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  • DVI and HDMI are actually the same video signal. Which is why adapters are so cheap.
    DP can carry an HDMI encoded signal (and thus a DVI signal), which is why DP->HDMI and DP->DVI adapters are so cheap. It’s called DP Dual Mode or Multi Mode or something like that.
    I haven’t encountered a device that outputs DisplayPort that cannot output the Dual Mode HDMI encoded signal as well.

    HDMI/DVI->DP is an active conversion - ie it is re-encoding it. Which is why the converters are significantly more expensive.

    However, it’s all digital. If the signal quality degrades, it will be very obvious because it stops working (sparkles on a black screen, lines, flashes, all sorts).




  • Never mind flaky internet, what about people that do events?

    Things like PowerPoint presentation machines, VJ systems, video servers (for massive multiscreen playback).
    You can’t go into a field for a festival and expect reliable internet.
    You can’t go into a theatre and expect reliable internet, especially when 3k+ people turn up.
    There are a few systems that run OSX, but Apple’s hardware doesn’t give you as much control as something like an Nvidia Quadro with sync cards. 99% of the big shows will be ran from Windows OS




  • I think getting to a bank, explaining where 1M in cash came from, getting them to accept the deposit, getting them to count it, then spending it in less than an hour is not feasible.

    Because, depositing it in a bank is not enough.
    It has to be spent.
    So, if you don’t spend it then the bank is left without however much disappears… If that makes sense.

    And, given that, I don’t think investing is a suitable application.
    Otherwise, just invest it directly at the bank.
    Maybe you don’t get inflation-beating interest (ie, if it was your 1M you would be losing money), but after whatever-term you get 1M of clean money to spend.


  • My home box ran for a few years with no issues, until I started having DNS issues. I’m fairly certain that was unbound and the blocklists I had selected, tho.
    I set up a Cron job to update the block lists every night, and give unbound service a restart.
    It’s been solid since then, and my DNS issues have disappeared.

    Now, I am checking for updates and installing those every few months. So it gets a restart when that happens.

    You could get a refurbished SFF computer that has a low profile PCIe slot, and put an Intel 4 port network card in it.
    Would probably cost $150 tops. And its a solid entry! Certainly, that’s what I used before I bought one of the fanless network appliance type things.



  • I used to use pfSense. It’s great.
    I recently moved to opnSense… And I think it’s better.
    Both are good, both are BSD, both have similar settings (tutorials are mostly interchangeable)… But opnSense just does it better, updates more frequently, nicer UI etc.

    If you are talking to yours ISP, it’s worth getting a bridge modem, and settings details for your own router.
    This modem will turn “isp” into ethernet, then your opnSense/pfSense can make the actual connection. This means it gets the public IP directly.