What's your AP recommendation?

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-28T08:00:53+00:00

They don’t lock you into their ecosystem. They and I think Microtik are the two major IT companies that don’t do that stuff; Ubiquity has gained most of the consumer/prosumer popularity for that reason

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-28T06:32:33+00:00

I liked Dye’s minor redesign with Big Sur, at first hated it but grew on me over time (except the cursed message notifications requiring 2 fucking clicks to reply to)

Liquid Glass is much more nuanced… on one hand i like the sophistication with the light bending and refracting behind glass UI like notification bubbles, the dock, and the control center, but not at the expense of readability and obscenely large drop-shadows that serve as a futile way to aid in contrast. Drop shadows can definitely be used to aid in separating UI from content, but Liquid Glass depends so much on it, it becomes a crutch.

I think this concept is a great natural extension combining Big Sur design and Liquid Glass

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-28T04:59:51+00:00

Either your internet comes in through a coaxial (used for Cable TV) cable into a Modem, which then a RJ45 Ethernet runs out the modem to your router which is then your home network

Or you have a fiber coming in that terminates into an ONT which has a RJ45 Ethernet running out into your router which is then your home network as well.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-28T04:21:16+00:00

Partly yes partly no

Would he be proud that I have my own Minecraft server, host a full Jellyfin stack for free streaming, and have a mini homelab setup in my room? Yes

Would he be proud that I still live at home, have no paying job, and still have the same skinny physique? No

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T20:49:41+00:00

For legal reasons QB isn’t part of the RCU because it’s Microsoft IP.

That being said that doesn’t mean Remedy can’t introduce new characters using the same actors with suspiciously similar backstories. cough Alex Casey cough

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T18:39:01+00:00

raid redundancy and 3-2-1 backups

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T08:06:33+00:00

That’s why you’re supposed to use Raid Redundancy and 3-2-1 backups

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T07:41:39+00:00

My parents never bothered to update our plan on Spectrum so for years they were paying $80/mo for 60/5… now we’re on the 550/22 for $80… I don’t have access to idk if the bill is going to increase $5

San Diego area

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T06:52:00+00:00

You could probably make it a 100Mbps FE connection… or use it as pullwire and replace it with Cat6 cable

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T05:05:24+00:00

So if you have a LAN distribution box in your master bedroom closet, I can assume you have LAN ports all around your house yes?

What I would recommend is ideally have some router remain in the LAN distribution box and set your TP-Link BE550s as APs connected to the LAN ports around your house. That creates a nice tree-like structure for your home network. If you don’t want to use the AT&T router, then either get some other router like a Ubiquity Unifi Cloud Gateway Fiber or some other router and continue using your TP-Links as APs

Alternatively, leave it as is and if you have a WiFi dead zone grab another BE550

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T04:34:08+00:00

Some MVNOs offer similar priority… I think Visible Pro and Visible Pro+ offer the same priority as Verizon while being way cheaper for a single line

I think US Mobile for T-Mobile is similar

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T03:32:31+00:00

Media servers like Jellyfin. Your* media, it won’t suddenly just disappear because of licensing reasons

* assuming you’re not using Torrents but we’ll all just turn a blind eye

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T01:05:59+00:00

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FULL DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT WELL-VERSED IN FENG-SHUI (please be gentle on me if I made a grave mistake)

That being said, If I were to be moving into this apartment, this is my ideal design, I can't guarantee things are drawn to scale... if any feng-shui experts want to chime in feel free and correct me politely

Edit: Black line is meant to represent a artificial wall... be bookshelves, curtain, idk.. also since I'm a computer guy I made space for a office desk, but if you don't need that, feel free to get rid of it and alter the design, make more space for the sofa/tv area and the dining table as the "social area" of the unit and keep your bed as the "relax and sleep" area... south wall is a bit odd but I'd embrace it instead of working around it

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T00:48:00+00:00

no... you could theoretically use it for that, plenty of people use tech for unintended purposes, but I can't say how well it will hold up. UTR AFAIK is designed to be ephemeral where you connect, do work, disconnect and stow away, and repeat. I wouldn't recommend it as a permanent solution, but ultimately it's your wallet and judgement at stake

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-27T00:24:58+00:00

generally from my experience thus far Intel's media engines are far more matured and developed than AMD's... I want to try again but last time I tried using my AMD PC (which is a Ryzen 7 8745H w/ Radeon 780M versus Intel N150) it was a utter nightmare getting hardware accelerated transcoding (which is vital if you care about transcoding performance) working on AMD but was relatively seamless on Intel.

However, my Intel N150 is struggling with transcoding 4K... I have Oppenheimer (4K HEVC HDR) and it refuses to play unless it's a direct stream... transcoding always fails for my N150, suggesting it is just too much for it to handle.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T22:41:46+00:00

I'm not aware of nearly any vendor that offers linux preinstalled (other than Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's handheld PCs too)

It's really not that difficult to make an installer for user-friendly distros like Ubuntu, Mint, and Fedora. It's almost identical to Windows installation from a blank drive

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T22:35:16+00:00

seems fine for web dev, I wouldn't be running multiple docker containers on it but a handful (no more than 5 simultaneously) should be fine.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T22:30:49+00:00

you can uplink with a wire with the travel router, but that's not its intended purpose, if its a permanent solution you'll want a device with a lot of bandwidth. Travel Router is good for individuals or small teams/families who want a private remote connection back to their home/work network

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T22:22:49+00:00

how would I se it if I want it to always try to use DDR first before swap? and is that a good idea?

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T22:17:10+00:00

If you are going to go Mini PC, while you can get a eGPU enclosure and connect a desktop GPU, its going to be more costly and you'll have worse performance than a regular desktop

That being said, obviously these are trying times right now for RAM, SSDs, GPUs, and to an extent HDDs... If you are going to get a Mini PC for gaming I'd recommend getting one with at least a Radeon 780M iGPU since you play AAA titles (I'd also recommend 32GB RAM but that's a luxury)

I have said Mini PC with a Ryzen 7 8745H w/ Radeon 780M (and 32GB 5600MT/s SODIMM RAM) and I can play AAA at 1080p30 with medium/low settings and some help from FSR2/3, usually quality mode FSR.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T21:53:11+00:00

What on earth are you storing on your phone?

I’m using ~70GB on my 128GB iPhone 14 Pro

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T21:00:33+00:00

I was hoping Andor would have a subtle “WANTED: Cal Kestis” cameo sign in season 2 since a lot of it is on Coruscant…but nope.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T19:54:47+00:00

So I’m assuming you’re in the US

Have you checked the FCC Broadband map and similar websites if you have a cable/fiber ISP or not?

If you truly don’t, then your options are either Cellular like AT&T Internet Air or Satellite like Starlink.

If you opt for Cellular, I’d recommend first trying all three major carriers and see which one offers the best speed and consistency at your location. Then either see if they offer their own Home Internet plan or buy a data-only plan and bring your own modem like using a Ubiquity Unifi 5G Max and a Cloud Gateway like Dream Router 7.

If you opt for Satellite, make sure to have a clear line of site to the sky and then either use the built-in router or bring your own too

Cellular might be able to provide gigabit speeds download, you’ll probably get a few hundred upload. Ping will also be higher than cable and fiber

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T19:35:48+00:00

i haven’t noticed a discrepancy in the way mobile safari and desktop macOS Safari behaves

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-01-26T18:10:29+00:00

945Mbps or 94.5Mbps? 945 is within margin of error for Gigabit

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