I have tried the paint and gimp routes,
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Man, MS WORD features block diagrams, full of shapes that might be connected to one another with adjustable lines and it will be far superior tool to either of these abominations…
There are also countless tools that might help you, that are either dedicated to this task, or simply useful enough to get the job done.
I’m surprised to see Damnation Alley cited as the inspiration for CP2077, since there’s very little CP in it, (providing a reader finds any of it at all), instead of say, classic “Johnny Mnemonic”, Stross’ or Dick’s stories.
With each “gate” between the devices, the performance, security and stability suffers additional setbacks and limitations. In your case, you introduced a few new “gates”:
Of course it’s theory, since the actual performance depends on details, he amount and type of data, how you access it and what you’re doing with/to it.
Have you tried electron-based Biscuit or Hamsket?
There are plenty of alternatives like Station, Franz etc…
I perceive both QNAP and Synology as massively flawed tech, that can’t be relied upon. Too many occurrences of both going haywire for no good reason, crashing, destroying HDDs and so on and so forth.
For home appliance, I’d rather buy an old i3/i5 rig, upgrade it a little, put some storage space on it and rely on a scheduled batch script to send critical folders/files from all connected devices to it, than buy this overpriced and overhyped piece of crap.
Your health, or your fun.
Unfortunately, it is.
Sure, but there’s a possibility to find good keyboard, that won’t ruin your wrists. The design of a controller, paired with the fact that they are usually used for extended amounts of time makes them inherently unhealthy. There’s no controller that won’t add to wrists’ wear out.
Keyboard. All controllers are abomination unto God and are going to damage your wrists sooner or later.
Sumatra + tree of folders organized in Windows Explorer.
It often takes a different pair of eyes to see the hidden potential. 😎