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ChatGPT fried my drive!? [Solved]

Right now there isn’t enough information to conclude that the drive is “bricked”.

sg_format on a SAS drive with DIF enabled can absolutely make the disk temporarily unusable to the OS if the format parameters no longer match what the HBA/driver expects, but that is very different from a dead drive.

To make any determination, more data is required. At minimum (boot with a live Linux USB drive if you are unable to get to this information):

Please provide verbatim output from:

  • dmesg -T (from boot and when the drive is detected)
  • sblk -o NAME,MODEL,SIZE,PHY-SeC,LOG-SeC
  • fdisk -l /dev/sdX
  • sg_inq /dev/sdX
  • sg_readcap -l /dev/sdX
  • sg_modes -a /dev/sdX

Also specify:

  • Exact drive model
  • HBA model and firmware
  • Kernel version / distro
  • Whether the controller supports DIF/DIX (T10 PI)
  • Whether other identical drives still work in the same slot/cable

Common possibilities (none can be confirmed without logs):

  • Drive formatted with DIF enabled but HBA/OS not configured for it
  • Logical/physical block size mismatch (e.g. 520/528 vs 512/4096)
  • Format still in progress or left the drive in a non-ready state
  • Mode pages changed that Linux does not like by default

Things that are usually recoverable on SAS drives:

  • Re-formatting with correct sector size and DIF disabled
  • Clearing protection information
  • Power-cycling the drive after format completion
  • Formatting from a controller that fully supports the drive’s feature set

Actual permanent bricking from sg_format alone is rare unless firmware flashing or vendor-specific commands were involved.

Until logs are posted, all anyone can honestly say is:

The drive is not currently usable, but there is no evidence yet that it is permanently damaged.

If you can share this information it might be possible to get the drive back online, though I make no promises.

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My Pixel 10 warned me 8 times in 30-minutes that there was a rogue connection made. Deeply concerning

It could also be something less alarming, like cellular repeaters inside the building. Many buildings use these to boost indoor coverage when concrete and steel block signals from outside towers, and that might explain why your phone flagged multiple connections so quickly. I’m not ruling out the possibility of a rogue tower or IMSI catcher, but it’s worth considering that the alerts could simply be repeaters being picked up by this new warning feature. Either way, it’s good that your phone is making you aware — at least now you know when unusual connections happen.

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Heya guys.

vitamin b is water soluble, so all the excess should just come out when you pee, however vitamin b is also used in energy drinks and energy products because it "wakes you up", so it could very well just be a side affect of this.

if you are unsure however, you should consult your doctor or medical personnel, as it might be something else, and I am not qualified to respond to this, more than the information I've read and have no medical training, so it could be something I am unaware of.

take care and how you'll get it sorted.

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"LEDVANCE" is just a trademark. This is just a plain old fluorescent tube.

that one was made in Russia according to the printed text..and in October 2022 if I read the date stamp correctly? and LEDVANCE is a company name, not product name, it was splitted out of OSRAMS LED division in 2016.

Ledvance GmbH, headquartered in Garching bei München, Germany, is a general lighting and smart home technology company. It was established in 2016 as a spin-off from Osram Licht AG. Since April 2018, Ledvance has been wholly owned by Chinese lighting company MLS.[3] ....

In April 2015, it was announced that Osram would divest its general lighting lamp business, which accounted for just over one-third of its workforce. In June 2015, the supervisory board of Osram Licht AG agreed to the divestment of their lamp division with products such as LED lamps, halogen lamps, and compact fluorescent lamps.[4][5] This divested division has been operating as a legally independent company under the name Ledvance since April 2016.

At the end of July 2016, Osram announced that Ledvance would be sold for more than €500 million[8] to a Chinese consortium consisting of investor IDG Capital, LED packaging manufacturer MLS, and Yiwu. The sale was completed on 3 March 2017, with economic effect as of 1 March 2017.[9][10][11] Due to the takeover, MLS gained distribution networks in Europe and the United States.[12][13] Since April 2018, MLS has been the sole owner of Ledvance

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledvance

not sure you can make OSRAM responsible for what a Chinese company does in Russia?

edit: should have updated the text on thought, but perhaps not the first priority or something considered important in Russia.

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Can anyone give me advice on how to solve this T1-11 siding rot?

Leave a gap between the concrete and the siding, so that the water can run away/evaporate before it reaches the wood. Also make sure that the water flows away from the siding when it rains, and not up against it.

There should be a small slope away from the siding, so the water is not retained there, but leads away to avoid further damage to the siding/construction.

In Norway where I live, all houses have a clearing of 2-3 cm at least between the concrete and wood, and the floor is made so the water runs away from the building to avoid exactly this issue, because of the amount of rain and sometimes melted snow during the seasons. It's part of the building code for houses.

Best of luck to you in getting this sorted out, make sure you get all the damaged parts out, so you avoid secret problems later on.

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HP Laptop drains battery while turned off

does this happen if you force it to shut down by holding the power button for +10sec, or if you remove and reinsert the battery after power off?

forcing a shutdown or removing and installing the battery, will ensure that the laptop is indeed shut down and not just halting during the shutdown process.

if you still have the same issue after this test I would guess your battery is dying, but if not you know that the issue is a software and not a hardware problem..

anyway, best of luck getting it sorted

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F*ckin Android update on my ZFold5 removed the setting options to independently set the home screen grid and the cover screen grid size.

If you download Good Lock (https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.goodlock), you can still modify this through the Home Up add-on, along with many other tweaks and settings. I've almost managed to restore it to how it was before One UI 7 using these tools.

While what Samsung did isn't ideal, at least there's a solution for some of the changes at least.

It's a great tool by Samsung, but not promoted as much as it should 🙂

(edit: screenshot for reference)

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Webm supports multiple audio and subtitle tracks inside its RIFF container structure, why the hell arent browsers supporting it???

Subtitles are not always simple text files in the source. They can come in various formats like SRT, WebVTT, Teletext, and VobSub—if they are present at all.

To integrate them into WebM, you must first determine if they exist, ensure they have the correct language tags (and tag them properly if they don’t), then extract them, convert them into a format compatible with the player, and finally remux them alongside the video and audio. This process can easily fail in an automated workflow if any of these conditions are unmet or if the subtitle format is incompatible.

Given this complexity, it’s understandable why many choose to avoid the effort rather than addressing whether WebM supports subtitles.

I am not defending anyone, but the process of it all makes it understandable, at least for me.

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Torrenting is not allowed on Windscribe

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I do not work there, just referenced the terms of conditions from their website, so you need to ask them the questions, but I think having a 1Gb connection with 30TB of seeding will eat up that pretty fast either way and also cause a mayhem of incoming connections, so it can hardly be considered private use (based on their definition)

Again, I have no reference to the company, so all questions should be forwarded to them not me. I simply gave a possible reasoning of the ban from their terms.

edit: added info about their definition of private use

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Gentoo and Debain has the most badass package uninstall syntax ever

does gentoos emerge --rageclean count?

[--unmerge, -C WARNING: This action can remove important packages! Removes all matching packages following a counter governed by CLEAN_DELAY. This does no checking of dependencies, so it may remove packages necessary for the proper operation of your system. Its arguments can be atoms or ebuilds. For a dependency aware version of --unmerge, use --depclean or --prune. For a version with CLEAN_DELAY=0, use --rage-clean.

(edit, added context from "man emerge", rageclean mentioned the last sentence)

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What?

probably not supporting the new api changes, the comments are visible in other clients/the web.

I've switched clients untill there is a new release which fixes this and more issues.

(edit: Lemmy.world was updated yesterday which strengthens my theory of it not being supported anymore)

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Horsepower required for 10 Gbit router?

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3 horses = 3 horsepower, which translates to a whopping 393.6 Duckpower.

Honestly, why are we still using horses as the standard here? Ducks are clearly the superior metric. So if you're like me and prefer a more feathered approach, just remember:

3 horses = 3 horsepower = 393.6 ducks You’re welcome.

(PS: Just imagine 393.6 ducks handling 10Gb... now that’s efficiency.)

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I'm not into conspiracy theories, but

it's a token from the corona vaccine..

If you google the text לאדם, צעד גדול לבריאות של כולנו "

Translated from one of the results:

Health

"A small shot for a person, a huge step for the health of all of us": Netanyahu and Edelstein get vaccinated for coronavirus Vaccination campaign launched at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer • Prime Minister: "This is a big day for the State of Israel, the vaccine will allow us to open the country and return it to what it was" • Health Minister: "Operation 'Give a Shoulder' tests the resilience of Israeli society" • According to him, "there are reasons for optimism"

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/831257%3famp=1

not all is a conspiracy

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How do people do it?

it depends on the people you ask, there is no rule or right way to do anything, at least not as I have discovered so far, so correct me if I am wrong.

a lot of the frustration and overwhelming you feel now, could be because your body reacts to being off the medicine and it needs some time to adjust before it's back to normal. it's a tough period, but it will get better, at least that's my experience when going off certain medicine.

I have no medical training so this is just my experience, and if you feel unsure or unsafe, please contact the nearest medical service to get help.

but I feel for you and as I've repeatably have said now, in my experience it gets better, just keep in there!

good luck and hope you'll be okay!

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Heya guys.

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have you checked the side effects of vitamin b? seems like you are experiencing several of those, but it is almost impossible to "overdose" vitamin b since it is not stored in the fat cells like for instance vitamin d does.

Some of the side effects listed below:

Injectable vitamin B-12, which is used to treat significant deficiencies, can cause the following side effects:

mild diarrhea, itching, skin rash, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure early in treatment, vein thrombosis, sensation of swelling, polycythemia vera (rare, slow growing blood cancer)

Vitamin B-12 can cause very rare but serious allergic reactions (anaphylaxis). This includes swelling of the face, tongue, and throat, and difficulty swallowing and breathing. If this occurs after you take vitamin B-12, call 911 or your local emergency services immediately.

source: https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/vitamin-b12-side-effects#side-effects

(edit; added some commas to the list to improve reading)

ALWAYS check with a trained medicinal personel, again I can not stress this enough if you are unsure.