RegalPotoo @ RegalPotoo @lemmy.world

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I've not heard any out-and-out horror stories, but I've got no first hand experience.

I'm planning on picking up 3x manufacturer recertified 18TB drives from SPD when money allows, but for now I'm running 6x ancient (minimum 4 years old) 3TB WD Reds in RAID 6. I keep a close eye on SMART stats, and can pick up a replacement within a day if something starts to look iffy. My plan is to treat the 18TBs the same; hard drives are consumables, they wear out over time, and you have to be ready to replace them when they do

Sounds like a great idea - I suspect the biggest obstacle will be finding someone at the home who is confident enough in what to do with it to be willing to accept it.

I've run into similar issues with schools where they are hesitant to accept donations of things like that because they don't want to be saddled with equipment they don't know how to use and maintain. Maybe worth seeing if you can raise a bit of money for a second hand Xbox or something?

Weren't the shit balloons retaliation for the south sending balloons to drop propaganda leaflets?

My 10 year prediction - Microsoft does a full transition to a services company:

• Basic Windows is free, even for OEMs
• Windows Professional becomes a subscription thing, maybe you get it as part of your Azure AD sub
• Things like Recall or not having ads are extra subscriptions

Only in the same way Australia -> Aussie, or England -> pom. Colloquial terms

The English Language, where the grammar is made up and the rules don't matter.

I can add:

[-er] New Zealander

Pretty much - I try and time it so the dumps happen ~an hour before restic runs, but it's not super critical

pg_dumpall on a schedule, then restic to backup the dumps. I'm running Zalando Postgres in kubernetes so scheduled tasks and intercontainer networking is a bit simpler, but should be able to run a sidecar container in your compose file

If you thought the bots were obnoxious now....

• it takes engineering time which is not a trivial cost - accounts and identity for large orgs tend to be a lot more complex than you might think - there will likely be a few different identity stores, and multiple systems that query those stores; making sure every possible permutation works correctly can be a bit undertaking
• It adds additional load to their support teams which is very expensive

The support one is a real killer for a lot of places; I've worked with a place that had a few million paying customers, and ~half of those were in a tier where a single 30 minute support call would completely negate any revenue that that customer would bring in for the year. Email support was slightly less expensive, but would still be a significant proportion of your annual profit

Fun fact, a significant proportion of the people doing these scams are victims of human trafficking who are being forced into it with threats of violence

This is where I'd put my Framework laptop

IF THEYD SELL ME ONE

https://learnconlaw.com/78-the-disqualification-clause

Maybe. It's complicated

Edit: yeah I'm conflating two different things. Interesting listen though

Man, every time I read anything about the US healthcare system it gets more dystopian - I'm sorry you are having to deal with this nonsense

On top of the logistics of moving massive amounts of water around, flood water is typically highly contaminated - by their nature, floods sweep up everything in their path, which typically will include things like:

• Soil and sand (a massive pain to filter out)
• Agricultural run off (manure, pesticides, fertilizer, ...)
• Raw sewage (from treatment plants that tend to be near waterways, or just from damaged infrastructure)
• Industrial wastes (from existing plants, or old contaminated sites)

Infectious disease is a major problem after a flood, partly because of infrastructure damage but also just because so many people will have come in contact with contaminated water - you don't want to irrigate your crops with flood water, much less drink it

TIL, thanks

Edit: from the other answers, I'm probably wrong - maybe don't trust this as correct

I don't think so - HDMI and Display Port actually carry their signals in the same way, so the adapter is basically just converting between two plug types without any smarts in the middle.

In theory you could get an adapter that is badly made and adds some noise to the signal or something and forces the monitor to down-spec it's signal but I'm not sure how likely that is to come across.

If you figure it out, I know several companies that would be more than willing to drop 7 figures a year to license the tech from you

Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions

Dude wouldn't know what to do with a condom.

My theory is it's not dementia, it's neurosyphilis. Party like it's 1825!