2.5 Admins 277: Battering RAM
Episode description
The Crucial brand of consumer SSDs and RAM is going away, AMD and Intel memory encryption can be bypassed with cheap hardware, more AI buffoonery, and monitoring users’ usage on a network.
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When RAID Isn’t Enough: ZFS Redundancy Done Right
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Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business
Cheap Hardware Module Bypasses AMD, Intel Memory Encryption
Google’s vibe coding platform deletes entire drive
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today
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