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For large capacity HDDs, I usually buy WD Red from Amazon, they are reasonably priced and reliable.
If I want to check real reliability reports for particular models, Backblaze has the most stats, here is the latest report: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2024/

Seems ...

Happy Birthday !

The amount of incoming spam depends on how visible it is, and how "leaky" the places that have it are, as you mentioned already. Only processing/categorizing mail once it arrives is up to your mail provider.

Four separate accounts may be a bit much to juggle (even though you get a separate 15GB storage)... You can create "aliases" instead, under: settings > accounts

Gmail should be secure, at least similarly secure to your ISP's email account if you think about it. The only alternatives are going to b e other maill-only providers, or running your own domain/email service through a registrar (Namecheap, etc). It gets a lot more involved and less convenient.

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Welcome to SG, glad the TCP Optimizer worked well for you.

That slider indicates 100+ Mbps, in other words it is meant for anything higher than 100 Mbps, including Gigabit connections.
I hope that helps

Added. Congestion control default may be different depending on the OS build though.

Interesting.. Does that also happen with ads in the middle of videos?
I seem to be getting YouTube ads with the traditional uBlock Origin extension.

I may have to move to uBlock Origin Lite (MV3 support) once this happens... I don't see a warning in my Chrome current version 127.0.6533.89

Edit: Never mind, I see the warning in the "Extensions" page.

It is my understanding that most of the issues stem from overvoltage, and it is only with the 13/14th Generation processors.
Most motherboards allow some "automatic" overclocking by default, and the overvoltage was too aggressive damaging the chips. They're addressing it with newer MoBo BIOSes.
If ...

Glad that you got a great deal on your house, excellent timing to sell imho. I suppose if you get enough business in your neck of the woods you don't have to drive to Sarasota, population has been expanding like crazy down there.
Will definitely catch up.

Whoa, finally made the big move, congrats! I was wondering when this would happen, welcome down, enjoy no state income tax, heh.
I think it's the right move not to buy right away, you will have more time to look around, pinpoint areas, figure out prices, and you shouldn't be in a rush with the ...

What type of internet connection do you have, what geographic area?

Ping/latency depends on the distance between you and a server. It should generally be between 20ms and up to 100ms for very distant servers. Anything over that indicates either a satellite connection (not LEO), very distant ...

Windows 10+ can be set to auto-delete old files in the "Downloads" folder.
It is under Start Menu > Settings > search for "Storage Sense" > "Change how Storage Sense frees up space"

Seems like Yahoo mail issue. The choice to "save" vs. "print" is usually server-side.

Not sure about Yahoo mail, but in general, if you click on a PDF attachment you should be able to see/open the PDF in Chrome. Once the PDF is opened in Chrome, the upper-right corner contains both download and print buttons as a top bar inside the "page", together with zoom/rotate options.

Sounds frustrating. I don't like some of the newer routers' interfaces that have been simplified for phone/app setup and use either. I don't use Access Lists though, with the limited range and firmware updates I am not worried much of neighboring kids breaking into the router and using my Wi-Fi, heh.

Interesting that BBR caused this, thanks for following up.

There used to be a an issue where changing the TCP Auto-tuning algorithm from "normal" to "experimental" caused similar issues with LAN shares and Windows Servers' local network access, but in your case this is something new.

If you're already using a WiFi 6 router I don't see the point... Maybe if it is bogged down with many clients and the CPU is running at 100% load or something, other than that I wouldn't upgrade.

I only upgrade when I start noticing shortcomings/slowdowns/range issues. I've noticed some improvement every time I change WiFi generations.

Maybe.. You'd have to test, as it dependa on the Wifi generation (some routers are better at bandwidth sharing, beamforming some have faster hardware, etc.). In general, newer routers should be better at distributing the bandwidth between clients, and QoS settings may help in mitigating the effects ...

If both clients use Wi-Fi, they will split the Wi-Fi max speed (500 Mbps). In addition, the quoted router max Wi-Fi speed includes both downstream and upstream traffic, plus protocol overhead, so it will likely reach 80% of its' rated max speed.

If one of the clients is using Ethernet, then you can ...

Happy 4th of July!

I'm still in the EU, but it is also my wedding anniversary, so we had a celebration, some BBQ and craft beer with the wifey and friends.

You mean you don't talk to yourself? I do sometimes, since I like having an intelligent conversation (jk, lol).

Oh that first post was spam, banned+deleted :/

Paris is very crowded with tourists, the Olympics will be there a the end of July through August, hopefully by September it will slow down a bit. If you go there, I would recommend buying tickets early for musee D'Orsay, it is touristy, smaller than the Louvre, but it has a lot of impressionists ...

Newer generation routers work better, as in WiFi 6 (802.11 ax) will work better than WiFi 5 (802.11 ac).
Also, usually 2.4GHz works better for wall penetration over 5GHz.

You can try moving your current router a bit closer, or higher. If it has external antennae, they should be perpendicular to the ...

In general, you can read the advantages/disadvantages of each congestion avoidance algorithm here: https://www.speedguide.net/articles/tcp-congestion-control-algorithms-comparison-7423
You can try whether CTCP works better or BBR2 for your connection.

Other than that, smaller packets work a bit ...

Water down in FL is pretty hard, I do use a whole house water softener. It reduces the TDS and makes water softer. It does help reduce carbon build up on faucets/showers, etc., but it wouldn't remove any dissolved chemicals. I would just look up the quality of tap water in your area, it is usually a ...

Sure thing!

I suppose after the forums software change some of the password hashes didn't work well.

Emailed with details.

There are many variants of that one both for PC and mobile phones I think, haven't played one of those in couple of years I guess, heh.

Yes, they can be considered similar to other TCP buffers.

As with other buffers, it depends on the speed of the connection, higher transfer speeds, require larger buffers to avoid interruptions, especially when there is a latency spike. It is problematic to strike a proper balance for every type of ...

Faster memory and 16% performance boost, still on the AM5 platform... Seems good

Happy Birthday!!

I drink a couple of long/tall espressos per day, but I sip them for an hour usually if I am not on the move. It does affect my sleep if I drink coffee after 3-4pm these days it seems, it didn't when I was in my 20s.

I have 4+ browsers installed on mine just for testing stuff, but I don't use them regularly. They don't take much space, so it is fine to leave them on your PC unless you need storage space.

Soup looks really good!

The old attachments from the vBulletin forum did not translate to the new platform (all file names are hashed/encrypted with a "salt" different for each user, and placed in some random subfolders based on dates).. New attachments should be ok though.

When I had to move the forums to a new platform, attachments got lost in translatioin :/

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