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This week Steve gives a brief overview into human factors that lead to distraction, Steve finally finds a use for KDE and we talk IP cameras and NVRs!

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00:50 distractions

Human minds work kinda like RAM

Learning how to learn

Computers are terrible for learning

Short term memory slots

Long term memory slots

Noah's method

Typing vs writing

Always outliers

Minimizing distractions

Non-constructive hobbies

19:30 Steve's Use for KDE

Nvidia Shield

Plasma Big Screen

Comes with everything

Steve's customisation

Early days

Pro series Nvidia Shield

Special "DRM Code"

Vero V

Waydroid

Emulator vs Browser DRM

30:00 efivarfs full - John

Screenshot

EFI vars partition

Proceed with caution

33:45

Frigate

ONVIF compliant cameras

Isoloate camera's from the internet

POE ReoLink cameras

Axis cameras

Axis P3226

Cameras with SD cards

OpenSurv

ANS 483

ANS 474 - drive longevity, replacement strategies, and setup maintenance

ANS 404 - Steve's personal adventures and configuration tips using Frigate

ANS 402 - hardware demands of running Frigate, noting performance hurdles

46:50 News Wire

Systemd 262 - phoronix.com

GNU Cash 5.17 - gnucash.org

Peazip 11.3 - github.io

GNU wget 2.3 - gnu.org

Gnome 50.5 - gnome.org

Mir 2.30 - canonical.com

Cosmic 1.9 - phoronix.com

Gravity Linux - github.com

File notification system vulnerability - techxplore.com

New Spectre Vulnerability - thehackernews.com

10 Second Kernel Compile Times - tomshardware.com

Dutch Government Linux - trendingtopics.eu

The GNU project has turned 43.

48:28 Chrome Web Browser

Chrome caused KDE Plasma to crash

Culprit is Chrome 154.0.8037.57

Symptom is screen locker malfunctions

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