health issues, while also quitting smoking and drinking cold turkey.
The latter of the two tremendous successes while the health issues
stable and no cancer to report after 3 CT scans over a little over a
year.
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Hope all are healthy and well.
That sounds incredibly hard, and that report is _delightful_, given
where you were.
Welcome back, tG! We certainly missed you.
Yes. Glad to hear that you are doing better also. Welcome back!
That sounds incredibly hard, and that report is _delightful_, given where you were.
Welcome back, tG! We certainly missed you.
Thanks Adept I missed everyone also. You still in Germany?
Yep. Lets me more easily get to demo parties and the SPIEL boardgame convention.
You making any new ANSIs, these days? I haven't made much, other than
for demo parties, and that's... not really much output.
Not so much yet. I've been getting the old BBS cleaned up and everything working again. Between starting a new job, acquiring chickens to now
care for, and it in general finally getting nice enough to wear shorts,
Are you speaking fluent German yet? Or had you prior to moving?
Sounds like a lot of solid activities to be up to! And I know a variety
of people who enjoy having chickens, so hopefully you enjoy making pets out of them (assuming you're not actually going the for-profit farm route).
And congrats on the new job. Hopefully they treat you well.
Pfft, no. My ability to understand is better, but I haven't had classes, so improvement is slow. Certainly, when people talk at me about topics I understand, I can generally follow along, and generally understand daily-interactions, but I get lost pretty quickly, and run out of words _very_ quickly.
Reading works a bit better, but it's still a challenge.
If only I had moved to a Spanish-speaking country, where my previously-acquired level of language ability would've made real fluency
a bit easier to come by. :)
Though "fluent" is hard to define anyway. My German is such that, if people can't speak English, I can find a way for people to understand
me, and to understand them. It'll just be painful for both of us.
No they are pets for the kids and free eggs for us :) With eggs costing $4.99 each egg these days (kidding not that high) it is a nice bonus to have free "backyard fresh" eggs. It's been a fun learning experience
for sure. While other neighbors in our "hood" also have chickens, all it takes is one change in our HOA bylaws, so the eggs have also been a
handy bribe to keep the neighborly peace.
I'd definitely find that to be very challenging. I'd find it lonely if
I were extroverted while maybe rather awesome if an introvert able to simply say "sorry I don't speak German" all of the time ;) When at
work, are you around mostly english speaking coworkers and bosses?
Though "fluent" is hard to define anyway. My German is such that, if people can't speak English, I can find a way for people to understand me, and to understand them. It'll just be painful for both of us.
That would be painful, however I would imagine experiencing the culture, history, landscape, all while meeting new people you can communicate
with is worth it, right?
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Kinda similarly, I know someone who's basically vegan, and doesn't eat eggs, but will eat eggs from the backyard chickens because they know
how the chickens are treated, that they won't be slaughtered because they're not quite productive enough, etc.
On the central California coast, we're spoiled - lots of locally farm-raised chicken eggs for sale at local markets and a large local egg farm that's cage-free and humane - and you can verify it.
After watching one of *those* videos, I won't buy any egg from a farm
that doesn't feel genuinely cage-free and humane.
Kinda similarly, I know someone who's basically vegan, and doesn't eat eggs, but will eat eggs from the backyard chickens because they know how the chickens are treated, that they won't be slaughtered because they're not quite productive enough, etc.
But it's also just kinda neat because it's _not_ uniform, and sometimes people end up changing egg-eating habits due to the egg-laying habits of the pets.
Ugh, HOAs. But... probably best to not dive into that particular challenge, here. Not that I've ever even had to deal with an HOA.
Eh, pretty much everyone speaks English anyway. Yeah, different levels, but especially in certain areas, people will wind up speaking to you in English if your German isn't great.
Less so where I live, mostly because people don't generally use it on a daily basis. But pretty much everyone under 55 or so has had maybe a decade of English instruction.
Yeah. My team is international, in a variety of ways, and theoretically people are supposed to speak English, even if it's all Germans.
But with my immediate team in particular, a few people are US-based, and the team as a whole is probably only a third or quarter German.
The _rest_ of the office is mostly German, though.
Yeah, good and bad. I'm mostly struggling with just having a lack of energy to do all these things. And, while it'd be good to learn German faster, it's just... a lot of energy.
But there's a lot about it that's a really neat experience, though.
community -- there are crazy chicken ladies in the community. This is a good thing as we had a chick grow to be a rooster and instead of having
to "off" it, there was a crazy chicken lady in the waiting ready to
rescue the bird that violates our towns decibel rating chicken laws (yes
..) and my brother, who lives in rural America, had a neighbor whom had ironically just lost his rooster to a coyote (the joys of free ranging chickens, constant "loss" to the predators...) So we were able to give
Yeesh, our education system really sucks here. I wish they'd start teaching second languages in grade school. Thats nice that you do not have to worry about finding peeps to communicate with.
Refresh my memory, what does your team do?
I end every weekend having gotten my weekend chores done and maybe a nap in, longing for next weekend to go to the range, camping, or hiking.
I try not to dwell on woulda coulda shoulda's, however I do wish I had visited Europe when college aged. With that said, I hope for a more
"calm" world so that I can make a trip, see a bit of history, and maybe see a Castle (haha ..) Oh and of course the food, nothing is better
then trying food where it originated.
I try not to dwell on woulda coulda shoulda's, however I do wish I had visited Europe when college aged. With that said, I hope for a more "calm" world so that I can make a trip, see a bit of history, and maybe see a Castle (haha ..) Oh and of course the food, nothing is better then trying food where it originated.
There are castles in Canada. Particularly, Ontario has Casa
Loma.
Good to "see" you back in the echos, btw.
That does seem pretty neat.
I mean, there are too many roosters to keep them all alive, for a
variety of reasons, but it's nice that people can take care of _little_ problems.
And decibel rating chicken laws... I guess I do live in Germany, where there are quiet hours, including all day Sunday. So, yes, a neighbor
_can_ report you if you're doing a variety of construction work on a Sunday.
But it does make for fairly quiet places, oftentimes. But there are certainly... side effects. (and, again, aiming to avoid the politics of
it all; just that there are a variety of things that are part of daily life, that people can argue about in other places.)
Automate warehouses. In particular, automate an overhead system. Basically, have these pouches that people put stuff into on one end, and take out a series for things for an order on the other end.
Ah! Our McDonalds is being torn down, not that I mind, however to my 6 year old's luck it's being rebuilt into a fully automated happy meal machine. Automated warehouses, from what I've seen (Amazon videos) look chaotic, however looks fun to make!
Two birds lay more eggs then our family of 5 eat in a week. We water bath our eggs using distilled water and pickling Lyme -- it keeps the eggs preserved for a year (as long as you don't wash them prior to putting them into the jarred "bath.") This allows the birds to have that natural break from production without being an a-hole and trying to "trick" the birds into laying during break times with unsafe heat lamps.
Ooo, a happy meal machine sounds neat.
To be fair, I'm also someone who, upon seeing a wine vending machine,
had to try it out.
Though was then disappointed when the ID scanner for age verification utterly failed to work.
Guess it depends just how cold it gets, but we used to be able to get
year round eggs just by feeding them warm food. I used to have grains, forage, and pellets from time to time. You'd just stand the pellets in hot water, let it cool a bit and presto warm mash.
Only thing we ever used any kind of heater for, and that was normally
just a 40W incandescent globe would be hatchlings.
Have you seen the video of the fully automated McDonalds in .. I think Austin Texas, it could be somewhere else in Texas .. there was a video
and article on it on Hacker News *I think*. Anyway, it's cool for the business owner for sure. I am a bit sad for the ladies that had been serving me my egg mcmuffin for the 10 years I owned my business :/ But you're right, I'll absolutely have to try to buy a sweet tea at least!
haha that is how it always goes. Having a retail background when people started saying how convenient self check out was, I just kept thinking
(it sure is convenient for the retailers bottom line for sure ..) I was ok with it and actually did find it convenient, until my family grew to
5. At that time, the small self check out counters became evil. haha!
But if 90% of your customers are checking out a handful of items, self-check seems like it _should_ be more efficient.
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To be fair, I'm also someone who, upon seeing a wine vending machine,
had to try it out.
Though was then disappointed when the ID scanner for age verification utterly failed to work.
haha that is how it always goes. Having a retail background when
people started saying how convenient self check out was, I just kept thinking (it sure is convenient for the retailers bottom line for sure
..)
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Still, I like self-checkout stuff in general. If I have a dream job of some sort, it'd be in working with library self-checkout machines. But
I have a history with those, too, where I customized ones at the
library I worked at, making them an entertaining feature of the
library.
Yeah, it's a new world. Not sure if I like it. I went to Home Depot,
asked where they kept the planges, and the apron wearer proceeded to
look on her app and tell me that I could just download the app myself
("and save me from having to look it up for you", the part she said in
her inside voice...)
I thought to myself "If I download the app, what will you do?"
If I could get one of those Boston Robotics robodogs, combined with
Google assistant so it could find my lumber, scan it at the register and load it in my car, we can talk.
I'm not so sure that 90% of the customers are using self check out by choice these days. The faces on the lines look awfully familiar to what made self check out unique. When it no longer is convenient, nor fast,
I suppose I'd prefer the more experienced cashier as so many suck at finding the bar code.
My fear is that tech is not taking into account that there are quickly becoming more people then will be jobs.
part of the self check out resistance as Blockbuster and now Redbox had and now have disappeared too quickly for me.
If you add in recommendations based on previous checkouts, I'm in.
But Redbox is ending? That's sad. I liked Redbox, and would use it if I lived on the right continent for it.
I did a quick Google search and haven't found anything explicitly saying Redbox is closing.. I did find some articles from 2019 saying Redbox
was planning to stop renting video games, and something from 2022 saying Redbox had been acquired by another company, but nothing about them closing..?
"Redbox's parent company has already expressed interest in acquiring Netflix's DVD business, only to get turned down by the streamer several times."
I did a quick Google search and haven't found anything explicitly
saying Redbox is closing.. I did find some articles from 2019
5 days ago there was an article on The Verge saying RedBox wanted to buy Netflix's DVD business:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23692665/redbox-netflix-dvd-business-sa ve
"Redbox's parent company has already expressed interest in acquiring Netflix's DVD business, only to get turned down by the streamer several times."
I did a quick Google search and haven't found anything explicitly saying Redbox is closing.. I did find some articles from 2019 saying Redbox
was planning to stop renting video games, and something from 2022 saying Redbox had been acquired by another company, but nothing about them closing..?
"Redbox's parent company has already expressed interest in acquiring
Netflix's DVD business, only to get turned down by the streamer
several times."
this is a shame because there's also other groups wanting the DVDs just to preserve them/keep them out of the landfill but that's probably unlikely too..
saying Redbox is closing.. I did find some articles from 2019
saying Redbox was planning to stop renting video games, and
The video game thing I only realized when I got a Switch OLED. I hadn't
I think RedBox only rented video games on optical discs, and I don't
think the Nintendo Switch uses optical discs, does it?
Ah wow, ok. The youtube videos are always full of the extreme options, and videos of coups catching on fire. In Indiana I suppose it just depends, I would say the past 7ish years we've had very little snow but have had Polar Vortex like wind and temperatures more frequently if I recall. I just know the wind cuts right through me moreso as the years progress -- could be age, but don't think so. The hens combs do tend to get frost bit, even with a tarp blocking the wind of the run, and fresh / thick layer of bedding in the coup.
If there are no lines, I think I mostly just get anxiety, as I need
mental preparation time for doing things, since I'd hate to hold up the line.
that would be political, so if anyone has _any_ objection to the thought
But Redbox is ending? That's sad. I liked Redbox, and would use it if I lived on the right continent for it.
I'd _also_ still be a subscriber to Netflix DVDs, but that service
offers a lot of movies that you can't stream. Copyright law allows for a little more functional service with DVDs than with streaming.
I like self-checkout, and Redbox is definitely still self-checkout. :)
longer into the year. As much as we used layers pellets, mostly for convenience for warm mash, any high carb warm food ought to work well. The warm food obviously warms them physically, but the extra carbs will help them stay warm, they'll be burning more in the cold.
caps for weeks now. I was always the guy looking forward to Tuesday for the new release movies, then Tuesdays to buy the Blu-ray movies at Best Buy or wherever ... I think everything is going cloud based now, which somtimes is ok but mostly I'm not a fan (the audio quality just isn't the same).
I feel like there will probably always still be a market for physical media. I don't think online streaming can always be relied upon, as sometimes they have problems with their service, sometimes your internet connection might drop out, and sometimes the online streaming services remove content that you might want to watch.
A couple years ago, I noticed my local Best Buy removed their racks of blu-rays and DVDs, and I thought they had decided to stop selling them. But it seems that's not the case - now they have a few (smaller) racks
for blu-ray & DVD movies toward the front of the store, so thankfully it seems they're still selling them. I tend to buy movies & shows from Amazon more often these days though.
I've been running a Plex media server at home for years now, and one
thing I've tended to do lately is buy movies & shows on blu-ray (4K preferred), and then rip them on my computer and put them on my Plex server. That way, I can stream them conveniently and I don't have to worry about a streaming service removing them.
That is good to hear, I hadn't been in a best buy in quite a few years but took my kids in over the weekend. I noticed they had moved the blu-ray, gaming, and music CD's closer to the registers at the front, with the middle of the store filled with "smart home" security and the like of products. I wonder what they will do next, shifting more of their computer focus online and laying off computer sales people. I was a bit surprised (having worked for them in the past) to see how they've scaled down their TV's and Audio.
I feel like there will probably always still be a market for
physical media. I don't think online streaming can always be relied
I do hope so. There had been talk within the Consumer Electronics industry for years about eliminating physical media in place of cloud based content. In part due to costs to make, transport, purchase, and inventory; while in part the ability to better control copy-write protections. I don't recall a bootleg blu-ray market, while also I don't recall a torrent with the audio quality of blu-ray on a good sound 7 channel and speaker sound system.
I bookmarked Plex Media Server as search for me to check out later. I used
I feel like there will probably always still be a market for physical media. I don't think online streaming can always be relied upon, as sometimes they have problems with their service, sometimes your internet connection might drop out, and sometimes the online streaming services remove content that you might want to watch.
I do hope so. There had been talk within the Consumer Electronics industry for years about eliminating physical media in place of cloud based content.
I bookmarked Plex Media Server as search for me to check out later.
Also, there are some countries I've heard about that actually do have a big bootleg market (such as China) where it's common for people to buy
and sell copied bootleg discs for movies, music, and computer software.
as a lot of audio is at least 5.1 channel. I've also heard of torrents that are ripped straight from the disc and not compressed so that you'd get the full audio and video quality (if you can find those).
Also, there are some countries I've heard about that actually do
have a big bootleg market (such as China) where it's common for
some of these are actually really cool. especially a little further back when VCDs were more common. bizarre custom artwork, random actors on the packaging that aren't in the movie at all, mistranslated or simply false titles, etc. i think chinese dvd players still support all sorts of random video types because of the different bootleg methods.
torrents that are ripped straight from the disc and not compressed
so that you'd get the full audio and video quality (if you can find
those).
these were definitely available back in the day. just not as popular as the standard 700mb fit-on-a-cd-r size release because everyone had like 5-10gb hard drives lol.
i definitely prefer keeping high bitrate 720p stuff.. i really like
I really hope one of
the new Micro Centers is in Phoenix, there's really no option to get something same day here other than the very limited BB selection.
even when the laptop was closed/sleeping). The reason being: Hollywood was going to start distribution of movies on SD cards instead of Blu-ray Discs and they wanted people to use their laptops as movie viewers in low power modes (no-OS running). That never happened. It looks like network *distribution* of media is here to stay.
Re: Re: Hola
By: Digital Man to The Godfather on Thu Apr 27 2023 03:28 pm
even when the laptop was closed/sleeping). The reason being: Hollywood was going to start distribution of movies on SD cards instead of Blu-ray Discs and they wanted people to use their laptops as movie viewers in low power modes (no-OS running). That never happened. It looks like network *distribution* of media is here to stay.
I used to think the next format movies would be distributed on would be USB flash drives or something similar. I still think that would be a nice option. With streaming, even if I buy a title on a streaming service, I still don't feel like I truly "own" the copy I bought when they're still in control of it (and I've heard of at least one case where someone bought a movie on a streaming service and they removed it at some point, so they weren't able to watch it anymore).
but I've heard good things about them. It would be nice if they'd build a location out here.. Since Fry's Electronics shut down, I've thought that could be a prime opportunity for Micro Center to buy the location and turn it into a Micro Center.
I used to think the next format movies would be distributed on would be USB flash drives or something similar. I still think that would be a nice
I was sad when Fry's shut down, but they'd become a shadow of what they'd once been. Long rows of empty shelves, populated with one or two items.
All of the local Fry's are still vacant near me, they were uniquely designed, and might turn off a prospective buyer. One's shaped like a Mayan Pyramid.
I'd rather have a retail DVD rather than a rental DVD. Rental DVDs
usually don't have much (or any) of the extras that the ones sold by retailers do. When renting a movie, you're likely to get a disc that
just has the movie and maybe some ads at the beginning, but not much
else (if anything).
Ah yes ok, that sounds easy enough, I'll try that out this
winter. We only switched to crumbles when we picked up a
few baby chicks. The two older ones were eating pellets
however half the time the bottom of the bags were moldy
last year. We haven't had that problem with the crumbles.
Granted, the chickens would probably eat the mold
considering they eat just about anything.
But even if it was just for the eggs, I could not justify
keeping chickens. The cost of raising them, feeding them,
providing necessary health care, etc.. simply cost more than
the few eggs that I would need just for myself and another
family member.
Granted, the chickens would probably eat the mold considering they eat just about anything.
I can tell, haha! It's a process for you more then anything. And to an
that would be political, so if anyone has _any_ objection to the thou
Everything can turn political these days so we'll keep it light.
DVD and gaming section, quit updating. They've had the same few movies
on the end caps for weeks now. I was always the guy looking forward to Tuesday for the new release movies, then Tuesdays to buy the Blu-ray
movies at Best Buy or wherever ... I think everything is going cloud
based now, which somtimes is ok but mostly I'm not a fan (the audio quality just isn't the same).
Wait, that service is gone right? We did that for the time it and
Redbox, I can't tell you how many movies we failed to return or forgot
to put back in the mail that we ended up paying in full for.
Yes .. only because they got rid of my beloved Hollywood Videos and Blockbusters. I miss those :(
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Yeah, I was wondering what was happening to Fry's toward the end. It
got to the point where I basically stopped going there because their shelves ended up being so empty.
I had gone to my closest Best Buy a few weeks ago... apparently they switched it to a "Best Buy Outlet" and upon walking in, apparently that means 90% of the floor space is washers and dryers. I really hope one
of the new Micro Centers is in Phoenix, there's really no option to get something same day here other than the very limited BB selection.
Yeah, I don't think there's a big bootleg blu-ray market, but I think copying media is something the industry has always been nervous about. Also, there are some countries I've heard about that actually do have a big bootleg market (such as China) where it's common for people to buy
and sell copied bootleg discs for movies, music, and computer software.
that are ripped straight from the disc and not compressed so that you'd get the full audio and video quality (if you can find those).
One issue I see is that there are multiple different streaming services available, and the subscription fees for each one would add up - If you have several of them, the total cost could be similar to a premium cable TV package. I don't think I watch enough TV for that to be worth it.
You might also like to bookmark Jellyfin.
I even used to go camping, and take a NAS and use it for the kids.
I recently switchout out the "camping" plex for Jellyfin - it has no requirement to be connected to the internet to "use" (naturally you need to be connected to get updated description, thumbnails, etc).
(It became annoying to connect to the internet, just to "login" to plex and use it.)
I think there is a jellyfin app for AppleTV (will check it out one day)
- but for camping I have a Amazon Firestick, which works really well
with the NAS.
When I was at Broadcom several years ago, we were integrating a smart
card (and other memory card format) reader/writer logic into our network controllers and there was an initiative from the laptop OEMs to make
media on the smart cards available to view/read in all system/power
modes (e.g. even when the laptop was closed/sleeping). The reason being: Hollywood was going to start distribution of movies on SD cards instead
of Blu-ray Discs and they wanted people to use their laptops as movie viewers in low power modes (no-OS running). That never happened. It
looks like network *distribution* of media is here to stay.
I've been running a Plex server for several years too and have thousands of titles in there plus all my home movies. We get to watch my friends' titles too. Definitely recommend it.
But even if it was just for the eggs, I could not justify
keeping chickens. The cost of raising them, feeding them,
providing necessary health care, etc.. simply cost more than
the few eggs that I would need just for myself and another
family member.
That was back when a dozen of the cheapest eggs were roughly
$2CDN per dozen. My dad sold our fresh eggs at $3/dozen. We
had way more than we needed for a family of 4.
My family raised chickens for eggs and then of course the old
hens would end up as food.
Chuckle, chickens are quite stupid. They will eat moldy food, but it doesn't do them much good... they tend to end up a bit blurty after it.
Used to keep a bit of "square fencing mesh" folded in half and if you had
Yeah. On that note, it's a bit different in Germany, since you're
expected to bag your own items and/or do something to get out of the way.
Funny you bring that up. About 15 years ago I bought the new Spiderman (at the time .. whichever it was) and when it arrived it was a bootleg from China. It was a horribly printed (think ink jet lines) cover, and the text on the back kept referencing Tom Cruise as being the guy who was Parker. I think We still have the cover somewhere just for the laugh.
that are ripped straight from the disc and not compressed so that
you'd get the full audio and video quality (if you can find those).
Wow, that sounds like that would be an rather large file size to be downloading. I guess for those that do, good thing for kill switches. That is the problem I have with buying content on the clouds, other then cost of service, is the compressed audio. I have a rather nice Klipsch reference audio system and an hear the difference between the original and streamed content.
Yes, we have Amazon Prime and Netflix. We buy enough on Amazon, save enough in shipping, to cover the costs. Netflix I haven't watched since the release of Cobra Ki season 4. But my kiddos watch it constantly. We no longer have DirecTV/YouTube TV/Sling, etc.. We just use antenna for local news and whatever crime shows my wife likes to watch. I'd rather watch a movie without commercials tbh.
crappy one from 10 years ago. Time to bring back build to order computer stores. Lets do it! (I miss those too ..)
I just filled 6TB and need more storage already. Currently it's a Western Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah. I'd like at least a 4 bay, any suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Right
can't feed them. The only area it's not detailed enough is weeds,
however I'm rather familiar with my weeds so won't be feeding the
pokeweed and such anytime soon.
I just filled 6TB and need more storage already. Currently it's a Western Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah. I'd like at least a 4 bay, any suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Right now I just have a laptop but once back on our feet I'll be buying/building a desktop.
Oh, might as well ask, why Google it, we'd have nothing to talk about; can multiple devices stream off your Plex Server at the same time? It's rare our family of 5 can ever agree on "what to watch."
Re: Re: Hola
By: The Godfather to deon on Fri Apr 28 2023 10:41 am
I just filled 6TB and need more storage already. Currently it's a Weste Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah. I'd like at least a 4 bay, suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Righ
The Synology units are pricey, but modern ones offer NVME caches, the abilit
Re: Re: Hola
By: The Godfather to deon on Fri Apr 28 2023 10:41 am
Howdy,
I just filled 6TB and need more storage already. Currently it's a Wester Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah. I'd like at least a 4 bay, a suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Right I just have a laptop but once back on our feet I'll be buying/building a desktop.
I recently went through the exercise of exploring how much to "build my own" ility to run the NAS software (freenas) and plex/jellyfin.
I actually found it hard to find something that was compellingly cheaper (bo
to diagnose and get fixed.
Actually the hardest was to find the case, and it seemed the smaller the cas
At home (and the van), I have QNAPs, but I dont run QNAP software, I use fre
If you discover something, I'd be curious to know..
If you only need cheap network attatched storage, you can get some second ha Buffalo link station with two bays. Or an old ShareCenter. I remember seeing those around here for less than 100 bucks per unit. You can put a lot of storage in a two bay unit as long as you can live with increased failure probabilities (which is exactly what you should be expecting when working on low budget). Thankfully, we all have our backups XD.
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IMO, a NAS should be a NAS only. There is value in separating your computing from your storage.
If you only need cheap network attatched storage, you can get some
second hand Buffalo link station with two bays. Or an old ShareCenter.
You can put a lot of storage in a two bay unit as long as you can live with increased failure probabilities (which is exactly what you should
be expecting when working on a low budget). Thankfully, we all have our backups XD.
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
BTW I don't count on a Buffalo LinkStation or a Share Center to do
heavy multimedia streaming. Honestly, if you want a minimum of power
you have to spend them bucks, period.
I've never been to a Micro Center, as they dohn't have a location near me, but I've heard good things about them. It would be nice if they'd build a location out here.. Since Fry's Electronics shut down, I've thought that could be a prime opportunity for Micro Center to buy the location and turn it into a Micro Center.
I was sad when Fry's shut down, but they'd become a shadow of what they'd once been. Long rows of empty shelves, populated with one or two items.
All of the local Fry's are still vacant near me, they were uniquely designed, and might turn off a prospective buyer. One's shaped like a Mayan Pyramid.
I had gone to my closest Best Buy a few weeks ago... apparently they
switched it to a "Best Buy Outlet" and upon walking in, apparently
that means 90% of the floor space is washers and dryers. I really
Maybe thats whats happening to our Best Buy. That would suck. I haven't been into an Office Max or Depot in a while but one of the two is by our house. I can't imagine they have any better of a selection then their crappy one from 10 years ago. Time to bring back build to order computer stores. Lets do it! (I miss those too ..)
Phoenix eh? I lived there for 2 years when we opened Ultimate Electronics back in the day. I don't recall alot of computer stores back then either in Phoenix.
I just filled 6TB and need more storage already. Currently it's a Western Digital "My Book" external, usb, blah blah. I'd like at least a 4 bay, any suggestions on something more affordable then the Synology @ $599? Right now I just have a laptop but once back on our feet I'll be buying/building a desktop.
Yeah, I just have Amazon Prime, but similarly, I buy enough from Amazon that I think it's worth it. I haven't watched anything on Amazon's streaming service in quite a while though. Years ago, I was watching a TV show that was included with Amazon Prime, and then suddenly they started
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places to go to pretty regularly. Unfortunately, the customer service
was so bad, that even dealing with Amazon or Newegg and return shipping
is easier.
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On the built to order computer stores, would be nice... when I went to
BB, it was after trying to hit a local computer store to diagnose a MB issue, they didn't have a different CPU in stock they could use to test it, so decided to get a new one and ship the mail order one back. In
the end, it's just a bit rough.
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A used server on Ebay, assuming you have space for a 1-2u server chasis somewhere... It's too hot to run such a thing in my garage
My prior box was about 11 years old at that point, and completely full.
Should be good for a long while. Only real complaint is that the Plex
on Synology crashes all the time... pretty much all NVidia Shield TVs
now (which Kodi can play directly over the wire for everything
SMB/CIFS).
Yeah, commodity computers are a pain in the ass. My son wanted to try
and upgrade a Lenovo gaming desktop and realized how proprietary (and
how many corners were cut) with brand-name PCs. Would have been so much easier if he'd started out with a white box PC, standard power supply, cable routing, etc.
He took a summer camp at the local junior college on PC assembly and trouble-shooting, so he had some familiarity with opening up PCs and assembling them. That'll be a life skill he'll use.
I need to build a server space in my storage area -- 10 degrees colder than the house, and the noise of a 1u server wouldn't drive me crazy. Right now, I have a laptop and a Synology DS1010+ in my office and it's just enough fan noise for my mike to pick up.
I use my Synology to stream via DLNA to my Roku TVs; I need to find a better solution as the TVs can't decode h.265 videos.
I'd put it in line with knowing basic car maintenance like being able to change your own oil. Or changing out your own light or switch.
I'd put it in line with knowing basic car maintenance like being
able to change your own oil. Or changing out your own light or
switch.
I've said that in retrospect the two classes I should have taken in high school were auto shop and typing.
I don't remember my high school offering auto shop. I did take a typing
Yeah, they can be large. And I don't really have a high-end audio
system, so I probably won't notice the difference in audio quality, but
I still feel like if I'm going to pay money for something, I don't want
to be too compressed. I think they charge about the same for a movie on
a streaming service as they do for a blu-ray or DVD version.
San Francisco in the 1990s - there was a BTO computer shop every mile or so, and LAN TIMES and Computer Currents ran ads for them in every issue.
I cashed out a ton of PTO in 1997 and splurged on a BTO computer - was able to specify every part, including what kind of keyboard I wanted. It was a luxury after scrounging computers for the past 10 years.
The Synology units are pricey, but modern ones offer NVME caches, the ability to run Docker natively, and Synology's drive, backup, email,
chat and streaming apps. If you have a need for all that, they're pretty nice. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32
Is this the stuff you put in Poke Salad, Annie?
I recently went through the exercise of exploring how much to "build my own" vs buying a NAS. I wanted the small form factor (that the
At home (and the van), I have QNAPs, but I dont run QNAP software, I use
Yes. There will be limits on the number of transcoded streams (based on your CPU/GPU capability and what else the Plex server system is
servicing) and the total network through-put your server can support,
but should be plenty for a family.
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Yeah, before Fry's came in, there were about 8-9 smaller computer
stores, but 6 of them were owned by the same guy under different names. Trying to get a MB locally and having to drive to a few places reminded
me of those days too.
A used server on Ebay, assuming you have space for a 1-2u server chasis
On the used server front, it may cost about the same, but you can often find systems that are a lot more powerful, loaded with ram, and maybe slightly older drives with life left on them.
Eh, not sure I want to build my own .. I have noticed a few "less expensive" options then the first brand that pulled up with a quick search such as the Terramaster F4-210 for $209 (4 bay,) and the Sabrent USB 3.2 DS-SC4B is $229. This is all new to me so these names mean nothing, maybe are just that
So a couple of things to keep in mind (this depends if you want to run other things on it too - like media services).
Have you seen how they prepare Poke weed to make it safe to eat? It's kinda like preparing puffer fish (haha ..) I have no clue what Poke
Salad, Annie is ..
Do you still have Fry's? Ours closed. Hmm .. sounds like a fun business to open. If someone lived in an area with a lot of neighbors employed within the tech industry it might be fun to "test." And with those concerned about "privacy" BTO might even attract those (with money) who want a more custom machine with the right software / services supporting it (all while supporting the little guy ..) Ok thats one heck of an ad to try to market but dang it I want the corner PC store back in the hood.
Have you seen how they prepare Poke weed to make it safe to eat? It's kinda like preparing puffer fish (haha ..) I have no clue what Poke Salad, Annie is ..
I recently went through the exercise of exploring how much to "build
my own" vs buying a NAS. I wanted the small form factor (that the
Eh, not sure I want to build my own .. I have noticed a few "less expensive" options then the first brand that pulled up with a quick
search such as the Terramaster F4-210 for $209 (4 bay,) and the Sabrent USB 3.2 DS-SC4B is $229. This is all new to me so these names mean nothing, maybe are just that .. But for sure much cheaper to buy which
is my intent (other then purchasing the HD's separately.)
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Use ZFS and you then have a system that will survive moves to different hardware, as long as the drives are ok.. I've done that just recently
with a client.. Moved from a *old* dell core 2 something, to a I3-3240. The only thing that changed was adding an extra 4gb of ram (Now 8), and moving the HD's across.
ZFS dosn't care about what port the drives are on, as they get 'label'
and then just re-connects them.
My only concern with ZFS has been the alleged memory overhead. I thought
I heard a gig per terabyte? Is this realistic?
a I3-3240. The only thing that changed was adding an extra 4gb of ram
(Now 8), and moving the HD's across.
ZFS dosn't care about what port the drives are on, as they get 'label'
and then just re-connects them.
My only concern with ZFS has been the alleged memory overhead. I
thought I heard a gig per terabyte? Is this realistic?
Around California, a Poke bowl is sashimi-grade tuna in a bowl with nori, sesame seeds, rice and a hot sauce (usually sriracha and mayo).
My only concern with ZFS has been the alleged memory overhead. I
thought I heard a gig per terabyte? Is this realistic?
So it depends on your requirements. If you want fast I/O *and* de-duplication, then yes its a gig per terabyte apparently.
I run it on a 4GB QNAP that has 16TB of storage - but I dont use de-duplication, and its just stores my photos and videos. (IE: I dont use it as a drive letter that I read/write edit files from directly). That same machine also has a jellyfin jail.
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