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Sigh. More greed showing. Companies will pay a lot more than regular customers for memory. Let's see how high the prices will go before the weasel gets popped.
www.reuters.com/business/mic...
www.reuters.com/business/mic...
Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage
Memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Wednesday it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers amid a global supply s...
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Sigh. More greed showing. Companies will pay a lot more than regular customers for memory. Let's see how high the prices will go before the weasel gets popped.
www.reuters.com/business/mic...
www.reuters.com/business/mic...
IMO, the saddest moment in Star Wars.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
IMO, the saddest moment in Star Wars.
This isn't about kids. This is about surveillance.
The answer to how do we keep kids safe online isn't destroy everyone's privacy. It's not force people to hand over their IDs to access legal content. And it's certainly not ban access to the tools that protect journalists, activists, and abuse survivors. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This isn't about kids. This is about surveillance.
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I cannot begin to describe how little interest I have in an AI web browser.
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I cannot begin to describe how little interest I have in an AI web browser.
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with a Camera Module 3 works well as a 720p webcam. If you're following the guide, you see the camera is detected, and everything else looks fine but it isn't working, try changing:
me@zerocam:~ $ grep dr_mode /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=otg
to:
me@zerocam:~ $ grep dr_mode /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=otg
to:
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with a Camera Module 3 works well as a 720p webcam. If you're following the guide, you see the camera is detected, and everything else looks fine but it isn't working, try changing:
me@zerocam:~ $ grep dr_mode /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=otg
to:
me@zerocam:~ $ grep dr_mode /boot/config.txt
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=otg
to:
Reposted by dizzle.
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
Late to the party as I've always done things manually. Since I like my coworkers, time to learn some Ansible...
Thanks @jeffgeerling.com !
Thanks @jeffgeerling.com !
June 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Late to the party as I've always done things manually. Since I like my coworkers, time to learn some Ansible...
Thanks @jeffgeerling.com !
Thanks @jeffgeerling.com !
As someone with SteamOS running with a 5800x and RX7600, this is gooooooood news. Best part? Installation was painless!
Maybe it's time to put it on my "good" rig...
Maybe it's time to put it on my "good" rig...
June 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
As someone with SteamOS running with a 5800x and RX7600, this is gooooooood news. Best part? Installation was painless!
Maybe it's time to put it on my "good" rig...
Maybe it's time to put it on my "good" rig...
The Pi camera stuff from a few months ago did great. I ended up using the bash version of the camera script instead of python. Python simply used too much CPU in comparison (2.7x).
May 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Pi camera stuff from a few months ago did great. I ended up using the bash version of the camera script instead of python. Python simply used too much CPU in comparison (2.7x).
If I could change one thing about #raspberrypi boards.... it would be nice to standardize the HDMI output size.
February 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If I could change one thing about #raspberrypi boards.... it would be nice to standardize the HDMI output size.
Another project. Simple 3d printed cases for both the Pi5 4gb and the camera, superglued together. Should work a treat for motion detection.
Now to get push notifications working...
Now to get push notifications working...
February 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Another project. Simple 3d printed cases for both the Pi5 4gb and the camera, superglued together. Should work a treat for motion detection.
Now to get push notifications working...
Now to get push notifications working...
My friends needed perspective about the size of the Pi Zero 2 W...
February 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
My friends needed perspective about the size of the Pi Zero 2 W...
Bought more RPi 5s, two Zero 2 w's, and the camera module 3. It's been interesting using the Zero with the camera! I plan on making a small dashcam with it once the shorter cables arrive. Also been working on a script (bash) to get libcamera-vid working with specific options.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bought more RPi 5s, two Zero 2 w's, and the camera module 3. It's been interesting using the Zero with the camera! I plan on making a small dashcam with it once the shorter cables arrive. Also been working on a script (bash) to get libcamera-vid working with specific options.
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Seeing a lot of posts about people not liking Linux on the desktop. That's perfectly valid. For a long time the GUI wasn't used heavily, so there's a catch-up phase.
While I am a Linux sysadmin, I have Mac/Win/Linux in my home environment. If you can afford it ($), use what's best for the task.
While I am a Linux sysadmin, I have Mac/Win/Linux in my home environment. If you can afford it ($), use what's best for the task.
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Seeing a lot of posts about people not liking Linux on the desktop. That's perfectly valid. For a long time the GUI wasn't used heavily, so there's a catch-up phase.
While I am a Linux sysadmin, I have Mac/Win/Linux in my home environment. If you can afford it ($), use what's best for the task.
While I am a Linux sysadmin, I have Mac/Win/Linux in my home environment. If you can afford it ($), use what's best for the task.
After about an hour of troubleshooting, I was able to get motion detection and recording working with a simple C922 webcam. Recording captures 60fps for ~25 seconds and stores it on the Pi NVMe as a .mp4. Time to modify the config so it transfers to the NAS, package it up, and use it at work.
January 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
After about an hour of troubleshooting, I was able to get motion detection and recording working with a simple C922 webcam. Recording captures 60fps for ~25 seconds and stores it on the Pi NVMe as a .mp4. Time to modify the config so it transfers to the NAS, package it up, and use it at work.
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VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
Better late than never: last night a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant....
www.eff.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
I have a homelab setup, gaming/streaming setup, and just started delving into the home assistant stuff. Anyone have ideas for what to do next?
January 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I have a homelab setup, gaming/streaming setup, and just started delving into the home assistant stuff. Anyone have ideas for what to do next?