That all makes a lot of sense, especially comparing it to missiles for offensive purposes.

Then my cynical side pops up and asks "cui bono", (Latin for "who benefits?", a question asked by thinkers such as Cicero), I'm sure missile developers don't want to see their gravy train interfered with.

Anyway, thanks for the background, like I said, totally makes sense as you've laid it out.

Wait, Audi used a clutch type LSD, ever? Wow, that's nuts - I had no idea. . They broke ground bringing out hydrostatic diffs for the WRC B series in the 80's - they were the first to pull off 4WD/AWD in racing back then, and kicked ass because of it.

Then why did Mozilla deploy this silently, with it enabled silently?

If it's so good for end users, wouldn't they shout it from the rooftops?

Further, Google, et al, created the battlefield by 2000, and now you're sitting here blaming users for being suspicious of people who've repeatedly, over TWO DECADES, made it clear they have, at best, an antagonistic attitude towards web users.

At this point, no, fuck them. I will block everything, at every turn. Just the same as I'll never let the guy who stole half my CD collection back into my house.

I agree with your sentiment, though I don't get any pop-ups (using Cromite). I especially despise those video pop-ups that autopkay. Fuck web devs who do that.

On Android, both Cromite and Firefox block such things. And with Firefox you can add extensions like NoScript, AdGuard, uBlock Origin for even better control.

There's also a desktop version of both browsers.

I had a phone that shed heat so fast that going outside in the winter could kill it in no time, even in your pocket.

Lol, right, right.

Out of the gate: which distro? Which shell? Now get all a business apps working there, some which were custom developed in the 90's.

Or CAD. OneNote with SharePoint (which is extensively used). Etc, etc.

Look, there's a lot wrong with Windows, but switching to Linux for nearly any business isn't realistic, especially large orgs. And if you only have a few users, working around the negatives is trivial with a few reg scripts, or logon scripts, or Group Policies assigned by the DC.

I do too, but it's a dog. So damn slow.

Outlook is fast, and that's important.

I really hope they get the performance issues resolved in Thunderbird.

MD sucks balls, I despise this crap. It makes a less obvious distinction between elements to look cool, or new or intriguing, or different, or whatever bullshit UI designers come up with.

UI everywhere has been going backwards for 10-15 years now. Giant ovals with text for the Quick Settings buttons is an improvement? More swipes is better? Less contrast in a browser/app window is better?

Oh yea, let's remove color from status bar icons 🤦🏼‍♂️

As someone who's worked for such companies since the mid-90's, it's common knowledge that run-and-maintain isn't appreciated, only doing new things is.

Someone who keeps things from failing is much more at risk during layoffs than those who work only on new projects.

Gonna call me a liar now?

But you only get the storage capacity of the smallest drive, right? So in a 5 drive RAID, if one drive is 1TB and the rest are 5TB, it's 1TBx5

It's been a while since I setup UnRAID, not sure if I remember right.

Spot on.

Plan a little for growth, maybe a 5 drive unit with 12TB drives, with duplicate parity.

Optionally: Two 20 TB drives mirrored, cloud backup (e.g. Storj. io or another), perhaps another local 20TB drive that's a backup or a local replica.

Edit: any approach needs to include off-site backup, and that backup needs to be tested, at least quarterly.

Yea, the amount of stuff destroyed (or just lost) by airlines every day is staggering.

I used to fly for work, I bought high quality, expensive bags, once. My shit was always fucked up, lost more times than I could count. I stopped checking bags - I need my shit when I get there, since it's work. I don't have 3 days to wait, I'm only on-site for that long.

There's a reason why pilots have aluminum-framed bags, and they don't even check theirs.