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Show threadnull_scum14h ago
@Wolkensteine It is a client only option, but the server will spawn threads to match.
Show threadnull_scum17h ago
@Wolkensteine Try more threads, i.e. -P 4
null_scum19h ago
Ars Technica1d ago

US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit

Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Show threadnull_scum20h ago
@Wolkensteine usb c 20 Gpbs connection between the laptop configured as network devices
Show threadnull_scum20h ago
@geerlingguy Can you hit > 9 Gbps with iperf on Linux if you increase the thread count (4)? With default MTU I often don't see 10G with a single thread
Show threadnull_scumJun 18
@stueja People seem to think that moving to Linux is about replicating your Windows life as close as possible, but it's absolutely not. It's about learning that things are actually better without all that fluff.
Show threadnull_scumJun 3

@housepanther
My two go-tos:
IPv6: same fqdn for both internal and external access because the IP is the same!
IPv4: split horizon because I don't want to have update the hostname on my chat app (or other app connections) every time I leave the house, and I want speedy local access when I'm home.

Long story short IPv6 rules, even though it comes with its own caveats

Show threadnull_scumFeb 18
@killyourfm One can hope. But I bet they find a way to surprise us with their greed and ineptitude... They are already limited by console specs and the vast majority of devs still seem to jump on the Unreal stutter train. I appreciate your optimize though 😅
Show threadnull_scumFeb 16
@Canageek xfs is totally fine. The speed limitation will not be the filesystem, it'll be hardware.
null_scumJan 21
nixCraft 🐧Jan 21

GenAI, The Snake Eating Its Own Tail: How tools like ChatGPT and Claude are destroying the ecosystems they rely on, and what to do about it https://www.ybrikman.com/blog/2026/01/21/gen-ai-snake-eating-its-own-tail/

Great blog post. This one explained how Google, OpenAI and other AI companies killed the open web, which was once made of independent forums, news sites, wikis, blogs, high quality journalism websites, books, and fan fiction or art.

GenAI, The Snake Eating Its Own Tail: How tools like ChatGPT and Claude are destroying the ecosystems they rely on, and what to do about it

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT and Claude have two superpowers. The first superpower is a boon: they can dramatically increase ...

Yevgeniy Brikman