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[–] SexualPolytope 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I think that should be enough. Maybe try two vCPUs if you wanna host other stuff too. But for just some mirrors/aggregators, one vCPU is probably enough. I don't think you really need to worry about RAM or storage either.

Computers are plenty fast these days. I think you'll only start to see actual performance issues when handling hundreds of simultaneous users.

In any case, you shouldn't be spending over $10/month. You can get much lower. Take a look at this. I don't know how reliable or secure they are, but they're very cheap. I've used their VPS in the past, and it seemed pretty okay.

Edit: You can also do what I do for heavier stuff like Jellyfin or Immich, and simply use the VPS as a relay. The actual stuff runs on my home server, connects to the VPS via Wireguard, which then masks its IP.

[–] SexualPolytope 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (4 children)

Not always. You can pay by crypto at many places e.g. https://kyun.sh/

Also, many of the providers don't really validate anything so you can get away with providing random information, and paying with a prepaid debit card.

[–] SexualPolytope 1 points 6 days ago

You have nothing to lose but your chains, type shi

 
[–] SexualPolytope 6 points 6 days ago

The Dark Knight Rises. I was in middle school, and my someone had told my parents that it was extremely violent. Anyway, my cousin had a pirated copy, so I watched it at his place. We could literally hear people chomping on popcorn, and see moving heads lol.

[–] SexualPolytope 22 points 1 week ago

Cult. I think that's the correct word. Death cult, even, given all the bullshit that they're trying to pull.

[–] SexualPolytope 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)
[–] SexualPolytope 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's kinda better using quadlets, because I wrote some custom scripts, and quadlets made the process better. But podman compose is probably file too.

[–] SexualPolytope 2 points 2 weeks ago

Rootless. The docker containers were rootful, hence the permission struggles.

[–] SexualPolytope 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes of course. Had to spend a couple of hours fixing permission related issues.

[–] SexualPolytope 4 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Just did that last weekend. Nothing to do anymore. 😢

[–] SexualPolytope 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)
[–] SexualPolytope 4 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, I guess I'll stick to the older release for now. Hopefully a viable alternative/fork comes around.

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How to get rid of my old laptop? (self.sustainabletech)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SexualPolytope to c/sustainabletech
 

I have an old laptop that I'd like to get rid of. I've repurposed its SSD and RAM. It has an HDD on it, but it's so old, that it probably shouldn't be used anymore. A screw doesn't fit properly, so the chassis is a bit bumpy on one corner. But it works just fine. (Has an 8th gen i7 in it.)

I already have home-servers etc., so I just want to get rid of it. What's the most ethical way of doing it?

I'm currently living somewhere in southern USA, if that's relevant.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by SexualPolytope to c/hardware@lemmy.ml
 

Hi, I bought a used Dell constellation HDD from eBay. Here's the link for the listing.

It's supposed to be tested by them, but when I received it, it didn't spin up. I tried putting it inside my Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny, and also tried using an external SATA to USB adapter, but none of them work.

Now, it's a bit weird and different from the usual HDDs. It's 2.5 inch, but thicker than usual, 7200 RPM, and is supposed to be enterprise grade. So maybe I'm doing something wrong, and need a special adapter for it. Or it can be a faulty drive. I'm not sure. If anyone has experience with these drives, please let me know if I should be doing something different. Thanks.

Edit: I came to the conclusion that the drive is faulty. I contacted the seller, and was given a refund.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/43150819

I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny (10FL) which has been working fine. Recently, I had an HDD failure, and replaced it with an SSD. This time, I decided to go with ZFS (single drive, kinda pointless, but I get scrubbing). Every once in a while, I'm getting errors while scrubbing. It's always 1-2 read or write errors. And it never reappears if I clear the error and run another scrub.

The data isn't important, and it's backed up, so I'm not too worried about it. But, the symptoms make me think that it's an issue of the SATA port inside? Is it possible to replace the SATA port inside this device. I wasn't able to find anything like part number etc. online and it looks like I need to replace the whole board. Any help is appreciated.

 

I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny (10FL) which has been working fine. Recently, I had an HDD failure, and replaced it with an SSD. This time, I decided to go with ZFS (single drive, kinda pointless, but I get scrubbing). Every once in a while, I'm getting errors while scrubbing. It's always 1-2 read or write errors. And it never reappears if I clear the error and run another scrub.

The data isn't important, and it's backed up, so I'm not too worried about it. But, the symptoms make me think that it's an issue of the SATA port inside. Is it possible to replace the SATA port inside this device? I wasn't able to find anything like part number etc. online and it looks like I need to replace the whole board. Any help is appreciated.

 
 

I'm sorry but I'm frustrated by the blatant misuse of AI by my students and colleagues alike. It's so obvious when they don't understand what they've written.

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That's only fair (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SexualPolytope to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
 
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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SexualPolytope to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
 

Sure, playing chess needs intelligence, dedication, and good chess players are smarter than an average person. But it's waaaay exaggerated in movies. I'm a math researcher, and in any movie, my department will be full of chess geniuses. But in reality, only about 10% of them even play chess.

 

I'm trying to pull manual shots from my Breville Bambino, and it simply isn't working. I'm following the steps in the manual. (Press and hold the double-shot button for pre-infusion, then release it for the extraction to start, and then press again to stop.) The issue is, the machine stops midway, before I press the button. Seems like it's doing the pre-programmed double shot volume, and stopping after that. Does anyone has experience pulling manual shots from this machine? Should I contact Breville for a repair?

Edit: It fixed itself after performing a factory reset.

 

I currently have a zfs pool with mirrored vdevs, and it's working well. It only has HDDs. I was planning to add an SSD I have lying around as a Metadata Special Device, since I've read that it can improve performance by quite a bit. I've also read that if I do that, and if the special device dies, I lose my pool.

Now, I don't want to buy new SSD pairs for mirroring this one, so is there a way to ensure that the metadata is also stored on the HDD as usual, along with the SSD? I guess I want it to work like a cache for the metadata, and not the only place for it.

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