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You're right, it's not needed. I've noticed Brave's ad block has done just as well as uBlock. YT ads made it through a couple times in several months, but relaunching it seems to fix the problem.

Good catch. That's what I should have said. Linux is massively better now than it was back then.

Here's where I'm standing with things currently - I've seen comments in both my videos and other places on social media talking about the political viewpoints of the devs. Some people will or won't use software based on that and that's okay, but the issue is that they think others should do the same. I'm pragmatic about what I use. The issue I have with Thorium wasn't the political statement the author made, it was how they went about it. Because of the nature of the incident, it was a huge breach of trust with the community to do that and it shouldn't have ever happened. There's nothing stopping them from potentially doing it again in the future. In the IT world, a business/gov agency would drop a contract if someone did something like that and never recommend them to someone else. I hold those views for anything I use at a personal level. As far as Brave, the founder has voiced political opinions, but it's not something I care about. The software itself has worked great and I continue to use it daily. The crypto garbage is easy to turn off. The affiliate links were a problem, but not big enough to stop me from using it. I keep up to date on what happens with software I use and will drop them if they ever do anything that crosses what I deem unacceptable. An example of something else that could go that route is Fedora if they ever make telemetry opt-out (that shouldn't ever be accepted with a consumer Linux distro). That said, I also daily drive multiple browsers and the use of each one depends on the task at hand.

Ah okay I see. Yeah I use Brave as my main. Never have been a user of the BAT crypto thing. Nice, thanks :).

I've toggled CD back to default and it was still forced on. I had a look at MS documentation which says this: "If you have memory integrity, Smart App Control, or Windows S mode on, the vulnerable driver blocklist will be on too." I interpret that as if you have any of those three items on, the blocklist will be forced on as well. I'll be making a 2024 edition Windows hardening guide video soon and will include the results in there. The CD app can force some of the other settings to stay enabled though if you select max settings.

@@KenHarrisio thank you very much for the reply and help! I appreciate it!

@@BlackHawkPSU No problem, I'm glad it helped!

By far, my favorite has been Mullvad. I've been using it as a daily driver for about a year now and it works great. PrivacyGuides has a good explanation of why they have it at the #1 spot. LibreWolf is a solid choice too.

It's a big problem and I hope it's not a sign of the browser starting to go downhill. In the event anyone reads this and wants to know how to turn it off, here's how: Go to about:config in the URL bar. Search for dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled and set it to false.

Hell yeah brother! I haven't heard anyone mention Weird Al's name in a long time. I just looked him up and saw he has a YT channel.

@@KenHarrisio "Intel you think your chip is really neato? What are you running? A burrito?"

In general I think all chip manufacturers forgot that slow and reliable is better. They got too focused on stock prices and thought themselves Gods. Not enough lessons learned from Enron, I guess.

There must have been something going on with how people were benchmarking the 9000 series. I've looked at more benchmarks and some show a sizeable difference, where others showed about the same performance between the 7000 and 9000 series, in both performance and power usage. AMD is in a great spot in the server market and I think Intel is in a lot of trouble there in the coming years.

The Bag is money so no, he was correct.

The US patent office has that information under lock and key. Intel is a federal contractor. We're never getting that information.

Lol I noticed when I was editing that I used that phrase about 6 times. Thanks for supporting the channel!

I think Zen 5 would have had good reception if they released it at the current prices of Zen 4. I was disappointed to see them release at the prices they chose. Most of the benchmarks I've looked at show the performance is about the same between the two. As it stands right now, the 7800X3D/5800X3D are the best value gaming CPUs depending on the budget available. Thanks for supporting the channel! It seems to be at a pretty good spot now with 10K. I've got enough time to respond to most comments still and I like talking about niche topics. It gets a lot more fun once you find a groove that works for you. Even now, I still constantly experiment with topics and future videos I'm planning. TBH, I actually like working on my website more at this point and am working on a lot more content for it right now than YT.

Great point - it's something I should have included in the video, especially after reading some of the comments here. It seems like people either forgot or didn't know that Intel has lost multiple times to AMD because of the business practices that happened. The OEM case probably cost AMD a huge amount of money compared to the amount the court ordered as payment.

@@KenHarrisio They also had worse processors, and magically incorporated other designs without permission then used legal and financial firepower to dictate license agreements. The people afraid of AMD being on top, tend to ignore the illegal practices Intel leveraged to suppress competition. AMD simply aren't an IBM or Intel bullying the whole market but more in the large player category which wax and wane depending on success against competition. The monopolists create a supine industry where true innovation struggles to gain rewards.

This is definitely possible. I was surprised to see the benchmarks for Zen 5. I would have liked to see a boost similar to Zen 2 and Zen 3. I agree that it does seem like some of the hardware coming out is being phoned in by the companies.

@@KenHarrisio You overlook that the 9700X is limited to 65W out of the box. I believe what AMD are trying to do properly this time is a market segmentation, with 9600-9700-9800-9900 (or whatever naming scheme, with a 9*00X3D thrown in) segmenting price and performance simultaneously.

Yeah. I feel like we are quickly running into the limits of x86 advancement. I feel like that's part of the reason why AI is a big focus now, with AMD and Intel. Arm and other Risc architectures may be the future of computing.

Its not, this is an AMD move for the server. Look at Phoronix Linux benchmarks, they are great. They want to take that market from Intel. Remember: Servers run Linux mostly.

My issue with Zen 5 is what many others have with it - the price points they chose for the new CPUs. Cutting power usage is great, but many people don't care about it, especially when a 7900X is $360 and a 9900X is $500. The performance doesn't reflect the price increase. If they released at the same price as Zen 4, I doubt most people would have had an issue with them.

Holy shit, that's unfortunate to hear. The layoffs are going to affect a lot of families. If your dad isn't ready to retire for good yet and wants to keep working in tech and needs some help finding a new position, I've got some connections that would be highly interested in his skillset.

He's overdue for a long break. I'm trying to push him back to doing contract work he enjoys it more and just moved across the country so it would help him get better integrated in his new community. Guess Apple's got my wallet a bit longer after all of this. I haven't been this angry in years and it's a huge shock. I will definitely reach out of he wants more tech work. It's a generous offer. I want him yo take a nap and focus on being a retired grandpa for now.

@@2rx_bni It sounds like it would be good for him to go enjoy more of life, so maybe this will be the thing that helps spur it. There will always be an infinite amount of work - not life. If he wants to go back to tech in the future, feel free to reach out to me.

I had looked into that and it sounds like AMD has got quite an issue on their hands with this one. It looks like the vulnerability goes back more than a decade. I looked at AMD's site and they don't plan to fix the issue for the Ryzen 3000 series. That's going to be a bad look if they don't change their course on that. The issues with Intel is a chance for AMD to look good, and they could fumble that if they don't help their customers.

@@KenHarrisio My only (working...) AMD machine has an AMD A4 which is one step above an abacus. Didn't see it in the preliminary list...yet. Intel and AMD trade blows in the marketplace...and trade screw-ups there, too. At this moment, it appears as though they're arguing about which company can step on their own d*cks better than the other...

Oh man them too? Sheesh...

@@jimcabezola3051 Yeah, it's unfortunate this is happening. It's always the customers who have to pay the price when companies act like this. Maybe more competition in the CPU market might get them to tighten up their game.

@@KenHarrisio Absolutely right! Maybe NVIDIA, QualComm, MediaTek, Raspberry Pi, and even RISC-V machines can take up the slack left behind by Intel and AMD. If nothing else, we will have plenty to see and do.

Damn, that sucks ass. That might be a good idea to do, as I've seen articles talking about mobile chips having issues as well.

I checked documentation on this to verify and I didn't see any way for it to be done. I've also not been able to get it to work personally.

It usually doesn't need to have files downloaded to the disk. It could be something as simple as a PS script executing (but not saving anywhere) and the malware getting ran on the RAM, then being launched into the RAM each time you start your computer.

Not having those efi files, nor the errors, are good signs. Also, major AV providers, Defender included, have been updated to detect this malware. I'm not sure what your mobo model is, but if it was made within the past 3-5 years, it probably got a firmware update. That was determined to be the sure way to patch this vulnerability out.

I went to verify this and PrivacyGuides is still good. You might have been thinking of PrivacyTools. I looked at their site and they've got affiliate links littered there and some of the services are things I would never recommend to other people. Apparently this was something the site owner recently did. I'm also skeptical of the privacy laws being proposed. They seem to get followed up with something that violates privacy. I don't know if it's intentional and they are trying to mask their intentions, or if the legislators are absolutely clueless about tech.

@@KenHarrisio My mistake about the privacy guides, I have mistaken the names. As for the laws, I think some politicians are actually getting IT courses, so that they could better understand the laws that they propose to accept. If they really start doing that, then it's a step in the right direction.

@@phrogtesem9410 No worries, it's easy to mistake. The PG community used to be part of PT until there was a split with the original owner. The owner of PT came back to the site after it happened and that's when the quality of the info there started going downhill. I heard a couple months ago about a US politician taking a computer course. I think it's a good idea and it would be great if all the others followed suit before they started proposing laws on topics they don't know anything about. The war going on against encryption is a huge danger, but some tech illiterate people hear the word "encryption" and think people are using it for something nefarious.

Thanks for supporting the channel! There's two excellent alternatives right now for 2FA apps. If you want to have an account creation option, you could go with Ente Auth. If you're looking for a local storage option, 2FAS is a solid choice. You could also have several options in case something happens with one of them. The only thing that'll be annoying is switching away from Authy, as they don't have an export tokens option. You'll need to disable 2FA on all accounts and set them up again.

@@KenHarrisio Tx so much, cheers!