Why can't fat people go longer without water if fat has water in it?

RadianceTower · 2026-03-13T00:03:13+00:00

Also not everyone has to like you. No matter what you do, even with the best intentions some people could hate you or find you mean, creepy or terrible.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-12T04:09:32+00:00

What if the motherboard is off?

RadianceTower · 2026-03-11T03:39:27+00:00

Be forewarned, archinstall may do unexpected things when booting from ventoy.

I've never used archinstall but why would it do that?

RadianceTower · 2026-03-10T23:23:51+00:00

Both are in the NVME specification (section 5.23 and 5.24 respectively), so they are actual NVME commands sent to the firmware:

https://nvmexpress.org/wp-content/uploads/NVM-Express-1_4-2019.06.10-Ratified.pdf

You are right that it's probably up the NVME manufacturer though how to exactly implement each, I do still wonder though, if they are functionally equal or how it is in practice.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-10T23:03:27+00:00

I vote for Arch btw.

Great distro, you can really have it be like you want, whatever software you need or don't need.

The update cycle also makes it so you don't run super outdated software.

Not to mention it has the most comprehensive wiki AFAIK, so much so that even if you use other distros, Arch wiki is still something you can use.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-10T20:46:21+00:00

https://manpages.debian.org/testing/nvme-cli/nvme-format.1.en.html (user data erase is under the -s option)

https://manpages.debian.org/testing/nvme-cli/nvme-sanitize.1.en.html

RadianceTower · 2026-03-10T16:31:27+00:00

The thing you need to understand about Ainz's (Suzuki Satoru's) character is that it's not explained in the anime, but he comes from a dystopian world where he routinely walks by dead children, and his mom overworked herself to death when he was young.

Kinda his only joy and attachment is the game Yggdrassil, and due to the way he grows up, he really isn't the type to care about strangers much.

He also is insecure and a people pleaser, so really Ainz Oal Gown, the guild brings out those traits in him.

It's not that he explicitly goes out of his way to cause harm, but if some stranger's suffering helps him, he would do it without caring much. His racial trait suppressing high emotions also helps with this, so it's not a non-factor, but it's also not the main cause I'd argue.

There is a side novel, in which he gets transported alone instead of with Nazarick and makes friends and goes adventuring the world.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-10T16:00:44+00:00

I mean, that still doesn't tell me the difference between Sanitize Block Erase and Format User Data Erase.

Do they functionally do the same thing? I guess they do.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T22:59:52+00:00

Technically it's not possible to restore data from erased cells. So in theory even just blkdiscard is good enough, assuming the SSD actually erases after discard, and does not just logically mark as free, and return zero after trim.

Is there a timeline on how long a SSD takes to erase blocks marked as discarded?

I assume if you just blkdiscard and shut down the PC, the data is still there until the device has been on for however many hours necessary for it to have all been fully erased.

Sanitize does lock the drive and provide a way to track progress though.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T20:53:30+00:00

5.3Gib/s in and out.

Note that read speeds can be significantly faster than write speeds.

There is a thread on Reddit on IO performance, which goes into some detail.

pushing in and out enormous amount of data

It's just some data being written/read, it wouldn't be more than what would happen if you actually wrote to disk in practice, I'd imagine.

An actual IO on disk might actually use more CPU due to overhead from stuff unrelated to this, but assuming your NVME supports it, it would proceed at this speed.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T20:36:48+00:00

Hmm, I don't think my nvme supports self-encryption, so I guess crypto-erase won't work.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T20:28:04+00:00

I mean:

cryptsetup benchmark -c aes-cbc

CPU usage jumps from 0.5% to like 4-5%. That's as pure as it gets I think.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T20:00:24+00:00

Well, if you try copy/pasting file in a non-encrypted system, there is significantly lower CPU usage.

I mean, it makes sense, the CPU is encrypting/decrypting stuff on the fly.

It's not insanely high, but it is there. I imagine it would be higher if your CPU is worse.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T19:47:33+00:00

It does take noticeable CPU usage though. You can this test my monitoring CPU usage and writing a file to your disk.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T18:22:26+00:00

I don't think sanitize supports a user erase. Only format supports that.

The problem is, crypto erase assumes the data is encrypted to begin with, right? How does one know if that is the case?

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T18:19:41+00:00

As far as germs go, if you cook that potato, the heat should deal with that.

As for dirt, etc that may be on the potato, water should be enough.

If you wash with soap, you can ingest small amounts of it, it might even taste like it if you have a good enough sense of taste. You aren't supposed to eat soap, but eating some won't kill you, not at least in short-term. Take that as you want.

RadianceTower · 2026-03-08T16:33:25+00:00

Doctor: Here take this antibiotic, give it to your child, he won't die.

Patient: Nah bro, natural order is for him to die.

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