acockworkorange

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OS market share in Top 500 supercomputers in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

BSD was embroiled in a messy legal battle with AT&T over Unix copyright. Businesses wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. That’s what really enabled Linux to be anything more than a hobby protect. And we’re all worse for it.

"What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, and it could be a good opportunity to share some of the feedback that usually gets commented here :) in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s about priorities. Fix the ducking browser first, get market share, THEN you fuck around with random shit.

Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law in c/technology@lemmy.world
Post your setup. no matter how uggo in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where do you source your diagnostic dust?

Post your setup. no matter how uggo in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 26 points 2 days ago

Just a NAS for now. Plan to add PiHole at some point.

Most energy-efficient method to cook brown rice? in c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

I have a countertop version with a single “burner”. It’s amazing what you can do with that. Sometimes I take it outside to cook out when the weather is nice.

Most energy-efficient method to cook brown rice? in c/buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I guess you want unattended cooking. But if that’s not the case, and you’re doing other stuff in the kitchen, an induction cooktop is the most versatile option. Some even let you set a temperature so you’re not wasting energy.

CBP’s Privacy Impact Assessment on Commercial Telemetry Data Highlight Urgent Need for PIA Reform in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I know you’re just using the original title, but consider changing it to this and saving some neurons for the next readers:

CBP’s “Privacy Impact Assessment on commercial telemetry data” highlight urgent need for PIA reform

WLED power limit for FCOB strip in c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It bothers me that the setting is called LED voltage but refers to current. But at least it refers to current, because controlling the voltage to power an LED is a recipe for a burnt out LED.

We're never going to have better internet in the USA, are we? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

We had to pay extra for no caps

fr fr

World's largest EV never has to be recharged in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

I saw that Tom Scott episode too. I’ll miss him.

Project 2025 chief’s book urges ‘burning’ of FBI, New York Times and Boy Scouts in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

Oh I don’t doubt that one bit. But I can see how the Magat would think it has “gone woke”.

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Importing Flickr data? (mander.xyz)
 

Does anyone know of a script I could run to import my Flickr data into, say, pixelfed or another federated service?

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Lofi & Earl Grey. Hot. (sh.itjust.works)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23758244

I was inspired by a post in !tenforward@lemmy.world so I mixed some lofi with jazzhop and a dash of classical on vinyl and made a playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RtFmMUo0wA1E6lMTwxdYp

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Deep Space 9 - but it's 30 Rock (youtu.be)
 

I’m not sure Riker would be opposed to the Klingon’s idea.

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What is TrueNAS writing all the time to disk? (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by acockworkorange@mander.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink
 

I have a TrueNAS install with SMB turned on and nothing else. Even when it’s idle and nothing is accessing it, there’s constant disk activity. Very low bandwidth, but it’s like some log is in verbose mode.

TrueNAS is installed in a NVMe disk with plenty of room, and there’s only one pool. I’ve checked my snapshot configuration, nothing enabled faster than daily.

What could be causing it? How do I stop it or redirect it to the NVMe drive? I’m willing to create a partition on the NVMe drive if that’s what will do it.

Edit: thanks everyone for all the feedback, I’ll try these out and report back.

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Self hosting courses on Udemy (mander.xyz)
 

So my employer got me a business Udemy account and I want to make the most of it. What are good courses there for a home self hoster?

I’ve got a couple Docker for beginners courses.

Would an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner be any useful?

I’m looking into networking as well, so I understand VLANs, routing and firewalls.

I have a decent grasp of Linux fundamentals, but I’m outdated in administration as I haven’t been more than a user for the past 10 years.

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Ingenious ways to measure power draw (mander.xyz)
 

So I wanted to get myself a Kill-a-watt. Being who I am, I wanted information regarding its accuracy, especially at low power draws. I found a comparison with a industry grade equipment (Fluke is about the best out there in handheld electrical meters). It’s not encouraging, so I thought about a more proper meter, but it’s not easy to find an actual power meter that is accurate at low loads, isn’t a hassle to install and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

What do you use? Am I overthinking it?

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Local backup on TrueNAS (mander.xyz)
 

I am building my 3-2-1 backup system and wanted to add an external HD to my TrueNAS machine. Since it only works with ZFS, I thought of setting up that drive as a compressed, dedup ZFS volume.

I have a truckload of NVMe left on the boot drive that I could repartition and turn some of the free space as a dedup vdev for the backup drive. I don't have any other physical bays to add a dedicated drive on the machine.

A) Is that a bad idea? What are the downsides of using the boot drive like that?

B) Which tool do you recommend for local backup? I'm looking for actual incremental backup, not just a sync tool.

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