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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Personal Hardware Survey 2025.
    What are you doing with the server? Is it just running file services or do you have the *RR stack operating or? I'm kind of curious to...
  • ddrueding
    ddrueding replied to the thread Something Random.
    When the last of my grandparents generation died we stopped doing family thanksgiving. My parents, sister, and her children get...
  • ddrueding
    ddrueding replied to the thread Personal Hardware Survey 2025.
    My main rig is the 9950X3D with 96GB RAM, and a 4090. Laptop is a Dell XPS 15 with an i9-9980HK, 32GB, and GTX 1650. I like it for the...
  • Adcadet
    Adcadet replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    When the family is away I'll probably play with it. Appreciate the encouragement and reference.
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I never thought I'd get one either. Instead I have a few now. They're small, personal and in places where only one person might see...
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    Wow! I'm technically a Boomer, although from the tail end and I hate that kind of thinking. I give you and your partner credit for...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    Yes. Tattoos are hideous. A direct quote that was in fact repeated multiple times. That one I'd at least prepared my partner for, so it...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Got everyone kicked over through the weekend. I won't even get a final bill, I'm all paid up. I don't think I'd be coming back to...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    There shouldn't be much more than enabling it and telling it to use Unbound or Unbound Python mode. You can add more block lists if you...
  • Adcadet
    Adcadet replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    I probably just screwed up the implementation or couldn't figure out what to whitelist.
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    uBlock on Firefox and uBlock Lite on other browsers + some form of network-level blocker everywhere I have control over the network. I...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    re: Phone plans. I switched to US Mobile this morning. They're offering a year of service for $167 until the end of the day today (10PM...
  • Adcadet
    Adcadet replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    At one point I used pfBlockerNG, but family approval factor was low and I liked the pretty graphics that PiHole offered instead. Maybe...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    PfSense supports pfBlockerNG, which is as good or better than running PiHole. It's just a service you can enable in DNS configuration on...
  • Mercutio
    I'm just curious what PC systems y'all have that are in active use in 2025. Some of you guys have a PC in their signature, but I'm...
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