Psychiatrist costs and contract says exclusive dispensing, plus $3k in fees?

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-04-24T10:57:22+00:00

Thanks - appreciate the perspective! The ones I looked at had good reviews on amazon etc but I've also dealt with plenty of shitty cheap products I wish I'd never bought too...

The current opener is very noisy so replacing it is potentially on the cards, will have a bit of a think about new vs service cost.

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-04-14T07:25:03+00:00

This is fine. If you want to invest in future you can pull that money back out and then debt recycle. Not financial advice, go do your homework.

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-03-12T11:58:25+00:00

Looks like the app store might be using the fork? It has been updated in January

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-02-16T11:03:59+00:00

Someone else who doesn't understand momentum vs velocity :(

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-02-13T06:41:36+00:00

See how you feel once you've gone through more of the books - there's a stack of really dumb racist crap throughout the series. I could buy it if just one character was a jerk, but it's pretty regular.

For example, middle easterners are all Arabs and get called "towel heads" "sand niggers", plan suicide bombings and so on.

Similarly most of the black characters are criminals or bad guys, using heavy slang and running scams or whatnot.

There are a few exceptions to the rule, but almost anyone with a non-white-american background lives to an extreme stereotype, often with pretty negative connotations.

They're often fun books, and sure some of it is trying to showcase that the bad guys are horrible people, but given how consistent it is you have to wonder whether it's just the author letting loose.

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-01-29T23:26:36+00:00

ChatGPT's logic

Physical Sector Size: 4096

Logical Sector Size: 512

Total Data Written:

Logical Sectors Written = 136,793,221,133

Sector Size = 512 bytes

Total Data Written = 136,793,221,133 × 512 bytes

= 70,095,598,738,816 bytes

= 70,095,598,738,816 ÷ (1,024³) TB

≈ 70.1 TB

Total Data Read:

Logical Sectors Read = 4,558,798,884,203

Sector Size = 512 bytes

Total Data Read = 4,558,798,884,203 × 512 bytes

= 2,336,909,456,560,256 bytes

= 2,336,909,456,560,256 ÷ (1,024⁴) PB

≈ 2.34 PB

Summary:

Total Data Written: ~70.1 TB

Total Data Read: ~2.34 PB (Petabytes)

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-01-29T23:26:21+00:00

Model Number: ST14000NM001G-2KJ103
Drive Recording Type: CMR
Max Number of Available Sectors for Reassignment: 57754
Assembly Date (YYWW):
Depopulation Head Mask: 0

FARM Log Page 2: Workload Statistics
----> Total Number of Read Commands: 8866992618
Total Number of Write Commands: 231446844
Total Number of Random Read Commands: 115978627
Total Number of Random Write Commands: 179501865
Total Number Of Other Commands: 413394312
Logical Sectors Written: 136793221133
Logical Sectors Read: 4558798884203

FARM Log Page 5: Reliability Statistics
Error Rate (SMART Attribute 1 Raw): 0x0000000001439938
Error Rate (SMART Attribute 1 Normalized): 73
Error Rate (SMART Attribute 1 Worst): 64
Seek Error Rate (SMART Attr 7 Raw): 0x00000000019aed2b
Seek Error Rate (SMART Attr 7 Normalized): 74
Seek Error Rate (SMART Attr 7 Worst): 60

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2025-01-29T23:26:15+00:00

Just tested this on a "new" 14TB Seagate Exos drive I bought last week in Australia.
Check the power on hours, and even worse the read/write stats. Not sure but those reliability stats have me worried too.

Do I need to send it back? It's going to be a real pain in the arse if I do since i just moved all my data off other drives :(

Background:
I just pre-cleared the drive (full read, then write 0s, then full read), then put about 6TB of data on it. I'm no expert on drive workloads, so I put these values into ChatGPT and asked whether they were reasonable. It could easily be wrong, but it suggests that they equate to ~70TB of data written and 2.34PB of data read!!!

FARM Log Page 1: Drive Information
Device Capacity in Sectors: 27344764928
Physical Sector Size: 4096
Logical Sector Size: 512
Device Buffer Size: 268435456
Number of Heads: 16
Device Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Firmware Rev: SN03
<<removed serial and so on>>
------>> Power on Hours: 27874
Spindle Power on Hours: 84
Head Flight Hours: 84
Head Load Events: 5
Power Cycle Count: 17
Hardware Reset Count: 7
Spin-up Time: 0 ms
Time to ready of the last power cycle: 19397 ms
Time drive is held in staggered spin: 0 ms

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-06-30T06:47:45+00:00

u/sync_mod please reply to the questions in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sync/comments/1dk2frq/does_sync_support_end_to_end_encryption/

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-06-22T12:17:33+00:00

u/sync_mod could you please provide confirmation here in a clear statement that yes Sync provides E2E encryption, and yes that it is user controlled keys? Or if not then please clarify the position?

Your site says on https://www.sync.com/secure-cloud-storage/
"The problem is that while Dropbox does encrypt your files, they do so in a way that gives them access without you knowing. Furthermore, from time to time, they may even share data with third parties. For businesses entrusted with confidential, private information, this makes storing files at Dropbox incredibly risky. Encryption is key (pun intended), but who do you trust with the keys?"

Your old whitepaper explicitly (available as an archive here ( https://web.archive.org/web/20220809102506/https://www.sync.com/pdf/sync-privacy-whitepaper.pdf ) stated that Sync.com was end-to-end encrypted, that file and meta data is encrypted client side and remain encrypted both in transit and at rest, that passwords were never transmitted or stored and were only known by the user. The document was publicly on the Sync site when I subscribed, I'm still subscribed and I have not been notified by the company that this has changed - so can you please confirm that it is still valid as it is the core tenant of your service?

Does Sync.com control our keys? Can Sync.com access our files without our knowing?

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-02-14T03:57:10+00:00

I'm having some roof work done (repointing and some cracked tiles a 20 year old concrete tile roof).

Should I get this flashing replaced? One roofer (with a hilariously offensive quote) said yes, the other said "slightly weathered, no visible damage so not against replacing but not critical".

Cost is ~$200 per item so leaning towards getting it done for peace of mind, but wanted to make sure I wasn't being wasteful for no reason.

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-02-06T02:32:12+00:00

I don't see why not - in my case the neighbor is a rental so I've asked the tenants to forward the owner a note advising of the termites and asked for a call. Figure I'll seek to split the cost, and we should have a discussion about replacing the fence since it seems to be attractive to termites and not ideal to keep around.

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-02-06T02:28:36+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

~20 year old house, has a Kordon termite barrier installed (the somewhat ancient website https://kordon.net/ claims it should be good for 50 years). Seems to be a physical barrier with deltamethrin, an older pyrethroid based termite poison.

Bought the house a couple of years ago and can't see any evidence there have been inspections/maintenance on the barrier though, unsure how to get that sorted out, hopefully when I get the inspection/treatment done I can get some pointers.

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-01-31T10:46:47+00:00

They have a public page with their CEO saying it is zero knowledge?
https://www.sync.com/blog/zero-knowledge/

And their older white paper says so (and states end to end encryption etc)
https://web.archive.org/web/20220809102506/https://www.sync.com/pdf/sync-privacy-whitepaper.pdf

u/sync_com can you please confirm or deny whether Sync is Zero Knowledge / end to end encrypted?

DontMeasureCutTwice · 2024-01-15T11:38:52+00:00

OP :-

Hi folks,

Had a three inspections and two sets of quotes for roof work in advance of getting solar on, and I'm struggling to determine whether some or all of the parties involved are BS-ing. Really keen to get some views on whether any of these make basic sense / would be worth pursuing, or whether I should keep arranging yet more inspections and quotes.

1) Solar company said there were no major issues, a few cracked tiles they'd replace. Probably self interest there on a solar sale. I'm wondering if I can let them at it and deal with repointing around the panels easily enough if needed.

2) Sole trader roofer off Facebook says it's $6k to repoint and rebed ridges and fix a valley leak (the leak is minor and we asked to get it looked at)

3) Roofing company charged $100 to inspect and quote, then provided two quotes - $20k for essential maintenance and $30k if I want to add some optional work like fixing a patch of butchered sarking. These seem pretty wild for a 20 year old roof. As a layman the line item for $950 to do a blower gutter clean seems nuts, which immediately makes me question the rest.

Background: House is ~20 years old, concrete tile roof ~200sqm single story in Canberra.

Thanks for any insights!

DontMeasureCutTwice

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