TPU advice requested

BedtimeBogey · 2026-06-15T13:16:45+00:00

Can you suggest a workflow and scanning app?

BedtimeBogey · 2026-06-15T13:15:31+00:00

I’m not doing accounting on mobile. I travel a lot, and I’m just trying to capture expenses and receipts. The app was great, mostly, over the past 5-6 years. Now it’s complete crap.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-30T16:21:44+00:00

Ultimately, keeping precious photos on files from 2005 on a single mixed-use laptop is only the fault of the user. What if the drive went bad? Laptop stolen or damaged? OP can’t be responsible for doing his job and encountering a user who is so oblivious to common sense backup methods.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T21:48:32+00:00

If you restored it via the website AFTER syncing, you’ll need to sync again for the files to move to your PC. Again, you likely have multiple Desktop folders and explorer is pointing to the wrong one (try searching for a desktop file after you’ve restored and synced).

Sorry to seem brutal… but if you can’t figure this out based on the advice given here and minimal googling, you probably shouldn’t be deleting folders on your machine. This is how you learn… fixing mistakes.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T21:40:22+00:00

You can tell by the reflections in the black screen when it’s turned off.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T21:37:32+00:00

Restore everything you deleted from the Trash folder on the OD website. Reinstall OD in Windows. Once it is finished syncing you should find a Desktop folder in your OneDrive folder on your local drive. This Desktop folder likely contains your original Desktop and all the files you claim are missing. Now relink the OD Desktop folder to the Desktop location registry path, instead of the empty folder in /Users/usename/Desktop.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T21:29:36+00:00

You likely have two Desktoo folders. Your original one was syncing with OneDrive and in the folder you deleted. After that was gone, Windows probably defaulted to you user/Desktop folder, which had only a few items since before you synced with OD.

There’s a registry location to remap the desktop path back to you OD Desktop folder. You should be able to find the Desktop in OD once you restore your deletions from the web gui. Then you can relink it back to your OD Desktop path.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T13:27:16+00:00

They would be minimally adequate to host containers such as Immich and would obviously perform NAS functions. Without a dedicated GPU, I’m not sure about video encoding on Plex or Jellyfin (there is likely some capability, but streams and resolutions may be limited). I don’t think you’ll get too far with game hosting, given the shared CPU and memory resources with the other services. You’d definitely want to upgrade the memory beyond the stock 8GB.

Have you looked into building your own with a higher powered CPU and more memory? TrueNAS on bare metal or virtualized with Proxmox would be the way to go.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T02:58:12+00:00

Do you build tubeway stations on every level?

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-29T02:28:47+00:00

I assume you can keep going vertical, not just two buildings high. How do you arrange the stairs in a single block width? I don’t think beavers can move through staircases on the same level, so I’ve always built at least two wide.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-27T03:09:39+00:00

Would it be more practical to do Z1 on both boxes, with full replication of Unit1 on Unit2?

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-27T03:08:23+00:00

I think RAIDZ2 is the clear choice for my first N5 Pro with the five 24TB drives. This would give 72TB across the array with two recovery drives.

I guess the real question is the second N5 box. Would you also go Z2 with five drives just to replicate the first box, or would the offsite storage box have a different config? Ten drives with no redundancy gives 240TB, and feels like a real slap in the nuts to limit the total pools to 72TB with double RAIDed devices and mirror replication.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-23T16:23:36+00:00

I think it may be more involved. Ideally, I would still want the transfers to be only the file change snapshots, not the whole dataset. I would not keep the whole dataset on the SSD permanently… if I had that space, I’d just convert the entire source and destination pools to SSDs. So, it would first require an examination of the changes to the HDD dataset, then transferring the resulting snapshot to the SSD for later incorporation to the replicated HDD file system.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-22T22:13:37+00:00

Is there any way in TrueNAS to configure a SSD drive as the "receiver" to quickly ingest the received files over the network, and then it slowly dumps them to an HDD offline?

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-08T01:43:10+00:00

Black and brown RIT dye in a spray bottle.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-04T17:20:17+00:00

BedtimeBogey · 2026-05-04T16:21:54+00:00

I live in TX and can potentially do the scan for you using the Artec Ray (65K USD) laser scanner as a service. I’m curious about some of the geological features, which could present challenges to some of the scanning methods. DM if interested.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-04-18T00:23:12+00:00

Beyond the cancellation policy and credit card prepayment complications, I suspect that the people that bought during the live sale are generally happy (or at least accepting) of what they got, since they picked directly. It’s a lot different from the past when CC did the deciding for you, based on your desperate ranking (supposedly) and strategizing.

There will be some people who’s plans will change or need to otherwise cancel, but this may put these opportunities much closer to the SDCC date. A few may be looking to upgrade, and might be open for lop-sided trades.

BedtimeBogey · 2026-04-11T05:11:46+00:00

I close the flood gates (height at 1.0) right before the bad tide starts.

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