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ArbiterXero

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Have you ever bough an external hardrive only to take the disk out of it?

Hiya, so am looking to buy more storage and while browsing am seeing some external harddisks, such as Western Digital My Book and Seagate Expansion Desktop for cheaper than the internal harddisks themselves. Have seen this one video from KTZ Systems where he bought up multiple of these external ones just to open them up and use...

ArbiterXero ,

Amazing, I didn’t know they did this

ArbiterXero ,

2 problems….

  1. If you forget to turn off the mains, it could really make a lineman unhappy.

  2. Most of these setups require a reprimand dangerous “ suicide cord”

ArbiterXero ,

Yes, but not at 800W

ArbiterXero ,

I agree on all points, but honestly I’d be pretty upset if I got a solar setup that didn’t work when the power was out haha

ArbiterXero ,

I’d be super disappointed by owning a solar cell and not being able to use it during a power outage.

ArbiterXero ,

Sure, but this solution isn’t that.

ArbiterXero ,

Richard stallman is the only answer.

I really hate everything he says, but so far on a lot enough timescale he has been fucking right about everything

ArbiterXero ,

The only possible correct answer

No matter what crazy shit he says, give it a few years and he will be right . And I really hate that

ArbiterXero ,

There isn’t a coin out there that can process 1/10 of the number of transactions that Visa does in an hour.

Anonymous vpns would still exist, as block chain existed prior to crypto.

Visa having the power they do is definitely a problem, however buttcoin is not a viable answer.

You’re right, it’s not a ponzi scheme, it’s the “bigger idiot” scam.

ArbiterXero ,

“Combine all blockchains and they’d surpass credit cards”

I honestly can’t believe that’s a real argument you’re making, that’s just ridiculous. Especially given the number of rug pull scams there are with coins.

They aren’t currencies, they’re investment vehicles backed by nothing.

Block chain transactions aren’t as anonymous as you think, people can be easily revealed by looking at the wallet’s history and asking the last person you bought from “where the item was shipped to”
…. Public ledger and all…

Ethereum can now process 1000 x 10 transactions. Visa currently does what, 80000 per second? Yeah it’s not quite 1/10th but….

How long until arbitrum reveals the rug pull?
I’m sure it will be any day now.

Crypto is a solution to a problem nobody has. Need anonymous transactions? Here’s some cash. Need international anonymous transactions? Yeah, those are probably better being tracked anyways. And I say that as a privacy advocate. Yes, privacy matters, no international transaction privacy doesn’t.

Ya know what most “anonymous” international transactions are? Scams.

Let’s break this down to a single argument though….
Crypto is the answer to a problem nobody has. Smart contracts? For what exactly?
Anonymous international transactions? What’s the need?
As a society we’ve decided that some types of transactions are illegal. Yes, sometimes governments make things illegal that they shouldn’t, and authoritarians around the world make all sorts of things illegal that they shouldn’t… but for your necessities, they’ll all be available locally. And under an authoritarian enough regime, they can just inspect your mail anyways.
Society requires trust, and that’s going to happen locally no matter what coin you use. It’s great that I can have a zero trust model for sending money, but it’s useless, because ultimately you still need to trust the person receiving it to do the exchange.

ArbiterXero ,

But none of them are REAL problems. They all have slow and albeit painful solutions, but they do work.

“Want to send 10k anonymously”

Who the fuck wants to send $10,000 to someone in a zero trust scenario?

Why are you sending 10K to someone without a legal paper trail?

The banks in China stopped giving people money because they couldn’t. You’re talking about a bank run, and these are societal issues that will still need to be dealt with. You think in a bank run, people will accept your monero?

You’re just going to be able to survive all societal ills will your buttcoin?

Most of these problems have already been solved and were short lived.

A central ledger is how we process transactions as a source of truth. The only reason the largest bitcoin holder isn’t revealed is because they’ve never spent a thing. The second they buy themselves anything, their shipping address is revealed.

You’re going to what….. buy property with bitcoin so that it’s anonymous despite your name ending up on the land registry?

Yes, when “money” falls, and the societal collapse happens, everyone’s going to trade in bitcoin.

Let’s bring it all together….
What are you buying with 10G where you need secrecy from everyone and are comfortable sending the cash in a zero trust environment?

ArbiterXero ,

You’re over simplifying my statements to try and support what’s going to be a failed investment.

Crypto allows you to send 10k internationally with zero trust. That’s insanity.

You can’t give one reasonable use case for it.

“You might want your salary to be a secret, until you have to report it for taxes.”

Sooooo, secret from whom?
Because your neighbour and the cops can’t see your salary already. The problem doesn’t exist, unless your goal is tax fraud. But you quickly backed out of that argument because you saw the corner you were painting yourself into.

I totally agree that privacy is, and should remain an inalienable right, and you shouldn’t need a reason for information to be private.

Money isn’t information in itself. Who you give it to CAN be, but cash still solves that problem, so the problem doesn’t exist….. Until you’re trying to use cash remotely, but there are no reasonable use cases for needing anonymity in international money transfers. In fact there’s a ton of safety in having banks involved. It’s not 100% secure, but nothing ever is. As opposed to throwing your monero into the wind and hoping the other person ships your illicit items.

ArbiterXero ,

I love the concept but……

Air fryers and kitchen heating appliances shouldn’t be left on their own much….

Maybe an oven, but certainly not the countertop version, just for fire safety reasons …

ArbiterXero ,

The insulation on an oven is 10x that of an air fryer.

…. And sometimes air fryers don’t turn off.

An oven is usually designed to last a decade, an air fryer sometimes only lasts a year.

VERY different build quality standards.

ArbiterXero ,

A banana pi is not going to have the processing power to properly route that much data.

You’re looking at an Intel nuc at minimum.

If your internet is 5gbps and the router only has 2.5 gbps ports, you’re going to be capped at 2.5gbps unless you start getting really over complicated because the router expects ONE incoming port. There ARE ways to support pairing two Ethernet ports together, but your ISP’s modem/router won’t support it because “fuck you for having your own hardware”

Also because they’re cheap.

If your switch is 1gbps, you’ll be limited to 1gbps.

ArbiterXero ,

“Society”

Social media algorithms need to change to protect society.

“Whatever it takes to keep maximum engagement” is an awful system because it mostly creates “maximum enragement” because anger is so activating.

It’s bad for society as a whole

ArbiterXero ,

Their reason for soldering ram is not usually about space.

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    ArbiterXero ,

    It’s not just automotive, nobody is happy with “decent profits” anymore so they all only want to make premium things for premium prices.

    Housing, cars, computers etc….

    It’s the relentless drive to make MORE profits than last year

    ArbiterXero ,

    Valid, the illusion of premium is still available.

    ArbiterXero ,

    Tineye was the first, I don’t know if it is still around

    ArbiterXero ,

    The main issue is ms office.
    The way people use MS word is so ingrained that even Microsoft has problems when they moved to the ribbon menus.

    There was a straight up user revolt.

    That’s why MS will make sql server work on Linux but NEVER office.

    ArbiterXero ,

    It’s going to be an interesting few years, because you’re definitely right.

    I’m also worried about the “parallel construction” problems this could create

    ArbiterXero ,

    On Reddit, wallstreetbets used to call everything “retarded” and they’ve stopped and moved to “regarded” as a way of “almost” saying an offensive word.

    ArbiterXero ,

    They don’t have the money to.

    So you realize how much data they need to categorize?
    Or how little they pay the Indian folk to do it?

    Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads (www.lowpass.cc)

    Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing.  ...

    ArbiterXero ,

    Okay but they can also mesh the TVs with your neighbour’s tv of the same brand so that if your neighbour’s TV has internet, your TV can leapfrog onto his tv to download the ads

    ArbiterXero ,

    Worse, StarCraft tried it lol. Major blizzard fuckup

    ArbiterXero ,

    10A at 120v is 1200w, 15a is 1800w.

    Right idea, you just forgot to “carry the one”

    ArbiterXero ,

    He mentioned that he wants to create Second level Nat, that will require new IP addresses and DHCP in the subnet

    ArbiterXero ,

    Soooo I’m not defending the bar, nor any of the hostile architecture you see around the world these days to deal with the homeless…..

    there’s a cause for it. while 90% of the homeless are decent people getting screwed by the system, that last 10% are drug/severe mental health concerns.

    keeping them out of areas for safety is the driving force.

    now, i personally think that this is a poor answer and that "better mental health resources" is a far better answer…… i understand why the decision is made.

    ArbiterXero ,

    TrueNas scale is a little heavier because it is a kubernetes implementation, but it is amazing.

    The capabilities and possibilities are spectacular, and the maintenance required to keep all of your applications up-to-date is so easy that I no longer think about it.

    Problems running *arr stack on Raspberry Pi

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    ArbiterXero ,

    2gb memory is not nearly enough.

    ArbiterXero ,

    What’s your cooling solution?

    Could it be throttling the cpu?

    ArbiterXero ,

    No, But there’s BIG money in AI astroturfing for elections.

    ‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship. (consumerchoicecenter.org)

    ‘Kids Online Safety Act’ is a Trojan Horse For Digital Censorship.::Washington, D.C. - This week, a bipartisan cohort of US Senators unveiled a new version of the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill that aims to impose various restrictions and requirements on tech

    ArbiterXero ,

    Simpsons did it best….

    …. Won’t someone pleeeease think of the children!

    Tale as old as time (yes I know your answer was /sarcastic)

    ArbiterXero ,

    Sure, but still harder to do than wifi

    ArbiterXero ,

    Sure, but the topic is “rf interference of your camera feeds”

    You CAN interfere with Ethernet, but it’s much harder to do, as evidenced by your 100 watts

    ArbiterXero ,

    Clearly criminals who steal cars will DEFINITELY listen to this new law banning their tools.

    ArbiterXero ,

    Maybe, but guns are a very different problem.

    A toddler won’t kill their sibling with this by accident.

    ArbiterXero ,

    I think that’s disingenuous…

    There’s a clear difference between a processing mistake and an intentional addition. That’s a fairly clear line.
    Grain on a photo is not the same as making you look like a human head on a shark’s body.

    Yes, no photo is 100% accurate, just as no statement will ever capture an incident perfectly. That doesn’t mean there’s no such thing as lying.

    There is definitely a line.

    Is the tech trying to make the photo more accurate, or change the narrative?

    Sure, there’s some tech that’s awkwardly in the middle, like skin smoothing, but we don’t NEED that, and it’s not directly changing the narrative of the story, unless you’re selling acne medication.

    ArbiterXero ,

    I think the line (while the details may be certainly difficult) is along “are you making the existing image/story clearer or are you changing the narrative of the media?

    When the story you get from the image changes, then you’ve crossed the line.

    ArbiterXero ,

    I can concede to that… there will be some grey area, but the idea that “there is no true photo” or “there is no truth” feels wrong.

    ArbiterXero ,

    Get a decent machine and run true as scale.

    All of these things can be installed as helm/k8s “apps” and they almost self configure.

    They update aswell.

    It’s spectacular.

    Then throw drives at it.

    I have one “pool” of storage that’s a raid 10 for things I care about and then a giant zfs “jbod “ that has no backups for just mass storage of things that I don’t really care about.

    ArbiterXero ,

    I mean that’s not really any different from slack

    ArbiterXero ,

    Fair. Teams suck.

    ArbiterXero ,

    The problem is that they combined three different pieces of software into one cheaply.

    So it’s big, clunky and doesn’t often work.

    Apparently they are trying to fix it, but we will see

    ArbiterXero ,

    Most people don’t have any concept why their privacy matters.

    And until something awful happens to them, they aren’t interested in learning it either.

    ArbiterXero ,

    The awful things haven’t happened to most people yet

    ArbiterXero ,

    I felt so lied to when I left high school, having been told my entire life that people eventually grow up…. And now I’m 40ish and they really don’t.

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