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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • A co-worker who I don’t really know too well had been pushing off something I needed them to do. They finally got around to doing it today. They were legitimately busy though, or at least it seemed so. It wasn’t urgent or anything since I have plenty of other work to do, but now I can start on their project.

    They treated me to a coffee at a coffee shop for making wait so long, which I thought was a nice gesture. We had a nice chat and I got to know them a little more. It just felt like such a genuine human interaction.





  • 2 cables for a monitor that will be used for about a decade or so, with a length that is typically long enough for any desk setup so that you don’t have to trial and error cables types/lengths will probably reduce the amount of cables that the user will end up ordering.

    If the monitor comes with no cables, someone might end up ordering a 3ft HDMI 2.0 cable, which ends up being too short. Then they’ll order a 6ft HDMI 2.0 cable, which is the correct length, but isn’t the correct cable to fully utilize that monitor. Then a few years go by and they upgrade their GPU and realize that their monitor isn’t displaying to its potential, so they finally order the correct 6ft HDMI 2.1b cable.

    Ask me how I know that has happened before 😂 (it was me).


  • IMO, Monitors since they will ultimately display the image. The HDMI and Displayport cables should match the specifications of the ports. It should include a single 6ft cable per port.

    For example, if the monitor uses HDMI 2.1b ports, it should include an HDMI 2.1b cable.

    • Older GPU
      If an older GPU has HDMI 2.0 outputs, the 2.1b cable will still work, but will only work as run at the GPU’s 2.0 bandwidth.

    • Newer GPU
      If later in the future you upgrade to a GPU that has a theoretical HDMI 3.0 port, then it should still output to the monitor, but only at HDMI 2.1b speeds. That monitor will never work at HDMI 3.0 speeds, but it should be able to fully reach its own HDMI 2.1b specs.





  • Its more about the hardware than software.

    • Able to have enough processing power to utilize the max speed that my ISP provides, while having IDS/IPS and other services enabled.
    • Port segregation so that each port can be on its own network with a full speed backplane.
    • PoE capabilities
    • SPF ports to utilize both fiber and copper connections
    • Multiple networks across many wireless access points

  • I freakin love OpenWRT. I used it for a solid 5-6 years on some consumer grade routers and learned a lot about managing networks.

    Ive since moved to more powerful enterprise network gear because OpenWRT opened that door for me and taught me what is possible. I might not ever go back to it, but I will always recommend OpenWRT to people who want to rice out their routers and get the most out of it.