Nollij @ Nollij @sopuli.xyz

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Anarchy means local warlords and gangs, BTW. I don't have any sort of solution; it's more of a "pick your poison" situation

The idea behind it is that everyone engages with the company, not an individual. You visit Sam's widgets, and buy a widget from Sam. A week later, Sam sells the business to Joe and disappears. It's now Joe's widgets, with all the same stuff and people (aside from Sam). Your widget breaks under warranty. Is Joe obligated to fix it?

You can see the obvious problems if you say no. Coincidentally, this is the case with all the AliExpress crap on Amazon.

But if Sam isn't required for business continuity, it can build consumer trust. Even if Sam leaves, customers know they will be taken care of. They can buy with confidence that someone at Sam's Widgets will keep supplying their widget needs.

Yes, it's possible for a corporation to escape liabilities. But it's the case for real people, too. People declare bankruptcy all the time, although there are certain debts that cannot be erased. These often don't apply to corporations.

Have you ever worked at a place and disagreed with a decision made by the higher ups? Imagine if you were on the hook for every single widget you produced, or claim you processed, or whatever else

It sounds like something from "A Pharaoh to Remember"

I hope you're all happy. You've succeeded in convincing me life is worth living, by showing how bad my funeral will suck

https://youtu.be/y2zql_a6t2o

But I think you're confusing it with a scene from Office Space

Why should I change? He's the one who sucks

https://youtu.be/ADgS_vMGgzY

"Cheating is the gift man gives himself"

-C. Montgomery Burns, https://youtu.be/iLzoi1ndQH8

What do you base that on?

FTA:

the individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world and the headlines over the past 12 months.

It is not an honor, at least not necessarily. Adolph Hitler infamously held the same title, for the reasons he's known for today.

It's become clear that you and the manager are not compatible. It may or may not be a reflection on either of you, but it's definitely not a good fit either way.

The best way to resolve a bad fit like this is to separate the pieces. Since they are the manager, that typically leaves it to you as the employee.

This isn't even a bad thing, necessarily. Switching jobs brings uncertainty and fear, but also opportunity. Not only do you have a chance to get into a situation more to your liking, you can branch out into new areas. These jumps also usually bring a pay bump, although that depends on how patient you can be and how hard you can negotiate.

There's a quote that has stuck with me for a while, and I encourage you to take it to heart.

"All of the best things in life come when you're out of your comfort zone, and everything worth doing is scary at first"

You're scared of the unknown, and understandably so. But it also doesn't sound like you've even looked into it. I can promise you don't currently have the only job that would work for you. It's also very unlikely that you have the best one. You probably don't even have the best one you could have by Xmas.

Go explore. The future is rosier than you think, if only you let it happen.

You basically described the PageRank system, but at an article level. I suppose it's theoretically possible with LLM tools, but not an easy task. It also has a pretty big gap of how to define a source as trustworthy.

But it might be doable on a simpler level - if you were to ask the AI if an article's claims match other sources, you might at least find the outliers.

Thank you for the extra context. It's relieving to know you don't just have a bunch of USB "backup" drives connected.

To break this down to its simplest elements, you basically have a bunch of small DASes connected to a USB host controller. The rest could be achieved using another interface, such as SATA, SAS, or others. USB has certain compromises that you really don't want happening to a member of a RAID, which is why you're getting warnings from people about data loss. SATA/SAS don't have this issue.

You should not have to replace the cable ever, especially if it does not move. Combined with the counterfeit card, it sounds like you had a bad parts supplier. But yes, parts can sometimes fail, and replacements on SAS are inconvenient. You also (probably) have to find a way to cool the card, which might be an ugly solution.

I eventually went with a proper server DAS (EMC ktn-stl3, IIRC), connected via external SAS cable. It works like a charm, although it is extremely loud and sucks down 250w @ idle. I don't blame anyone for refusing this as a solution.

I wrote, rewrote, and eventually deleted large sections of this response as I thought through it. It really seems like your main reason for going USB is that specific enclosure. There should really be an equivalent with SAS/SATA connectors, but I can't find one. DAS enclosures pretty much suck, and cooling is a big part of it.

So, when it all comes down to it, you would need a DAS with good, quiet airflow, and SATA connectors. Presumably this enclosure would also need to be self-powered. It would need either 4 bays to match what you have, or 16 to cover everything you would need. This is a simple idea, and all of the pieces already exist in other products.

But I've never seen it all combined. It seems the data hoarder community jumps from internal bays (I've seen up to 15 in a reasonable consumer config) straight to rackmount server gear.

Your setup isn't terrible, but it isn't what it could/should be. All things being equal, you really should switch the drives over to SATA/SAS. But that depends on finding a good DAS first. If you ever find one, I'd be thrilled to switch to it as well.

You currently have 16 disks connected via USB, in a ZFS array?

I highly recommend reimagining your path forward. Define your needs (sounds like a high-capacity storage server to me), define your constraints (e.g. cost), then develop a solution to best meet them.

Even if you are trying to build one on the cheap with a high Wife Acceptance Factor, there are better ways to do so than attaching 16+ USB disks to a thin client.

He's a willing participant, for sure. But the board and shareholders make even more than that.

The rich have exceptional resources to protect themselves. Money is just another form of power.

For instance, even in a doomsday scenario (for them) of the French Revolution, the rich will have personal security guards. These people will be paid very well (relative to the general population), which will keep them loyal enough. They will eat at secure restaurants (similar deal), and enjoy activities in secure locations.

Beyond that, you already see the rich buying private islands (Larry Ellison) and preparing for an uprising (Peter Thiel).

But if you let your imagination run wild, they can even distort the blame, and set up patsies. Owning the media and controlling the narrative (propaganda) is highly effective and already happening in earnest. Plenty of blame is being shifted to immigrants and (because it works, somehow) LGBT+ groups.

I would even say the UHC CEO is himself a fall guy. The buck doesn't stop at the CEO. There is a step above him. The board of directors is responsible, and they will replace him with another just like him. They are the ones that ultimately choose the direction.

I'm confident that someone will get caught and be made into an example.

Whether they were the one that actually did it is immaterial.

What, specifically, are you concerned they might do, or might become? Are you afraid this might become a predatory sexual relationship? That he might become codependent? That the older guy is immature and will be a bad influence?

When you can define your concerns, it will reveal what action (if any) is appropriate.

What kind of engineering? Designing what? How's your local market for those positions? Is it something that can be done remotely, and thus you could apply to positions nationwide?

The really short version is that if you aren't finding positions, you're in the wrong line of work or location. If you're finding positions and applying, but not getting any responses, then your resume/etc is bad. If you are getting responses but no offers, then your interview technique is bad.

You're assuming that the tariffs exist in a vacuum. They do not.

As soon as vendors feel they can blame Trump/tariffs/whatever and not lose income, they will raise prices. Their costs don't need to actually go up - and if called out, they can say they're just responding to the uncertainty or whatever.

We all know that was just an excuse. No one actually cared about the substance.

If it makes you feel better, the harm was going to happen with or without you. At least this way, that value isn't going to someone that is pushing more harm.

Related, "If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class"

There would need to be real penalties, with enforcement. Turns out we have neither.

The guy said he frequented the place back in college. Even if he was from abroad, he would've picked up on this common social cue during that time.