I am king older than most posts i think. It was... different somehow. You would call and text, mostly call. I remember subscribing to one of the first ever mobile offers for "couples" where you had something like 1000 minutes of free calls and 100 free SMSs between only two specific phone numbers (of the same oprator, ofc), and that was amazing. Before that, it was expensive inter-city calls on landlines, because mobiles where too expensive.
I also remember writing letters, yes, paper letters, like twice a week. I have copied them all and kept also the replies, it will be fun times for the kids (... will they still be able to read handwrite?).
I took an awfull lot of trains in that year long... Luckly we where only like 2h by train away, but hey, we wanted it phisical you know, not just voice.
SMS where the big tihng. I remember wanting to replace my phone with one with a full qwerty keyboard... But ended up getting really good at T9 away those 160 characters. And be careful to fit or else! :)
Good times.
Anyway, forget about long distance relationships unless the "long distance" part is very clearly defined in time, no matter what technology is.
And no, it last less than 12 months. It was hard at 20 not to be phisically together for most of the week.
I used to have it installed. Its pretty nice and the integration with Garmin connect is pretty sweet, so you don't even have to download the gpx and upload it, but the activity will be automatically synched for you.
I would just not dismantle the rack. Ensure that everything inside its securely strapped down and nothing can move freely, not even cables. Ensure that all plugs are safely screwed in the socket or tape them for non screwable ones to prevent to come loose and bang around.
Then fill voids and gaps with bubble wrap or anything light and non scratchy. Wrap everything from the outside with bubble wrap layer to prevent damage from hit or scratch.
Then find or build a big enough cardboard box to fit the rack and call it a day.
Edit: if you use mechanical HDDs you might consider unplug them and carry with you instead of on the movers vans. Wouldn't bother for nvme and ssds.
Shimitar @ Shimitar @downonthestreet.eu Posts 12Comments 463Joined 6 mo. ago
I don't care, i care for the tech. I don't need to make friends with the devs of the tech nor give them my money.
They have different political views than me, yes. Does it affect the tech they develop? Not in my opinion.