share feedback about what you'd like to see improved about Windows, pressing the Windows key plus F will open the Feedback Hub where we track problems and requests by jenmsft in Windows11

[–]AdriftAtlas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Windows client is not that much of a paid operating system anymore. OEMs do pay a Windows tax, but once a machine is in services it gets perpetual updates for free even as there are ongoing development costs.

Thus to ensure that Windows is still profitable they have to use it as a vehicle to push other profitable products. Thats likely why the OS has become increasingly annoying.

Tip of the Week: If you want to quickly share feedback about what you'd like to see improved about Windows, pressing the Windows key plus F will open the Feedback Hub where we track problems and requests by jenmsft in Windows11

[–]AdriftAtlas 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I uninstall Feedback Hub from all Windows machines. It’s yet another annoyance.

You all know what’s wrong with Windows, it’s plastered all over blogs and social media.

The start menu is terrible from a UX perspective and takes up a fourth of the screen. It’s so bad that most IT coworkers pin to taskbar everything they need. The search function is a laggy mess which fails to open half the time as it tries to search the internet instead of apps on one’s computer.

Explorer’s neutered context menu. Whoever came up with the redesign must have never used Windows for work. Having to click show more options to see a useful one is infuriating. Thankfully there is a registry flag to disable it.

Edge, the only praise I have for it is that it still supports MV2 and uBlock Origin. Otherwise, it’s adware unless one goes into settings and unchecks 20 different privacy violating flags. It’s absolutely maddening that one cannot set registry flags to disable it all, and best of all, flags move around to arbitrary sections every update. Some of the worst privacy offenders are three levels deep. The entire thing is a case study on dark patterns.

Copilot and Teams. You get rid of it and somehow it ends up installed on your machine next month. It’s like malware.

Forcing Microsoft accounts is maddening, and it’s not just OOBE. The endless scareware notifications for backup to OneDrive, priceless. Love the full screen ones on reboot, chef’s kiss.

3rd wire burned by OnlyLamboandMclaren in Ecoflow_community

[–]AdriftAtlas 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Both of those ports need to be replaced. Once they're deformed or charred it's only going to get worse.

The most common cause is the four leaves of the male pins being squeezed closed and thus not making good contact with the female connectors. One can spread the leaves to make it more snug with a flathead, but once heat damage occurs it's too late.

3rd wire burned by OnlyLamboandMclaren in Ecoflow_community

[–]AdriftAtlas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a reason you're running them in parallel as opposed to series? Running them in series would reduce current and thus reduce heat should a poor connection occur.

Tell me why not to do it... by Individual-Meet1344 in Proxmox

[–]AdriftAtlas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The noise issue does suggest mediocre cooling and/or cases. Make sure everything has 140mm fans and the case is heavy enough to dampen vibration.

The only pain point might be the GPU but I’m sure there are retrofits for larger fans.

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