bobbob1921 (u/bobbob1921)

bobbob1921 commented on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux himthe.dev/blog/microsoft... · Posted by u/bobsterlobster

hn_acc1 · 15 days ago

I found chrome was putting itself into "eco mode" on my Lenovo (work) laptop all of a sudden. Meant that waking up took FOREVER, and accessing a web page (required as part of a daily login) took 15+ seconds to load when first logging in, as opposed to a few seconds, which caused our password app to timeout at times, etc. Who the heck comes up with these ideas? "Eco mode" by default? And no way to disable it easily? I had to add an obscure switch to the chrome startup to make it run normally again.

bobbob1921 · 14 days ago

On newer laptops, and I’ve seen this specifically on thinkpads) if the power supply you are using is not the correct wattage, the system will throttle down significantly. I started noticing this by looking at windows task manager and noticing the CPU would not scale above 0.8 GHz. Not sure if Chrome responds in the same way, but it’s worth looking into. Fix was easy, just get a proper wattage power supply (i went with oem)

bobbob1921 commented on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux himthe.dev/blog/microsoft... · Posted by u/bobsterlobster

vee-kay · 15 days ago

A similar example: Microsoft's Windows Search function is so pathetic and slow, yet there's another little company who gives a blazing fast file search tool, that's available as (portable) freeware since 15+ years.

Everything Search: https://www.voidtools.com/

Everything Search uses the NTFS indexes to do blazing fast file or folder searches. It has a neat and clean interface, and no nagging ads (unlike.. cough, cough.. Windows 11). Everything Search is one of the first tools I install on any new Windows PC.

bobbob1921 · 14 days ago

Amazing, perfect app! I use it frequently, and I love the response I get from customers or friends whom I turn onto it (or install it for). I also encourage others to donate to this developer. The sad thing is casual users would not even think of donating as they assume this type of feature should be (properly) built into the OS; so I’ve made sure to donate on behalf of users I’ve turned on to Everything. Great app!

bobbob1921 commented on Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops techcrunch.com/2026/01/23... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

cesarb · 20 days ago

> Any power users who prefer their own key management should follow the steps to enable Bitlocker without uploading keys to a connected Microsoft account.

Once the feature exists, it's much easier to use it by accident. A finger slip, a bug in a Windows update, or even a cosmic ray flipping the "do not upload" bit in memory, could all lead to the key being accidentally uploaded. And it's a silent failure: the security properties of the system have changed without any visible indication that it happened.

bobbob1921 · 20 days ago

This is correct, I also discovered while preparing several ThinkPads for a customer based on a Windows 11 image i made, that even if you have bitlocker disabled you may also need to check that hardware disk encryption is disabled as well (was enabled by default in my case). Although this is different from bitlocker in that the encryption key is stored in the TPM, it is something to be aware of as it may be unexpected.

bobbob1921 commented on OBS Studio 32.1.0 Beta 1 available github.com/obsproject/obs... · Posted by u/Sean-Der

seanw444 · a month ago

I'd be interested to know as well. I may be in the minority, but I'll take a FOSS project with 80% of the features over a proprietary one with 100% of the features, almost every time. The philosophy of freedom is usually more important to me than squeezing out every last drop of functionality in exchange for a black box that I have to pay for and rely on some company that may or may not exist in a few years to develop it.

bobbob1921 · a month ago

I’m pretty sure this has changed now, but when I first looked at OBS versus vmix, OBS did not have good NDI Support. Since the twice a year video production I put on is kind of like a hobby although I get paid, I just went with VMix and haven’t looked back. (Video is not my main job)

bobbob1921 commented on OBS Studio 32.1.0 Beta 1 available github.com/obsproject/obs... · Posted by u/Sean-Der

mervz · a month ago

OBS is a great solution if you're on a budget or doing very simple streams, but I really urge anybody who is serious about live streaming professional shows to check out vMix. It's an incredible piece of software that is versatile and packed full of so many features professional broadcasts need all baked in.

bobbob1921 · a month ago

This is absolutely correct, VMix is excellent software. When you pair it with the correct hardware even low cost hardware, it is very stable and reliable (and powerful). it’s also very reasonably priced, for one particular client twice a year I do a large 2 to 3 day livestream. We buy two copies of their $50 a month pro version (by default it is not a reoccurring subscription), each event. Every aspect of vmix can be automated or scripted, and they have a very easy to use XML based API (I can code but I’m definitely not a coder). Over the years we’ve built some incredible automated graphics for displaying on large billboards at the event, as well as using the second copy to produce the livestream where we pull in five professional ptz cams (via rtsp) and 2x sdi video feeds (via a capture card). We also use the NDI app on two iPhones to add their video into the mix (using the built-in vmix scripting, when someone presses the send button in the NDI app, V-Mix notices the audio level going above zero, and switches that live video feed into program). Note to do ndi over iphone wifi we use a dedicated ruckus R610 access point with no other clients on it, the video has ZERO latency, and amazing 4k quality). We also use companion running on a raspi5, connected to 2x stream decks, so that the entire set up can be controlled via the stream deck buttons.

bobbob1921 commented on Verizon outages reported across U.S. firstcoastnews.com/articl... · Posted by u/Scubabear68

dylan604 · a month ago

why are you saying that this is affecting more than one provider?

bobbob1921 · a month ago

i'm not saying that, I was asking more of a general question, others were saying that multiple carriers were having issues (w the only proof being downdetector and their incorrectly scaled Y axis graphs)

bobbob1921 commented on Verizon outages reported across U.S. firstcoastnews.com/articl... · Posted by u/Scubabear68

bobbob1921 · a month ago

i know alot are joking / sarcastic about its a cyber attack- that said, Wouldn't it make more sense that whenever there is a "cyber attack" its more likely it would only affect one provider? ie, each has to have different systems / security postures ect, such that a non-public vuln useful to attack Verizon would likely not be exploitable/exposed at AT&T (or vise versa)?

bobbob1921 commented on Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025 blog.cloudflare.com/5-dec... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

cpncrunch · 2 months ago

I've noticed that in recent months, even apart from these outages, cloudflare has been contributing to a general degradation and shittification of the internet. I'm seeing a lot more "prove you're human", "checking to make sure you're human", and there is normally at the very least a delay of a few seconds before the site loads.

I don't think this is really helping the site owners. I suspect it's mainly about AI extortion:

https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/

bobbob1921 · 2 months ago

Ive been seeing more of those prove your human pages as well, but I generally assume they are there to combat a DDOS or other type of attack (or maybe ai/bot). I remember how annoying it was combating DDOS attacks, or hacked sites before Cloudflare existed. I also remember how annoying capcha s were, everywhere. Cloudflare is not perfect but net, I think it’s been a great improvement.

bobbob1921 commented on Samsung's 60% DRAM price hike signals a new phase of global memory tightening buysellram.com/blog/samsu... · Posted by u/redohmy

Yokolos · 3 months ago

Yes, but if new capacity is also redirected to be able to be sold as enterprise memory, we won't see better supply for consumer memory. As long as margins are better and demand is higher for enterprise memory, the average consumer is screwed.

bobbob1921 · 3 months ago

Does it matter that AI hardware has such a shorter shelf life/faster upgrade cycle? Meaning we may see the ram chips resold/thrown back into the used market quicker than before?

bobbob1921 commented on Power over Ethernet (PoE) basics and beyond edn.com/poe-basics-and-be... · Posted by u/voxadam

bityard · 4 months ago

I was under the impression that most commercial/industrial cameras all required some kind of proprietary ecosystem of peripherals and controllers. Do those work with open source DVR solutions like frigate? (If so, did you know that before you bought them?)

bobbob1921 · 4 months ago

Another method that most cameras support (if you want the bare basics of record video/audio) is accessing an RTSP stream from the camera. In fact RTSP streams are the primary way you get video into frigate specifically. Some of the more fancy cam manufacturers (axis), are just now starting to support encrypted RTSP , but most of it is unencrypted. you can enable authentication, however in general if you’re doing this over the Internet you do it over a VPN via un encrypted rtsp