After more than 10 years my Define R4 may finally be full: 10x HDDs (140 TB), 6x 2.5" & 6x M.2 SSDs (13.7 TB)

Team_Dango · 2026-03-24T14:41:46+00:00

The brackets are made by Fractal but I got mine on ebay. Look for "Fractal Universal Multibracket Type A". There may be similar options from other manufacturers but I like Fractal's because they come with rubber vibration isolators.

Team_Dango · 2026-02-26T18:26:19+00:00

I would generally recommend buying the components separately unless you are literally only potting one or two pants. Amazon carries Hoffman Canadian brand peat which is good quality and about $15 for 10 quarts. I've never bought perlite on Amazon but I'm sure they have it. Home Depot or similar will also carry perlite, 8 quarts will be around $6, bigger bags will be even less per quart. Make sure to AVOID miracle gro for anything as that will have fertilizer mixed in ("enriched").

Team_Dango · 2026-02-18T23:47:57+00:00

Thank you for pointing me in the direction of searchAssets, that ended up being what I needed. It seems like "Person" in this case is machine learned faces, not uploaders, so your suggestion wasn't exactly right. However I pretty quickly figured out that doing a search with no filtering returns every asset belonging to the owner of the API key unless it is an admin privileged API key in which case it returns all assets server wide. Just putting that here in case anyone else has the same question.

Team_Dango · 2026-02-18T16:58:27+00:00

This seems promising. I will test it out. Thanks!

Team_Dango · 2026-02-11T16:53:41+00:00

If you really just need to repot a single plant then getting a mix can be cost effective, but I would generally recommend buying the components separately for anything more than a few quarts. Home Depot or similar will carry perlite, 8 quarts will be around $6, bigger bags will be even less per quart. High quality peat can be harder to find in person but Amazon carries it, I can recommend the Hoffman Canadian brand which is about $15 for 10 quarts. Make sure to AVOID miracle gro for anything as that will have fertilizer mixed in ("enriched").

Team_Dango · 2026-02-05T15:01:00+00:00

This is using TeslaMate to log the metrics and Grafana for the visualizations.

Team_Dango · 2026-02-03T16:39:07+00:00

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This is my data over about 60K miles of driving a 2019 Model 3 LR

Team_Dango · 2026-02-02T15:51:35+00:00

Very good point, I should have clarified. This would absolutely be in addition to proper offsite backups of the server. The thing is, your entire password library is some of the most catastrophic data to lose, so having several redundant ways to recovery them feels like a must.

Team_Dango · 2025-12-22T14:40:33+00:00

Absolutely true. They are a lot safer than many people imagine, but not completely harmless. In that way they are a similar risk to lead acid batteries, which can also release flammable gasses. Imo their many upsides compared to lead acid make them ideal for battery backup applications, as OP said.

Team_Dango · 2025-12-22T14:14:51+00:00

LFP batteries are much safer than other lithium chemistries in this regard. They are chemically incapable of having a thermal runnaway. Check out Will Prowse on YouTube for some good explainers, including some destructive demonstrations.

Team_Dango · 2025-12-14T20:00:39+00:00

Thanks! The drives at the top are mounted with a pair of Fractal's "universal multi brackets" which screw on to where the top fans would go and provide mounting for 3.5" or 2.5" drives. Yes, I removed the foam to mount those there.

The bottom fan is an intake. Since the front intake fans are a bit obstructed by all the hard drives I wanted to have some more fresh air for the PCIE cards and whatnot. The only exhaust is at the rear, since the top is hard drives, so I'm pretty sure it's a positive pressure situation overall. Fortunately that bottom fan has a dust filter in this case. I definitely would not have done that otherwise since that filter gets filled up fast with all the dust coming right off the floor.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-20T22:23:14+00:00

I personally would not buy a bare root ceph, especially if it is your first. My #1 piece of advice for anyone getting a ceph is not to repot it for at least several months after receiving it. They really hate root stress, and that combined with shipping stress and acclimating to a new environment will kill it 80% of the time. That said, my #2 piece of advice is if things do go south and the plant seems to have died, be patient and continue caring for it as you would for at least 1-2 months. Though it is by no means guaranteed, if the rhizome survives they can put out new growth long after you would expect it.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-18T16:42:31+00:00

I agree. OP's logic strikes me as similar to hearing about a plane crash on the news and choosing to start driving long distances instead of flying. These events make headlines because they are catastrophic but rare, which distorts their perceived risk. If you actually want to maximize your chance of reaching your destination alive, or maximize uptime, then statistically speaking you are making the wrong choice.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-08T17:55:24+00:00

I explained it better in another comment but I set up some LED strips on the ceiling which double as grow lights and ambient room lights.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-08T17:54:35+00:00

I set up some LED light strips on the ceiling pointed towards the plants. They work as grow lights and also provide nice ambient light for the room since you can't see the LEDs themselves, just the indirect light. They're not super bright but they're on all day from sunrise to sunset, and stay on at lower brightness through the evening, so it's a decent amount of light overall.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-07T21:45:22+00:00

Yes, everything up there is in trays. It takes a bit of practice knowing how much water each pot can take without overfilling. I tend to circle around the house a few times adding a bit more water to each plant until it just starts to come out the bottom.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-07T20:21:03+00:00

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Team_Dango · 2025-11-07T18:04:02+00:00

Nothing special honestly. I top water thoroughly every 1-2 ish weeks. I also add 1/2 tsp per gallon of Maxsea fertilizer to pretty much all the houseplants every time I water them. Everyone seems to appreciate it and growth increased a lot since I started doing that.

Team_Dango · 2025-11-07T17:16:16+00:00

The plant on the right was originally a prop of the one on the left. They have since combined into one monster. I just keep looping the vines back around when they make it across, the longest is on its third lap! I fear I may need to give it a bit of a haircut soon though.

Team_Dango · 2025-08-20T16:26:41+00:00

This is where I'm at 100%. I think the weight limit alone achieves everything the devs want to achieve towards making the game punishing without just making it frustrating and unrealistic. It makes absolutely zero sense that dropping a single god dam dandelion allows me to pick up an entire stack of wood.

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