ScaredDuck

Well it used to be good, even non techy users knew that IE sucked and when their "computer-whizkid" nephew recommended Chrome it was genuinely faster and leaner than competition. And I've almost forgot the fact that they've advertised chrome (maybe they still do) on the main Google page that gets like billions of pageviews.

task.org seems to be an oldschool under-construction page, do you mean tasks.org? Also is there a reason you specifically recommend OpenOffice instead of LibreOffice or Collabora Office?

There's a project I'm using that has a lead dev from Russia, so for him that's the only way to receive money. Crypto has been overwhelmingly overtaken by grifters, but there are still uses that just made easier by a decentralized currency.

Surely a browser with a market share 2% that of Chrome's (not total!) doing this will change anything. Surely when Google implements this and your bank and government websites start requiring your browser be "secure" users aren't going to just switch back to chrome where "everything just works".

Not to nitpick, but it wasn't exactly taken down, they've contracted out their TLD to Freenom and that contract has recently ended.

Aren't most x86 executables being built now still favoring compatibility to performance? I think I've read that just targeting the current gen CPUs while compiling can bring up to 20% improvements.

There's also the fact that mainstream news in most countries consist of 50% local and 50% US news.

Is there any information on the performance impact of the microcode fix or is it too early for that?

I spent some time on reddit recently and it felt even more like I was talking to children most of the time. Constant arguing which quickly turns into insults makes it impossible to have any productive conversation. Maybe it has always been that way and using lemmy provided a direct comparison, but I'm not sure that I want to be on there any more.

"Configure port forwarding" covers pretty much all of the steps. I don't think that it would be any less secure than quickconnect through a relay, but if security is a priority, then look into setting up a VPN to your network instead.

I'm not a qualified professional, but from what I've read over the years bipolar disorder mood swings last at least a few days and definitely not minutes. It might be some kind of a personality disorder, in which case therapy can help immensely.

You say you're using QuickConnect, do you know if you're getting a direct connection to your NAS or one through QuickConnect relay service? Maybe try opening the required ports and checking again.