2026-05-29T13:36:41Z https://njump.me Jeff Geerling https://njump.me/npub1zszjc7ge3vxvse7tn2f2wqzu8p9xmdpftfceqt8c63tzapmtgjhq3s4f77 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/434/496/883/816/897/original/592c6c82baa8ebfb.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/434/496/883/816/897/original/592c6c82baa8ebfb.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqstk0l9juyvcws9ye4eqjnnf279nlltv8wjqu4re8jjdz6k5v0ck4szyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uxq2vdf HomePod minis are 6 years old, but I learned something new today: how they work in stereo pairs.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not magic, it&#39;s just good time! Check out my video poking the HomePods with Wireguard to discover their secret: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h-nFbAsJ8M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h-nFbAsJ8M</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/539/324/372/285/084/original/0314f1cf8d8d24ce.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/539/324/298/061/111/original/9a913dd3cec66e0c.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-08T14:03:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2a9auw4tk2jreaqsr7tggec85e8u87dya7tl2mwrea9shqshstygzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u0lhrhp We&#39;re not even 30 minutes into the week, and I&#39;ve already released the magic smoke 🤦‍♂️<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/397/911/629/190/483/original/69bd95731f6a9f56.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-13T14:39:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswxgv07mdm60kewxnz026k2ut7s8dh0hn4qlc98sl2v6006k6zsvczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u4l32rw Just ordered 16 GB of RAM for $44<br/><br/>Feels like I won the lottery.<br/><br/>Only catch? It&#39;s DDR2 ECC. 2026-01-19T02:44:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszcer2qza4xacgk9at3zz4drzgp5tzar7ajwh9ajsajaapd476ceszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ua9pmrc Hosting websites was so much easier back when I didn&#39;t have to consider AI scrapers, malicious actors, etc.<br/><br/>It was more fun getting /.&#39;ed and seeing things fall over than having to be able to handle a terabit of traffic in a sudden deluge multiple times a month. 2026-01-15T04:16:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxhmnztyy99nhmvx7zxd7nrn5j788svz7zdcpkz9nzsd59x27a9qszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2urxgv0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrkw2u92zszsedl0hq64klu0645n8vuxc94cd75g609wgkggnezcqn8n5q'>nevent1q…8n5q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sheesh, following random links in different threads, I&#39;ve seen conversations on Mastodon (a number of instances), Bluesky, Twitter(X), a Teensy forum post, HN...<br/><br/>It&#39;s honestly hard to follow and the context makes little sense still. 2026-01-14T16:41:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswwes0wn208m3ssvdqhy56hp98lqecvg6u5kl97hmg60tdvh03xxqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u3nkz90 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9jxmcqw8kqvle847c528zpkckn8sjxkhyk0kphx7eklqy28v0vs6m7ea0'>nevent1q…7ea0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and here&#39;s a response from Adafruit with more context: <a href="https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/discontinuing-the-teensy-at-adafruit/">https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/discontinuing-the-teensy-at-adafruit/</a><br/><br/>The story is ongoing, of course. What an odd turn of events. 2026-01-14T15:23:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz9jxmcqw8kqvle847c528zpkckn8sjxkhyk0kphx7eklqy28v0vszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u8nerdu Today Sparkfun is dropping <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1yd75ff8xag75n0hky9atrpdmwr7chpgucncmesaukatwm2t8g0xq9fs0k2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>adafruit</span> (<span class="italic">npub1yd7…s0k2</span>)</a></span> over CoC violations, and what timeline even is this? <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/official-response">https://www.sparkfun.com/official-response</a> 2026-01-14T14:54:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvh2hpk8nrt03qxdyaz97phyjvpchrmellr0n0yxv7te3ammqeh4gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uh0rvc4 Apple just announced a subscription plan for their pro apps...<br/><br/>AND they still allow you to buy the full version, with a perpetual license??? What madness, maybe other companies could take note. <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/">https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/</a> 2026-01-13T14:56:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqfllsc2pc0lytftt5vnm6tvn655d93gn0ps0jvlnat5v6ygm6zczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2um9fp4z Now&#39;s a good time to mention this neat little box I&#39;ve been helping with...<br/><br/>It&#39;s not yet ready for prime time, but we have GPS, PPS, and NTP, working on SyncE<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/753/796/147/374/776/original/944424163bcd2094.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-20T20:32:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst26w9dp5tgptf7mr2mr4vc49e97f2wveawf8zykp3c03mv3nk9cgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uzxjtge 2 GPUs 1 Pi<br/><br/>What I found surprised me. This isn&#39;t as insane as you think it is...<br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=8X2Y62JGDCo">https://youtube.com/watch?v=8X2Y62JGDCo</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/752/499/151/522/796/original/540844bc08cb9c9d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-20T15:02:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs906fc7l8fpys7f0kx0kje4gt6g8nmtqqce646qazc2er6cz9jvaczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uq0gdyc A good time to ensure you have a stable holdover clock, and a way to switch NTP servers in case the one you rely on is down.<br/><br/>But this is rough, losing power to the clocks that make time for US services... <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/internet-time-service/c/o0dDDcr1a8I">https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/internet-time-service/c/o0dDDcr1a8I</a> 2025-12-20T14:23:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspxu2tq5gkn4w6s649dxgvg4l7lpvw3ex0jyyfdfugaum2gsw3qhczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u32zk9j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4vuu69jp5cpezka3vhjaxn34dutyaqmevv2504nwzhj07hggwhcctqsr4'>nevent1q…qsr4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>YouTube is such a wide bucket, you&#39;ll find all walks of life there.<br/><br/>Just like fedi, which is why I enjoy being here. Only platform that doesn&#39;t feed algorithm slop by default, which is a rare treat. Real people and real conversation. 2025-12-20T03:12:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszgnchm5r3zf43gvnu0d0m45uqcukze35f4lqqnvy4s4dmrds96sqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ukugvmu Now that Nvidia GPUs run on the Raspberry Pi, I want to see if they&#39;re good for Jellyfin transcoding (e.g. take your old 3060 and throw it on a Pi for a little #homelab media server...). <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/benchmarking-nvenc-video-transcoding-on-pi">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/benchmarking-nvenc-video-transcoding-on-pi</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/703/209/784/246/039/original/943d2db9f7780058.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-11T22:08:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw8543cmnmc32flksn96gqyha943k63qk25k96p3ax3uvyh2lc0jszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uf8ke6f The RAM shortage comes for us all: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rbz0akyLyQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rbz0akyLyQ</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/662/774/596/111/040/original/be79a99e7e1967c9.png"> <br/> 2025-12-04T18:44:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs84mqzm9asp0azspfyyjc5x33jjntew7xeer55k9nsp2lvvkzmwjgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u723xmy Raspberry Pi prices back on the rise due to AI companies driving up DRAM prices.<br/><br/>One more domino to fall to the AI bubble inflation pressures: <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available-at-45-and-memory-driven-price-rises/">https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available-at-45-and-memory-driven-price-rises/</a> 2025-12-01T14:13:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw6hlyvq04drmtfqhcvvqk3595g3hcv7z840ux2x9247jc9qhl46gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uex89hw It comforts me to know whether you&#39;re a 1-2 person scrappy small startup or literally the world&#39;s most valuable company, your user guides will cover only the basics and when end users test your hardware, they&#39;ll have the same reaction:<br/><br/>_Why do the marketing numbers lie?_<br/><br/>(Except the better scrappy startups don&#39;t have a marketing budget, so their numbers don&#39;t lie, they just don&#39;t exist yet ;) 2025-11-26T17:00:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvtftpj3qk3j9qfnwr0924lwg6zktamlafwscm5wccjmzyarpc4qszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2updg4ku Woah. AmpereOne A192-32X (fastest Arm CPU available to normal humans) is available in motherboard bundle from NewEgg for $4799: <a href="https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813140167">https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813140167</a><br/><br/>Annoyingly, populating all those DDR5 RAM slots is gonna be pricey. 2025-11-25T02:48:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs885sv2vwnkpjf6gjm0fc0ghj34wj0epweur2g2f3vtg5yd2zyzjgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2updz5mw Judging by how many #itwasdns shirts I&#39;ve sold this morning...<br/><br/>Is the Cloudflare outage DNS-related too? <a href="https://www.redshirtjeff.com/shop/p/it-was-dns-shirt">https://www.redshirtjeff.com/shop/p/it-was-dns-shirt</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/570/989/464/277/898/original/0ece7e81efbf6107.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-18T13:42:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvjh9j9ccqk6nxknf6n9xast8y45yjs8k874ea4tlv33sstpe8daszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2urv5wr4 All Intel Arc GPUs run on the Raspberry Pi now (including the Arc Pro B50, pictured below). See how: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDJpxQEGo4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDJpxQEGo4</a><br/><br/>(The same 4-line change to the Linux kernel enables the cards on RISC-V and many other Arm systems, too!).<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/542/998/362/243/040/original/f1a87f22e51f559e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-13T15:04:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswe64wj3ypvqs5dun209g9dgpfe0jpulj4dz7ns4tp06u0v4dr8yszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2unle3a3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxf9hraf6xuujngnzc90gueaqeaatu3phs8sehnrfz396xxkknhrqdeerkf'>nevent1q…erkf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Woo! Okay... now back to finishing up my Arduino Uno Q video :)<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/459/680/464/694/657/original/46b218a9610f82ec.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-10-29T21:55:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxf9hraf6xuujngnzc90gueaqeaatu3phs8sehnrfz396xxkknhrqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u22elz4 Is today the day? Might hit 1 million subscribers, thanks to all those who watch my YouTube channel!<br/><br/>One thing&#39;s for sure, my &#39;It was DNS&#39; shirt is selling well with all the outages... Hang out with me on what might be my last 2025 livestream!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27J-wwgZydE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27J-wwgZydE</a> 2025-10-29T19:49:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq7utr3m0vkv8q0l5lqt2fshalmm76vnj8tkl5ev4hgu3qr83vttqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uduwger It&#39;s an interesting board. A weird hybrid.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/449/054/163/121/226/original/1d5697b0f251f216.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-28T00:52:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9udmwq7aytzlxrm7kx7zltz5ye7wg540m7cxdd2a06uvhv7k7qqgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uwutrxu Raise your hand if you ever inadvertently caused a 2+ hour outage (which was impossible to fix in a deterministic manner) due to DNS misconfiguration. #itwasdns<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/409/705/662/879/490/original/b891f369673fa609.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-21T02:05:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr6pn80sjs3n34muvczt9nv5d62wauuwnlz52ruxdx3lytgtf4faczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u9duuxh AWS Outage #itwasdns<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/405/860/745/556/837/original/3b7ec85f3f43b576.png"> <br/> 2025-10-20T09:48:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw2p3g5eml545gdvrzyg3ernwzm8afv7cqwsmqmr7lmnr8t8llyugzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ug5emxk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqh9jnpfv05tzuq6l5uyaqr28j2ymcw79mxukgvnmy93g97rmdnnq68qy9u'>nevent1q…qy9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Two quick highlights from the show: a completely open source CRT (<a href="https://github.com/tdaede/td-crt">https://github.com/tdaede/td-crt</a>), and @yyzkevin&#39;s RP2040-powered PCMCIA card (<a href="https://www.yyzkevin.ca/pico-pcmcia/">https://www.yyzkevin.ca/pico-pcmcia/</a>)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/384/310/272/911/571/original/f34d001a0f51cc4c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/384/310/250/088/757/original/ae3b4c60eda5ba46.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-16T14:27:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqh9jnpfv05tzuq6l5uyaqr28j2ymcw79mxukgvnmy93g97rmdnnqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uykjqej At <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14uc8gtg95k3lwnka9hdrqsh5e3kn6l0xvu25de3us9v93f7mvzwqa7amv8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>VCF Midwest</span> (<span class="italic">npub14uc…amv8</span>)</a></span> I found:<br/><br/> - ESP32 Lisa hard drive emulator<br/> - RP2040 powering iMac display replacement boards<br/> - Wisblock chip powering LoRa radio for Commodore 64<br/> - Pi Zero C64 drive emulator<br/> - Pi Pico voltage board for AMRAY SEM<br/> - Pis running various exhibits...<br/><br/>I&#39;ve just posted a video that *tries* to document the overwhelming nature of the event (overwhelming in a good way, of course).<br/><br/>And I only covered like 1/3 of the show floor!<br/><br/>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF0NKvmQmVA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF0NKvmQmVA</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/384/228/571/339/452/original/b01bab1bb4bce83b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-16T14:07:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8xkpel8dcdkjpn48lnf57ch7x6llf3lm6keuyr7p68wnk73d4frqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2udk28kk Kind of amazed this just worked.<br/><br/>Old PowerBook putting the &#34;Universal&#34; in USB<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/375/690/923/889/755/original/039f4a04816edfc9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-15T01:55:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy5nx68ux5y50msdyjf3p5jysuyr20lhnuw4hcy6l397lu6jztw3qzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2udtrjqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wdrvq5ayjwh3zrvnzsudlmunal2jk59asux07kw5l6gfxfmjfmgeyuulr'>nevent1q…uulr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s got its warts, but it gets the job done.<br/><br/>I do wish someone besides Arch maintained a solid wiki with all the little minutiae for things like hardware and driver issues. But at least the Arch solutions usually apply on Debian as well. 2025-10-09T15:33:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqadp0lf5qz6kc62swerdldryewduhzcdtd9z85v8h2l4mckf2mygzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ux5zalr I wonder if Microsoft secretly wants everyone to switch to Linux. There are certainly fewer reasons to stick to Windows every day: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/793579/microsoft-windows-11-local-account-bypass-workaround-changes">https://www.theverge.com/news/793579/microsoft-windows-11-local-account-bypass-workaround-changes</a> 2025-10-07T03:52:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz7ghfs7u2mxkd2w23ehccv38trv46wn8ruvl20hsp2vvgphmspzqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u67l6r5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2gxdmp45uqytszg20lmgwjzysafdagdfn3zpxpm9pmul3k8ykrjgj6szr2'>nevent1q…szr2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it would be neat to make it so other YT creators could follow in the path if they wanted, without too crazy an effort. Or cost! 2025-10-02T18:34:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrhjv272hn7kguv7xqwgnrgx37rjzx9qk2ky7lc3t82gcteg43wmczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uv0u83e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0z9zmvq4cfapazx0f7fgaah8d8nf99vphztx3ulsxcgfy2ldwl0gjj2umn'>nevent1q…2umn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you have a writeup or video about your PeerTube setup?<br/><br/>I&#39;m in early stages of looking into it... 2025-10-02T01:54:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq3j54rnyj8y35pfffnjcltc3q76xky4jrl9g3ke652mpguzxtv2czyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uzdlnew If the size of the current AI bubble can be estimated by how many<br/><br/>- AI job offers<br/>- AI product review offers<br/>- AI service paid sponsorship offers<br/>- AI creator representation offers<br/><br/>I receive per day... then I&#39;d say we&#39;re nearing the pop. 2025-09-30T04:30:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0w77zfav5v0f3sp4fvh3ml703thmuh3xte36zujnh26sk683qnmqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uhhkn6w Raspberry Pi just announced the Pi 500+<br/><br/>It has a quad-core CPU, 16 GB of RAM, 256 GB SSD (built-in NVMe), and an RGB backlit mechanical keyboard (Gateron KS-33 blue switches).<br/><br/>Cost: $200.<br/><br/>First thing I did was yank the SSD out and replace it with an M.2 to OCuLink adapter, so I could game and local-LLM on the thing, using an AMD RX 7900 XT with 20 GB of GDDR6 VRAM.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/263/671/682/846/079/original/a6432868f26a9459.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-25T07:08:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9wwq90jz4auaysnn9anu9qg2p5tvuk7jyv6dh3jgu0sejyphytsczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uh98c6j If you use an adblocker on YouTube, please click &#39;like&#39; on this video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDGWrm9P-U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kDGWrm9P-U</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m trying a small test on 2nd channel, want to see impact from a large desktop audience, as I&#39;ve seen a 30-50% decline in views (without a drop in other metrics). 2025-09-16T16:45:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspsvyl3qxud9zzyn4jzzxj9zg6vgyuxprvhkh4p5h7kkkkus07r4gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u48z2k2 YouTube views are down (don&#39;t panic).<br/><br/>Some data-backed analysis of the current downturn in views for many channels (especially in tech?), thanks especially to @BuhDan from LTT for help! <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/youtube-views-are-down-dont-panic">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/youtube-views-are-down-dont-panic</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/164/292/444/004/919/original/0565aec0d5fcab5d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-07T17:54:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxk4fhtdezsd7zkqmgdcxfxhyeu3smd8zhhpuc8y42fv6dmnlxa2czyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ul6slr0 I&#39;m preaching to the choir here, and it will never make YouTube change, but can I just say how much I *despise* a shorts carousel now being the top spot of my Subscriptions feed in the YouTube app—and it can&#39;t be disabled, even if I tap the dots and say &#39;don&#39;t show this&#39;? 2025-08-30T22:32:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvr37w3j2gfc26ahjenr3ljdu9qj3laq0y6nuwfhnft9ntcl8zp8czyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uymge6h Spotted some server fans on the ol&#39; Millennium Falcon. Lots of random plumbing parts too! Love full-scale kitbashing<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/058/347/590/588/458/original/400412b62aabd01b.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/058/347/968/096/538/original/926c9722bf987962.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-20T00:51:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszwnlpw8a7uejl2sjh37rxk0shdgtgh8ncl3wgz7lhnmspkxh5klczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uqr2qyn clippy appreciation post 2025-08-12T16:51:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrk8mwugglv7dh7dv9u08sv47ufmgphjvhxncnfx8gntramlyrslszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uwas8sq Hey look, I found the save icon! 💾<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/928/550/909/008/426/original/36865550b75ecbd0.png"> <br/> 2025-07-28T02:41:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg5fv067j0gm62cglpc3le5rhhwdsl5rgglk50tuhrf0mgzgrqtkqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u6mn492 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxssyahq50zya9yt00qf7ncn8gnevwen3cwsutxefjx5rk2rd8jzqsms9xj'>nevent1q…s9xj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>though even just using your own tooling with a rough edit pass (I use MacWhisper) is already infinitely better than no captions (relying on Google!).<br/><br/>Any incremental improvement beyond adds more value. Whisper&#39;s gotten quite good now. 2025-07-27T22:47:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrzgn94vv3avqr5jgwzut2v45n0rpgy6chlfsy6gjv5lexc9wpdpczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u2t0uur You can DIY upgrade the M4 Pro Mac mini&#39;s internal SSD to 4TB—for almost half Apple&#39;s upgrade pricing (but still 3x what normal M.2 NVMe SSDs cost 🙄)<br/><br/>How does that compare to external Thunderbolt 5 storage? A video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmPjO-iHLo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmPjO-iHLo</a> 2025-07-11T14:03:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy34twrehyxfjgpz09nx54lktnk6ew3h3ckkpvgpjs8ufk3xpr4zgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uyl3lkn Do not let perfect be the enemy of good. 2025-07-05T18:12:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9jhp3xhz0es8qjrpk5xp7p06aaeupnc5yepjzqghm32g9vzv9daczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uhjthze We should have mandatory Internet outage times every month, like Tornado drills but for exposing bad IoT devices and software phoning home. 2025-07-03T21:02:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8zcjmeteu3sr4na0vwu2yvc5hdqpvp9tfvdyxwp6nqr73ghx2rmgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u4gh64d Seeing reports that Iran has an Internet blackout, and possibly US or other countries are jamming GPS...<br/><br/>Turns some of my own interest in mesh networks, radio, P2P self-hosted stuff, and anti-jamming PNT solutions a little less academic :/ 2025-06-22T00:23:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsta9ucth0csmgyfeepyapk9d96usfhma8nwx2cqsh4la7xe52pp6qzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u9cdrxm That can&#39;t be good...<br/><br/>Help me find the source of the mysterious ticking noise! <a href="https://github.com/geerlingguy/retro-computers/issues/15">https://github.com/geerlingguy/retro-computers/issues/15</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/717/847/355/671/941/original/f32fb1700b41726b.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-06-20T21:37:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsga3csng2kt36h58qnuwh7475hr2cp2tewgjkfe6p693jard6ph7czyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ukrlf8l I don&#39;t know how many more rabbit holes I can go down, but I&#39;m about to become a retro Mac &#39;Tuber lol<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/695/249/917/741/729/original/f71ab4aead2086dd.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-16T21:50:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqd70m9um5qp0c2kk25r6qtvgt09ly9q3p3w4kefncetdj23033qqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uwl54f2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfh0ythkd0c70cs9tpfx9mf7l0a29ky8kx3wg0m3hujg6075ujgqzdhkms'>nevent1q…hkms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Update: YouTube has just reinstated the video, after what I presume is a human review process. I wish it didn&#39;t take making noise on socials to get past the &#39;AI deny&#39; process :(<br/><br/>Go forth, and self-host all the things! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hFas54xFtg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hFas54xFtg</a> 2025-06-06T21:49:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxfh0ythkd0c70cs9tpfx9mf7l0a29ky8kx3wg0m3hujg6075ujgqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uey6fj0 Self hosting your own media considered harmful (according to YouTube...). <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/self-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/self-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful</a> 2025-06-06T04:21:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsde7uf6mhpygll2a5ngzdgedx5gy5z5jdhyjgyrk8vnzqv0dp0kygzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uj83h9a Oh we&#39;re gonna do this again YouTube?<br/><br/>Self-hosting your own media content on a Raspberry Pi is not &#34;dangerous or harmful&#34;.<br/><br/>I&#39;m appealing of course; they&#39;re saying installing LibreElec on a Raspberry Pi circumvents copyright?!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/632/311/994/442/925/original/436376dde090614a.png"> <br/> 2025-06-05T19:04:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstj0c0grc5pjqdd5qhetet8hmgplgsfnhprafsz4x94fhas5lp8kgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ug8qhdk Look what showed up on the desk... Sipeed NanoCluster. What would you like to know?<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/620/930/323/138/415/original/04e625e4760a0ce3.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-03T18:50:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs86y6ta479383nd5zvvk3tf2jvm0vwmvsda455gccqgc0drv20usszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ufzrrfq Your eyes are not fast enough to see this clock—quick Level 2 Jeff video on mitxela&#39;s Precision Clock Mk IV, because it&#39;s the coolest clock I own: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBDgD032DEI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBDgD032DEI</a> 2025-06-02T17:28:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs94elfxlee7khlahmaxq5zmvsdj73jxr5lenvuky4ruwxfy6rffqszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uwrms2u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8y8r8xh0p8q8w0vkrmm4t2j3mm8smlut0erm39xpptvq9g92ggwshraq0g'>nevent1q…aq0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, like most AI stuff it&#39;s always cheerfully optimistic, and won&#39;t add responses to anything with negative sentiment 2025-05-31T23:06:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd8uqvq78trugttp40c04s4jujdq5zwgcddpjxuxqntpzpdr65sfgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u0lqkku What I wanted YouTube to do with AI: make it so I don&#39;t have to delete 50 obvious spam comments on all my videos.<br/><br/>What I didn&#39;t want: suggest replies to spam comments that further clutter admin UIs<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/604/345/279/765/719/original/3dbf8f1598662c0b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-31T20:32:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspwnghz0hxvy73zf65q94h3txjxxc0m6kaf8rteaj3pf5vugakruszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u5e903a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8d9t64nr3dck4mzpf6dpr7puxy0l6xrntzlgdfkvhq7c39qrxpgs2n8hg'>nevent1q…n8hg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The other annoying part of all this is I write a ton of technical content (&#34;training data&#34; to AI people) that will never get seen anymore, just summarized and regurgitated in a much worse form by all these modern AI tools.<br/><br/>I learned so much from technical blogs in the past, and I still have my ways of finding that content... but I fear many people not already in our communities (or with parents/mentors who are in them) will not have the tools to know where to look! 2025-05-20T18:10:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgfmr0ccakmck879fe0rfzrlwkctrs448n5zl50p94lr53rahrtcczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uutwd78 The thing I hate most about AI, in the current era:<br/><br/>Google, DDG, Bing, etc. are all now effectively worthless on the first 2-3 pages, for most of my queries having to do with *anything* general.<br/><br/>Even specific queries like &#39;smart outlet energy consumption card HA&#39;.<br/><br/>The problem is AI slop; there are thousands of websites (even some old venerable sites that were sold off) that just have &#34;that exact query as a web page&#34;, but the results are AI generated, and have no helpful information inside. 2025-05-20T16:35:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0psprmnl2hjvvl9axkr2uq0ga5u9e406vywmmvptr34rsn2avjvqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u5j4ykp So it begins... Bambu Lab&#39;s latest X1C firmware no longer works with OrcaSlicer. See: <a href="https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/6726">https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/6726</a><br/><br/>Best solution for current X1C owners: don&#39;t upgrade your firmware. 2025-04-30T04:35:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrd5m4vgceteytnnczdr687nsr5thk0zmaa59denuwjner73vllvgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uw0kraj Apple sadly has no support for PPS, TGPIO, or any other &#39;fun&#39; timing-related functionality on macOS / Mac hardware :(<br/><br/>Maybe I can hack into an Apple Watch Ultra and get at it&#39;s L1/L5 GNSS module. It surely has PPS inside? 2025-04-29T03:28:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsph4ahufuf0cfjv063z364zg09qlw0dqqrlu55jtvvnaqjdu2g2rczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uyvcwry Finally had time to watch Pewdiepie&#39;s &#34;I installed Linux&#34; video.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t know what I was expecting... but *wasn&#39;t* expecting a great list of reasons why, in 2025, you should stop using Windows and install Linux—he even mentions how to use systemd-analyze!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0</a> 2025-04-28T15:39:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs80nj6w6u9vr84uh2wr6fxlyn2zvjskmurqyg2dpaf3gp282dq4vgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ums9vnf I&#39;ve been playing with some very expensive/accurate (down to single-ns-level) GPS receivers lately.<br/><br/>But I wanted to see how a cheap ($10) USB receiver would fare... and it&#39;s easy enough to just connect to it from my Mac! Blog post with the details: <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/trying-out-cheap-usb-vk-172-gps-dongle-on-mac">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/trying-out-cheap-usb-vk-172-gps-dongle-on-mac</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/396/402/166/171/596/original/f8b9b6ae3852ea65.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-25T03:09:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst3t6dfz9twjmr7fx2u8638tdnr0ukk3dfkrp83vc3f3gyndkdrtczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uv8xaxr 👆Touch display for a mini rack. I set it up with my pi-kiosk configuration on a Raspberry Pi (<a href="https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-kiosk">https://github.com/geerlingguy/pi-kiosk</a>), and I can control and monitor the whole studio through Home Assistant.<br/><br/>Should I do a quick video on it?<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/379/307/552/396/764/original/c041bc8f8db29304.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-22T02:42:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv9nnu4rwmrm9jjtefnfqs67v7q89dysxrvwst7dg527mnkyf9hsczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ucv8nad I found, by far, the coolest bit of tech on the show floor at #NABShow. It was tucked away in an obscure corner of the West Hall. Nobody looking at it except for me and one or two other nerds...<br/><br/>Anyone know what this is? I&#39;ll be talking about it more later this year :)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/294/320/454/368/027/original/e6829d6d353f9dec.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-07T02:28:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqrjmwzamq2ghdlku0ykan0hcn3x00zpn2kg3zu35d7xa92v4namszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2um9wklr Delete! Delete! Delete! The FCC asked what regulations should be deleted from its books. Is it good for broadcast radio? Bad for hams? What would we delete?<br/><br/>My Dad and I discussed it over on Geerling Engineering: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCd-vplPVDI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCd-vplPVDI</a> 2025-03-30T14:02:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrx44mp3juycpn4hwzsakx99thmz8jrpqc6hk7glura8kuwrjc0yszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ugnlacd Don&#39;t make me connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud.<br/><br/>Full video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/218/443/406/474/856/original/279efb2654e63977.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-03-24T17:10:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsww2g6s37kjcfhu9h2jy8j7qjmejk7laezv5vq6p6yga65499sepczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ug32558 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqqtxmrae8w6ka2tcq6qtqqj9uyru3wgqgln3vf6p26ymshlnqwcx2uag6'>nevent1q…uag6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For illustrative purposes, re: Bosch requiring WiFi connection + app to use certain features like rinse or eco mode.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/215/692/147/085/321/original/b240142cf92d88c8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-24T05:12:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqqtxmrae8w6ka2tcq6qtqqj9uyru3wgqgln3vf6p26ymshlnqwczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ujw2gxn My old GE dishwasher broke (completely dead, tried many ways to reset, was dying for months though...).<br/><br/>Bought a new Bosch 500 (highest not-zillion-dollar model I could get over weekend).<br/><br/>Installed, went to mess with some settings, then saw:<br/><br/>&#34;this setting requires the HomeConnect app&#34;<br/><br/>Oh. Okay, so like Bluetooth or NFC or something?<br/><br/>Nope. They want me to connect my _dishwasher_ to WiFi to configure a number of settings on it! Ugh. No way, no how. 2025-03-24T04:56:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs83yefgg0n2ymstkujj5dcpm6e2rtqepnsspn5sf9geqf2eekz4fszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u22hhjk Seriously, YouTube??<br/><br/>I purposely leave off mid-rolls for first few days to reward viewers who watch within first push for a video. (And only add one per 10 min after—YouTube adds more)<br/><br/>This means I&#39;ll have to do more work to give viewers a slightly-better viewing experience :(<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/186/659/702/471/669/original/4cfdfb8ca9aaae23.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-19T02:09:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszgaesfrkaw5yuvy0k2jm4pptcupdj583096pqdspggxqjx0lzffszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2unf9apx YouTube&#39;s been great... but it also scares me.<br/><br/>As a kind of &#39;RAID 1&#39; for my video content, I&#39;m also on Floatplane now (<a href="http://floatplane.com/channel/JeffGeerling">http://floatplane.com/channel/JeffGeerling</a>).<br/><br/>Here&#39;s more on why—and a sort-of celebration of 500 videos over 18 years on my YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jw_Q23NIU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0jw_Q23NIU</a> 2025-03-07T15:06:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsttfkals0z4f3d8r06nwg56vpwz0qty4v9kwwlls4qdt9t0t40knqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u5dxvv0 The power company cut power for 4 hours last night — how did NUT on my Pi work out? A Level2Jeff special: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqPcee2Dzs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fqPcee2Dzs</a> 2025-03-04T19:05:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspt330g7r5vk4l53v2a8ng92w6qkuchakc0myulfwn2hnvx5pjv6czyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uscmcy6 The high-end 16 GB Pi 5 (plus accessories) is $208. A faster Tiny PC with an Intel N150 and 16 GB of RAM is $159.<br/><br/>When did Raspberry Pis get so expensive? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TORg5FhKf-4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TORg5FhKf-4</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/099/105/791/582/390/original/d1354c623f28abda.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-03T15:03:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszyu8dhwj5s2rw4p9ux0psu05ajrsypj5w63s2xpl4gv5ran7sszczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ug583sw IBM completed it&#39;s acquisition of HashiCorp.<br/><br/>I wonder if they want to finally merge Terraform and Ansible.<br/><br/>That would be a Terrible idea. 2025-02-27T23:11:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst043xmz9sl402sf2tnx9xky5nrn9eyksvn39456hwrverttccx7gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uhlws4f It&#39;s time to protect my servers with NUT on my Pi!<br/><br/>The power company said they&#39;ll cut power this week for a transformer swap... so UPS monitoring moved up to the top of my priority list, resulting in today&#39;s video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnItLSRpLI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnItLSRpLI</a> 2025-02-24T16:01:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp7ayn9fav4t0w9qnd2rndsz36ayqwhegf60tn45ze4g9ces42h5gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2usum7yr Finally might make VCF Midwest this year, barring any health issues (knock on wood). 2025-02-23T23:16:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9j8hmy6ekvdy72jh9yaaafya7lj2tkrsskdl0e2e8syqady00q2gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u9t636h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs036hz0j437cr4kxscnuw6h693l5u6yfwp0f5cq3fa4e6afcal5zgu37w95'>nevent1q…7w95</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Watch the full video on the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1565YYsFmd4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1565YYsFmd4</a> 2025-02-21T15:15:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs036hz0j437cr4kxscnuw6h693l5u6yfwp0f5cq3fa4e6afcal5zgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uf7dac7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyhqxkelpkqd40tu963hgtt0s7r0pw0p00h5nu6xk5wjdsffxexcq26s4lv'>nevent1q…s4lv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Finally, I tested a more modern AMD GPU (RX 6700 XT) on the board, though the little Flex ATX PSU was probably not all that happy I was adapting it&#39;s CPU 8 pin connector into 2x PCI 8 pins.<br/><br/>Though this setup was not even _close_ to overheating and catching fire, unlike Nvidia ;)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/042/527/288/041/160/original/40b96a0ddb3356de.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-21T15:14:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyhqxkelpkqd40tu963hgtt0s7r0pw0p00h5nu6xk5wjdsffxexcqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u5gwktc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qfx0pjx0tv2ncrlmy4ad36lnrjzsjrzqswh82dgzt0nfpenel3g0r24ev'>nevent1q…24ev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Emulating a AAA game from Windows—from 10 years ago—is also possible thanks to Box64/Box32 and Wine + DXVK. Here&#39;s The Witcher 3 running.<br/><br/>(More like... &#39;slideshow-ing&#39;, lol)<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/042/524/903/306/405/original/432548030e821eea.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-02-21T15:14:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8qfx0pjx0tv2ncrlmy4ad36lnrjzsjrzqswh82dgzt0nfpenel3gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ufdyw52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yws0k6fe5pl6u3tuc5ws2rexwzyhn7s9n7pnh0fk9tlwr8zxvxs2jagpv'>nevent1q…agpv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In some excellent news, PCIe is well-supported (though still not perfect). Many AMD GPUs work out of the box, and I was able to run SuperTuxKart (a native Linux OpenGL game) using the DINK graphics backend, to get 50 fps on high settings.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/042/523/024/696/480/original/758324368cf71a1f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-21T15:13:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8yws0k6fe5pl6u3tuc5ws2rexwzyhn7s9n7pnh0fk9tlwr8zxvxszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u5pmrg7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfvmh8h8dn8s6cml529vkccf6xd646dcs7hu3q4dmzre2k3v49ng5f7k67'>nevent1q…7k67</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Performance is... well... you have to grade RISC-V on a sliding scale, as the architecture is still in its (relative) infancy.<br/><br/>All my benchmarks, test data, notes, etc. are linked through my blog post: <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/sifives-hifive-premier-p550-strange-powerful-risc-v-board">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/sifives-hifive-premier-p550-strange-powerful-risc-v-board</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/042/521/579/061/024/original/63eb7a456a19efe7.png"> <br/> 2025-02-21T15:13:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvfvmh8h8dn8s6cml529vkccf6xd646dcs7hu3q4dmzre2k3v49ngzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u6v7xpu In today&#39;s video I test the SiFive HiFive Premier P550, the fastest RISC-V development board I&#39;ve used.<br/><br/>ESWIN made a special case for this Mini-DTX board (like Mini ITX but a slight bit wider), and the board already has tons of the hardware working in Ubuntu, Debian, &amp; Fedora<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/042/519/419/901/613/original/72fa871995c18852.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-21T15:12:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfpn4vpmufzd09erq702520v76sylcn72t937v8lk588z0aga6legzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uv8wtdc I&#39;m working on Intel Arc GPU support on Raspberry Pi — to do that, I recompile the Linux kernel (sometimes multiple times per day!)<br/><br/>I finally made a video showing how *I* recompile Linux: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZxgZZu_NEA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZxgZZu_NEA</a> 2025-02-18T21:52:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqm6gu2ncdnnf7y64mlh49jq26hfge9mpasnurc3ryy7qrjawzyzqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uqqfenj <a href="https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/">https://marcan.st/2025/02/resigning-as-asahi-linux-project-lead/</a><br/><br/>Sad to see this, burnout is a scourge on almost all worthwhile software projects, and especially in open source.<br/><br/>This is why I have no shame in saying no as a default: <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/just-say-no">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/just-say-no</a> 2025-02-13T16:49:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqy9nmasmznh2qe33q8g3uq7g3cqhgjgj39kue32vc4rhp4g25pgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2un45dng I got The Witcher 3 running on RISC-V Linux... just don&#39;t look too closely at the fps!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/993/627/982/162/309/original/73f4f04b5856f989.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-12T23:59:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0qlm4dz44ysskxpgyg4ju8wz2mhwj5546952zeq4l8muw0l3a2eczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uxcuuxv Build Box64 with Box32 for X86 emulation on RISC-V Linux <a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/build-box64-box32-x86-emulation-on-risc-v-linux">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/build-box64-box32-x86-emulation-on-risc-v-linux</a> 2025-02-11T21:41:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2xcjd989xdtr2xt8d64kztkqy860hfhehl82elt0dtw68zp3pe9gzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ustj943 Two new AMD-powered NASes arrived; features like ECC RAM and a fully-upgradable CPU and Mini ITX motherboard are here.<br/><br/>In today&#39;s video I take a closer look at the 45Drives 45Homelab HL4, and the ASUSTOR Lockerstor 6 Gen 3: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etayojgChDM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etayojgChDM</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/985/849/502/220/253/original/5d681667bcde8977.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-11T15:01:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv2yc7lkwqtzc8m27fprh8dz835k4xennauh9ahfax4s50zdsw3xqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ug5ps0m I hate to post this, but Don Hui (Novaspirit Tech) passed away yesterday.<br/><br/>Very brief video about it here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGqUwv2fXs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGqUwv2fXs</a> — his family requested donations to his son Zachery&#39;s 529 college fund:<br/><br/>1. Go to Ugift529.com.<br/>2. Enter the Ugift code: A2J-Z98<br/>3. Enter your name and the amount of your gift.<br/>4. Make your gift via EFT or check<br/><br/>RIP, we miss you Don! 2025-02-05T03:56:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsypjga6hp49c4vagp28l2xnk9d6cx3gwz4xd7j3ygc5lxlcg9d90szyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ul52008 Just solved a problem with a regular expression.<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m waiting to see what two new problems pop up in its place. 2025-01-31T02:56:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0mzryyppz6jrm4g8rl03jhm9q9ejhktrp90zthfc60ygv7zr43cqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uzk0633 Observations from video going viral about AI/LLM-related tech:<br/><br/> - Many people don&#39;t understand that &#39;AI&#39; and &#39;NPU&#39; chips that can barely run tiny models can&#39;t accelerate giant 10+ GB LLM models<br/><br/> - Many people have no clue you can run AI models offline / self-hosted 2025-01-29T15:38:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvlm6vp6h6j7lylwhnfu8ej7er8q398k4xhwzupv4xt6r4dj6jqygzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u3wakec OpenAI&#39;s nightmare: DeepSeek R1 on a Raspberry Pi 5 ;)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1sN1lB76EA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1sN1lB76EA</a> 2025-01-28T22:19:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv80hqrcfgm076pnp8j3vdx9k8v7lkyaelal4ty5qmhz636ep9n2qzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uc4kq0q The irony that &#39;Open&#39;AI is so closed that a Chinese open model can come in and deflate the OpenAI bubble in less than a week... 2025-01-28T03:28:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspfwgcq9dwc3vtendfhdqtnkguylrxr4tqal52ygrwyzfk4t8676czyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ur8q4qh If anyone else has a newer model Raspberry Pi NVMe SSD, can you check if it has a Biwin storage controller? (Originals had Samsung) — want to verify if TRIM works or not... <a href="https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/6627">https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/6627</a> 2025-01-23T15:11:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyzmc3jxcp7vg7a7zzdmsj805nxafyh5r6h42w00gxzxt9ptg7nfqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uzx2ggf Always good to be humbled by the capabilities of an individual less than half your age... mad respect for this completely custom-built arm laptop by Byran Huang: <a href="https://www.byran.ee/posts/creation/">https://www.byran.ee/posts/creation/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/875/486/746/675/442/original/5560b9318d6e066e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-23T03:14:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx9w0ulmv8mf9ytfjxfvzzkv64navfs6ca6367wvjwdp7gf45kslgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uvlnkr2 Intel Outside™<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/867/746/669/683/949/original/44c91ceea7ac11a3.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/867/746/644/418/775/original/b66ac2bf2095c40a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-21T18:25:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstdmu78lw470mt6j2s4uumeyhfsnwarqsegdrwlynngl7sm49sqaczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ux97rry Imagine if HP said you had to install an HP app on your computer, and every time you wanted to print a document in Microsoft Word, you had to have Word transfer that document to the HP app, then the HP app would be the only thing allowed to actually send the print job off. 2025-01-21T13:26:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd57anvhrc8yxhs7ddxjhnruss7mug8ss0tg5xwnn54wgw60cwetczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uly9hvn Everyone in #Homelab knows about the DIY 19&#34; IKEA LACK rack... but did you know IKEA makes the perfect mini rack furniture, too? Presenting stirkage&#39;s Eket rack! <a href="https://github.com/geerlingguy/mini-rack/issues/22">https://github.com/geerlingguy/mini-rack/issues/22</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/861/322/309/869/878/original/c0b8ed0ce2ff0bcb.png"> <br/> 2025-01-20T15:11:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx5sdgqmj9flqnxmn4pyy3wcwmta6jgwn95ye6rmcflyz6m89ckegzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ukjsm4y Ready for Winterfest (hamfest) this weekend.<br/><br/>More on the mini rack (which is not just for radio/SDR) tomorrow morning ;)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/840/552/166/721/886/original/526b6db239b41f92.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-16T23:09:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs06a2te8m0qdytvle3gg2gjgvehfgst2yvhf7jrwfnv4w7jfgaekgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2ut3cmyx People often ask me about this fancy-looking Linux monitoring tool when they see me using it in my videos—it&#39;s called &#39;btop&#39; and it&#39;s available via the package manager of almost every modern Linux distro (e.g. `sudo apt install btop`)<br/><br/>I posted a video on my 2nd channel with my &#39;top&#39; 10 list of Linux (and macOS, and sometimes even Windows!) monitoring tools you can run in the console—for CPU, power, network, disk, etc.: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4isEhE2rvmA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4isEhE2rvmA</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/832/971/415/045/472/original/ef327ce73e7522f3.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-15T15:01:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0dggz7whr22ylnz35tnyrn7lhuw6kxv8alapr68rtrzfvrfp77dgzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u04hf9p First time I had a power outage at the studio, during a winter storm—and luckily everything came back up hours later. But you shouldn&#39;t count on things &#39;just working&#39;!<br/><br/>Here&#39;s what I did right, and what I did wrong: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLt5YhOubxk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLt5YhOubxk</a> 2025-01-07T16:52:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9m79mkt6sf249uaysr4m7qfd5x4a3949rtj7k6jem0w0dk496p8qzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2un8yl66 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdww2vuayc7zrmf0g34cqveg3vuj08p3u0saqqxrtn9gn0jztjwjquhcmc7'>nevent1q…cmc7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is tough to do (syncing up with written + video), but IMO an amazing service to the community, since there are a lot of people who miss out on things posted in video form.<br/><br/>Also better opportunity for sharing (IMO) on the few sites that still aggregate links and haven&#39;t turned into their own walled content islands. 2025-01-03T15:05:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdwy9uqagk8wmcy8msxx0ppx703cfj6z2deeflmwuqj35xd39w7hqzyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2u89e6f6 System76&#39;s Thelio Astra is a quiet monster—it&#39;s by far the world&#39;s fastest Arm PC, and it starts at half the price of the Mac Pro.<br/><br/>Check out my video on the beastly machine here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AshDjtlV6go">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AshDjtlV6go</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/765/019/379/979/398/original/530cfaa1aaf90d4a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-03T15:00:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf796ex4degysn0jrpfnuuj6ham6n9mk5lu4whrtr9zwnzue5fmxczyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uh30v3x Latest AI pet peeve:<br/><br/>&#39;Influencer ad companies&#39; now send emails with flowery language about how amazing [insert my last three videos here] were, generating quotes that make it sound like they watched them.<br/><br/>Then they&#39;re like &#34;and we have this spatula we&#39;d like you to review&#34;! 2024-12-31T18:27:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0d6wmf3avkcpu9f43zg5gwqe77mmnuz6yp96a6dl78xjkvpzl9rszyq2q2trerx9sejr8ewdf9fcqtsuy5md599d8rypvlr29vt58ddz2uceg3dj JetKVM&#39;s source code is now public! <a href="https://github.com/jetkvm">https://github.com/jetkvm</a> — shipping has started, I can&#39;t wait to receive the extra unit I ordered. I have something special in mind for it :) #homelab<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/743/908/978/611/303/original/75b766abc3257e11.png"> <br/> 2024-12-30T21:32:03Z