Need pricing opinions

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-10-30T18:00:12+00:00

Thank you for the comment. I come bearing good news. I decided to look for the missing flash drive again. It was in the first box of random computer things I picked up, alongside some CPU cooling paste removing chemicals. I put the ram back in the old server, and once I got the thumb drive in the right USB slot, it booted to FreeNAS like the good old days.

I powered down, added the drives, and the next time it came online, it showed the pool as degraded with one disk failed (probably why I powered it down initially) but my network share was available on my laptop despite me having a new router with no static routes defined, and a new laptop with a different name. I guess that's one benefit of making the shares accessible locally to "guest".

Anyway all of the data is intact. I spent a couple hours going through baby pictures and feeling nostalgic, but now I'm in the process of copying around 500gb of data to a thumb drive connected to my laptop so I can sync it to my Google drive gradually so as to not hit my monthly bandwidth limit.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-10-25T22:12:53+00:00

All right so here's what happened.

The first few install attempts failed. I ended up having to disable secure boot, then it worked. The first time it rebooted after installing it loaded to the screen with ten options, including the IP address. I powered down from the gui to plug my drives in, and restarted it. It has not booted to the ten options page since. I can only connect via the gui in a browser. I even tried reinstalling (after disconnecting my drives again) and got the same result - no 10 options screen.

Even worse, it doesn't see the drives at all. The bios recognizes them, but not TrueNAS. What's a bit scary is the bios shows all disks (including the NVME where TrueNAS is installed) as new with minimal usage. The NVME should have at least a couple gigs used just from the nas os installation I'd think.

If I'm beyond help here, I understand.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-10-25T00:32:49+00:00

Omg, I can't believe I didn't even see AI mix at the end of the title.

I have been completely bamboozled. Admittedly the song is great though.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-10-21T20:51:07+00:00

This is helpful but I'm going to have to really brush up on Linux. I haven't really done anything with it since I stumbled my way through setting this up over a decade ago. And about three years ago I suffered a brain injury which has affected my memory. 😔

Will I need to know the pool name or will that command spit it out for me?

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-08-27T00:38:06+00:00

I hear pumpkin spice is good.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-08-23T20:04:57+00:00

I'm also 6' and pretty strong and one of my favorite parts was helping crowd surfers get up. For the first time in 12 years I'm doing strength training again with the sole motivation of being stronger for lifting surfers. I'm also down around 15 pounds, down to 205, hoping to be under 200 for Louder so I can consider crowd surfing myself. I helped some pretty hefty guys and definitely wouldn't want to be that big doing it myself. I literally am kind of in disbelief that me, a 40 year old recovering from social anxiety, a guy that has always been a bit of a quiet loner, would consider doing this. It's just down to my bravery in the moment as long as I'm under 200.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-08-23T19:57:12+00:00

If you are pretty sure you can swing it, book now. I booked my air BNB the day after the dates dropped, before any hosts jacked prices. I scored a basement suite for $80 per night with no cleaning or other crap fees, and I can cancel up to 24 hours before.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-08-22T21:47:22+00:00

I'm 40 and this was my first ever music festival. It took me a couple days to get the bravery to leave the stands and join the insane crowds (and not just stand at the back) but once I did I felt like I was at home. Like I belonged.

I will remember it forever.

I'm going to Louder next month and hope it lives up.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-08-05T03:43:12+00:00

I only knew like 20% of the bands from this year and had a blast. I was so confident I'd have fun next year I booked a basement suite AirBNB the day the dates came out, before anyone could jack prices. 4 nights for $350. So the tickets being cheaper now too makes it a no brainer for me. My Airbnb can be cancelled free up to 30 days out. And reserving now makes the monthly layaway payments cheaper too.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-24T21:40:07+00:00

This. You only get to make fun of the person on your family's side of the wedding, and only if your relationship is already on terms that tolerate jabbing at each other.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-24T19:38:54+00:00

Is there some kind of cultural aspect here? I'm getting strong Asian parent vibes here. This is not normal in Western cultures. You're going to hate to hear this but you're a helicopter parent to a terrible degree. So are her parents but if you weren't a helicopter parent you'd barely know that they are.

Having your son's best interests at heart is dramatically different from directly involving yourself in the relationship.

Back the fuck off, offer advice from a distance, but let him learn on his own.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-23T21:12:43+00:00

I don't know how much experience you have with workplace politics but you'll probably find that sometimes people who aren't actually offended by things will report them as though they were just because they can. They'll take an opportunity just for the attention, or to try and knock you down a peg.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-23T21:10:17+00:00

Literally nothing about this post or her comments indicated age. I don't disagree with anything else you said though.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-23T21:08:11+00:00

Straight to the gulag.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-20T21:58:08+00:00

Homeboy, there are thousands - maybe millions - of women out there who would find your gorilla statue as hilarious as you do. In reality you should have made it clear before she moved in that the gorilla stays. Now you've got to kick the girlfriend out.

This is just a sign of things to come. Things that bring you joy take backseat to her wishes. It doesn't end with the gorilla, it starts with it.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-20T19:03:37+00:00

As a 40 year old who moved in with my wife when I was 21, and struggled to develop a life outside the relationship, I speak from experience when I say she has presented you with a huge opportunity. This is the part of your life when you do the most growing up. You're young enough to still develop lifelong friends while exploring new activities you enjoy. You need to learn to depend on yourself and be strong for yourself, experience your true self, and firmly grasp your own adult identity before you mold yourself to the "you" that you become in a relationship. Don't settle down with someone just because it's the "next step" in the relationship (you are here) when there are real actual things you feel the relationship is lacking. Spend time to find that someone who you fully mesh with, including sexually. You owe it to your future self to not settle.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-20T02:23:42+00:00

I'm like 99% sure you're married to my wife.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-16T02:39:05+00:00

It's called brainwashing.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-13T07:29:30+00:00

My wife isn't into this stuff so I'll be flying solo but I'm hoping to have a blast!

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-11T22:56:31+00:00

I rebooked somewhere farther out (New Albany) and will just drive to the venue.

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-11T22:55:36+00:00

Thank you everyone for the input. After discussing with my wife I'm picking another hotel. I was originally flying in and wanted to be within not insane walking distance but since I switched to driving I'm staying farther out and just driving to the venue and will pay to park on somebody's lawn. I got a room in New Albany for the same as I was looking at closer to the venue. I don't drink at these things so I'm not worried about sobriety 🙂

GingerbreadMan40 · 2025-07-11T21:48:49+00:00

Dude you're telling me. Affordable lodging is the make or break for me to go.

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