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The one tool in our IT tool belt that we value the most. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wiring up a house for networking including cables, access points, connectors, and racks. Plus Google is found liable for what its AI overviews say.

 

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Managing Cache and DirectIO for Databases on ZFS

Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA

 

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Landmark German ruling declares Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes it liable for false answers

 

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We were asked about wiring up a house for access points etc.

Jim’s guide to Wi-Fi AP placement

Monoprice 24-port Cat5e Patch Panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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People were locked out of their password managers to stop a brute force attack, Coreutils come to Windows, a FreeBSD PR effort backfires, and the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

 

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Why ZFS Is the Ideal Filesystem for Multi-User/Department Media Production

Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA

 

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Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks

Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils

Coreutils for Windows

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop

 

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Microsoft threatens a security researcher for disclosing vulnerabilities publicly, bricks old versions of Office, and announces their version of OpenClaw. Plus keeping up with the latest technology.

 

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Which ZFS Storage Metrics Matter for Database Performance

Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS

 

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Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

The researcher is a former MS employee says Krebs

Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher

Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations

Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent

 

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It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations.

 

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How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation

Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS

 

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YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability

Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day

How I Broke Gitea for Everyone

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden

 

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Why a proposal for an alternative to IPv6 is unlikely to be viable, Microsoft really doesn’t want you to run Exchange Server on-prem, Google will finally stop being a proper search engine, setting up an email server for internal use, and mitigating DDoS attacks without Cloudflare.

 

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Tuning ZFS for Databases

Webinar: May 27th at 11am EDT: Database Performance on ZFS with Tom Lawrence

 

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Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6

Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability can be triggered by opening a malicious email

Google Search as you know it is over

 

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People trying to return defective hard drives and RAM are finding out why consumer protection laws would be good, GoDaddy accidentally gave someone’s domain name away, and when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation.

 

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Fast Dedup Economics: When Deduplication Beats Buying New Disks

 

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price

GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation

 

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Microsoft is encouraging employees with the most experience to leave the company and letting users pause Windows updates forever, some of the best features you’ll get in the version of ZFS that ships with the new Ubuntu LTS, and backing up data from cloud services.

 

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Extending ZFS Performance Without Hardware Upgrades

 

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Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it’s encouraging experienced workers to leave

Your Windows update experience just got updated

zfs-2.3.0

zfs-2.4.0

 

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Hitting the limit for hard links, a parent struggles to get back into their teen’s compromised Discord account, the demise of tower PCs and general purpose computing in general, and changing the properties of existing ZFS pools.

 

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Compensating for RAM Constraints with L2ARC on ZFS

 

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How Jennifer Aniston and Friends Cost Us 377GB and Broke ext4 Hardlinks

Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord

Apple’s last tower topples… and the others will follow

 

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Microsoft locks devs out of important accounts, the foreign router ban exemptions make even less sense, Backblaze shows that “unlimited” never means that, and attempting to avoid software that’s written with AI.

 

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Do More with Less: Cost-Efficient Storage on the New TrueNAS with Enhanced Fast Dedup

The Hidden Value of CPU-Intensive Compression on Modern Hardware

 

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Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process

Action Required: Account Verification for Windows Hardware Program Begins October 16, 2025

FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn’t explain why

Backblaze has quietly stopped backing up your data

 

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We were asked about avoiding software that’s written with AI.