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Seagate Ironwolf or WD red plus drives
Backblaze reports HDD reliability data on their blog. Never rely on anecdata!
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q1-2024/
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Seagate Ironwolf or WD red plus drives
Backblaze reports HDD reliability data on their blog. Never rely on anecdata!
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q1-2024/
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Is there any way to un-freeze my device when it freezes, without shutting down and losing my work?
Ctrl + Alt + F[1-0] to access other TTYs which might still be responsive even if your desktop environment is unresponsive. Pull up top/htop and ID the problematic process to kill.
Agree with using an oom killer.
Do you need more swap? Can use swap file if expanding swap partition is problematic.
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Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April
Fuck around with proprietary software and find out.
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Building the FOSSicon Valley: Could the Fediverse become the better silicon valley?
Who wants another Silicon Valley? Their model is foundationally based on "moving fast and breaking things".
What about focusing on responsible, organic stewardship and community over growth at any cost? If no one's making any real money, we don't have to hitch our cart to the capitalist horse which has resulted in our current situation.
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Should More of Us Be Moving to Live Near Friends?
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I agree with your points. Though for me a big difference has been friends I made before ~25 and friends after 25. There is no way I would want to live anywhere near friends I made before that age. Being in my early thirties, who knows how I'll feel 10 years down the line. Doing this communal living is a big commitment which might be hard to get out of.
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Why Coffee Prices Are Soaring (Again)
Can't wait for the switch to robusta. 😱
Albeit, some work is being done to improve flavor given this possiblity.
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How to help a person who has bad times remembering commands when using Linux.
repetition...repetition...repetition...repetition...repetition...repetition...repetition...repetition...lol
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Accurate
Just like they did after the Hawaii fires.
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Which other disk backup solution do you recommend other than Clonezilla?
btrfs or zfs send/receive. Harder to do if already established, but by far the most elegant, especially with atomic snapshots to allow versioning without duplicate data.
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How old are the disks in your NAS?
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I mean if it's homelab, it's ok to be pets. Not everything has to be commoditized for the whims of industry.
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Extensive skin contact with PLA and PETG seems okay
Fascinating! Where do you order the lenses? I'm in the US and I can't find a place that is cheaper then Zenni where I can get my lenses and frames for <$20.
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SLRPNK Community Discussion - February 2025
Really appreciate this guide with the different tiers of convenience. Really gets to the heart of the issue!
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Yes, you should use a Python venv in a container like docker
I hate this hand-holding. Certainly use venvs for dev projects but allow system-wide installations for those that want it. OSS has always been about giving you enough rope to hang yourself.
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Ghostty terminal is out!
Thought out choice but disappointing nevertheless:
My stance for now is that Ghostty will not support sixels.
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As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew
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Likely not. Consider the processing of the bean after harvest. Both wet and dry process are likely to make the bean unable to germinate. Furthermore, coffee plans must be growing in certain climates and elevations. Otherwise, other countries would have gotten into coffee looooong ago.
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'Meadowscaping': The people turning their lawns into wild meadows
I think this is great. Hoping to do something similar with my yard. Why is this community so trash? Very disappointing. If you don't get the idea behind no lawns, why don't you go somewhere else. This is pointless. Also there won't be any ticks or snakes in the middle of suburbia surrounded by ecological wasteland lawns. Clueless commenters.
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Big Banks Flee Climate Coalition Formed to Reduce Carbon Emissions | JPMorgan Chase, the last major U.S. bank in the coalition, could also withdraw
Are we really trusting banks to lead the charge on climate change? How about we break the cycle of financial collapse every 20 years first.
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You can't trust any company.
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A prominent Cambodia environmentalist is arrested while investigating illegal logging
These stories are terrifying. Logging in S America appears to share violence and intimidation practices with the cartels.
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Seagate Ironwolf or WD red plus drives
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I wouldn't think so. 5400 rpm drives might last longer if we're specifically thinking about mechanical wear. My main takeaway is that WDC has the best. I would use the largest number available which is the final chart which you also point out. One thing which others have also pointed out that there is no metadata included with these results. For example the location of different drives, i.e. rack and server-room specific data. These would control for temperature, vibration and other potential confounders. Also likely that as new servers are brought online, different SKUs are being bought in groups, i.e. all 10 TB Seagate Ironwolf. I don't know why they haven't tried to use linear or simple machine learning models to try to provide some explanatory information to this data, but nevertheless I am deeply appreciative that this data is available at all.