Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>Finally built my own PC, should have done it years ago!</p><p>I got a much faster computer for much less than it would have cost if I had bought something pre-assembled.</p><p><a href="https://blog.kamens.us/2025/07/27/finally-built-my-own-pc-should-have-done-it-years-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.kamens.us/2025/07/27/fina</span><span class="invisible">lly-built-my-own-pc-should-have-done-it-years-ago/</span></a><br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DisplayLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisplayLink</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NVIDIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NVIDIA</span></a></p>
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Captain_Faraday :fedora:<p>So Naomi Brockwell TV blew my mind about how are smart TVs are spying on us with Automatic Content Recognition and other advertising profile scripts. Yikes!<br><a href="https://youtu.be/jeq2m-OM53A?si=DPW7TQiDSopBdqiS" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/jeq2m-OM53A?si=DPW7TQ</span><span class="invisible">iDSopBdqiS</span></a></p><p>I don’t have the resources to switch to a more secure streaming device yet (I’m gonna build one with mini PC running LibreELEC with Kodi hopefully).</p><p>In the meantime, I setup a Pi-Hole on an old Raspberry Pi 3B I had laying around last night to block as many ads and outgoing unwanted scripts as I could.<br><a href="https://pi-hole.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pi-hole.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It is working great from what I tell! Even removed the ads from my Roku TV home pages lol! I’m sure some stuff is getting through, but at least it’s minimal.</p><p>Here is the PiHole install video I watched from Micro Center, but I also added SSH via private/public keys too. How to Block Ads Using a Pi-Hole With A Raspberry Pi<br><a href="https://youtu.be/oX4NqFisC5Y?si=-AdahVN0F6UchwnP" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/oX4NqFisC5Y?si=-AdahV</span><span class="invisible">N0F6UchwnP</span></a></p><p>Oh and it has a built-in Star Trek NG LCARS theme!<br><a href="https://github.com/MichalSvatos/pi-hole-star-trek-picard" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/MichalSvatos/pi-hol</span><span class="invisible">e-star-trek-picard</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/pihole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pihole</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/pi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pi</span></a>-hole <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/adblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblocking</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homenetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homenetworking</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/mydatamychoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mydatamychoice</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/privacyisahumanright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyisahumanright</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/privacymatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacymatters</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/blockads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockads</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/optout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optout</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/microcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcenter</span></a></p>
JL Johnson :veri_mast:<p>Twice in the past few months <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> has been able to fulfill an urgent need that not even Amazon (last choice) could care for. I've still never been personally but <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@Jillianmarisa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jillianmarisa</span></a></span> has been nice and picked up stuff for me. Today it's an XLR cable. WIN.</p>
The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ 🇦🇺🏜️<p>Aight. What should I look for/buy when I visit my very first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> on Wednesday??</p>
sudonem<p>Today... I went to MicrocCnter and managed to leave having purchased exactly what I went in for, and nothing more.</p><p>I defy <strong>anyone</strong> to display a more impressive feat of willpower.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/microcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcenter</span></a></p>
Cheryl Lindo Jones<p>On Friday I saw a billboard declaring Micro Center in Santa Clara was finally open. Yay! </p><p><a href="https://venturebeat.com/games/micro-center-nerd-store-fills-the-frys-vacuum-with-its-return-to-silicon-valley/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">venturebeat.com/games/micro-ce</span><span class="invisible">nter-nerd-store-fills-the-frys-vacuum-with-its-return-to-silicon-valley/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFBA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a></p>
ɹ uɐp :antifascism:<p>* spits coffee *</p><p><a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvidia</span></a> <a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/rtx5090" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rtx5090</span></a> <a href="https://hellions.cloud/tags/microcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcenter</span></a></p>
David Chartier<p>TWO TERABYTE MANDALORIAN DRIVE</p><p>😂</p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>So, it has come to this.</p><p>I am wandering the aisles of MicroCenter and see this setup -- well beyond the now-common RGB, every fan in the case and the CPU cooler itself has a small LCD display showing video on it. </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/toofar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toofar</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PCgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCgaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/build" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>build</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PCbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PCparts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCparts</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RGB</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/battlestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battlestation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrail</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
David Chartier<p>Ok what’s up with the massive discounts on Orbi router gear right now? I need something to extend a signal to the garage and I found a pack of a router + satellite (WiFi 6) at <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> for $500 marked down to $189.</p>
Kevin C. Tofel<p>Replacement battery for the Pebble Watch is here and it’s smaller than a postage stamp! Off to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Microcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microcenter</span></a> this morning for a basic soldering kit and then it’s time (ha!) to attempt surgery on the watch. 😱</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/repairdontdiscard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairdontdiscard</span></a></p>
David Chartier<p>Finally had a ChatGPT incident in the wild.</p><p>Went to <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> to pick up a thumb drive for this car OS update, saw they had NAS stuff; I'm in the market.</p><p>Ask someone about a brand I've never heard of, got some good info, pros and cons of NAS in general, etc.</p><p>Got to the point about a specific case I have, and that's where their knowledge ends.</p><p>"Have you used ChatGPT? It's a great tool for learning in-depth information about stuff like this. It can probably help with that scenario."</p>
David Chartier<p>Heh. I took the plunge and customized a new PC at <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/MicroCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroCenter</span></a> (they’re building it for me). This is how they list the PC case and Windows license.</p><p>Windows is a “symptom” and there is no security 😄</p><p>(Means I didn’t ask for any security software)</p>
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