When a post to a website gets popular but the website doesn’t have enough resources to handle the number of people visiting it.

DDOS is a symptom. A DDOS can cause different failure scenarios at different points.

Maybe the attack is causing the service to access a backend database that isn’t equipped to handle the traffic. The web server queues requests but they can’t be handled in a timely manner.

Maybe the attack causes a firewall to spend too much time inspecting the traffic by sending a malformed packet.

Maybe the attack simply overwhelms the bandwidth of the firewall or router. The Reddit “hug of death” is a common example.

In short, lots of things can lead to a service interruption. A DDOS is just a description of a way to cause that interruption by using distributed source hosts.

App devs control this.

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This is how we end up with Sharknado.

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Desktop streaming isn’t the same as web apps.

Modern desktop streaming is quite impressive. 100ms, 5% loss is no problem for most tasks. You don’t even notice it, and as a result your experience can sometimes be better.

Additionally you can offload some tasks to the local machine where appropriate.

You dont need to fit every users needs into a thin client setup, but you could fit probably 50% of all users onto one and they wouldn’t know any different. Think of the energy savings. Think of all that plastic that goes into a desktop or laptop that isn’t needed in a virtualized blade chassis. Think of the rolling performance upgrades. Think of never having your hardware go End of Support. Think of the old equipment that ends up properly e-wasted instead of shoved into a dump. Think of the batteries that no longer need to get produced.

I might play around with this idea and host my own non-profit Desktop as a Service.

They’d hire Bloc Party to be the entertainment at the announcement party.

I’ll repeat what I said elsewhere:

Renting PCs is probably overall cheaper and a lot better for the environment. Most people don’t need a machine, they just need a thin client and something to access a few apps maybe 30 mins a day.

Even “power users” don’t need a machine.

If there were a non-profit or not-for-profit that was selling maybe an rpi we’d be saving a lot of money and reducing climate harm.

I just don’t trust bezos to not be greedy.

Run windows in a vm for work.

Close them. Hoarding tabs is still hoarding.

It’s just a normal review on google or yelp.

This plugged into a raspberry pi would be a cheap alternative to a true kvm appliance.

https://openterface.com/product/minikvm/

You don’t need a kvm for 5 systems, just one for the machine that doesn’t have vpro.

Vpro is really only needed to get you into your bios or fix an issue where you disabled network somehow.

You could buy a standalone kvm. I think there’s one that uses a raspberry pi.

Or you could set up vnc or something similar on your host if you need a gui.

I would put vpro as a nice to have but not essential component option.

Non-vpro with amt will still get you to the pre-os screen I think.

You posted this into the /c/fediverse community. It should be in /c/news or somewhere else.

Might be best to delete it and post again.

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Evaporative air coolers only need enough power to run the fan.

It’s not clear what paid licensing gets you. What’s an Enterprise OS for example?

Set up a VPN to your router as a backup. If something goes down, you can still vpn into your LAN and reach all services.

Generally speaking, when using resistive heat, it’s best to use them as little as possible. Direct application to your body (electric blanket) is cheaper than heating the air (heat strips in hvac air handler).

Some people think that using one of those oil based electric radiators is cheaper than a heat pump but it’s not.