I am referring to voltage drop consistency over distance.

Say you are running two 15m cable runs for rear surround speakers. If you run very cheap cable, the amount of voltage, and thus volume, will not be the same across the two channels. In short runs, not enough to notice, but on longer runs you can.

But there is no need for super expensive cable. You just need something durable and consistent enough.

Spite is the only reason I would.

Or grind a slot in the screw and you can use a flat head screwdriver.

Be sure to upload the process and tag BMW with a FU.

The only reason for reasonable quality speaker cables, is so that you get consistant volume between left and right channels if the volume is the same. That and so they don’t break when you pull on them.

In my case, I setup a ZFS pool of my disks in my old desktop PC running Proxmox. Then I allocated some storage to an LXC container running Debian and Samba for file sharing.

In your case, since the QNAP already runs Samba, it would be best to run it directly on the NAS.

But if you want to do it for the learning experience, you can setup an NFS share on the QNAP and link it to the Proxmox. The Proxmox can then use the NAS for storage and you can have VMs or LXC contsiners use for virtual disks.

I am quite satisfied with the unifi ecosystem so far as networking and CCTV systems go. They are cloud enabled without being cloud dependent. Since the early 2025 networking update, their routers are pretty good now. The UDM SE is a pretty compelling router/POEswitch/NVR in the home context.

Their NAS ecosystem is still very new and I would not it a viable option yet. They are also leaning towards the vendor lock-in direction with drives. Its the same reason I would stay away from Synology and QNAP.

Personally, I run a old desktop as a NAS/homelab running Proxmox(FOSS based hypervisor). I run ZFS on it and its “fine”. It performs fine even with a mixed bunch of disks, provided you have them in pairs or groups of 3 that perform close to identically. I just run a Debian container on the Proxmox as my fileserver and a few VMs for homelabbing.

One player that works well in a home environment is UnRAID. It a Linux distor that runs on commodity hardware and handles redundancy with “just a bunch of disks” better than most. The UI is friendly to non technical users. The catch is that UI is commercial software. Many consider it a fair exchange for the convenience it brings.

Its was also Epsteins priority for his clients.

I think 50 inch is about the upper end for what can fit on a desk, but a 42 inch is the upper limit for most. I used to have a 42inch 4k monitor ($400), but it broke and got discontinued. It was basically a 42inch IPS TV display.

I still miss that display.

Gaming would be done at 4k. It’s 8k for productivity.

Its a step in the right direction.

Not quite the aspect ratio I am looking for and the price is too eye watering.

What I want is an 8k 16:9 or 16:10 display for around double the price of a 4k display at the same price as a high end 4k TV (OLED or mini led)

Not on desktop use. Which is a market segment that is under served.

Would love to replace my 4x 1440p monitor setup with a 50 inch 8k TV setup.

These people should get grant funding for reducing e-waste and Apple should pay for it.

Yeah, that is what finally convinced me it was not staged.

I agree its always been part of the playbook. I hate the fact that it seems to be the option most likely considered. We are in a post evidence where we have to assume something is fake until there is enough information to prove it is not.

I have gotten into a fight yes, my reaction was to back off, the guys grabbed and cornered me, I started fighting back and everyone just sort-of flopped onto the ground before some bystanders assisted. It was super awkward.

I take your point that the attackers actions were realistic due to the awkwardness. Its more her reaction that was unexpected from my perspective. Its not how I would have reacted. I will jump in to defend others, but when I am being attacked, my first reaction is to run.

My first reactions was that It does look staged, because of how awkward the attack is and her reaction after the attack. Gives me similar vibes as the Trump assasination attempt.

Dont known of many people who would charge their attacker unless they see the attack coming. I certainly would not, I am not a brave person.

Unlike the Trump assasination though, their is no possibility of a “hidden shooter” and someone being setup as the attacker. So that swings it to a real attack for me.

Damn I hate how we have to think these days.

EDIT: to clarify, I don’t think it is fake.

You have a rodent problem. The dog can hear things in the wall.

Pain and suffering is the point.

I have had this with some laptops if the charger is faulty. The laptop goes into a limp mode, where the CPU locks to its lowest clock speed.

Since the display is using USB-C it may be triggering the slowness. Some USB-C monitors also deliver power to the connected device.

Is the laptop slow, even when running off battery, or only when running off battery?

Keeping an eye on the CPU frequency with something like Btop can maybe help troubleshoot the issue.

Many countries got that, because countries stopped buying US products and went elsewhere for their imports.