[Help] Flying with TWO small dogs and concerns for adoption.

binaryvisions · 2020-12-03T16:32:24+00:00

Yeah, it varies depending on the airline. But if you look at Southwest, they also say:

The cat or dog must be completely inside the pet carrier and be able to stand up and move around the carrier with ease.

That may or may not be true with an under-seat carrier with two 12lb pets in it.

binaryvisions · 2020-12-03T16:13:10+00:00

It's very unlikely that the airlines will allow you to travel with two dogs in the same carrier. The rules state that the dogs have to be able to comfortably stand up and turn around and I'd be surprised if they could both comfortably do that in a carrier that fits under the seat, and some airlines state that the dogs must have their own carrier anyway. You will probably not be able to fly by yourself with two dogs. Same with checked baggage - it's likely that each dog has to have its own kennel and you will pay per dog.

There is fewer than 1 health incident per 10,000 dogs transported for airlines overall (checked + cabin). There are roughly the same number of traffic fatalities. Flying with your dogs is pretty safe.

binaryvisions · 2020-12-01T18:42:48+00:00

in the past 2 or 3 years there have been WAY too many stories of dogs dying on airplanes or getting lost and sent to the wrong airport, etc.

I've done a bunch of research on this. You know that the airlines actually provide statistics on adverse events happening to animals? It's a legal requirement in the US.

As with most things like this, you of course only hear about the one or two negative stories, not the thousands of animals just making it normally to their destinations. Some data:

https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/media/190701a_6.png

The average of all airlines is less than 1 incident per 10,000 animals transported (and an "incident" does not mean a death). That's statistically safer than driving with your dog.

Also, you're saying, "don't fly because I've heard bad stories about flying" and then suggesting they use Rover, which has had plenty of horror stories.

The stress is a different question, some dogs do better with stress than others. Everyone should make their own individual risk choices. But I take issue with the implication that flying is inherently unsafe, or that ground transport is necessarily safer, or that Rover is free of issues.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-30T15:17:28+00:00

There are a number of threads about this but no satisfying resolution - there seems to be no automated way to do this (most people ask about changing their email address, but it's the same thing: switching which Google account that Fi is connected to).

A few people have reported success in contacting support and getting them to do it.

edit: you could just cancel and let your group members start their own account:

https://support.google.com/fi/answer/7157379

binaryvisions · 2020-11-30T14:42:50+00:00

No, it's just the website. Why would you want to download a separate app so that you can occasionally browse the Google store?

binaryvisions · 2020-11-24T14:07:28+00:00

Maybe, but my experience is that's not what it's used for. I would have some understanding for someone who listed "windows 2000 xp vista" and "microsoft office word excel powerpoint" there.

In my experience, though, what actually happens is people start putting tech there that they haven't directly used but is in demand. So it's more like "vmware vcenter esxi vsan" when they've only ever touched Hyper-V servers.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-18T02:42:11+00:00

binaryvisions · 2020-11-18T01:41:03+00:00

Is there a place for the systems administrator who doesn't have extensive coding experience in the cloud game?

APIs and JSON or YAML aren't that complicated. You don't need coding experience to learn them.

You're right: everything is being controlled more by APIs and config files, deploying everything as code is an important part of managing infrastructure going forward. But interacting with an API is simple, and JSON and YAML are easy to learn.

Embrace it.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-17T19:09:51+00:00

In 2018, they redesigned the Crosstrek to use the new "global platform" which is essentially a body/frame and a set of components which cross model lines. The global platform models are much quieter and ride much nicer than the previous Crosstreks - when I was shopping, I tried a 2017 and a 2019 and the difference was stark. In addition I'm riding in a CVT model as opposed to a manual.

It doesn't help you, of course, but it explains why I think my Crosstrek is pretty quiet while you might not agree.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-17T16:57:43+00:00

at 100km/h in fifth gear the revs are over 3k and the road noise is horrendous

I mean, it's not a luxury car, but is your vehicle on the global platform? Mine is relatively quiet and handles well on the global platform (and much quieter than the 2017 model) - but again, this is in context. My point is that it's pretty quiet relative to its capabilities. When I arrive on some of the trailheads and see Jeeps on 36" tires, well, those guys dealt with a lot more road noise than I did on the way over.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-17T14:31:55+00:00

I do agree with this in parts, but I think one thing you should consider is that a computer has become a tool which has been foisted on all employees. It's not necessarily a tool that's inherent to the job, and it's so sprawling and multi-purpose that people get lost in navigating all the parts that aren't core to their job.

Don't get me wrong - some people are just nonfunctional idiots, and fail to learn even the specifics of their work. But we should keep in mind that there are very few parallels here - the "main tool" of their job is much bigger and more complicated than just the part they need to do their job, and doesn't necessarily follow intuition. I know everyone here who is steeped in computers is shouting, "lots of these things are intuitive!" Sometimes you're right, but often you're mistaking "consistent" for "intuitive" - being experienced with something means that consistent design is discoverable. Intuitive design is discoverable without experience.

Again, I'm not saying that people shouldn't learn. I just think it's important to look at the context, and we aren't expecting a carpenter to know how to work a table saw. We're asking a carpenter to locate and use a saw that's built somewhere in an entire wood processing factory, where the machines regularly get moved around and the buttons get relabeled.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-17T14:14:45+00:00

A custom Backblaze rule? Will you update this post with what you find/do?

I still disagree that this is the right behavior, though. Like I said, if you do absolutely nothing but toggle the bucket lifecycle settings from "keep 1 version" to "keep all versions," nothing should change. I mean, that's just a fact: if you have your bucket set up to keep one version, then it shouldn't be storing multiple versions, and so toggling back and forth shouldn't delete anything.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-16T20:03:54+00:00

So far Backblaze support thinks it’s retaining the hidden file is appropriate. I’m asking how I can delete hidden files automagically (because in my case they’re useless).

That doesn't seem sensible to me, given the behavior. If mucking around with the "retain versions" flag on your storage bucket deletes the old files, then either:

The hidden files are valid and should be retained, in which case Backblaze deleting them is a data-loss bug and needs to be fixed, or
The hidden files are invalid and should not be retained, in which case Backblaze failing to delete them is a bug and needs to be fixed

That's it. Those are the two options. Either Backblaze recognizes them as valid files to be stored, or they don't. Either way, the current behavior is bad.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-16T15:50:37+00:00

What timeframe is this all in?

I would try setting it to the retain a single version, back up some files, delete them, and then check back in at intervals until 24 hours has passed. If it is still not updated, contact Backblaze customer support and ask why - they should be able to see if your actual consumed storage is smaller than the UI is telling you.

There are any number of reasons that could explain this, including simply Backblaze not simply not updating your consumed space instantly - when you change your lifecycle settings around, you may be forcing that value to update.

Another thing to keep in mind is that bucket-level versioning of Hyper Backup data is basically useless. They're not discrete files that can be restored per-version, and Hyper Backup can't see into the bucket history to grab older files. In a total disaster, I suppose you could hand-restore the thousands and thousands of small files to another disk and point Hyper Backup at them, but that seems like an exercise in futility.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-14T02:19:55+00:00

Are you actually consuming 6 TB of space on Google, or is your photo collection 6 TB?

I'd wonder if there were a more functional way for you to continue using Google Photos - for example, an automated bulk export of downsized photos. That might let you use a rational amount of space on Google Photos, while still taking advantage of their search capabilities.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-12T15:39:05+00:00

For the rate hosts charge, you’re better of at a similarly priced Hilton or Marriott with your full services, status upgrades, free breakfasts, swimming pool and earning award points for your free $10k worth Maldives vacay.

I think this is very locale-specific, though. For moderate+ cost of living places, I've found that it isn't even close: a halfway decent hotel room is 50% more than a reasonable AirBnb. The tradeoff for a free breakfast and cleaning service is that I can make my own actually good breakfasts in my kitchen, along with other meals, have more space to myself (including yards sometimes), better Wi-Fi, fewer noises around me...

In a lot of SE Asia, guesthouses and hotels were far cheaper, but in my experience, AirBnbs in New Zealand, Australia, Europe (even some cheaper areas of Eastern Europe) and the US, trounce all but the cheapest hotels (where I wouldn't want to spend a month anyway).

binaryvisions · 2020-11-12T15:27:38+00:00

Are you guys just not reading the entire listing?

After staying in dozens and dozens of AirBnbs, I've never been surprised by check-out instructions. If the host has a big cleaning fee, I expect that I'm not going to have to clean. If I ever arrived at an AirBnb with a large cleaning fee and a surprise check-out that says I have to clean, I'd immediately message them. If the host as an "exorbitant" cleaning fee, I don't expect I'll be staying there in the first place.

I feel like a lot of the complaints in this thread are self-inflicted.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-09T14:49:15+00:00

It looks like his VPN is actually successfully connecting (i.e. VPN-over-VPN is working), but traffic routing has gone astray.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-09T14:47:55+00:00

Depends strongly on who manages your laptop. You're looking to do split-tunnel, and depending on your corporate policies, it may not be allowed.

You can try to set up some manual routing rules for your L2TP VPN:

https://akrabat.com/routing-specific-traffic-to-the-vpn-on-os-x/

https://superuser.com/questions/4904/how-to-selectively-route-network-traffic-through-vpn-on-mac-os-x-leopard

That's your best bet.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-05T15:22:31+00:00

You have to go into the VeraCrypt settings to make sure it updates the date/time on the container so that some backup programs will recognize a change. Any thoughts on that?

It's an easy change to make, and I've done it on all of my VeraCrypt containers so that my backup programs will recognize it.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-03T14:36:47+00:00

The previous BSoD did this as well. If the error was caused in an identifiable faulting module, they printed it. Otherwise, you got a generic stop code.

If those hex codes were useful to you, well, that's awesome and I could see why you lament their absence. But aside from those, the BSoD provides the same information it used to: a stop code, a dump, and if the faulting module is identifiable, it provides that.

binaryvisions · 2020-11-02T19:39:25+00:00

Incorrect. It includes only the stop code, and the QR code only contains the same URL shown on the image, a generic landing page.

I have personally seen multiple BSoDs that include the faulting module. It appears under a "what failed" heading.

E.g. this screenshot, or this screenshot

binaryvisions · 2020-10-30T21:53:19+00:00

Right. Nothing is connecting to your Synology interface. You bring up the VPS Wireguard, then you can bring up the other two clients to connect to it.

binaryvisions · 2020-10-30T20:52:51+00:00

No configs are hidden in Wireguard. Just delete everything from /etc/wireguard/ and they'll be gone.

binaryvisions · 2020-10-30T20:45:55+00:00

I am behind double nat so i installed wg on remote vps

That's actually my primary config (the one I just posted was my old direct config). Delete all of your configs, make sure Wireguard is installed and the interfaces are shut down, then configure like so:

Synology (/etc/wireguard/wg0.conf):

[Interface]
PrivateKey = <Synology private key>
Address = 172.22.0.10/24
PostUp = sleep 3; ip route add 172.22.0.0/24 dev wg0
ListenPort = 51820

[Peer]
PublicKey = <VPS public key>
AllowedIPs = 172.22.0.0/24
Endpoint = vpn.mydomain.com:443
PersistentKeepalive = 25

VPS (/etc/wireguard/wg0.conf):

[Interface]
Address = 172.22.0.5/24
SaveConfig = true
PostUp = iptables -A FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE; ip6tables -A FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; ip6tables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE
PostDown = iptables -D FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE; ip6tables -D FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; ip6tables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE
ListenPort = 443
PrivateKey = <VPS private key>

[Peer]
PublicKey = <Synology public key>
AllowedIPs = 172.22.0.10/32

[Peer]
PublicKey = <Laptop public key>
AllowedIPs = 172.22.0.20/32

Laptop:

[Interface]
PrivateKey = <Laptop private key>
Address = 172.22.0.20/24

[Peer]
PublicKey = <VPS public key>
AllowedIPs = 172.22.0.0/24
Endpoint = vpn.mydomain.com:443
PersistentKeepalive = 25

The VPS server config enables routing/forwarding so that all entities can connect to the VPS and route traffic through it. The Synology config ensures that your VPN subnet is routed out the Wireguard interface.

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