CaptainPedantic

@CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I build my NAS/server last year, I bought a used Dell Optiplex from 2013 on eBay for $50. I tossed in an old SSD I had laying around, and squeezed in 42 TB worth of HDD drives.

  The only real downsides of doing it this way are

  • No realistic way of upgrading hardware
  • Limited space for internal drives
  • No hardware transcoding abilities out of the box
  • More power consumption than buying something newer
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Encrypted backups to the cloud⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Kopia to backup to Backblaze B2. I also use the Kopia UI since I can’t be bothered to figure out the cli for it. I have it running constantly in the background so it automatically takes care of everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i'm your god now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I never squash spiders. They’re either my buddies and they catch insects that get into the house, or they’re entirely too large to squash; they’d make a mess. If my wife sees a spider and gets scared, I put it outside. It helps that there are no (common) venomous spiders where I live.

  Mosquitos, crane flies, flies, and wasps are all fair game though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True love⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell the time, the date, and act as a stop watch according to the manufacturers website. My $250 watch does all that and it looks better.

  I can totally understand buying a nice/expensive watch, they look nice, the feel nice, they’re accurate, they can do cool stuff. I don’t understand buying a watch that costs more than most cars cost, especially if it only does the most basic watch features.