For what its worth: I’ve been running enterprise since 2015 (when it was called LTSB) then switched to LTSC IoT around 2021. Its fantastic and doesn’t have all the Candy Crush and other bullshit. I highly recommend.

The issue is 3rd party apps make it easier for non-techie people to subvert censorship. Raising the bar works bigly in the Kremlin’s favor.

My dad needed a CT scan this evening and the local ER’s system for reading the images was down. So they sent him via ambulance to a different hospital 40 miles away. Now I’m reading tonight that CrowdStrike may be to blame.

Do Win 10 LTSC users still get shoveled this shit? I’m asking for a friend.

Yup. I had to patch 19.09.37 and I’m back to working. Also microG 0.3.1.3.240913.

Seeding

Nah, Transmission just gets kinda buggy when its loaded with hundreds of torrents. Its fine for light use (or perhaps if you have a ton of RAM). But it definitely gets laggy and occasionally unresponsive after running a few days.

Win 11 license is tied to your motherboard. Switching anything besides that won’t change anything. Did you do a fresh install without Internet when you swapped your mobo? Besides that: you could go with Win 10 (preferably LTSC). Your only other option is to ditch Win for an OS that verifiably respects your privacy.

Thanks for the advice! I just added 2FA to my phone carrier account.

Easiest would be to install a plugin such as “User-Agent Switcher.” This is the string of text that identifies what browser, version, and platform you’re running to the server you’re accessing.

“Alexa, was there an attempt by Amazon to put Internet connected microphones in everyone’s home?!”

Thanks! I’ll have to check it out. I’ve been waiting for an LTSC version before I tried 11. This might do for now.

Link?

You’re right. I think we’re looking at the same blog spam. They may not have working magnet links, just sketchy direct-download sites. My Sonarr just picked it up tho. Looks like Milkie has it now. I’m sure it will hit fully public torrent sites soon.

Search “The.Daily.Show.February.12.2024.WEB.h264-RBB” and you will find links and magnets.

Yep. That 3.5k I pulled out of my ass was just by looking at a graph of max transactions per block thus far. It highly depends on the efficiency of the transactions and size of each.

Because the max blocksize of BTC is heavily crippled, max transactions per block is around 3,500ish. That puts us at about 500k transactions max per day (1 block every 10 min). So divide 500k by how many seconds are in a day (86,400) and you get slightly under 6 TPS. Whoever came up with 7 TPS probably did more accurate math than me.

I’d say this is more of a billball. Sorry, everyone.

Gotcha. A ZigBee/Z-wave plug was the first thing that came to mind. I’ll probably go the same route. I was merely saying that wireless-anything is less dependable than wired. But I don’t even know if wired smart plugs exist. I use wireless sensors around my home and I’ve never had an issue with dependability. I definitely wasn’t considering Z-wave as a local attack vector. I was just brainstorming some way to avoid a wireless solution for something where dependability is paramount.

Care to share what outlet you had success with? I’m comfortable with Home Assistant and ZigBee/Z-Wave. Something this critical probably shouldn’t be wireless, but I digress. I’m also interested in what software you’re using for monitoring and alerts (if you’re willing to share). Cheers!