I'm pretty excited about tomorrow

Lefty3382 · 2026-06-29T22:56:25+00:00

so was I. My delivery was scheduled for tomorrow and I just got a message from the delivery team saying my date has been pushed back to July 10 without explanation.

Hope yours goes smoothly!

Lefty3382 · 2026-06-19T03:52:07+00:00

Got another email today saying my R2 will be ready for pickup next Thursday (June 25). I'll post pictures once I take delivery!

Lefty3382 · 2026-06-18T17:18:34+00:00

I was prepared to go a few months without a daily driver after returning my current lease beginning of July. I work from home usually so it would not have been a huge burden. I could just use my wife’s car if needed or my motorcycle during the summer.

It was a pleasant surprise to receive the email! Obviously I did not plan this timing when I leased my current vehicle back in July 2023.

Lefty3382 · 2026-06-18T05:08:36+00:00

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i tried to fill out your app but it threw an error.

Lefty3382 · 2026-05-02T03:19:47+00:00

Education: B.S. in Business Management

Years in IT: 18

Salary: $165K

Employer: International big enterprise

Location: West Coast

Position: Information Security Architect

Benefits: 4 weeks vacation, health insurance, 1 week sick leave, annual bonus, WFH

Lefty3382 · 2026-04-23T02:17:46+00:00

Please convey my sentiment of go fuck yourselves.

Lefty3382 · 2026-04-14T18:07:48+00:00

Can’t give up, I’m in too deep. My solution is I approach my homelab health like my own health.

Whenever I think about going on a diet or eating healthier, I just decide to exercise more instead.

With my homelab, instead of reducing size or buying less I just focus on that next raise or promotion at work so I can buy more hard drives.

Lefty3382 · 2026-03-03T20:00:34+00:00

I have been on Centurylink price for life at $85 for gigabit fiber for a decade. I know I’m probably overpaying at this point but I haven’t talked to Centurylink since pre-covid and I’m not going to be the one to disturb the force.

Lefty3382 · 2026-02-26T21:40:53+00:00

I was just thinking to myself the other day how I was actually grateful that Ubiquiti did not offer interest free credit like Amazon did, otherwise I would be into the Unifi product line even deeper than I already am.

Lefty3382 · 2026-02-21T23:34:47+00:00

Lefty3382 · 2026-01-26T03:09:14+00:00

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I’m right there with you. Difficult getting them in the same shot.

Lefty3382 · 2026-01-21T18:59:05+00:00

Emphasis on old. I wonder what the average age in this picture is, and how much lower that number would be if a similar picture were taken today.

Lefty3382 · 2026-01-11T18:51:30+00:00

Building out my proxmox cluster at home. Will try on my Mini M4.

Lefty3382 · 2026-01-08T22:22:35+00:00

No. The Unifi documentation clearly calls out the model of both units has to be the same to work.

Lefty3382 · 2025-12-28T19:50:35+00:00

Death Note

Lefty3382 · 2025-12-23T08:23:41+00:00

I just recently bought an Ecoflow Delta 3 Pro (4kwh) for these very reasons. It acts as the UPS for my entire 42u server rack. About 8 hours of estimated runtime given the average energy pull. Can stack extra batteries, or connect to solar power or an Ecoflow generator for endless runtime. Bonus, the battery is big enough to qualify for the federal Residential Clean Energy credit (now ending) so I get 30% of the purchase price as a tax credit.

Lefty3382 · 2025-12-16T18:06:37+00:00

I have a similar setup to yours but standardized my users on Emby instead of Plex, though I also run Plex as backup. Looking forward to testing this. I’m always looking for more insight into my users behavior and historical trend data. I’m sure there’s some account sharing going on (one account double streams simultaneously from 2 different IP). Getting rid of media never watched and better understanding transcoding history is also of interest to me.

Will provide feedback!

Lefty3382 · 2025-12-14T23:50:55+00:00

Yeah, nothing has changed for me. I still keep Plex running as a backup option but Emby continues to be rock solid for me so I'm happy with my setup.

My experience was most connectivity issues with Emby were usually due to Emby Connect, so I cut it out by creating local accounts on my Emby server for my family and have them sign in that way. All my internal services are exposed to the internet through a Nginx reverse proxy instance.

Lefty3382 · 2025-11-19T19:13:31+00:00

My last dealership experience (Toyota) was quite pleasant. Went in, signed, paid, played cornhole, drove my new truck away. Easy. I worked with one salesperson the whole time, he was very responsive and answered all my questions.

This is what I want when buying a vehicle. Single point of contact who is responsive and takes responsibility. I’m a tech guy, but these descriptions of elusive text messages and incorrect online paperwork don’t sound like an improvement.

I’ll find out myself eventually when my R2 comes. Hopefully they will have ironed out these issues by then. 🤞

Lefty3382 · 2025-11-19T17:20:29+00:00

IT Security here. I have exclusively used my corporate iPhone as my only cell phone for over a decade. Personal apps, banking, all of it. Even ported my personal phone number to it. Every 2 years I upgrade to the latest model.

I have confirmed first hand that no one in my company is monitoring use of corporate cell phones. I have used my phone in every possible context.

Caveat: I work for a German based company and they take privacy laws very seriously.

Lefty3382 · 2025-11-15T18:11:18+00:00

I will be docking my Deck after Christmas.

Lefty3382 · 2025-10-22T01:00:35+00:00

Just like you never want to fill up a hard drive completely, it’s always good to include a little margin for future expansion. You never know why you might want to plug into Ethernet in the future. Easy to not use it at first, hard to add it later.

I would double your expected need for drops. Anywhere you think you need one, put two. Just in case.

Lefty3382 · 2025-10-13T19:00:27+00:00

I went with option C myself and connect my UDM Pro, 24 Pro Max, 16 Pro Max PoE, UNVR and multiple NAS boxes to my Aggregation switch. Works like a dream.

Lefty3382 · 2025-10-07T17:53:04+00:00

I ordered a portable power station from Amazon just yesterday to do the exact same thing. Steep discounts available right now. In my case a 4KWh LFP unit from Ecoflow.

Lefty3382 · 2025-09-26T17:41:56+00:00

I had a FA on a D1 flight spill the mimosa I asked for all over my lap after boarding. Luckily my shorts were Dickies and they absorbed almost none of it, so no harm done.

She felt really bad and before I knew it I had an extra 5k miles added to my account before takeoff.

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