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interesting, it just got done extracting 'base' and now it's extracting 'comp' at 4x the speed 👀
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it eventually slowed down again to the same speed. weird. few big vs many small files maybe?
I have my doubts that this is due to the SD card but I suppose that's possible too.
good, good, the magic-wormhole relay server blocks me from connecting in yet another "yeah we just discriminate against all data center IPs, fuck you bye" fail, what's the full-p2p alternative again? I've always thought magic-wormhole's setup relying on a centralized relay was janky.
I'm doing well enough with my New Year's resolution to limit viewing of true trash content on Youtube to 20 min a day, that I think I'll step it up by declaring 1 day a week Peertube-only day.
I like to watch a video while I eat, might as well put some actual time into branching out and discovering creators on #Peertube, especially since I technically am one now...
(that resolution the only one I'm doing well with, but who's counting)
got a replacement fan+heatsink unit coming in tomorrow for the Thinkpad, which I've mostly been using in a very reduced way so it doesn't overheat when the fan temporarily seizes up.
is anybody on fedi offering #FreeStickers for a self-addressed stamped envelope?? I need flair for my bike. boosts highly appreciated.
I ordered a dynamo headlight for my bike to replace the chintzy incandescent unit, and some 6-30VAC LED drop-in replacement bulbs for the tail light (hope they work, I'll have to find 3-n VAC bulbs if they don't work at low speeds, or wire in a capacitor), and a couple amber side lights, with some catsitting proceeds.
it's only once in a while that catsitting involves riding my bike at night, but my current situation - dim incandescent dynamo system, 1x AA flashlight up front and 1x AAA blinky on backpack - is not up to the task of riding in a city with mildy crappy roads. plus it will be nice to have the option to take my bike out at night for any reason without worrying about it.
I am however very paranoid about it being stolen because I can't afford to replace it. I need to make it look older and more grungy... I need to get a bunch of free stickers and some duct tape and such.
had a task in Tasks.org to make a Tasks.org feature request for a combined list view, but when I went searching for pre-existing tickets, I learned that Filters accomplish this. so yay for that.
I really need to make a #TasksDotOrg video at some point, especially now that the dude is working on it full time and is building a desktop app. #TasksOrg
> reading thread on these garbage Intel NICs on Proxmox forums
> clicking Like on good posts
> hmm... why can't I click Like on this one?
> past me posted it 7 months ago
didn't work on the laptop yet because reasons (I've been struggling lately, hence the reduced posting frequency and no progress on projects) and I might not do it today because I stayed up all night to try to push my sleep cycle forward, and so I don't want to accidentally break something.
I may however set the NanoPi and the old reconstituted server up on the covfefe table I cleaned off yesterday.
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@RationalizedInsanity hell yeah
looking at a 2.5GbE card that fits in an A+E key m.2 2230 slot and wisely this time I searched the chip on Proxmox forums - surprise - another garbage NIC from Intel
I know it'll likely never come out, but I'd love to read an industry insider breakdown of why Intel NICs in the consumer segment have been complete crap for many years now.
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I actually need a new phone, but given this one has a Snapdragon 845 and 6GB of memory, I see an extended life for it as a dev phone / secondary phone for running something that isn't GrapheneOS.
meanwhile, remember what I said about how common trash NICs and/or NIC drivers are, even in motherboards, even from manufacturers like Intel?
yeah, this has been an outstanding bug with the Intel NIC in the system in question which hasn't been fixed in kernel drivers for many years at this point. so it's not *only* USB NICs which are terrible.
I should have known to check what built-in NIC the new system has, given how frequently I've had to deal with this over the years.
if I had tons of disposable income I'd have an IP KVM in the #CouchLab just so I don't have to mess with hooking up this extremely long HDMI cable every time something breaks badly enough to require console access on a physical host.
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what can I say, it wouldn't be Surfhosting without a bunch of questionable hardware decisions based on the fact that I'm doing all of this with 1-liter mini PCs...
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anyway, I'm going to have to hack together a custom 2.5-inch drive caddy which leaves vertical clearance above the m.2 wifi slot (because now there are vertical SATA connectors there), and either cut or completely remove the shell of my 2.5-inch SSD (which will be internal and live in the caddy), and also beg him to 3D print a FlexIO cover with a hole in it to route the SATA cable thru to the external HDD.
I've never touched CAD or messed with 3D printing in my life.
I suppose I should make a short video on this when all is said and done.
the more I consider it, the more I think I should definitely buy another of those HDDs next weekend if I can still get one for less than $90 or so.
every article I've read, most of them quoting industry execs and insiders, has been saying the same thing: don't expect the storage and RAM crunch to ease for at least a year from now, bare minimum.
only possibility is if the AI bubble pops soon and pops hard, and even in that case I'd have overpaid a negligible amount for a drive that'll remain useful for at least a couple more years, given that I'm pretty wedded to 2.5" and will be for another generation or two of replacements and hand-me-down upgrades in my little flock.
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@runbox was looking forward to this, thanks for posting
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@HopelessDemigod 20MB 5.25-inch full-height, average seek time 65ms, full sweep seek time just under 100ms
my mother used to delete my files to reclaim space on that drive, so one of my starts into hacking was learning that I could use a hex editor to set the hidden flag on directories in Compaq DOS 3.20, and then use the SUBST command to access their contents which otherwise, along with being invisible, wouldn't be accessible by many commands & programs.
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@theautisticcoach 10 years later, turns out I do very poorly in scenarios where people cohabitate but everyone is their own independently-vectored unit under capitalism
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@danana_dread@tech.lgbt wow yeah, I feel this
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@waffles I'm older than dirt, my first Linux install was Slackware on a 25MHz 386SX 🦶⤵️🪦
if anyone wants to follow @fediseeds@hostux.social, that's my other project besides Surfhosting.
the goal is to make it drastically easier for people to set up fedi instances, and thus increase the number of very small instances by a substantial margin.
mmkay, having a low function period.
still got the last #1LPC server to rebuild with parts on hand and recommission. hopefully this weekend.
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ahh okay, no, only the crappy Intel NIC was indeed crashed, the crappy Realtek NIC was up and working fine.
I thought that one was down due to having already forgotten what past me set up two days ago.
when I say cognitive limitations due to environment are why it takes me so long to do anything, this is the type of thing I'm talking about.
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@cristianrasch@fosstodon.org I never used to experience that but I get it more often than I did nowadays... though I actually I most often get it from making spicy posts on the fediverse, because I used to be much more prone to argue online and thus the anxiety comes from occasionally overstepping here where I'm way more motivated to be polite.
I still occasionally roast random bad Youtube comments and don't feel bad about it, but it's nevertheless not good for me, which is why quitting all interaction with comments is next now that I've eliminated chasing the algorithm.
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@cristianrasch@fosstodon.org I used Unhook to break my addiction to the Youtube algorithm. next up will be breaking my addiction to slinging 💩 in the comments, as part of my ongoing disconnection from toxic platforms.
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@kwramm@mastodon.gamedev.place my hatred of PayPal is boundless, deeper than the deepest ocean, darker than the blackest starless void
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@metaphil this is too real ... I have a growing pile of bits & bobs I purchased which ended up on the shelf due to ever-shifting plans. but every now and then, having them around saves my ass in an unexpected way, so that's good at least!
I'm so mad about this, these scumbags also have a hold on my card, did I mention they offered me a "discounted price" at more than 4x what was listed on their website?!
and now because my ass is broke, I can't order a different unit until that hold clears. I'm looking at my options, might be able to snag a 750GB drive with less cache for the amount I'd still have available if the hold is cleared.
lol, never mind, the average asking price that was $100 two days ago is now $150. I got fucked because New Town Spares, Inc refused to honor the price on their site which is STILL UP as of now.
turns out it was a used drive anyway, which wasn't mentioned anywhere on the listing.
I'm gonna have to re-jigger my plans because I can't afford even one of these at this rate, let alone two. thanks, Sam Altman!
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@devuan I did my first install of Devuan this month after finding out that to run in an LXC, systemd requires nesting to be enabled, which substantially increases the attack surface of the hypervisor from within the LXC.
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@DM_Zeppelin@dice.camp don't forget the government. which will definitely be in on the fun.
fuck every bit of all that.
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@mxchara@seattle.pink I've switched to LXQt from whatever BunsenLabs uses (OpenBox + a bunch of other things, I think) for all my VMs and lighter hardware. it's nice and light and has half-decent polish plus not too many bugs.
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@Rob_J Armbian, but close enough.
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at least this time I'm dealing with an HP EliteDesk 800 G6, which unlike the G4, doesn't block the 2nd NVMe slot with the stock 2.5-inch drive caddy... we had to print a custom caddy for my G4 (a gift from an anon supporter) after I found out about that fun fact.
I'll be opening that G4 up to swap DDR4 sticks in a few days, and it'll be the first opportunity to see if the caddy has melted at all, since it was printed with PLA.
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@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org rw,noatime,discard
should I be using 'log'? FWIW, this is the official Raspberry Pi 1 image written to the SD card, so AFAIK it's not set in that image.
lol I fucking knew it, the 1TB drive I bought for $64 was listed in error and they are now selling the same unit refurb for $270 👍
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@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org I'll add it and then see how fast the next 'sysupgrade auto' goes. do you think the RasPi image should have it enabled by default?
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@matthew@social.retroedge.tech very nice, I'm still pretty new to using LXQt on lightweight systems and VMs, coming from BunsenLabs. so I barely customize it thus far. but I would like to be able to thwack the super key and type and have it search the menu, etc.
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@dbtechyt@fosstodon.org looks interesting, I think I'm gonna stick with Tiddlywiki-in-Markdown until something a bit simpler comes along... though it does suggest the idea of a recipe manager which used a standardized Markdown format from which it could parse ingredients for something like Mealie's shopping list feature... :blobthinkingcool:
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@linuxandyarn@hachyderm.io @nixCraft@mastodon.social same, I just installed it for the first time ever the other day