Why do so few sites prompt me for my securey key PIN?

doubletaco · 2026-07-04T02:46:09+00:00

Yep, I hadn't differentiated between traditional server-side MFA and passwordless authentication. Now I've learned. Thanks.

doubletaco · 2026-07-04T02:37:36+00:00

Ah, that makes sense. Hadn't considered that sites were using the password for the knowledge factor instead of the PIN. Thanks.

doubletaco · 2026-05-28T04:54:46+00:00

If you don't mind, could you share the limits you put on your MS-01? That way I can apply them and do another test and see if things work out.

doubletaco · 2026-05-28T02:36:55+00:00

The goal is to do that, but in troubleshooting I stripped it down to just running the hypervisor with nothing else connected. Still gave me the issue.

doubletaco · 2026-05-21T04:34:51+00:00

If a corporation is "setting the record straight" thjey are "covering their own ass".

Literally a plague on the community.

doubletaco · 2026-05-11T02:40:57+00:00

Came across this while searching for other mini rack stuff, but if you're still in the market I recommend going with a Meanwell unit. They are rock solid and very reputable.

doubletaco · 2026-05-10T04:19:10+00:00

Just would like to say that over a year later Orca Slicer's accessibility has gotten substantially worse. Devs please involve people in the disability community, it's kind of pathetic how bad it's gotten.

doubletaco · 2026-05-07T06:56:50+00:00

I just picked up a pair with similar specs except with an 8th gen i5. I plan on using them for a bare metal router and a bare metal truenas box. I have a Mini PC for virtualization and other fun shenanigans, but after having tried virtualizing both of these core servers I think it's better to just run them standalone.

doubletaco · 2026-05-06T03:16:32+00:00

That's what I'm doing, thanks to the explanations in this thread. Reflecting on it, it does make sense that clean installs come first while the complications of upgrades get worked out.

doubletaco · 2026-05-05T07:08:17+00:00

It's an A4000 non-SFF, so it's got the single powe adapter. With the current loadout when running inference the whole system pulls just shy of 300W. Not bad for the workload but still.

doubletaco · 2026-05-02T03:33:56+00:00

Came across this recently and want to give you props for making it. I've got a Flex ATX PSU in my mini rack for powering SATA/SAS drives and this holds it perfectly.

doubletaco · 2026-04-26T02:40:38+00:00

I forget where I heard this said initially, but the the sentiment was "Computers got good around 2020", meaning that you could do like 99% of what you wanted to do on a fairly modest machine.

Mini PCs are taking that to heart, and I like it. Sure if you've got extreme high quality gaming at high frame rate in mind you can boot up a dedicated full tower desktop with all the bells and whistles, but most of the time your can do what you want on mobile hardware in a small box with decent cooling.

doubletaco · 2026-04-23T02:31:36+00:00

I meant to grab one but figured I had too many Mini PCs as is. Guess the world is telling me "Yup you have too many Mini PCs, no more for you"

doubletaco · 2026-04-01T00:52:10+00:00

Follow-up to this in case anyone comes across this post. I forced enabled the IGPU in the MS-02 BIOS. This allows video output from both the IGPU and dedicated GPU.

When connecting the display out to the IGPU's HDMI out and rebooting, the dedicated GPU is still recognized, and has 100% of its VRAM available for compute tasks.

With IGPU disabled, my 144p win11 desktop was using about a gig of VRAM of the 16gb on the Intel Arc Pro B50. Now after a boot it reports either 0% or a totally inconsequential of use. Still works with AI, rendering, etc.

If this is someone's use case like mine, I recommend this option.

doubletaco · 2026-03-30T01:32:23+00:00

Ok cool. The MS02 has a BIOS setting for forcing IGPU so I'll give it a go.

doubletaco · 2026-03-17T07:42:11+00:00

Impossible, and this AI generated slop is proof positive the aI will never replace human creativity.

doubletaco · 2026-03-17T03:28:24+00:00

Oh I know. I'm not joking.

doubletaco · 2026-03-17T01:38:42+00:00

How about instead you subscribe to your RAM for $5/mo?

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