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Tech Pro - Hobby Aviator - VR Enthusiast - Homelab Selfhoster - AI Prompt Hacker errr I mean Engineer πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ›«πŸ₯½πŸ€– https://techviator.com

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joelpomales, to random
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VMware Giving Away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro Free For Personal Use

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/14/203234/vmware-giving-away-workstation-pro-fusion-pro-free-for-personal-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

techviator,
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@joelpomales VMWare desktop versions are too small a business for Broadcom, I think they are trying to expand the user base so they can sell it off in a year or two.

davemark, to streaming
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The bundles are coming:

  • Disney+, Hulu, Max mash up their original content with content from ABC, Fox, TNT, TBS, CNN, Discovery Channel, Food Network, & more

  • ESPN, Fox Sports, Discovery are combining forces for a sports channel bundle

So we went from cable bundles, to cord cutting, to paying for internet and more bundles.

This does not feel like a win for consumers. More like a shuffling of the deck.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/08/disney-warner-bros-discovery-bundle-streaming-services.html

techviator,
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@davemark And all of the cord cutters from the 2010s, when Netflix was good, went back to the high seas, only instead of Ares they now use the Arr suite....

merecivilian, to apple
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There was a time when I used to be so excited for an event..Today, from an hardware perspective, my 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 is more than sufficient and I am feeling indifferent to the upcoming OLED iPads. What is the point of having a desktop class computing chip (m3) on an iPad when the iPadOS basically treats it like an

Strangely, I am looking forward to the surface announcement.

Perhaps, I have lost my mojo

techviator,
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@merecivilian You're growing up.... LOL J/K I have never been an Apple user myself, but I do follow all tech and it seems Apple has been getting left behind or joining late to certain markets on the software side, they need to pay as much attention to their software as they have to their chip development.

Microsoft and Qualcomm have been making huge leaps in terms of getting an Arm based processor and software combination that finally gets Windows on Arm to work properly.

DukeDuke, to linux
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Question for the crowd. Does anyone know of a distribution which would work on a Microshaft Surface Pro 7? Now that MS has infected my tablet with uninstallable Copilot, I would like to return their favor and uninstall Windows. Any help is appreciated!

techviator,
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@DukeDuke I know that Ubuntu and Zorin have been installed on MS SP7 (I have been researching to do the same).
Edit: The cameras apparently will not work though, so be aware before you switch (https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supported-Devices-and-Features#feature-matrix).

Read here: https://www.linux.org/threads/ubuntu-22-04-on-surface-pro-7.43071/

Here: https://forum.zorin.com/t/zorin-16-2-on-microsoft-surface-pro-7-it-works/26797

And here:
https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface

techviator, (edited ) to random
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Immersed founder talked about changes for the Visor 4K headset, among the most important ones: changes to the software and use a higher quality wifi module to allow for untethered use, added 2 additional cameras (total of 6) for better hand tracking.
Check out the interview at MRTV:
https://www.youtube.com/live/1oZljvIcrU0?si=D5URIurfLq-BxB5F

I finally preordered mine. Learn more https://visor.com?r=3296f8b3f30d08 (if you preorder with this link I get a small discount on future purchases).

TerryHancock, (edited ) to proxmox
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I have multiple VMs on a host machine (, but I don't think that matters for this question).

I want to have several VMs on a virtual -- i.e. software only -- network inside the Proxmox server. Like there's a little pretend switch, connected to pretend NICs on each VM.

WHAT IS THAT CALLED?

I would've thought "VLAN" meant this, but when I look it up, it seems to be a more expansive term, and people talk about "managed switches", etc.

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techviator,
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@TerryHancock That's a VNet (Virtual Network). In Proxmox you create a new VMBR (Virtual Bridge), but don't link it to a physical NIC, that would give you a private switch.

You can have a VM act as a router (or a jumphost) by attaching a VNIC (Virtual network Interface Card) to the private bridge, and another VNIC to the LAN connected bridge.

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
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RayNeo Air 2 Review! https://youtu.be/_CsV-Vbzgis
Smaller, lighter, faster, and less expensive! These could be the XR glasses to beat?
But is RayNeo making TOO many compromises to hit the lower price?

techviator,
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@SomeGadgetGuy Hey, great video, as always! Since you are the first I've seen with this glasses and also the other brands, I have a few questions, how does the display compares to XReal Air in terms of size, crispness and brightness? I also noticed that you did not mention a blackout cover like the other 3 brands have, do they not have it? I tried Viture but the image was smaller and blurry compared with XReal.

joelpomales, to PuertoRico
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De hecho. Eh, se aceptan 'sugerencias' de apps para ver la tele de . Apps que sean estables. Android preferiblemente. πŸ™ƒοΈ

techviator,
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@joelpomales Yo llevo par de aΓ±os con PRTV en Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pr.ftatv&hl=en

techviator,
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@joelpomales Comparado con los que usaba antes es de los menos que se cae.
En el Roku tengo instalado este (cuesta $1 al mes) PUERTO RICO FTA CHANNELS https://channelstore.roku.com/details/dcff0435cbad008b04776028950e9352/puerto-rico-fta-channels tambiΓ©n bastante estable, pero tampoco 100%, pero es el que mΓ‘s se usa en casa.

dnsprincess, to random

HEY Infosec Mastodon! Wanna help me out?
I'm looking for screenshotable quotes about pentesting. Wanna respond to any of these questions? If you do you may be included in my next talk!

  • What's the biggest pitfall a pentester can make?
  • What makes a good pentest?
  • What makes a bad test?
  • Vuln scan versus pentest - which one is "better"?

Or just whatever you want. I will include any memes I get, so reply away.
Boosts help :)

techviator,
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@dnsprincess I am not a pentester, but I do work SecOps. In my limited experience I think bad documentation of scope, methodology, procedures or results is one of the biggest pitfalls.

Vulnerability scan is different than pentest (although usually a part of it), so one is not better than the other. Vulnerability scans should be part of the scheduled routines, right after patching. Pentests should be done regularly but not as often (cost and resources being the main reason).

techviator,
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@urda @dnsprincess I disagree, it's not sometimes, it's ALWAYS!!!! Social engineering should be the first part of any pentest!

furbyonsteroids, to microsoft
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Imma be real with you guys... it's been many years, but I still don't think the " ribbon" (image attached) for settings and stuff is good. Sure, it looks pretty.. but that's about it. It's a downgrade when it comes to usability.. a massive one imo. I may be the only one, but I click through those tabs 20 times before I find the right setting for something I use less often and it annoys me. Even after all these years.

techviator,
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@furbyonsteroids Try , you can select and/or customize the UI to fit your likes and needs.

techviator,
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@furbyonsteroids I hear you. Yeah, the MS Office interface sucks, but I am also forced to use it at work, so I totally understand.

slashdot, to random
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Microsoft To Stop Forcing Windows 11 Users Into Edge in EU Countries https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/05/1537258/microsoft-to-stop-forcing-windows-11-users-into-edge-in-eu-countries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

techviator,
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@slashdot Netscape finally won!!!!
Wait....

techviator, to FreeBSD
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AARRRGGGHHH - having a tough day today! This morning my provider sent me an email that they are shutting down TODAY, and I'm left looking for a VPS provide that supports AND can provide + , AND is inexpensive...
Any VPS provider not supporting IPv6 nowadays is really lagging behind.

techviator, (edited )
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Thanks for all the suggestions, I ended up selecting Vultr, which I had tested before, not as inexpensive as my previous solution, but they seem to be solid and hopefully not leaving me stranded without notice.
and to everyone that came to my help: @jtk @AMDmi3 @beasts @Dragon @kinocounty @dentangle @mosu @CenturyAvocado @tschaefer

techviator,
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Now that everything is back up and working in the new provider, I will be testing some other VPS services in the US South Central, I need IPv4 + IPv6, low latency, and eventually I want to add a pfSense server on the VPS so I can offload some stuff from my homelab more easily than my current setup.

techviator, to vr
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Immersed releases more details regarding the upcoming Visor AR headset expected for 2024, but will only work for using Immersed to connect to Windows, Mac or Linux computers:
https://twitter.com/ImmersedVR/status/1689622629781499904

techviator, to random
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Finally took the step and deleted my Twitter account. The move to decentralized social networks its full on. Instagram is next to go... and eventually Reddit, but a lot of the vendor supported or heavily used communities are still not on other platforms, so it'll have to wait.

techviator, to random
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Here are the lists of the people I follow per topic
Aviation: https://noc.social/lists/427
Fediverse/Social: https://noc.social/lists/842
IT/Tech: https://noc.social/lists/428
XR/VR/AR: https://noc.social/lists/426

stefano, to mastodon
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The web interface, used as a on , is far better than many of the apps I've tried. Its notification system is far more effective than the official app.

I think I'll perform some more tests in the next few days.

techviator,
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@stefano @elk I was very happy with Fedilab, but then I tried and it became my instant favorite PWA in both mobile and desktop. Great job by the @elk developers.

Bart, to opensource

Just found a conversation between colleagues. They were very excited about bluesky. I had not heard from it yet. What it sounded to me like was: β€˜yadayadaya closed source yadayada no privacy yadayada let’s create a new billionaire CEO.” Why would they even consider it!? With mastodon and the fediverse available, choosing closed source seems like the new fossil fuelβ€¦πŸ˜€

techviator, (edited )
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@Bart
Bluesky is open source and the protocol it uses to decentralize is open source.

https://github.com/bluesky-social

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-05-2023-business-plan

Mastodon is great, but not easy enough for the masses, and no marketing, that's why the normal user trying to escape Twitter is excited about the "new twitter" founded by the old "twitter guy", and the same reason Threads got millions of users on launch, easy to sign up, easy to use, lots of marketing.

WiredForFlight, to random
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Another wondeful

techviator,
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@WiredForFlight
Love the view!

davemark, to apple
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Read Mark Zuckerberg’s email (see pics) responding to the Apple Vision Pro demo.

I found it interesting. A big giant has been awakened, he knows it, he’s trying to reassure his troops.

The giant is still coming.

Email text: But look, I think that their announcement reall showcases the difference in the values and the vision that our companies bring to this in a way that I think is really important. We innovate to make sure that our products are as accessible and affordable to everyone as possible, and that is a core part of what we do. And we have sold tens of millions of Quests. More importantly, our vision for the metaverse and presence is fundamentally social. It's about people interacting in new ways and feeling closer in new ways. Our device is also about being active and doing things. By contrast, every demo that they showed was a person sitting on a couch by themself. I mean, that could be the vision of the future of computing, but like, it's not the one that I want. There's a real philosophical difference in terms of how we're approaching this. And seeing what they put out there and how they're going to compete just made me even more excited and in a lot of ways optimistic that what we're doing matters and is going to succeed. But it's going to be a fun journey.

techviator,
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@Dogzilla @davemark I work in IT/Cloud so all I do is behind a monitor and remotely, I use a VR headset as a monitor replacement via Immersed (VR App), it moves me from my small home office to a great virtual space, either alone or in a collaboration or public room. The reason the Quest 3 will be an upgrade is better optics due to flat lenses, and color and better defined passthrough to better see my keyboard or anything else I need to look at IRL real quick.

techviator,
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@Dogzilla @davemark Yeah, that's still the case regarding keyboard with Immersed. Both vSpatial and Virtual Desktop have the ability for full remote, but there are still some limitations with some key combinations that the Quest takes as input instead of sending them through (at least last time I tried a year back). But for my use case is not a show stopper as I have my laptop nearby anyway and just replaced the external monitors.

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