Along with the other advice, it’s worth noting that “USB” ports can have different specs; make sure you’re plugged into one that supports USB 3.1 or higher.

Also, USB is CPU-bound; if the CPU is busy doing other things, peripheral communication slows down.

Technically, Trump is a “White House Staffer.” He’s the executive in charge.

Nice; most people don’t make it to Siping! Very friendly area, although a bit cold at this time of year.

Here’s a simple answer: cables going from analog input devices to DSPs, mixers, etc. need proper shielding and should be as short as possible, with low-resistance connectors. Otherwise, EM radiation can be picked up and interfere with the signal.

Anything traveling digitally? It just needs to arrive at the destination in a timely manner; your cable would have to be really bad to have any influence.

Cables out to analog speakers? As long as you have a decent signal, these can use the crappiest connections and unshielded cables — the worst thing they’ll do is provide interference for OTHER cables they’re near. Just adjust your EQ until the speakers provide the response you’re looking for.

These days, not really, except that netcat has wider capabilities and so often triggers security alarms when used.

I used to send messages by hand over SMTP using a telnet client.

But telnet is just a bidirectional TCP connection. You can run any terminal emulation you want over it, and run it on any port you want.

The telnetd service on the other hand… that has no reason to still be internet-facing.

Funny thing is: I switched from cheap T shirts to dress shirts after I bought one good quality one for a job interview.

They don’t get hot in the heat, wick away moisture, keep you warm when it’s cold, don’t shrink or wrinkle, last a good 10 years of heavy use and look professional no matter who you’re with.

I don’t know why my parents’ generation ever abandoned them.

I wear a dress shirt to work every day. They’re all no-iron; they don’t wrinkle and are wearable out of the dryer.

Textiles have come a long way in the past 50 years.

The goal here would be to have ICE in place in all states before the Midterms, as the only force available to provide election oversight.

On a corruption index, shouldn’t 100 mean entirely corrupt?

Either way, the US doesn’t look good, but this seems to be an integrity index.

My mind has been sitting on a darker interpretation.

If there’s a DHS shutdown but ICE is fully funded already, what is the executive’s next move?

Obviously it’s to task ICE, as the sole remaining federal policing agency, to take over the responsibilities of DHS. It would be the only responsible thing for the law and order party to do, after all. Just until DHS funding is renewed, of course.

https://beehaw.org/post/24684848

I think this may not be the best time for them to do that….

Obviously that one guy is unaware of the current easy $140k options on the table.

Trump also trash talked his longtime friend Epstein.

So what would happen if everyone registered as a republican and voted for socialists in the primaries?

For some reason I read that as motorcycle the first time. I was imagining a motorcycle with a sofa sidecar.

Hopefully that’s not what he’s saying. I hope what he’s saying is that the neoliberal Democrats aren’t in opposition to the crazy actions the Republicans are taking, and so anything they’re doing to stop them is purely performative.

Still not quite sure I agree with this, but I’m pretty sure that’s what the OP was arguing.

Best to assume that all unsolicited marketing online is a scam.

At what point can AI companies play the “too big to fail” card though, like the banks?

Bubble bursts, and the government uses our taxes to bail out the companies. Again.