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[Hypothetical] The internet is getting shut down for 5 years. You have 100 GB of storage available, you have 24 hours to prepare. What do you download? by neidu3 in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

100GB?? I'd be more worried about WTF will happen to the rest of my 100TB of storage

Will the price of Freeze Driers go down? (USA question) by neidu3 in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 82 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Probably not. They aren't mass produced to the same extent because while there is a market for them, that market isn't even close to as large as the microwave market.

Also, I highly recommend Technology Connections' video on freeze dryers, as it highlights why it's not as useful as they may seem - They have their uses, but freeze drying is not the ultimate food preservation method.

The video goes in depth into how freeze drying works (and doesn't), and I recommend watching the entire thing and evaluate whether you actually need one.

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Which podcast player do you use for android? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by neidu3@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm currently looking for a replacement to castbox. Castbox us OK, but I want to learn what else good is out there. Bonus points for one that has movement-sensitive sleep timer the way Smart AudioBook Player has.

UPDATE: Testing out Antennapod. Looks nice, and seems to do what I want it to do. I need to experiment with the auto-download a bit and see if it behaves the way I want it to. If it does, we have a winner.

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Can a disk image with multiple partitions be shrunk in a reasonably easy way? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by neidu3@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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I set up a machine with Debian 12 earlier. The partition schema is fairly standard, except I'm using mdraid for redundancy. I made an image of the two drives, so that I can easily replicate this setup for other machines (I have a bunch of machines that I need to set up in the exact same way.

However, I realized after I finished setting up everything that I chose the wrong pair of disks - instead of the 2.5" SSD pair, I installed it on the NVMe pair which are supposed to be used for something else. And the SSD pair is smaller than the NVMe pair.

Is it possible to resize the images so that they'll fit onto the correct disks, or do I have to start from scratch?

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Is "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy considered a good book? Because I read it, and I'm not sure it should be. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by neidu3@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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OK, so I finished this a while back, and despite it appealing to a lot of my interests, I honestly found it pretty meh.

I really enjoyed the realistic military/tactical aspect of it all, as that part is right up my alley, but... I did not care about the characters, the plot seemed hollow, and it seems like some things that could have been explored further were simply ignored.

For example, in the beginning these guys blow up a refinery. There are vague descriptions as to why, but after this it is practically not mentioned again. Whatever movement they were part of apparently disappears, and there are no repercussions for their home oblast.

The only thing this book has going for it, in my opinion, is that military nerds like me enjoy the detailed writing about the different types of hardware involved in the book.

So, since I am by no means a literary connoseur, I'm curious about what others think of this one.