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tangentially related but useful: A while back I vibed up a script that can bit bang i2c on an x520 to reprogram SFP modules without a dedicated flasher. Hopefully this helps save s…

Author here: I've never written and posted an article before, and am by no means a writer. However, as far as I can tell this solution doesn't exist anywhere else on the internet a…

I got fiber run to my neighborhood, and for a while, had a 1gb coax connection and a 1gb fiber connection. I used openmptcprouter to aggregate my connections through a droplet and …

This is great! I would love to see a passmark/$ metric on here as well.

The Bobbit Worm Chronicles: https://www.michiganreefers.com/threads/the-bobbit-worm-chro... tldr: a guy spends a LONG time trying to kill a bobbit worm in his fish tank

Yes, this is the conclusion I came to. I assume Netflix was limiting me the same way they would someone on a VPN. The Linode IP worked for 99% of my home traffic, but I tended to g…

An interesting anecdote to this: For a while my home network was running OpenMPTCProuter and I was testing bonding my 500mbps cable and 1000mbps fiber out to a linode VPS. So my ho…

Most definitely. A radial reamp DI would improve the tone on this rig noticeably. Even if you didn’t use reamp specific hardware, using 2 direct boxes to match impedance on the inp…

The ipod nano lost in the couch was also a funny little easter egg

I discovered TouchDesigner [1] a few months back- it’s an incredibly powerful visual programming tool used in the entertainment industry. It’s been around well for over a decade an…

OBS Studio has a plugin that enables virtual webcam output on windows. I’ve used it to create a more reliable webcam output from Blackmagic capture cards, as not all software likes…

He's an extremely interesting person. He was a longtime engineer for RIM and he holds several GSM-related patents [1]. He's also written a few neat pieces of software, my favorite …