My ISP doesn't do that - they have a proper IPv6 implementation. However, my Wireguard tunnel is only setup for IPv4.

I ran into the MTU problem this summer. I couldn't access my Home assistant over Wireguard at all when my smartphone was connected to cellular. It worked fine when connected to hotel Wifi. I finally figured out that I needed to drop the MTU. I dropped it on the client side - both my smartphone, and my laptop, which was connected to the smartphone's hotspot. This was on a different domestic trip, during which I didn't stream Plex, so I am not sure if that would have improved things.

I think Plex now always uses TLS, even on local LAN or WLAN. When connecting remotely via Wireguard VPN, you have both Wireguard and TLS overhead. This would at least in theory reduce throughput by a small factor. Bandwidth was certainly a factor when connecting from Vietnam. Fortunately, Plex lets you choose a lower bit rate and does real-time re-encoding. The automatic fallback algorithm did very poorly, I had to set quality manually to avoid very frequent pauses.

Fine for many people on slashdot. But read what you wrote again. It is beyond the technical abilities of mere mortals. Many ISPs also use CG-NAT, which gets in the way.

Even though I have Wireguard setup in my pfSense home VPN, Plex is easier to setup. I bought a lifetime Plex pass during a black Friday promotion remotely many years ago, due to the DVR recording abilities, and included lifetime EPG for OTA.

I have found that streaming directly to my Plex home server over TLS is generally smoother without going through Wireguard. Not quite sure why. It is certainly easier too, if you are traveling, and carrying a streaming stick connected to the hotel TV. You only need to setup the Plex client. No VPN needed.

That said, I still had to setup Wireguard on the stick, in order to be able to access my own so-called "purchased" content (really, streaming codes that came with physical UHD blu rays) on Prime video, when traveling abroad (in Vietnam), due to geoblocking. And then I also had to get the hotel staff to unlock the volume control on the TV that was limited to 15%, which was fine for the hotel channels, but inaudible with streaming content. II wouldn't have succeeded without the help of my Vietnamese husband.

I have got about 6 unused SSDs in a drawer. Low capacity, from 64GB to 128GB. Some are 15 years old now. I use them fairly rarely, to do things like write new OS boot images. I don't store data long term on them. But they all still work - no write or read errors. SMART data looks fine, too.

We've been investing in our grid as well: $7 Billion Wind Power Project Nears Finish

By the end of December[2013], developers expect to flip the switch on the final electrical transmission projects built under the state’s Competitive Renewable Energy Zone, or CREZ, initiative — the years long effort to connect windy, largely secluded West Texas to growing cities that demand more power.

Once finished, the build-out will stretch nearly 3,600 miles and will be able to send 18,500 megawatts of wind power across the state....

...Texans will eventually shell out $6.8 billion to finance the entire build-out, according to a project update released this week by the PUC ...

The new fees, Hadley said, will likely add several dollars to a residential customer’s monthly bill.

Haven't seen anything about jet engines, though I know last year we built out solar & storage: New report shows Texas led nation in solar and battery growth in 2024. A couple weeks ago I noticed storage was supporting our grid twice a day, previously I'd only see it helping in the evenings.

We've likewise deployed smart meters, I think mine was installed in 2013. CenterPoint Energy Reaches Significant Milestone in Smart Meter Deployment

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's five-year smart meter deployment began in March 2009. By the end of the year, 145,000 smart meters will be installed along with the necessary communications infrastructure and computing systems. 2.4 million meters are expected to be installed system-wide by the project's completion in 2014.

In the late 80s ram shortage, you could pay a couple hundred dollars just to go from 512KB to 640 KB. Which unfortunately wasn't enough for everybody.

And I live in Texas where solar + wind provided 34% of our electricity last year (ERCOT Fuel Mix report for 2024), which is higher than the US average of 21.4% for renewables(Electricity generation, capacity, and sales in the United States). Despite that, our prices in Texas are lower than the US average.

This suggests its not the renewables themselves that are causing the prices to go up, but something else. By looking at other US states that generate large amounts of wind and/or solar power that something else appears to be political.

I agree its a good investment - I installed solar + PowerWall in 2019. To date it's generated 86% of my electricity, which includes charging my Model 3 (I got my first one in 2018, and my second one in 2024).

EOM

Where wind power is harnessed shows that the top 5 states for wind power are: Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois.

Where solar is found and used shows the top states for solar power are: California, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina (the 4 dark orange states in utility scale map).

Per here the average electric rate in the US is 15.83 cents/kWh.

The 6 Republican states have a rate lower than that: Florida 13.44, Iowa 14.45, Kansas 13.36, North Carolina 12.30, Oklahoma 12.15, Texas 12.27.

The 2 Democratic states have a rate higher than that: California 30.45, Illinois 16.02

This suggests politics may be a bigger factor for high electrical rates than renewables.

Should be illegal.

Yes. Eneloops and rebrands for the win. Got a few hundred AA / AAAs for my smart devices - door, motion, water sensors, and locks. Using disposable alkalines would be crazy. And yet that's what most of these devices came with.

Cleanliness , really? How did you survive all that bleach ingestion ?

Presumably TSA approved luggage, then.

Wrong. I have had solar panels for 15 years. The total energy production in winter months is between 1/3 and 1/4th of summer months, on average. From 120 kWh/day down to 30 kWh/day last year. This has to do with both shorter days, and weather. On very rainy and cloudy winter days, the production can be as low as 4 kWh.

All your lottery winnings belong to us.

That's unfortunate. It used to be the case at my previous home, also. My current one is way up in the hills, and I can tune to stations from up to 120 miles away.