TCP vs UDP: Differences and When to Use Each
Compare TCP vs UDP reliability, ordering, overhead, common ports, and use cases, with Linux ss commands for checking which transport a service uses.
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AWS Adds Multi-Region Replication to Amazon Cognito Identity Service
AWS recently introduced Amazon Cognito multi-region replication, which automatically replicates user identities and user pool configurations from a primary region to a secondary one. This enables...
Read moreArmSoM Sige6 is The First Sige Board to Ditch Rockchip For Allwinner
Powered by the Allwinner A733, the SBC brings a 3 TOPS NPU, Wi-Fi 6, and up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.
Read moreSwitchBot’s Standing Circulator Fan is worth fighting for
I can't remember the last time I got excited about a fan. Normally, I just buy whatever Vornado or Dreo model fits my budget, but that...
Read moreWhat we've been playing – "And no I don't mean sexy Barry White songs"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Victoria perseveres and finally sees...
Read moreTop Ten Projects My Dad Would Like
This Father's Day I rounded up 9 projects my dad would like, plus one more. The post Top Ten Projects My Dad Would Like appeared first...
Read moreGuncrypt is Halfbrick Studio's First PC Game, That Also Works on Linux
If you are into rogue-like games, this one might be the one to get on Linux.
Read moreGuncrypt is Halfbrick Studio's First PC Game, That Also Works on Linux
If you are into rogue-like games, this one might be the one to get on Linux.
Read moreMaking Old Computers Count To A Million
How fast can you count to a million? It would probably take you a while. A computer could certainly do it faster. Indeed, the The National...
Read morePine64 Pinevoice – A $50 RISC-V Smart Speaker for Home Assistant based on Bouffalo Lab BL606P MCU
After over two years in the making, Pine64 has now launched the PineVoice (previously PineVox) smart speaker based on the Bouffalo Lab BL606P RISC-V wireless microcontroller...
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Gunnar Wolf: systemd for Linux SysAdmins
This post is an unpublished review for systemd for Linux SysAdmins systemd. Yes, in full lowercase. If there is ever a technology to cause controversy in...
Read moreHow LLMs can be Assisted to do Arithmetic Correctly
One of the most hilarious things you can do with an LLM-based chatbot is to ask it to do calculations. If it’s a well-written chatbot frontend,...
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