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    Why 'zero' a HDD other than security?

    No idea if this has been proven or not, but I've seen speculation that for SMR drives that can't be secure erased an alternative method of restoring the original performance may be zero-filling the whole drive. Personally, once I learned from experience just how slow SMR drives can become I...
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    Terrible HDD packaging from Newegg - where should I buy drives?

    I try to only buy drives once every few years, then purchase a bunch of HDDs at once from any place willing to ship them in the multi-drive factory box OEM drives originally came in. Obviously you have to ask, and the bigger the store name the less likely they'll accommodate such...
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    A private equity firm is buying all the .org domains.

    This certainly isn't the whole story, but Techdirt showed enough interest in recent events to write about some of the self-dealing: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191125/23132643458/sketchy-sketchy-case-icann-execs-self-dealing-regarding-org-domain.shtml
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    Seasonic Snow Silent 750W PSU LUCKY DRAW!

    My PCs have white cases, but they have PSUs that are green, blue, black, and that sad generic grayish silverish color. I've had one Seasonic X650 running flawlessly and seemingly silently for years, and it looks like the Snow Silent 750W is an easy top choice for my next build or PSU replacement.
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    Yahoo Shutting Down GeoCities Oct. 26

    Definitely a frowny face occasion. :( Fortunately archive.org has a few copies of my old page from '99 to '01. May archive.org keep many, many other Geocities sites available long in the future. :)
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    WTB: EPoX AD580 XR or MSI K9AG Neo-F

    Looking for an EPoX AD580 XR or MSI K9AG Neo-F motherboard. I know EPoX is dead now, which is a shame since they were my favorite motherboard manufacturer. Did have one board troubled by bad caps years ago, but that wasn't really their fault, and after putting in new caps it has remained a...
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