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Apparently, they've also released a new profile manager that's finally simpler than the clunky earlier one. This is the last feature I really need for my workflow to completely ditch Chrome. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-management

Synology seems to have been on the wrong track for a while now: - They completely missed the NVMe transition. The vendor is still very much focused on the HDD world. Yes, NVMe/SSDs in the consumer space don't yet offer the same capacity as HDDs, but the technology is evolving rapidly. It feels like being a music executive in 2007 believing CDs were the future. - They dropped detailed S.M.A.R.T. access from the main UX, which is also the standard for NVMe health reporting. I personally run scrutiny, but Synology's built-in health reporting system in recent DSM versions feels not up to this fundamental task. - DSM updates around 7.2.2 negatively impacted H.265/HEVC codec support, affecting a large user base relying on their NAS for media [1]. - Synology is fundamentally a hardware company. While DSM is polished, their hardware is the centerpiece, and it has been lagging behind for a while now (NAS refreshes, CPU choices, Ethernet speeds, etc.). - Even package updates seem slower and further apart (e.g., Docker was stuck on 20.10.23 until relatively recently in the DSM 7.2.1 cycle).

I have had a Solaris ZFS filer that I've ran for a long time (due to historical reasons, I jumped on OpenSolaris when it came out and never had a chance to move off Oracle's lineage). I moved to Synology about three years ago b/c I was sick and tired of managing my own file server. Yet, I feel like at this point the cons of Synology are starting to outweigh the manageability advantages that drew me in.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/synology/comments/1feqy62/synology_...

As a Synology user, I don’t just feel a huge letdown by such a short-sighted company but I’m compelled to boycott them. And it’s not about the money but the major lock-in and nonsense decisions. My DS1821+ is full, no more purchases from Synology, no further expansions, and no good publicity.

probably ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H

Today marks my last day as a Chrome user. And fellas I encourage y’all to switch away from Chrome

About time to move back to Firefox. Manifest v3 is only accelerating DeGoogle.

Absurd that 2021-2024 saw massively more shootings than 1966-2020 combined. Clearly it’s getting out of hands. What’s the reason behind this huge rise?

I once saw a talk from Brian Kernighan who made a joke about how in three weeks Ken Thompson wrote a text editor, the B compiler, and the skeleton for managing input/output files, which turned out to be UNIX. The joke was that nowadays we're a bit less efficient :-D

Tsmc might be good for the fab business. Broadcom very very bad for everything else. Broadcom historically doesn’t acquire, it kills.

What client do you use on mobile and on desktop? I like very much Reeder Classic but perhaps there are better alternatives.

For those interested in Java Native Image, I previously wrote about its advantages beyond just memory footprint reduction, such as the dramatic improvement in startup time -> https://medium.com/google-cloud/cut-container-startup-time-f...

Chrome is not the problem. Chrome is not even a symptom.

The problem is that the world's largest search engine is also the world's largest ad distributor.

Chopping off tentacles like Android or Chrome does nothing to slay the two-headed beast.

the biggest problem is the climate. with trump winning, most/all of the climate policies will be revered irreparably damaging our planet bringing us to the brink of extinction. ofc it won't be all trump fault, current trends are gloomy enough yet those are the very last few years to actually do something..

Uber's collaboration with Percona is pretty neat. The fact that they've scaled their operations without relying on Oracle's support is a testament to the expertise and vision of their SRE and SWE teams. Respect!

It's shocking to realize I've been reading AnandTech's insightful and profound analysis for over two decades. The tech landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation in that time, yet AnandTech remained a steadfast and reliable source of information. They inspired countless hardware enthusiasts and reviewers, myself included, with many of us pursuing performance analysis as a career path. Their absence will be deeply felt, and it's truly a sad day for the tech community.

I've been following the news about Google Cloud's layoffs over the past two years, and it’s pretty concerning. They’ve been cutting roles and implementing cost-saving measures, which seems to be hitting morale hard. Now, with AI being such a hyped game-changer, it feels like Google isn’t winning the race.

Layoffs can really bring down the spirits of those who stay, and right now, Google needs its best people more than ever to stay competitive in AI. It’s a huge field with so much potential, and it seems like Google might be shooting itself in the foot with these cuts.

Seriously, who really cares? It's starting to seem more like a plotline from a high school drama than a mature approach to handling communication issues..

Beelink, Minisforum and others in the same category have awful, nearly nonexistent post-sales support, no bios/firmware updates, and it's not built to last like the NUC.

this video is mind blowing in terms of accuracy, speed, and creativity

ZFS is undeniably impressive – I first started using it back in 2009 with OpenSolaris. This year, motivated mainly by the power consumption of my previous OmniOS setup, I made the move to the "dark side" with Synology. After more than a decade of relying on ZFS, I must admit, the transition to something less rigid but still robust has been quite refreshing.

It could be a subjective feeling, but the recent years of OpenZFS development have reminded me a bit of the OpenStack experience. It seemed like almost anyone could contribute, sometimes resulting in features that were questionable in terms of stability, development, and overall thoughtfulness. Perhaps this is why iXsystems has taken a more cautious (albeit slower) approach in enabling new features in TrueNAS.

If you wanna have additional insights, head over my Medium ports with SPEC CPU 2017 results. https://medium.com/google-cloud/google-cloud-platform-cpu-pe...

Probably the largest blow to the torrent sharing community since The Pirate Bay got shut down. The impact of content availability will be noticeable for years to come

Probably the largest blow to the torrent sharing community since The Pirate Bay got shut down. The impact of content availability will be noticeable for years to come.

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I wonder how would compare a more traditional Unix system like Solaris with all the rest here