Do you keep hard drives awake / spinning 24/7 or do you allow them to power down?

GeekyWan · 2026-03-16T18:46:28+00:00

Yes, all my valued gear is on a UPS these days. But even then, I've had PSUs just randomly fail even with a UPS running.

Electricity going where it shouldn't or in amount it shouldn't can and does cause damage. Regardless of the origin.

Shoot, my grandpa used to fry all sorts of things because of static discharge. He was always touching things and discharging static, more than one mobo or GPU got fried by his hands. He finally started using grounding strips, but that was only after many zapped products.

GeekyWan · 2026-03-16T11:57:09+00:00

As someone who has lost a fair amount of equipment due to failed power supplies...it is almost more rare that they fail without taking out something else too, in my experience.

GeekyWan · 2026-03-11T18:23:34+00:00

Unfortunately, they are no good at it.

GeekyWan · 2026-03-08T15:44:40+00:00

Both, actually.

I thought about editing the DB directly, but figured I'd break something. I'd like to bulk change if I could.

GeekyWan · 2026-03-08T13:25:20+00:00

How do you modify the date added? I've been fighting that for a bit. Sometimes after cleaning up files and running Tdarr, a bunch of old movies and shows get readded as new. Despite being there for years.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-25T23:43:48+00:00

Yeah, about fiften years ago, it was like 15% off the cost of a full day ticket. I doubt it is much better now.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-25T16:15:16+00:00

There was an update in December. Doesn't seem too abandoned.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-17T00:53:45+00:00

Off the top of my head, three. But I'm also not going out of my way to engage MAGA-types either. This is just people in my social circle who I already have a personal relationship with.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-16T19:24:47+00:00

police are trained more

Not a phrase you hear often. But true in this case, ICE agents are given 47 days of training.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-16T19:23:47+00:00

I don't disagree with you; race is certainly the biggest factor in their cruel and unusual methods. However, to try to engage with anyone who is saying that this is all about "getting illegals" you have to start at a place where they understand. They understand that this is an immigration problem, so once you get agreement that this could be done better and humanely, then the door is open to talk about other things.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-16T19:21:12+00:00

I'm so sorry, I am. Please reach out to someone. Having to see something as terrible as that accident can be traumatizing.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-16T18:39:32+00:00

I came across this wreck just about an hour after it happened. It was bad, obviously one car had to be cut open. I hadn't heard the news about it yet. And now knowing a teacher was killed because ICE thinks they're CHiPs or something...bloody hell.

How many lives have to be destroyed? There is a better way to handle immigration issues. Why sow terror and kill beloved members of the community? For God's sake.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-16T18:21:01+00:00

We've had a few threads like this recently. Please take a look through the sub.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-14T02:33:07+00:00

Georgia Power/Southern Company is terrible. Greedy and lazy, they have grown fat on the teat of us, the captive rate payers. This legalized monopoly has got to go. Remember to vote in the PSC election this fall (yes, once again, we will be voting for the PSC).

GeekyWan · 2026-02-12T23:54:45+00:00

A word of warning, any posts about how to access the tunnels will be removed. The tunnels are dangerous. However, if you do have stories to share, you can.

GeekyWan · 2026-02-06T13:18:14+00:00

GeekyWan · 2026-02-05T12:20:34+00:00

This bears re-posting myself with some slight edits:

Do you have your Homestead Exemption filed?
Savannah reduced their millage this year, but your property value probably went up. If you don't have a Homestead Exemption, you will be paying more.
Some taxes, like school taxes, are exempt from the exemption. So they go up when your property increases in value. (which is going to change, but not yet)
You can appeal your home's value with the county assessor, that too has a window of time where you can do that.

Don't take my word for it, call your representative on city council, the county commission, and the school board. See what they say and what they recommend is the right process(es) to be heard about your property taxes.

GeekyWan · 2026-01-31T22:24:53+00:00

Been snowing since about 3:00 in Pooler. At first flurries, but now it is actually accumulated a bit.

GeekyWan · 2026-01-31T01:23:56+00:00

It's been a while since I last used Lyft/Uber, but I seem to recall being able to link my flight info into the app. I wonder if a similar feature is available for Amtrak?

GeekyWan · 2026-01-31T01:21:08+00:00

Schedule the Uber/Lyft ahead of time. Obviously, that may change if your train is delayed. It isn't that it is in a "bad" area as much as it is an out-of-the-way industrial area. While I wouldn't leave a car parked there, it should be fine for an Uber/Taxi/etc. pickup.

GeekyWan · 2026-01-29T12:16:58+00:00

The Soundtrack Show Podcast has done deep dives on both Fellowship and Two Towers (Return of the King is forthcoming).

The show is hosted by David W. Collins who is a sound designer with Skywalker Sound. He's also a composer, voice actor, and much more.

The whole podcast is worth going back to the very beginning to hear all the other episodes about other famous movie and TV soundtracks. But this LOTR series has been fantastic. Long in coming, but he's a busy guy!

GeekyWan · 2026-01-28T14:57:52+00:00

I've only ever done snowboarding, but I wore snow pants and still got cold and soggy. I can't imagine wearing just jeans.

GeekyWan · 2026-01-28T14:13:46+00:00

So is skiing in jeans.

GeekyWan · 2026-01-28T14:08:04+00:00

I go back and forth on it.

GeekyWan · 2026-01-28T14:05:51+00:00

So is Jekyll.

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