How to Brick your NAS and lose your data
This is a horror story, but don’t worry… I just lost a lot of time… this time. What happened? For context, I’ve been messing around with self-hosting. I have a Proxmox and inside I’m running TrueNAS as a VM and passing the disks. Before all that, I spent a lot of time running Badblocks and […]
Tech Insider: How to avoid Microsoft’s 38% price rise, Amazon recruits New Zealand roles for Project Kuiper
The cycle of increases began in November and will hit when your annual renewal comes up, if you’ve taken the cheaper annual option. Consumer has taken issue with the way the price increase was framed – specifically that the email announcing it makes no mention that you can in fact opt out of the price […]
Jonathan Foley: The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it | TED Talk
Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. Source link
How to Use an eSIM for International Travel
An international vacation is a nice opportunity to cut down on your excessive smartphone screen time and be present to soak up all those adventures. (Don’t let life pass you by!) But even if you’re spending less time doomscrolling and more time exploring a new city, you’ll probably still want to use that phone to […]
How to win the European election – POLITICO
Step 1: Focus on the key issues … Across the EU, while there is no runaway “top issue,” fighting poverty and social exclusion, public health, support for the economy and job creation, and defense and security were identified as the topics that should be prioritized during electoral campaigns. Typically polarizing issues such as gender equality, […]
How to Reach Shoppers When They’re Not in the Mood to Shop
The US economy grew by a sterling 4.9 percent in the third quarter, but many young consumers are convinced they’re living in what TikTok has dubbed the “silent depression.” It’s more than just a Gen-Z catchphrase: For the past two years, the US economy was buoyed by strong spending despite mounting inflation and rising costs […]
How to Be More Anonymous Online
Beyond the web, trackers embedded in your mobile applications can gather data on your activity. On Android, you should turn off personalized ads through Google’s My Ad Center, simply toggling the setting to off. Also, delete your device’s advertising ID by going to Settings, Privacy, Ads and clicking on the Delete advertising ID option. There […]