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Comment on Why is Tildes not on Github? in ~tildes
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Comment on What keyboard shortcut was a game changer for you? in ~tech
ShadowMoses LinkOption + Shift + Command + V Paste and Match style! It really helps out when working on documents.Option + Shift + Command + VPaste and Match style! It really helps out when working on documents.
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Comment on 'Where's the line of free speech – are you removing voices that should be heard?': As YouTube struggles with extreme content, Susan Wojcicki talks about her role as the internet’s gatekeeper in ~tech
ShadowMoses Link ParentCompletely agree. The Internet is very much that "information highway". The Web... maybe not so much these days, at least not sites like YouTube and FB.Completely agree. The Internet is very much that "information highway". The Web... maybe not so much these days, at least not sites like YouTube and FB.
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Accidentally Solving Access Point Roaming Issues.
I'm sharing in case some of you are having a similar issue at work or at home, and to hear your opinion and/or similar stories! I've been using Ubiquiti access points in my home for a few years...
I'm sharing in case some of you are having a similar issue at work or at home, and to hear your opinion and/or similar stories!
I've been using Ubiquiti access points in my home for a few years now, and overall, they've worked very well. 3 APs giving near perfect 5GHz VHT80 coverage on DFS channels. LAN transfers are about 600-650mbit on laptops, which has proven to be plenty for wireless clients in my home. Keep in mind that this is a pretty basic setup... besides the APs, there's just the ISP provided GPON ONT which is also a typical all-in-one ISP solution (router, switch, AP, firewall, DHCP server...) with it's Wi-Fi turned off.
As I said, I was pretty happy with the results, however there was one feature that I could never get to work just right; roaming. You could be walking around the house watching a live stream and the stream would pause for 5-8 seconds until the roaming transition was over. Strangely, with VoIP calls, roaming would be about 3-5 seconds. Even enabling fast roaming features (which I believe is simply 802.11r) on the AP's controller would not give the results I was looking for. After days of tweaking TX power settings, channel selection and trying to implement Minimum RSSI (which I ended up not using), I finally gave up and resigned myself to the 4-6 seconds (oh, the humanity) of roaming time.
Fast forward to about two months ago and I added a new router to the setup (UBNT ER-4) and a switch (UBNT USW-24). Setup went smooth, already had some cat.6 cabling around the house, now it was time to actually use it. Had some fun setting up a guest Wi-Fi network on it's own VLAN, which was always a concern of mine; having "untrusted" devices connect to my network. The access points do client isolation on guest networks by default, but in my mind it wasn't enough as I have some file servers and time machines on the network.
Anyways, a few days after doing the setup I'm walking around the house with a livestream on my mobile and suddenly realize that it's not losing the connection. I try with a VoIP call and it worked flawlessly. I start walking around faster and still, the phone is roaming without an issue. I was very excited!
I'm thinking it must be the router that somehow solved the roaming issue. My first theory was that the DHCP server on the ER-4 was doing it's thing much faster than the ISP's device, allowing the wireless clients to actually roam faster. So I do a web search and I find some very relevant info. It was a thread on a forum and reddit thread with a sysadmin that was about to give up on the APs because of roaming issues. In both threads, there were replies about what switch were they using.
Apparently, some switches (Cisco and HP were mentioned), have a "MAC aging" interval setting which is way too high by default, or they simply have bugged firmware that doesn't allow the switch to "re-learn" the MAC address of a device on a different switch port. I assume that ISP provided "el-cheapo" gear has similar issues.
So, if you're having roaming issues with your wireless clients, check your switches!!!
Anyways, just wanted to share this story. Thank you for reading. :-)
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Comment on In contrast to Facebook, Google seems to be leaning into the message that they have all your data, and emphasizing how that allows them to make your life easier in ~tech
ShadowMoses Link ParentRegarding image recognition with the iPhone: On the iPhone (and other iOS devices) image recognition is done on device only (along with other convenience features like this one). It never leaves...Regarding image recognition with the iPhone: On the iPhone (and other iOS devices) image recognition is done on device only (along with other convenience features like this one). It never leaves your phone. I like having this kind of features as long as they’re implemented like this. If to have this feature I must upload my whole photo library to “””the cloud””” for it to be analyzed, then no way I’m using it.
This is with the stock photos app, if you’re using google photos, then all bets are off.
You can read more about this on the iOS security white paper.
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Comment on Alrighty, show of hands, how many audiophiles do we have here? in ~hobbies
ShadowMoses Link ParentThey're good for critical listening. For anything else I find them maybe a bit too flat, honestly.They're good for critical listening. For anything else I find them maybe a bit too flat, honestly.
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Comment on Alrighty, show of hands, how many audiophiles do we have here? in ~hobbies
ShadowMoses LinkAudio-Technica ATH-M50 through an Universal Audio Apollo for use at home. AirPods for on the go.Audio-Technica ATH-M50 through an Universal Audio Apollo for use at home. AirPods for on the go.
Like the telemetry haunted, offline account misdirection, dark pattern, update forcing, ad infested MS Windows?
I know it’s not all bad with MS, but I find it hard to look at Windows, their flagship product, and think: “awesome”.