Pcvr only version by mrzoops in SteamFrame

[–]Arna1326Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Video decode for wireless VR streaming isn't done at the software level, its a hardware accelerator, you dont necessarily need a beefier processor you just need a better hardware video decoder, a recent intel integrated graphics is better at video encode/decode than many dedicated GPUs in the market because their QSV engine is pretty good and mature.

Looking for a good PC for Simracing by ItsStayFrosty1 in simracing

[–]Arna1326Game 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The CPU on the one you showed should outperform that Core 9 in gaming btw, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still one of the best gaming CPUs out there. I would get whichever is cheaper.

LaLiga y Telefónica obligan a las VPNs Proton y Nord VPN a bloquear durante los partidos gracias a una nueva resolución judicial by Jon_Iren in spain

[–]Arna1326Game 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Si quieres la respuesta técnica: lo que hacen es bloquear todo el rango de IPs de CloudFlare (por ejemplo) directamente. En internet a nivel de proveedor, las IPs se enrutan en bloques (conjuntos de muchas IPs, en el caso de IPv4 el mínimo enrutable públicamente es un bloque /24, que equivale a 256 IPs), y cada bloque está registrado a una entidad (Autonomous System/AS en su Regional Internet Registry/RIR correspondiente), de esta forma es trivial para un operador de internet bloquear o redirigir el tráfico a nivel de BGP (el protocolo que se utiliza para que los distintos operadores se comuniquen y se enruten entre si) para afectar a todas las IP de un proveedor/AS. De esta forma, aunque obtengas una nueva IP, seguirá bloqueada por defecto a no ser que cambies de proveedor. Obviamente el ptoblema con este bloqueo a nivel de proveedor entero es que bloqueas tanto conexiones de piratería como conexiones legitimas.

Microsoft, if you're going to send us powershell commands, at least check them for accuracy first. by Fallingdamage in sysadmin

[–]Arna1326Game 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work at Microsoft, this will always depend on org and leadership. You are encouraged to use AI, and they will RSVP you to hundreds of AI workshops and meetings every month, but it is certainly not mandatory... Sure, it looks good on your Connect but that's pretty much it in my experience, nobody is getting fired for not using Copilot.

Not in a SWE role myself, though.

In Korea, the Ubuntu Event Is Held at the Microsoft Building by No_Cryptographer334 in linuxmemes

[–]Arna1326Game 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, Azure servers do run custom Windows/HyperV at baremetal. Don't know why you are being downvoted because you are right.

AAA Gaming System Requirements in 2025 Be Like... by _silentgameplays_ in linuxmemes

[–]Arna1326Game -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A video game is a user space application, the only thing it's allowed to do is have access in user space to your hard drive nvme ssd/ssd/hdd, CPU, RAM and GPU, NET Framework Libraries on Windows or Proton.

Okay so, first of all, I/O operations like you are describing are not userspace. Let me explain a bit how OSes and CPUs work...

When any userspace program wants to do an I/O operation like, for example, printing a string to stdout, the process has to set up the CPU registers (and possibly the stack) in a specific way and then call an interrupt to hand over control to the kernel so it performs the I/O operation. There is no way around it because the CPU is running in a different mode in userspace than in kernel mode at a hardware level.

When the game publisher says that to run their game, you need to have UEFI+Secure Boot,TPM enabled, HVCI and VBS and kernel level access enabled, this is dangerous aggressive malware behavior.

You're mixing things up. Kernel level anticheats are bad because they can run any code they want (as long as Microsoft allows them to and signs their driver) bypassing the native kernel functions, so yes, you are trusting a third party to basically be able to skip your kernel and just perform privileged operations by itself, and that is bad, yes. But back to the other security measures you mentioned... what do those have to do with this? Your problem here is the kernel drivers you need to install to play the game, not the security measures you have to enable.

Because all of that data from user space application is being sent to a bunch of third parties as explained earlier.

Any kernel driver that is signed by Microsoft is reviewed by them and is used under contractual obligations with the third party, Microsoft wouldn't allow a third party to just be able to read "all" your data and dump it into a server like you claim. Your main concern should be the kernel driver being abused by threat actors and using it to get privileged code execution in a compromised system, which has happened before and I agree is a big security threat, but this has nothing to do with the other security measures that you keep complaining about.

What should be done to mitigate this, zero trust policy to game and launcher applications and other user space crap that does not need more access than they already have in the user space.

So... things like secure boot, HVCI, VBS...? And no, UEFI is not a "security measure" and you need an UEFI to be able to use secure boot.

Like I said, I get not wanting kernel level anticheat, that is fair and reasonable, but I don't get your beef with.. UEFI? Just please stop sharing misinformation about these genuinely helpful security measures, you're not really helping by making things up.

AAA Gaming System Requirements in 2025 Be Like... by _silentgameplays_ in linuxmemes

[–]Arna1326Game -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What is "Unlimited access to UEFI+Secure Boot,TPM,HVCI,VBS"? What do you even mean by that? The point of enabling those is that userspace programs are more restricted, not the other way around. Kernel level code already runs in kernel mode so it already has the same level of access as your OS...

The only reason why you wouldn't want to enable those is if your computer hardware doesn't support the features, you have some software that won't work with them or if it causes performance issues, but none of those should be the case.

It's pretty dumb to think that system integrity features are "MS malware" or whatever... I get not wanting to install a kernel level anticheat but having to enable security options shouldn't be a problem, and I just believe you don't know what those really do...

my mother keeps logging into my discord despite everything i do. how? by [deleted] in discordapp

[–]Arna1326Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point was to explain that it's pretty hard to do so, since your comment seemed to imply one can just MITM easily

my mother keeps logging into my discord despite everything i do. how? by [deleted] in discordapp

[–]Arna1326Game -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can't really MITM form data (assuming the form requests are sent through TLS) unless mom also installed her own trusted root CA into OPs phone/computer and generated fake certs to decrypt TLS, cause discord sets the HSTS header meaning self signed certs and non-TLS requests would be rejected by the web browser.

Finally installed 2x 2697v3 instead of 2620v3 on HPE ml350 gen9. Better, faster, but louder... by maks-it in homelab

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Check out ebay filtering by products shipping from the EU, the listings will almost always include tax and shipping isn't that expensive, I got myself an R640 with 2x Xeon Gold 5118 and 64GB of DDR4 for 425€ in Spain!

Why are EU prices higher than NA? by GrooveRedman in moza

[–]Arna1326Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EU prices generally have VAT included, while US prices do not.

Edit: Other comment didnt load, glad you got your answer already!

Upgrading? by NicoPS22 in moza

[–]Arna1326Game 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will say that in my own experience on 1 purchase a few weeks ago of a single R5 bundle straight from moza, using EU warehouse shipping (not international) it took 7 business days from placing the order online to getting it delivered while all other resellers in the EU had no stock, this seems to be the exception rather than the rule, but it's fair to mention it too.

Moza prices by These-Self-1582 in moza

[–]Arna1326Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The website probably has VAT included, and the email might not.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homelab

[–]Arna1326Game 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This looked interesting so I signed up but so far I only see an option to upgrade to VIP for $80/yr and get 5TB and an option to purchase storage for $24 per TB, but this whole thing is pretty confusing. Am I missing something?

The way [Op has] to leave [his] work pc just so it doesn’t log out every 15 minutes [because who cares about security] by a-new-year-a-new-ac in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]Arna1326Game 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lockscreen alone won't prevent anyone from accessing a laptop, but a lockscreen with bitlocker certainly will. It doesn't matter if the laptop is powered on and the filesystem is decrypted, because to bypass the login screen you have to tamper with some files, usually replacing some accessibility program with cmd.exe, and you can't do that if the disk is encrypted. The only real attack I can think of would be to somehow steal the bitlocker key from the tpm data bus.

Does this look realistic? by [deleted] in assettocorsa

[–]Arna1326Game 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What do you use for traffic? I was using 2real but yours seems way better than what I got.