Update:
My old USB drive (Supersonic RAGE Prime) works splendidly on host OSes, but not connected to VMs.

My new one (Sandisk Extreme PRO) works splendidly in both scenarios.

So I suppose if anyone is having trouble with their fancy high-speed USB drives connected to a VM, you might just need […]

Glass half empty:
Wow. They're not even **trying** to fake that this cheapo SSD is faking SMART self-test status. 21 entries, each permanently at 50%, all at the exact hour that the last test was started? Nobody believes this. (Also, I wonder what else they're faking)

SMART Self-test log […]

And apparently if you make this change, you'll get nagged to re-enable it so that you can use "inbox".

All while showing you the... Inbox.

If you re-enable Smart Features, it will revert to "Primary".

Anyone using Gmail surely realizes that Google is […]

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@FritzAdalis
Ah, good to know!
I guess I fell into the trap of assuming that Amazon prices reflect the usual prices of things.

@FritzAdalis
Yeah, I went down the path of getting an Orange Pi Zero 2W at some point, only to realize that it's **not** a drop in replacement for a Raspberry. Both with the OS that it runs, and even how you interact with the GPIO.

Eventually I got it to a stock Raspbian with the custom kernel […]

@FritzAdalis
Yeah, I do see the lower power consumption as a plus.
But at the same time, it's a thing that would both be slower than my N95, and also take **six years** to make up the extra cost. 🤔

I'm curious what use cases involve GPIO and also require high performance? If performance doesn't […]

**Phase 4:**
OK, this is a pretty nice system. And $120 for a system with 256GB SSD and 8GB ram, and hands-down beats a Pi 5 in CPU benchmarks...

Makes me wonder what the real selling point is for a modern Pi is these days. I get the concept of a super cheap little thing that runs pihole or […]

@xabean
This is why I like to be prepared. 😂

@xabean
I'm not.
I just occasionally have wonders.

In before the "Just set up your pihole as your DHCP-assigned DNS server" responses:

The DNS server setting on my Verizon-provided router is **global**. That is, if you specify a DNS server to use that is on your LAN, this IP address will be given out to all clients, including those on the guest […]

@Viss
I put Verizon at equal fault here.
Why?

The DNS server setting on the Verizon router is **global**. That is, if you specify a DNS server to use that is on your LAN, this IP address will be given out to clients on the guest network.

The consequences of this? If you set up a pihole (or any […]

See also:
For a while, "Update and shut down" did not shut down the computer. It reboots it.
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/02/update-and-shut-down-no-longer-restarts-pc-as-windows-11-25h2-patch-addresses-a-decades-old-bug/

A job done, folks.

@xabean
I never would have expected it. But between the dehydrating and the pulverization into powder, it's a flavor explosion!

@stepheneb
Yep! I've got a couple of them already for my beef jerky addiction. 😂