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I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks
  • It's wild just how slow most thumb drives benchmark even with recent models, the Samsung Bar at 36MB/s is just ridiculous, that's 30 minutes of waiting to fill it up entirely!

    A basic V30 microSD card is at least that fast!

  • Matrix 2.0 Is Here!
  • Yes I'm waiting until it's ready for the average user before I recommend it to anyone.

  • Updates vs. version pinning in Docker-based homelab
  • Sure:

    • Proxmox backs up all my VMs/CTs nightly to the proxmox backup server I run as a VM with an external HDD attached to it. This keeps around 30 versions with a retention policy so I can go back pretty far if needed. These are full bootable images and include everything.

    • Restic (using Backrest to manage it), runs on any VMs/CTs with critical data, and backs up to Backblaze B2 every night as well, this is a more limited choice of the critical files that I'd need. Similar retention policy as the proxmox backup.

    With both I try and do some full restores every month or two and test things out.

  • blue light filter for android
  • If you really want better sleep quality probably a better way is stop using stuff with screens like an hour or so before bed. It's not really the blue light that is the issue, it's the endless content keeping our mind active.

    Give your brain time to rest and relax!

  • Doubts about Stremio
  • Sounds like you're just running the back end, and it's using the public front end linked to your local back end by default.

    If you want to use port 12470 it says that is https so you'd need to type that in instead of http in your browser.

    If you wanted to run the whole thing locally, it mentions disabling CORS, and then you'd probably need to set up the web front end: https://github.com/Stremio/stremio-web

  • Updates vs. version pinning in Docker-based homelab
  • I use watchtower to auto update everything.

    Anything that needs a specific version for compatibility (Postgres mostly) is pinned to the major release.

    Stuff occasionally breaks, but I have backups for that reason (if you don't, set that up now before anything else, they should be running daily at least and you should have 2 types of backup minimum).

  • Arc Browser - Changing focus when the main product isn't even finished?
  • If you want that style of UI use Zen browser, it's based on Firefox and doesn't require an account to use it.

    Arc is just another crappy browser based on Chrome. The account requirement was and is a huge red flag.

  • Healthiest way to charge Lithium Ion
  • The healthiest is to enable the option to only charge to 80% (or near there, depending on the phone you have).

    Otherwise slower charging is better, if the wireless charging doesn't make the phone hotter than say 30C or so I wouldn't worry about using it. 45C is the limit for charging Li-ion safely, but it's better to be cooler.

  • Syncthing Android app discontinued
  • FolderSync is a good alternative, more battery friendly too!

  • Can corruption happen by powering off the computer (not properly shutting it down) during balance or scrub of a btrfs volume?
  • Yes there's always a chance corruption can happen from a hard power off, always keep reliable backups.

  • Does anyone recommend a VPS to run Nextcloud?
  • I would go with a managed Nextcloud provider, it's such a pain to manage self hosting Nextcloud specifically.

  • Does anyone recommend a VPS to run Nextcloud?
  • Be extra vigilant with your backups though, free stuff always has a higher chance of weird stuff happening, once they just removed my VPS after my trial ended and told me to re-create it.

  • New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires
  • Current 18650/21700 Li-ion cells are a lot safer than they were 10+ years ago, less chance of thermal runaway and fires now.

  • New York City wants lithium-ion e-bike batteries to be stopped at the border when they don’t meet national safety standards after rash of deadly fires
  • Cell quality is important. You want to be using known good quality cells like those from Panasonic, Samsung, LG, etc..

    How you manage temperature, charge and discharge is also really important, dendrite growth can cause cell failure in time. Charge temperature is extremely important. So you want to make sure you're using a smart programmable BMS where you can set up all the protections properly. Ideally one with as many temperature probes as you can find, 4 is good, 8 is better and some will have that many.

    Otherwise making sure nothing can short out internally is important too, but it sounds like you're putting some thought into that. Most critical IMO from what I've seen on pre-made battery packs is making sure your series banks are well insulated from each other and have no chance of vibration causing the cells to wear through their heatshrink and touch each other.

  • Everett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)
  • Even with Airsoft/Paintball you would practice gun safety, and not point them at people who are not part of the event, or who are but are not actively ready to participate.

  • BlockTheSpot compromised or false positive?
  • They could be away and not checking on things until they get back.

    Or potentially their github account was taken over somehow.

  • Star Citizen Expose Paints a Fairly Bleak Picture: 'There's No Actual Focus on Getting the Game Done'
  • It's been that way basically since it first was available, they make so much money on whales buying the expensive ships that they really don't seem to care about finishing the game.

    They keep adding more and more paid content you can buy, while the game is barely playable with incredibly poor performance, and constant bugs like not being able to finish missions, cargo randomly disappearing, cargo glitching into ships and causing them to explode, etc... And the game is generally just extremely unstable with lots of crashes.

  • What is your favourite open source gallery app for android. For me it's Fossify gallery.
  • Immich mostly since it's there to handle my backups anyways. Otherwise just the stock one on my S21.

  • There's really only one reason for Rockstar to release Grand Theft Auto 6 later on PC
  • Cheating, every lobby has several of them and you'll play for a few minutes only to be teleported somewhere and killed, or run into a guy with god mode turned on.

  • Skyrim lead says Bethesda was knocked back by furious response to Oblivion Horse Armour DLC, but it sold 'millions' anyway: 'You're all making fun of it and yet you buy it'
  • To be fair running a company you would likely want to focus on the people that give you money, not the group that complains and doesn't.

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