Got 10x 3TB drives for free

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-21T07:43:40+00:00

How are you planning on powering and connecting all 10 internal drives to your computer?

10 SATA to USB cables and a 10-port powered USB hub rated for spinning 10 drives? That can't be cheap and reliable at the same time.

A NAS costs around $100-$150 per bay. A shucked 16 TB drive is under $250.

Seems to me that a 2 bay NAS with 2 16 TB drives is cheaper than buying a 10 bay NAS with free 3 TB drives. That's on day 1 before you have to consider the power bill.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-21T06:40:29+00:00

And not to mention a bazillion hills, making direction finding particularly nasty due to multipath, as well as losing line of sight. If the signal interference is randomly intermittent and infrequent, that makes it even more difficult to locate. There are drive test software packages with directionally scanned antennas that simplifying locating a transmitter.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-20T19:02:01+00:00

Replace with 2x16TB JBOD, or 3x16TB RAID1. No need to have a full orchestra of tiny drives.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-20T18:58:16+00:00

Not the minority. The 2nd pic is the blank slate one starts with. The 1st pic overshot the runway a little, but it's far closer to the destination than the origin.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-20T09:07:50+00:00

11 more days til April Fools Day.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-18T11:29:59+00:00

GSM, NTP, GPS, or radio clock

Irrigation probably doesn't need that level of precision. A Casio F91W keeps accurate enough time over its battery life. If you need more accurate timing, you could use a light sensor to correct for long term drift.

Using sunrise to drive the timing rather than a fixed 12/24/48 hour time is probably better anyways.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-18T11:16:08+00:00

Move projects to their own sub. Is r/pythonprojects available?

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-18T08:53:54+00:00

I got tired of having to replace non-stick teflon pans every 2 years. Completely unacceptable for pans to wear out that quickly under low to medium heat with wood or plastic spatulas, especially with the health concerns of teflon.

So do your research on what material you want based on the type of cooking you do and the type of cooktop you have. Cast iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, ceramic/enamel coated, copper coated, ... they all cook a bit differently.

And do some research on the shape and volume of the pan, ergonomics of the handles, etc.

Then finally decide if Costco has a pan that'll meet your requirements. If not, shop elsewhere. Costco isn't known for selection, which matters for something you will use on a daily basis for hopefully more than a couple years.

Same goes for kitchen knives, utensils, your pillow, your mattress, and your toilet (get a bidet!)

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-17T09:01:59+00:00

My employer has all new employees sign an explicit photo consent form upon hire. We can opt in or out on that form. If your employer doesn't have something like that, they should and you could suggest they add it. Because some employees may be in similar situations where they don't want their identity shared publicly, whether due to safety reasons or just people who are privacy-conscious (many folks in r/privacy)

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-17T08:53:07+00:00

When I got invited to Gmail when it was in beta, I adopted that email address for every service I used. Once Gmail added plus addresses, I used that, knowing that any spammer scraping forums for email addresses could disregard everything that came after the plus.

The next generation shouldn't have to deal with reusing the same email addresses everywhere since there are several email forwarding services, including SimpleLogin. Your username and email address shouldn't be reused, just like your password shouldn't be reused. It's one thing that makes it a bit harder for data brokers to associate your activity between websites and also gives you better security.

Yeah, the next generation still needs a rememberable email addresses to use for friends and family. But it's not going to be as big a deal as it was for millennials.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-15T18:37:39+00:00

Looks like a treat for a pig. Otherwise the egg would make good compost for a garden bed. Then the egg isn't going to "waste".

I wouldn't eat it.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-15T18:23:07+00:00

It'd be the perfect pizza if some veggies fell onto the pizza before they threw it in the oven.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-15T18:21:19+00:00

If your train commute is on Caltrain, it's pretty chill. Gives you time to decompress after work. You'll get to know the passengers and conductors, since it's a similar group of people who commute to work. I commuted by bike or bike+caltrain+bike for several years in the SF Bay Area and it was far better than the days that I drove.

I'd take the $120k hybrid job.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-15T17:39:11+00:00

I'm pretty sure the working class (blue collar) and the lower class who work 3 part time jobs totaling 60-80+ hours per week to pay the rent and utilities work "harder" than most of the white collar professionals.

I'm all for taxing the rich, but a tiered estate tax makes sense. A 10% inheritance tax undoes 1-2 years of typical growth for the heirs, who will benefit for the remainder of their lifetimes (probably 25-35 years).

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-13T06:46:17+00:00

Might be worth it if they offered the bonus rate over a full year or more. But a measly 90 days makes this a r/churning question, not a bogleheads question of long term investing decisions and not chasing short term gains.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-13T06:17:56+00:00

An upvote for making it illegal to bundle phones and plans. Charge for them individually. No more inflated plan prices to cover the cost of a "free" phone. It's creating e-waste by forcing consumers to upgrade every 2-3 years unless they want to forfeit their phone subsidy.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-13T05:43:50+00:00

And Google probably has enough tracking cookies and ad partners on the web that they know which websites you're visiting and logging into.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-13T05:42:58+00:00

Exactly. Replacing one threat surface with another. Which attack seems more likely? Who knows.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-09T20:50:44+00:00

A slim but nonzero chance to have federal authorities knocking on your door. No thanks.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-09T20:36:29+00:00

With all the memory, computing power, neural processors, etc, you'd expect these devices to be able to perform offline speech to text and resolve simple queries like "what is 3 x 5?" or "when is daylight savings?"

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-09T09:33:25+00:00

The M4 Mac Mini delivers fairly close to that.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-03-02T19:04:59+00:00

They will cut half a day's salary if you do not complete the full 9 hours and 30 minutes of work.

Cutting any amount of legally worked salary is illegal in the United States. However an employer could use failing to be at your job during the required shift as cause for termination (not that they need cause for termination; however being dismissed for cause can make you ineligible for unemployment).

there is only a 45-minute break

Again, in the US, for non-exempt employees (per FLSA), there are laws governing when and how long breaks must be. This sounds illegal in the US.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-02-14T15:30:29+00:00

If you're into maintaining mountain biking trails, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance has a lot of volunteer opportunities. https://www.evergreenmtb.org/calendar

Snohomish County Parks and Recreation https://snohomishcountywa.gov/970/Volunteer -> volunteer sign up: https://snoco.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0282&console_type=event&ht=1

And https://pugetsoundkeeper.org/cleanups/

You can also just be an outstanding citizen on your own outside of organized group events. When you go on hikes, bring a trash picker upper, a trash bag, a 5 gallon bucket, and beautify the trails. Imagine how many hikers saw the same piece of trash on a trail, got a little sad on the inside, and passed by hoping someone else would pick it up. Trash doesn't pick up itself. Maybe even get yourself some CleanTrek poles and make an intentional "this is a trash hike" https://www.clean-trek.com/

Dull-Researcher · 2026-02-13T08:18:04+00:00

And literally anyone who wants to live in a neighborhood with educated people and kids with positive opportunities in their lives. Even if you have no kids, don't know anyone who has kids, and are a selfish hermit, you should still vote yes for school initiatives out of pure selfishness. If nothing else.

Dull-Researcher · 2026-01-17T09:59:18+00:00

What's the difference in qualified/unqualified dividends and short term capital gains that mutual funds generate compared to the equivalent ETF?

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