You can get an adapter board that will make it work with an M.2 SSD. I believe it’s only PCIe 2.0, so there’s no point putting a high end SSD in it unless you need a high write endurance. Any SSD will be a huge improvement over a hard drive.

Most Linux distros will run on it since it’s using a 64 bit Intel CPU. If you have the version with 4GB of RAM, you will need something very lightweight though. I would run Debian if I was going to use it as a server or Mint if I was going to use it as a desktop.

The Mac Mini should still be perfectly usable if you put Linux on it and upgrade it to an SSD.

No, you don’t need a VPN if you’re using a seedbox.

I haven’t had any issues with public trackers on ultra.cc. I probably download about 100 or so public torrents a month, but that’s not new release stuff that’s likely to get a DMCA notice.

The VPN killswitch is not safe for bittorrent, it doesn’t work fast enough. Binding the torrent client to the VPN interface is safe though.

My old Thinkpad X200T rotates like that, but it doesn’t need any motors to do it. Motorizing it seems like it’s just adding more points of failure for no good reason.

I backup stuff on blurays and DVDs a couple times a year. I also wrote a copy of FreeDOS and some software onto a stack of floppies recently.

Only works if it’s an incandescent light

LED and fluorescent lights get hot too, it just takes a bit longer.

Torrents don’t need trackers either. They can work with just DHT.

Hydrogen would be fine as long as it’s not flying above an inhabited area. Helium supplies are limited.

Run an iperf test to see if the ethernet adapter is working correctly. The speed tests on my USB ethernet adapter are almost identical to an integrated one as long as it’s connected to a USB 3 port.

I would recommend installing Heroic Launcher too. It works good for GoG, Epic & Amazon games.

Firefox has had one hidden away in about:config since they started adding AI. Are they going to put it in the settings page now?

So what happens when the certificate expires? Do you get locked out if you don’t have physical access?

I don’t want my TV to function as anything more than a large computer monitor. I may end up having to get a projector if they keep pushing all this smart TV and AI garbage. At least the business type projectors are still free of it for now.

Those displays are made to be very bright and usually have a lot of backlight bleed.

The filament absorbs moisture and that causes print quality issues. It can cause things like bubbles, stringing, poor layer adhesion and a rough finish. PLA will get brittle when it absorbs too much moisture.

Unless you live somewhere with a really low humidity, get something to store your filament rolls in. I like the Sterilite 54 Quart Gasket Boxes. They will hold a dozen rolls of filament. Put humidity meter and a big cloth bag of silica gel in there to keep it dry. Bake the silica gel when the humidity starts rising to regenerate it.

The 4 liter cereal storage containers work well for storing single rolls. You can print a spool holder that will fit in them so you don’t have to take the filament out of the box to print with it.

Get or make a filament dryer too. The filament usually comes wet even though it’s packed in a vacuum sealed bag.

If you don’t have a port forwarded for your torrent client, then only the people that do will be able to download from you. Unfortunately, most VPN providers don’t support port forwarding.

There is a PipeWire module for ASHA. It looks like it has issues with a lot of devices though.

My windows XP install kept breaking and I got tired of fixing it, so I tried Linux and never went back.