[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

This post seems confusing without additional details. Maybe you can expand on what are the tasks that will make use of that kind of processing power. What are your performance priorities?

Based on your current description, I don't see anything that will stress even a 10 year old CPU.

Also, what uses would you have for an egpu other than basic hardware acceleration? Gaming, A.I, etc...

If you just want to cover your bases, almost any high end x670 board will do the job.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

We literally have wireshark and similar utilities available to all of us to inspect every packet of data coming in to and leaving our phones. You can install pcapdroid right now to see exactly what facebook is doing and where that data is going. This is not complicated stuff.

Now imagine the payday and notoriety that'll go to the security research firm that is doing this kind of work on a regular basis and is able to definitively prove it's happening. Why do you think that hasn't happened yet?

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks, I watched it but I must've missed that part. If it does turn out that the 900mhz boost to the compute fabric is at fault, Wendell seems to be implying it might not be possible to solve with a microcode update. I hope that's not the case but I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Thank you for the very clear explanation.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

Firefox has been my preferred browser since 0.9. But whenever I help set up a relative's or friend's computer, I always install chrome as the default browser. With the lack of adherence to web standards and most sites only testing against chrome, it just makes chrome/chromium the obvious choice if you don't want to deal with the occasional breakage.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

I think they're comparing chrome's user interface which, on a tablet, switches to a more desktop like interface with the tab bar instead of the tab counter. It is something I wish firefox would also implement but not a deal breaker.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

Voyager but keeping an eye on the development of Raccoon.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

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[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Troubleshooting can be difficult. I'll only say you'll save yourself alot of time and energy by establishing a baseline for power usage with just the essential components necessary for boot to see what you're working with. Then you can make better informed decisions.

[-] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Monitor CPU usage and frequencies to ensure CPU is throttling down properly. Then start unplugging hard drives, ram, nic cable to see how they affect power usage. Servethehome shows an N305 idling around 10w in a minipc without HDDs.

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