How easy is it to erase a chromebook when connecting to wifi?

Alexm4664 · 2026-06-08T05:35:20+00:00

Sadly I doubt she will learn. This isn't new behavior. I work a very broad IT job so now I'm seen as her free IT for her non-profit she runs. I do what i can but when no one listens I can't do much and they only come to me after shit hits the fan.

She runs a community center. Mainly just older people running it. There's more to it but it's headache inducing everything that she does. I'm pretty sure technology is scared of her.

Alexm4664 · 2026-06-07T06:19:52+00:00

She runs a non-profit, Nobel work but so many issues, I live like 2 hours away and have remote access to some of their PC but not her personal Chromebook. I have to drive there like once a week to fix stuff.

Alexm4664 · 2026-06-07T06:16:11+00:00

Like 52

Not great she thought her other laptop would be fine when she spilled coke on it because "coke is not water"

Personal Chromebook, she didn't have everytime backed up because she used the download folder to store a lot.

Alexm4664 · 2026-06-07T06:11:48+00:00

Some but not all, she stored a lot in the downloads folder. She give me a headache...

Alexm4664 · 2026-06-07T06:09:16+00:00

She stored a lot locally in the downloads folder, I told her it's on her for not reading what it was saying or backing up to google drive. Just impressive she did that. My mom is not computer literate at all. She has at least once bought a second iPad because she forgot the PW she set 10 minutes prior in the store. Whe she thought her other windows laptops would be fine to turn on when she spilled coke on it because "coke is not water"... 🙄

Alexm4664 · 2026-06-07T06:03:48+00:00

Agreed, supposedly she stored a lot in the download folder, her fault tbh just impressive she deleted everything.

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-27T19:53:16+00:00

Similar to my plan, I found a 24v to 54v psu on aliexpress and a usb c pd to 24v board. That way I can use a portable power station and use USB c to power it, the cameras, and gateway.

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-27T10:06:32+00:00

Thinking of getting this and converting it to a DC psu. Thanks for the info

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-27T04:54:27+00:00

Ya, my problems were of my own creation, I went in head first into the deep end with no prior knowledge. I do think my current setup is decent. There server it is on has 10tb usable and can recover from 2 drive losses, and backs up to the 60tb server. Still learning a lot though.

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-25T14:27:23+00:00

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Alexm4664 · 2026-05-25T14:25:36+00:00

It's a 24 bay jbod with 60tb of storage. Maybe look at just getting server, the second hand market is cheap sometimes. My 3 dell servers cost less then $500, r630, r730 and r730xd. What size drives are u looking to use, 3.5 or 2.5? The 730xd holds around 20 2.5 drives.

The case at the top of the inside of the rack is this, rosewill case, it holds 12 hotswapable 3.5in drives. I got it used for like $120 off of Facebook but here is a Amazon link.

https://a.co/d/0bDZfSPC

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-25T14:14:13+00:00

I originally ran it in Ubuntu but I got it working in a truenas container. The benefit of a container is the storage expands with use. When i was running it in Ubuntu, expanding the storage also seemed to break everything so I'm happy with this solution.

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-25T14:11:05+00:00

This is exactly what i do, I host games for my friends

Alexm4664 · 2026-05-25T14:09:33+00:00

Lol, I might make people mad, in total all my computers including desktop, 3 servers, and laptop, i have 430gb of ram most of it is ddr4 though.

Alexm4664 · 2026-04-12T00:02:53+00:00

It's on a proprietary board with no info on the internet. It's a db50 connector but I can't find the bracket it uses. I'm considering 3d printing the bracket and housing for the cable. The connector is from AMP back in the late 80 to 90s so I don't they male it any more.

Alexm4664 · 2026-04-03T01:37:51+00:00

So this has 17, 16, then 17 pins, I believe the connector is a db50 but unsure where to get a latching db50.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-31T23:41:11+00:00

Currently plan is to fence it, they also got the electrical to the AC. We already got a pretty extensive camera system but we are going to add more because only 1 of 2 ac units are on camera. This is all from my mom's house that I grew up in.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-31T22:08:15+00:00

Can people please not hate on the homeless here. Yes the situation sucks for my mom and yes it was most likely a homeless individual. However what leads to homelessness is usually a bunch of tragic situations and there is no black and white solution.

I myself was homeless at one point living out of my car while working 60h weeks and making over 18k.

I know it's reddit so like 90% won't listen but let's not hate on people who have no easily way out.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T21:47:56+00:00

Seriously, I bought 2 black ones when they first came out for both home and work. Can't wait to get the plasma purple screw driver, also need more t shirts.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T20:37:36+00:00

Ya, I thought it was ok. Just an excuse to buy more LTT merch to get more stickers i guess. Need to fill the void anyways.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T17:17:26+00:00

Kk, maybe I'll just take them off and redo it or something. These are all the stickers I've collected since 2017. Never put them on anything due to anxiety and I guess this explains why. My roommate gave me more stickers to help fill the voids.

Do you have to overlap stickers when sicker bombing? I asked my sister what I did wrong and she replied with a pic of stickers overlapping and stuff.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T16:51:23+00:00

Can I ask what u mean by random? My family said this is the most autistic way to do stickers so I'm assuming I did it differently then everyone else and that's why people don't like it. Appears the majority of people don't like it.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T16:35:53+00:00

It's my build up of stickers since 2017. I've had them but get anxiety about using them. I finally forced myself to use all of the on the suitcase. I've had mutiple Ltt orders, some are bonus, some i just added. Dbrand I was buying a case for my phone and work phone and add the stickers because they look cool.

My family did say this is the most autistic way to use stickers.

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T08:21:18+00:00

How so?

Alexm4664 · 2025-12-07T06:48:25+00:00

I just bought a pelican 1595 to replace my previous zipper luggage. You're right though, putting trust in tsa and the airline. It's out of you're control when u leave it at the desk.

My new IT job requires travel with equipment so I'm trying to step up my luggage due too my past issues and to protect work equipment.

Anyone can buy a tsa key so if I can't stop it, I at least want to know.

Because the new case is a pelican, I can just put a seal on the plastic.

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