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This episode explores bandwidth testing, age verification in Linux, and hardware issues affecting software reliability.

Coming up in this episode I am speed! Kachow How old are you? and the call is coming from inside the RAM The Video Version https://youtu.be/SP-gPAkrqHk 0:00 Cold Open 2:00 It's Not Just Bandwidth 23:47 Age Verification in Linux 43:22 A Terrible Time for Faulty RAM 56:06 Hearkening Back +56:34 vimlena +1:00:21 squidiebah +1:03:18 Chris +1:04:16 Alphacluster +1:09:59 WhamGeek 1:12:44 Next Time 1:15:10 Stinger In this episode we dive into the wonderful world of bandwidth since there's an open source alternative to Speedtest.net and Fast.com these days, and it's LibreSpeed.org. Take a peek, preferably after they update their expired certificate (they seriously did this to us after we speak so highly!) and get a slightly more honest look at your speeds! For bonus points, try a different country. We also dig into some of the technical bits behind those tests. Also, when speaking about jitter, I should have said 'delta' or 'difference' rather than 'average'! Then, more age verification. This time, though, Linux distributions are caught in the crossfire and some are exploring the ways to actually handle potential implementations. Nothing's too dire yet as most of these 'laws' are still…

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