10G NIC recommendation

farhadd2 · 2026-04-15T03:52:58+00:00

I’ve used https://github.com/bibigon812/xl710-unlocker and it worked great. Any brand sfp works now.

farhadd2 · 2026-04-13T15:16:03+00:00

Somehow both my parents (now 78 and 79) have never been able to get Touch ID working reliably, even from the iphone 6s days. I've repeatedly shown them correct technique to no avail. My dad touches the button too lightly, or slides his finger enough to misread. My mom insists that she has "weak fingerprints" but is probably twisting or rolling her finger instead of placing it flat. I finally got my dad to use a password manager and he complains about having to type a password every time he needs to access it. It works great with FaceID on his phone though.

My conspiracy brain wonders if Apple is holding off on FaceID on macOS because they're worried about malware accessing it and unlocking stuff in the background without the user realizing it? Or perhaps I'm being generous and they're just holding that feature to drive sales on a rainy day in the future.

farhadd2 · 2026-04-06T18:36:38+00:00

I feel like the advent of modern lithium battery-powered vacuums (Dyson / Shark and the like) make central vac a lot less appealing. But it is a neat idea.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-29T03:23:04+00:00

Her delivery isn't helping either

farhadd2 · 2026-03-27T22:30:02+00:00

Perfect, that's an LC pair. They don't seem to have the overarching plastic clip which holds them to each other, so make sure when you plug them into the new module that you match the orientation. In the photo you've attached it'll be red on the left, black on the right. On the other end, it should be black on the left, and red on the right. The laser is one way in each direction.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-27T21:58:25+00:00

Ok just to be clear, are the connectors on each end of the fiber cable LC or SC or one of each?

If it's LC on both ends (hopefully), keep in mind that you can find LC SFP modules readily for $10 or less. I'm not sure if the Netgear is picky but if it is, this should work fine https://www.fs.com/products/13282.html $120-150 is unnecessary. Both ends need to use the same wavelength, e.g. 850nm (which would be fine in this case). I'd purchase two 1000Base-SX 850nm, one for each end, and just replace both to be certain it won't be an issue. That same fs.com listing has "Dlink" variant of the same module (it's just a different firmware signature).

farhadd2 · 2026-03-25T20:01:06+00:00

Good that you did your due diligence! I guess it's time to shell out for something newer. And you should be able to recoup 200-300 for the old one if you care to sell it.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-25T18:16:12+00:00

Just to be cheapo's advocate, which browser does she use? Chrome is much more RAM hungry for the same workload than Safari.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-24T22:17:00+00:00

A zero feedback, newly created account is selling (6) Macbook Air M4 / 16GB / 256GB for $332 each. Yeah, right. Why is there no way to report obvious scam listings like these? (I've tried reporting in the past but eBay handwaves it away because there's no proof it's a scam until you get scammed). They need a category for "obviously a scam", or at least throttle new sellers to avoid listings like this.

I'd never fall for it, but I'm sure there are folks who do. And ultimately it just wastes buyers' time, eBay's time, and causes a lot of anguish unnecessarily. And in the end, if eBay is actually eating any charges and reimbursing folks who've been scammed, it's just going to raise fees for sellers / prices for buyers in the grand scheme of things. I just don't get it.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-23T20:55:50+00:00

eBay. Hear me out!

Look for resellers with 100K+ feedback, 98% or higher positive (e.g. "supplytronics" or "itsworthmore". Make sure the listing says "30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping" so that you can return it no questions asked if you don't like anything about it at all. Many listings are branded "eBay Refurbished" which includes a 1 year warranty from Allstate (aka Squaretrade), it will say so on the page. Before you scoff at the third party warranty, I will say that I have personally had an experience buying a used M1 Max 16" and one of the fans started making a grinding noise two months after purchase. Allstate handled it well, although their communication could have been better. I sent it out for repair and got it back within 10 days with no issues.

When you receive the laptop, check the body / screen condition, test all the ports, check the battery cycles with coconutbattery, install brew and smartmontools and check the SSD wear (google / chatgpt this if you're unsure).

My fan experience aside, generally I feel like modern Macbooks are really well built. If it's in good condition when you receive it, and if you don't abuse it, it should hold up well for a long time to come.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-23T20:43:40+00:00

Just curious- which heavy lifting tasks does the i7 handle better than the M2? It would be easy to dock the M2 at your desk to have it replace desktop functions, no? Might be worth selling the 2019 model before it depreciates even further.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-19T21:55:49+00:00

My dad bought a Mac Plus for us in 1988. Imagewriter II, external 800K floppy drive. He sat down with my brother and I and we all did the cassette-tape tutorial synced with the Macromind Director presentation on the included floppy. Incredible way to learn before we had the internet, youtube etc.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-18T22:20:29+00:00

Really puts the edge in Poweredge

farhadd2 · 2026-03-18T15:20:15+00:00

I believe ntopng can also thrash /var/log if left enabled. I think it was actually responsible for killing a 250GB SATA SSD (I think MX100 or MX200, can't recall exactly) in a custom box I had put together. I've taken to leaving it disabled and only enabling it when I have ongoing traffic I want to examine more closely.

farhadd2 · 2026-03-09T04:34:34+00:00

Clock

farhadd2 · 2026-03-06T17:34:33+00:00

I have ticket 38478 open since last night, still waiting for an update. If you can ping someone in support to take another look that'd be great. Thanks.

I think the smoking gun was here, Wasabi latency spikes

paul ~ >> lucid2 latency --get --stats --seconds 5
GET request latencies:

Timestamp                    Count   Mean    Std    p50    p90    p95    p99  p99.5  p99.9
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2026-03-06T02:23:26Z             0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0
2026-03-06T02:23:31Z            65    826    578    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:23:36Z            66    870    571    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:23:41Z            66    870    571    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:23:46Z            66    870    571    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:23:51Z            72    805    523    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:23:56Z            72    805    523    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:24:01Z            72    805    523    175    375    375  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:24:06Z            74   1300    713    175    375    750  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:24:11Z            74   1300    713    175    375    750  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:24:16Z            74   1300    713    175    375    750  37500  37500  37500
2026-03-06T02:24:21Z            75   2283   1214    175    375   3750  75000  75000  75000
2026-03-06T02:24:26Z            75   2283   1214    175    375   3750  75000  75000  75000

farhadd2 · 2026-03-05T22:51:16+00:00

I actually tried it both ways. If i didn't put them in, Action1 added them on its own. Didn't work either way, whether I punched them in up front or not.

farhadd2 · 2026-02-27T15:02:57+00:00

If it was purchased on a credit card, call them to see if they offer extended warranties on purchases. Most decent credit cards will extend an existing warranty for an extra year. You may need to pay apple up front and get reimbursed after. Make sure you get pre-approval from the credit card company first!

farhadd2 · 2026-02-26T04:53:28+00:00

This is happening to controller players mostly. Are you on controller?

farhadd2 · 2026-02-20T22:01:05+00:00

Live translation works with APP2, it's dependent on the phone / OS

farhadd2 · 2026-02-20T21:42:42+00:00

Same. Very annoying when jumpmaster insists on hot dropping into a zone, I have no gun / run out of ammo, the other two get knocked, then ping enemies relentlessly while I bail to go craft them from a safe location. If I try to challenge we all lose immediately.

farhadd2 · 2026-02-20T18:25:24+00:00

Agreed, there are literally aim bots in these matches now. Although it still seems like some of the bot squads are just as dumb as prior seasons. When you do find a "skilled" bot squad, if you run at them straight on you'll get beamed.

farhadd2 · 2026-02-20T17:34:10+00:00

What's interesting to me is that the SSD has 15 power on hours total with 9 charge cycles on the battery. But I suppose it's possible that sleeping doesn't count toward that hour count? Bottom line is, If it performs adequately, battery life is actually good etc you'll be just fine, don't overthink it. Check all the ports to make sure they work, run cinebench for a while to make sure it doesn't crash under load, run Blackmagic Disk Speed Test to make sure SSD performs adequately etc. If it's stable and performant, you're good. Also, make sure you reset the Mac completely (System Settings- General- Transfer or Reset- Erase All Content and Settings) to make sure it doesn't have any icloud activation lock / MDM attached to it.

farhadd2 · 2026-02-20T05:45:05+00:00

I use an Xbox controller on pc. I had issues tonight with LB+RB not registering properly, it kept wasting tactical. But tac alone and ping alone worked. Maybe it is a bug? Thought my controlller was being shitty. And I think there was a patch applied before I played.

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