Nas systems like Synology, u can store photos, files, or anything without public cloud services.
dedicated nas systems are pretty overpriced imo, often costing as much or more than the drives you put in them. much cheaper to build your own. depending on your needs, this can be as simple as a raspberry pi plus an external hard drive.
They are overpriced based on a system you can build yourself, but the target audience for a NAS is someone who doesn’t want to spend days googling guides when a hard drive craps the bed or the os glitches. When I think of how much my NAS was, what I have stored on it and how much I use it, it is probably the best value for money thing I own.
A deej mixer
https://www.instructables.com/DEEJ-a-Physical-Volume-Mixer/
This looks awesome
If you are a pc enthusiast I’m going to say you need a sensor panel. I built one myself, 7" lcd display and driver board costs less then 30€ and the result is incredible. I always look at it for any sort of reason it has temperatures, FPS, cpu/gpu/ram usage, network bandwidth… I always know what’s going on!
I’m using AIDA64 Extreme, the paid version ha a sensor panel feature that is so good that I can’t explain, so here some photos:
- How it looks in the case: https://ibb.co/4N9jJXV
- Screenshot of the last iteration (changed font and moved some elements): https://ibb.co/YBPFZwz
- Purple variant: https://ibb.co/92LQtpn
Got any good sources for getting started on something like that? I use software for this but I keep it up all the time so it’s probably worthwhile for me to get a separate device at this point.
I’m going to mod the PC of a friend soon, I will share a guide if you are interested.
I used rainmeter to do the same thing on my 2nd monitor for free if anyone is looking for a software solution to this :)
A mouse. Just any mouse. There are so many trackpad warriors out there (primarily Apple users) that complain they’re being handicapped but they don’t just go for the easy solution.
I’ve even seen some idiots stubbornly trying to do CAD work with a trackpad, and struggling in the process.
Get a fucking mouse.
Well, Apple actually has good trackpad so I don’t really feel handicapped with that. In some cases it’s even better than mouse. Although if I had to do lot of CAD work I’d rather use mouse.
On PC however mouse is definitely better option. The PC trackpads I have used are either horrible or ok’ish. One PC trackpad I’ve used was a cheap mimic of Apple trackpad which made it much worse than an honest PC trackpad. If you try to copy Apple on budget it doesn’t work. It just makes it a wish.com version of the better thing.
100% agree. I wouldn’t be caught dead using a mouse on my MacBook because macOS isn’t built for a mouse. But at the same time I won’t use windows trackpads and will bring a wireless mouse to avoid it.
CAD work is an outlier that would be always mouse, but that doesn’t mean everyone needs one
I put my pet mouse on my trackpad. It freed up my right hand for typing, but now my cursor keeps wandering.
YubiKey
It’s a hardware authentication key. Kinda like a USB flash drive.
You know how some services offer multifactor authentication (MFA), also referred to as two factor authentication (2FA)?
There are typically two types offered: time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) where you have 30-60 seconds to type in a 6-digit code, and SMS-based where they text you a 4-6 digit code (that also expires within a set time frame).
With a Yubikey, you gotta plug in the Yubikey into your computer or phone. Or, there are some models that use near field communication (NFC) and you just need to bring it near the device you’re tryna authenticate.
So rather than typing in those codes you get either from SMS or your authenticator app, you use the Yubikey as your authentication method.
Oh nice ! Thanks for the explanation. Is this type of authentication supported by many apps and services ? Can it completely replace an authenticator app on a phone ?
