Notices by Morgan Aldridge (morgant@mastodon.social)

@pthane @solene @matthew On a similar note, though far more difficult to work around these days, try not having a cell phone! While I now live in an area with reliable cell service, I live in a mountainous, rural, state in the US where cell service is far from guaranteed, so I got rid of mine nearly a decade ago. Now that 2FA is finally becoming common, but most US services are lazy and only support verification via SMS, there are some services I just can't use. At least tech services have OTP.

@pthane @solene @matthew I've only occasionally run into issues with my business email address not being accepted in online accounts/stores. So far, it's always been because my domain doesn't use a historical core gTLD (`.tech`, in my case). Similarly, I have enough email accounts that I can use one that I prefer less, if necessary, but annoying to troubleshoot.

I've long used @solene's `obsdfreqd` on my #OpenBSD workstations to better tune auto CPU performance policy to reduce power usage, temperatures, and fan noise. Until recently, I generally used the default settings. I've noticed that video conferencing web applications have been requiring more of my workstations over the past year and I get more stutters on my current dual-core i7 workstation, so I've been tweaking my settings for responsiveness. [1/n]

So, with my new found understanding of monitoring CPU steps & speeds under #OpenBSD, I have now updated my mlvwmrc-openbsd-apmd #MLVWM #mlvwmrc MenuExtras with options for showing the current CPU speed scaling level (the way it used to work) or the current highest CPU/core speed. I've also added an indicator to both modes to designate when the CPU is boosting above the standard CPU speed:

https://github.com/morgant/mlvwmrc-openbsd-apm/releases/tag/0.2

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Initial research showed that #OpenBSD _should_ automatically support the boost speeds in my old i7, especially when `sysctl hw.cpuspeed` shows `2201` instead of just `2200` (MHz). Quick exploration in `sysctl` revealed that `hw.cpu<N>.frequency` shows the current frequency (Hz) for each online CPU/core.

A little scripting & monitoring later and I found that single cores of my CPU do regularly boost up to 3.2GHz for short periods! [3/n]

I keep the #X11 #xload & #xmem graphs swallowed into my #MLVWM menu bar, plus have some custom #mlvwmrc configs for apm(8) details, including the current CPU speed. However, the CPU speed I have been using, essentially `sysctl hw.cpuspeed`, is really just the current CPU speed step that #OpenBSD is using.

My old dual-core i7 is 2.2GHz, but has a maximum boost of 3.2GHz, but I had no idea whether or how OpenBSD would actually boost. So, I set to see if I could better observe & identify. [2/n]

@evan @Em0nM4stodon Where does, "Scared shitless," go?

@BethanyBlack Exactly! Often:

4. Random health reason that ruins the enjoyment (e.g. peptic ulcers since childhood.)

Earlier today I boosted a post from @feditips regarding the load on mastodon.social, knowing full well that I am one of the straws that may one day break the mammut's back. I haven't yet found a server that feels like "me for the foreseeable future" yet.

I've considered running my own, and I have plenty of good domains in my back pocket to choose from, but I'm quite burnt out on self-hosting. (1/n)