I’m trying to utilize a couple of core 2 duo macbooks for the same purpose and it’s not going great. I have twice the cores and RAM but they’re stuck at 800 MHz, because of no batteries.

anyhow, very slow and issues with a lot of codecs I throw at them. try mpv without a DE/WM.

awesome! now onwards to romsfun, 1337x, etc. and figure out how to install, transfer, archive, etc. then you get to upgrade the disk and so on, barrels of fun await!

air tags function by utilizing the ad-hoc network all Apple devices create - if you run an Apple device, you’re involuntarily part of this P2P network, even when your device is supposedly off. otherwise, said tags wouldn’t be able to send you status reports from the other side of the planet. that’s just how they and find-my-shit apps work, there are no alternatives to global availability.

all that’s kinda antithetical to the whole privacy thing, so you’ll have to balance the good with the bad and determine how much spyware you will tolerate to gain this sort of convenience.

superb write-up. yeah, the price tag is absolutely eye-watering levels and the classic car is an apt analogy. if you’re not an tinkerer/enthusiast, don’t even think about something like this. I got a T14 Gen1 AMD with a busted screen for $100 even, with original battery, that thing runs circles around this Ivy and is like half the heft, despite 14" > 12".

sure, that’s also viable. I just never had the console experience, so was inclined to share.

come to think of it, I tried it a few months back but it was pretty slow (tried RDR1 on a R5 5600/RX 570 with Fedora 40 KDE). supposedly it’s way better now

yeah, that was a big dissapointment that it supports only like three FW versions, and even then it’s a tethered JB. but, that would be an awesome machine, very competent hardware, supports large disks, SSDs make a huge difference, newer gen hardware so way less heat related deaths, etc.

the way I understood it is CFW allows all models to play PS2 games. I tried God of War and some Tekken, forgot which, started up without issues. I also have some settings to upscale PS2 games, don’t know if that’s a CFW thing or if that’s standard.

also, some fat models have real PS2 hardware in them, so no need for emulation.

goddamn that’s a first! do those even have hard drives? what is the virus infecting, i.e. how does it gain persistence?

I’m sorry for being slightly off-topic, but ONE THOUSAND clams for an easily breakable/losable thief magnet is just bonkers to me. my desktop, laptop, tablet and phones cost way less than that in total.

you sure you separated your “needs” from your “wants”?

this is a nothing-burger. the same “article” from days ago, rehashing the same bullshit, quoting a totally unknown security researcher firm (that, conveniently, also sells some turd that’s gonna rid you of this scourge) with zero details, followed with less than zero fact checking from arse technica, like how did they establish the 1.3 milsky number, the “infection” vector and other similarly “unimportant” shit.

portals like the mentioned arse thing are hungry for content and are willing to publish any old thing that even resembles quality content. keep your eyes open, your wits about you, and question everything.

from a bot farm “news” site, linking to the shallowest description from a “Dr Web” antivirus of which I’ve never heard before.

zero details as to how those devices got compromised or how they got to the 1.3 MM number.

searching for anything resembling a reputable source reveals nada.

try usbcore.autosuspend=-1 kernel switch.

straight out of the “silicon valley” timeline, I can practically see Jian-Yang pitching it

my god… thank you GloriousEggroll for all your hard work, but please find someone else to write the documentation. it’s hella confusing and explains nada, despite your best efforts.

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I wrote about a software KVM solution for the same setup, desktop and laptop with dock here.

anyone up to date with jailbreaking a PS4? I’ve read that only 11.0 can be liberated, whereas the current version is 11.52. seems unlikely I’d find one in the wild that stopped being updated at precisely that version…

no idea, but thanks for spelling “breathe” correctly.

the parts are cheap, the prices are low