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3×16 hellyeah! show: apparently it was sizzling

Compact-Fluorescent-BulbIn this sizzlin’ episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss Plex Media Server, fishbowling, adventures with fluorescent lights, graphics card upgrades, GeForce Experience, Twitch Plays Pokémon, license plate frames, goto fail, Arq 4.0, and BitTorrent Sync.

Emory’s stuff

  • HAVE I MENTIONED THE WEATHER

  • Plex Media Server on FreeNAS is sweet

  • No more fishbowling for me

  • Almost started a fire

Alan’s stuff

  • graphics card upgrade: GTX 780

    • GeForce Experience

  • Twitch Plays Pokémon

PSAs

  • take the dealer’s license plate frame off your car

  • shut up about go to fail, already

    • conspiracies and other nonsense

    • COBOL programmers and old habits

      • modern languages and “go to”

    • merge error imo

Arq 4.0

  • new version is out

  • sftp, s3, google, and s3 compatible storage service

  • new glacier storage class in s3 means re-uploading hundreds of gigs, AGAIN

BitTorrent Sync

  • finally, something i’ll intentionally use bittorrent for

  • dropbox-like sync capability

  • plugin for FreeNAS and other storage is awfully handy

    • caveats?

Author:

Alan would like to know what we're telling them this week.