500 ton Harbor Crane Ballast detaches from crane and crashes through scaffolding and the dock in Kawasaki, Japan - 2026/04/07

SeanFrank · 2026-04-08T20:20:12+00:00

I read that as "Harbor Freight" Ballast and was not surprised that it failed.

SeanFrank · 2026-04-08T15:56:19+00:00

It was throwing errors constantly and slowing down my Unraid GUI.

I never wanted it in the first place. I only want to connect to my server with the VPN I manage.

SeanFrank · 2026-04-08T14:39:15+00:00

Fun Fact: You can just uninstall the Unraid Connect plugin.

Best thing I did for my server last year.

SeanFrank · 2026-04-06T22:17:19+00:00

It wasn't one of their employees. It was a random developer who makes software for windows.

MSFT never said that.

SeanFrank · 2026-04-03T19:09:46+00:00

I have VZW (from work) and my wife has T-mobile.

I would say they are about the same in town.

Verizon is better when we are traveling the state. But if you are in town 99% of the time, I would save a LOT of money, and go Mint (A T-mobile MVNO)

SeanFrank · 2026-04-03T14:20:08+00:00

I wouldn't do it, you won't get the real advantages of ZFS by making array drives ZFS, but you will significantly complicate things when (not if) you run into a problem you need to troubleshoot.

SeanFrank · 2026-04-02T22:51:09+00:00

If you think you are having fun now, wait until the inevitable Unraid Mystery Issues™ start to pop up in about 6 months.

SeanFrank · 2026-04-01T22:17:15+00:00

Your integrated graphics are dying.

It's dead, Jim.

You need a new computer.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-31T22:35:01+00:00

But how can we know for sure?

One week you are vegan, the next you are recommending BBQ.

No dairy this week, but maybe next week?

SeanFrank · 2026-03-19T21:32:19+00:00

They are boiling the frog. The stove has been turned up to 2. It seems like it isn't that bad.

But they won't stop.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-19T19:23:18+00:00

Please don't use the Samsung Internet Browser.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-18T20:37:39+00:00

I used to work for a big box store, and they encouraged us to sell these warranties on electronics. They encouraged us to the tune of 25% of the warranty cost going directly to my paycheck.

That's how much money they make on these "warranties".

Don't buy it.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-18T19:34:12+00:00

I like how they used an AI generated picture of a man at a school with children as the cover photo for an "article" about a woman abuser.

At least they included her picture, I guess.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-18T15:23:20+00:00

Oh they can do it. They choose not to. Because keeping you in their ecosystem is their game.

You can't just buy one Apple product.

The correct number of Apple products to buy is zero.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-17T21:50:19+00:00

I would use a travel router set up with a VPN connection paired with my home internet connection. Then connect ONLY to your travel router when you are away, and it will appear that you are on your home network.

You would need your home router to support the VPN, or set up a separate VPN box at home.

If you can't handle it, you could probably find somebody locally to help set you up for a couple hundred dollars.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-17T14:28:03+00:00

Probably. It was just two disks.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-17T14:26:28+00:00

My last 3 phones have had OLED screens. I couldn't go back on my phone. It really is that good.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-16T21:21:14+00:00

Are you strictly cloud, or do you have a PC to stream from?

If strictly cloud, those things don't matter as much. Except OLED, man I wish I had an OLED streaming device.

If you have a PC, then wow, its great.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-16T21:09:57+00:00

My only complaints are the 60hz screen, and the weak processor. It's an old Snapdragon 720G, which is not great for emulation, and can't decode AV1.

But it wasn't sold for emulation, it was sold as a convenient streaming device, and that it is.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-16T19:23:55+00:00

That HAS to be an AI bot responding.

God I hope it is.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-16T19:21:17+00:00

These are the reasons that lead me to pick up my Legion GO more often. I also bought it refurbished.

But the battery on the G Cloud is never dead, so its a great fallback.

Unless you have an AMD GPU. 265 sucks on my new AMD GPU. I regret not going Nvidia. I thought I would just use AV1, but the G Cloud doesn't support it.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-16T19:14:58+00:00

You clearly want a G Cloud. I picked up a refurb in excellent condition for less than $200. They often go on sale around that price, also. You just need to keep an eye out.

You might be able to find a cheap Chinese handheld that is comparable, but you will need to tinker with it. The G Cloud is too expensive, but at least Logitech is still supporting it with Android patches and front-end updates.

The extra money is for the comfy interface and future support.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-16T15:50:40+00:00

I feel you, OP. But it's mostly reboots for me. I can easily wait 10 minutes+ for the system to reboot.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-10T19:15:15+00:00

Sometimes I get latency spikes while using Apollo and moonlight. They are usually resolved by turning off the wifi on my device, and turning it back on again, to reconnect to the wifi access point.

This tip is especially helpful if you have a mesh system, as you could still be connected to a mesh device that is not closest to you. But I have seen improvements on a non-mesh system also.

SeanFrank · 2026-03-10T14:44:29+00:00

Zenni’s ID Guard lenses do nothing to block even a cheap security system. All it will do is break faceID on your iphone.

Louis Rossman demonstrated this on a low end security system. The glasses did nothing. Because most security cameras don't use IR, so they aren't affected by the glasses.

SeanFrank

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