XGM

joined 1 year ago
[–] XGM 12 points 1 year ago

The SoC and memory are separate dies with different manufacturing processes. In the case of M2 it was TSMC for the SoC and SK Hynix for the memory.

When it comes time to package them together, the SoC and memory are soldered to a interposer layer. So the only difference is which size memory chips they solder together for the different memory configurations available.

[–] XGM 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They also have the Prius Prime and Rav4 Prime models which have larger battery packs and charge ports compared to their standard hybrid variants. These models don't support DC fast charging and still operate like standard hybrids so having the larger charge network isn't as important.

I'm not sure if the existing Tesla level 2 "chargers" would work in this case but assuming they do it would offer more options.

[–] XGM 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This only works for a while on Windows 10 as the service will eventually become enabled. Depending on release we saw some PC's last a month while others could last a year with the service disabled.

For anybody wondering why, these stations had deep freeze which reverted any changes upon reboot.

[–] XGM 1 points 1 year ago

Funny enough I retired a dozen Netware servers in the past year with the last one just a month ago. To say they were old and outdated was an understatement.

[–] XGM 3 points 1 year ago

The sheer amount of government funding makes you wonder why there isn't a publicly operated telecom option these days. These companies insist that funding is required to cover rural areas yet many of us still have nothing while the companies are making billions in profit.

As an example, Ontario is "investing" 4 billion to have 50mbit down and 10mbit up available across the province by 2025. I'm in a region that already met those requirements and yet my DSL barely manages 6mbit down. When checking with ISPs what my options are, it turns out the best I can actually get is fixed wireless at 25mbit down and 5mbit up.

While Starlink performance has degraded over the past 18 months or so, I have noticed it slowly recovering as more satellites are getting up to orbit. My worst case speed tests are hovering around 40mbit down and 5mbit up while some good days can occasionally hit 300mbit down and 20mbit up.

[–] XGM 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

#1 is to have fun and expect nobody will listen to the podcast. While you can get a couple views by posting links all over the place odds are there won't be much retention.

The second thing you need to do a dry/test run and produce a couple episodes before publishing anything online. First impressions are important and the first few episodes you record will be awkward and difficult to listen to. Those podcasts should be produced as if they will be posted online and everybody involved should listen to them and take notes on anything that could be improved for the next test recording. This is also your opportunity to iron out any production issues while also getting into that weekly/bi-weekly/monthly recording routine.

I would also suggest looking at what else is out there and take notes on what they tend to cover. A quick search shows there are over 20 PlayStation focused podcasts out there. Many of them will have overlapping content but can you spot any gaps you could potentially fill? Unless you can find a certain niche or bring a different style it'll be hard to attract people who already listen to other long standing podcasts.

In my 15+ years of content creation the overwhelming majority of newcomers tend to stumble at the first 2 points and give up after 1-2 episodes. The barrier to entry is very low and people seem to forget the time and work required to produce content and grow an audience. Hopefully this wasn't too discouraging!

[–] XGM 0 points 1 year ago

I had to work around daytime bandwidth caps for a couple years so being able to download content overnight was pretty handy.

Tube Archivist is "Your self hosted YouTube media server". I follow several youtube channels and so this will automatically fetch videos and serve them locally which is great. - https://www.tubearchivist.com/

On a similar note LanCache is also handy at providing a local cache for Steam and Windows Updates when you have several PCs on the same network - https://lancache.net/

Pi-hole is a popular DNS based ad-blocker that can cut down on some ads and trackers - https://pi-hole.net/

[–] XGM 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

uBlock and uMatrix make the web much nicer to use. As others have said Firefox is pretty nice too if Google insists on taking away ad blocking.

[–] XGM 1 points 1 year ago

Older used 1st/2nd gen Ryzen can be fairly inexpensive as people upgraded to 3rd gen or newer for better gaming performance.

If you happen to go down the used route and buy separate CPU and motherboard just make sure they are compatible. Some early AM4 motherboards (x370/x350) can be a bit limited in what Ryzen CPUs they support because of small BIOS flash chips so ideally get a board with USB flashback.