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  • The present reliability issues come from the ubiquity of WiFi networks, especially residential. If you live in an apartment building you’re surrounded by them, and they’re all trying to use the same limited radio bands. It wasn’t such an issue when the first WiFi standards were designed.

    802.11bn is trying to implement some better interference-dodging and de-conflicting, but it requires changes at the hardware level. Without reading the full spec, my guess is that the WiFi device has to do more active listening to other networks in the area and adjust its own transmissions to work around them - maybe even talk to other devices at the protocol level and do some traffic policing (e.g. you go then I go then you go then I go…) to reduce interference.





  • They should be powered on if you want to retain data on them long-term. The controller should automatically check physical integrity and disable bad sections as needed.

    I’m not sure if just connecting them to power would be enough for the controller to run error correction, or if they need to be connected to a computer. That might be model specific.

    What server OS are you using? Are you already using some SSDs for cache drives?

    Any backup is better than no backup, but SSDs are really not a good choice for long-term cold storage. You’ll probably get tired of manually plugging them in to check integrity and update the backups pretty fast.


  • Er, so your view of the world is pro-bootlicking then?

    And also, which of the Vietnamese government’s officials are “the working class”?

    Tô Lâm, the cop?

    A graduate of the Central Police School and the Vietnam People’s Security Academy, his entire career has been in the police forces.

    Lương Cường, the army general?

    Cường was previously vice director of the People’s Army of Vietnam General Political Department from 2011 to 2016 where he became the director, and was promoted to the rank of four-star General in 2019.

    Phạm Minh Chính, the intelligence/security officer?

    In January 1985, Phạm Minh Chính became an Intelligence officer within the Department of Intelligence within the Ministry of Public Security. Among other roles, he served as an intelligence officer in the Department of Europe and America within the Department of Intelligence. In March 1991, Phạm Minh Chính became an officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working at the Vietnamese Embassy in Romania.

    Trần Thanh Mẫn, the business and economics doctorate?

    He attended university majoring in Business Administration, was a graduate student in economics, successfully defended his PhD thesis in Economics and received his PhD in Economics in November 2009.

    You believe these people are not greedy pigs? Hilarious. This is an oligarchy like any other, you’re just choosing a different paint job.



  • You are a very confused person.

    Trinh Ba Phuong, who was already serving a 10-year sentence on charges of spreading anti-state propaganda, was convicted Friday by the People’s Court of Da Nang for writing “down with the Communist Party of Vietnam for violating human rights, down with the Communist court for wrongfully convicting me” on a piece of paper found in his cell, according to The 88 Project, a group focusing on human rights abuses in Vietnam.

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    His most recent conviction is “the first instance of a Vietnamese political prisoner being prosecuted for their speech while already imprisoned,” according to The 88 Project.







  • OK, so what is a VPN?

    A Virtual Private Network is a virtual network that lives on top of a physical network. In the case of the Internet, basically what happens is that your network traffic goes into the VPN on one side and comes out of the VPN provider’s network somewhere else, rather than out of your ISP’s network. All this really does is move any privacy concerns from your ISP to your VPN, which may or may not protect you from any legal inquiries.

    For a more thorough explanation look here: https://www.howtogeek.com/133680/htg-explains-what-is-a-vpn/

    Is it possible to use torrent without a VPN?

    Certainly, however your torrent traffic will be visible to and inspectable by your ISP. If a copyright holder chooses to, they may sue your ISP for the personal information of the person whose IP address matches the illegal traffic that they found. After they have your personal information they can prosecute you directly. A VPN might shield against this by changing the apparent IP address associated with your torrent traffic, but then you are at the mercy of the VPN provider and the government of whichever country they operate in.

    It should be noted that if you are not paying the bill for the Internet, and you use it for illegal activity, then the person you are putting at risk is the person who pays the bill. It’s their name attached to the ISP records.

    If you are caught, or if they just don’t like torrent traffic on their network, the ISP may decide that you are simply too much trouble and it’s not worth keeping you as a customer, and just cut off your service (for your whole house).