2.5 Admins

A new HTTP caching standard looks promising but might struggle to get adopted, a terrible space mirror idea is actually happening, cars will spy on us all, and picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often.



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News/discussion

HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST

FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that’s been widely criticized by astronomers

Feels like all of us need to pay way more attention to the new rules affecting EU and US folk, requiring all new cars to include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face



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We were asked about picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often.

















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Microsoft really wants your Windows settings data, secure boot has been useless for a decade, our thoughts on (the idea of) Incus and IncusOS, and configuring ZFS for a Lightning Memory Mapped Database.



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Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right



News/discussion

Microsoft flips Windows Backup to on by default unless you’re in the EU

Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now

IncusOS

Incus



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Follow-up on rebooting to update, portable power stations, glass storage, and objective news sources. Plus whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool.



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Native inotify in FreeBSD



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Anker SOLIX EV Charger Adapter (For F3000, J1722 only)

EcoFlow EV Charger to Portable Power Station Adaptor (SAE J1772 to 5P8 Port, 50A)

WattCycle First-to-Market: WattLINK – EcoFlow Delta 2/3 Series PPS E





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We were asked about whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool.

















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Why setting up commercial email and VPN services is incredibly hard, avoiding TrueNAS’s move from FreeBSD to Linux, why we avoid virtualising storage systems, and bridging WiFi to an external building.



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Using Object Storage with OpenZFS and SeaweedFS



Discussion

Jeff Moss explains why setting up private email and VPN services are so difficult



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XigmaNAS



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We were asked about bridging WiFi to an external building.

Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings—the cheap and easy way

















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The one tool in our IT tool belt that we value the most. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break.

















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