I think a rogue windows update emptied out my downloads folder and took out all my porn
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the downloads folder though?
c’mon man
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Genuinely had no idea that a folder could be treated so cavalierly by the OS. Besides, I’d cleverly nested everything in a New Folder! Nobody would have ever accessed the goods in the event of my untimely demise
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New Folder for the Old Ceremony
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My router ain’t doing too well. It’s making playing WoW and other online games difficult/impossible. I keep having to cycle it for my consoles to connect to it. If I run the cable modem directly to my PC, my speeds in WoW are fine. If I go through the router, it can get up to 4000 to 6000 ms on home as opposed to world. But my xbox one works fine for connecting to Halo matchmaking. Do I need a new router or do I need to check some settings/remove addons/update firmware? And if I need a new router, where is the best place to look for reviews?
I don’t hate it
since no one responded to this – there’s a chance it’s something on your computer’s side, but it really wouldn’t hurt to get a new router if you’re open to the possibility.
my favourite current-ish-so-cheap-if-you-can-find-it-secondhand router is the Archer C2600 – there’s a new version called the Archer A10 which is a totally different chipset that removes the USB ports, which I definitely wouldn’t recommend getting, so you’ll have to look around a bit for that one. in general, you can do really well for ~$100, but 4x4 802.11ac qualcomm chipsets are still my gold standard until wifi 6 (802.11ax) becomes a bit more common.
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250G really wasn’t enough for a boot drive, I was so sure I wasn’t cheaping out on this SSD four years ago, darn
no one should have this many symlinks across drives on windows
what is the purpose of USB ports on a router though
like what do they even do
you don’t typically need them to network a printer anymore but you can rig them up like a cheap NAS
I have that archer router, and I very much like it. I keep a usb thumb drive with music and a rotating selection of movies because the drive automatically pops up as an input for my tv
yeah if I didn’t have work paying for Office and Creative Cloud and GPUs for me I’d probably still be on Linux, the Platform Synergies these days are a bit much
god, and that ‘How are we doing? Rate us on the app store’ popup for default apps!
I’m positive this is group-determined Best Practices run amok, applied in a very Microsoft-esque-way to completely inappropriate internal projects to model good behavior
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Docker does this too which is somehow even more lol
that’s a pelican equipment case not a luggage case tho
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I mean it would be cooler if it were really a suitcase
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Thanks for helping out, I appreciate it. I connected the router wirelessly instead of using a network cable and my WoW speeds are back to normal. So I am thinking I should just change the cable.
is there a reason for me to avoid NAS-specific hard drives in a computer that hibernates at night? I remember something about the drive head starting or stopping dangerously, but I have no clue if that’s [still] something to really worry about.
definitely not, a good NAS will still spin down your drive when it’s not being accessed (especially if it’s redundant, which it should be) like any other enclosure
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