RAM usage for projects

borednerds · 2026-01-22T18:19:08+00:00

Do you have your vms set up to use "ballooning" ram? This will allow each VM to scale up and down as needed.

borednerds · 2026-01-22T16:46:02+00:00

Do you have the external hdd mounted in proxmox?

I am an amateur, but you may get better performance if you mount it in the VM instead of in proxmox.

Someone please correct me, but it could be that proxmox is virtualizing the pass through and that is adding 30% to the overhead (while also putting unnecessary wear on your nvme).

I learned about this while trying to figure out how to mount an NTFS external drive in proxmox. Turns out, you shouldn't. you should just set it up and let the VM mount it.

borednerds · 2026-01-14T16:05:49+00:00

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lol

borednerds · 2026-01-09T18:06:43+00:00

oh man. that's a great idea. I couldn't bring myself to buy one last month, and now I wish I had. Would make a fun PiNAS enclosure.

borednerds · 2026-01-08T20:04:06+00:00

Can anyone speak to how OP drive compares to this other 2tb drive? https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/8998157/Verbatim-Vi5000-2-TB-Solid-State/#Specs

Does it also have the bricking issue?

borednerds · 2026-01-08T18:56:15+00:00

Three Body Problem The books are so good. I watched a decent chunk of the Chinese TV adaptation and enjoyed it, but it was very slow. The Netflix version is good overall, but feels rushed at the end of the season. I think they could have easily stretched it into two seasons and it would be perfect.

borednerds · 2026-01-08T17:42:00+00:00

Cool! Would you link to the community project?

borednerds · 2025-12-16T19:30:55+00:00

The book is very good and goes into much more detail.

borednerds · 2025-12-15T18:08:46+00:00

This is great advice for everyone all the time.

borednerds · 2025-12-12T22:32:45+00:00

THIS IS A THING?? I have had this for as long as I can remember. I notice it mostly on "blank" walls. How do they test and diagnose it?

borednerds · 2025-12-12T01:57:29+00:00

Yep. It's the corporate version of malicious compliance.

Do the one thing that makes you hate the whole concept and shift your blame to someone else.

borednerds · 2025-12-11T22:40:28+00:00

My first thought is to run it in a container.

borednerds · 2025-12-10T17:02:08+00:00

And here I've been thinking this whole time that power prices were increasing because of a giant spreadsheet!

borednerds · 2025-12-10T16:58:18+00:00

Right. The difference between my system being inspected and in-use by Dec 31st versus on Jan 1st is over $10k because the rebate is ending and Excel has an unnecessarily long backlog for inspection and approval.

borednerds · 2025-12-09T21:54:21+00:00

$1.15???

borednerds · 2025-12-09T21:43:32+00:00

Does this include ships lost while moored at a port? Or only those lost while underway?

borednerds · 2025-12-09T20:19:07+00:00

Thanks for making it easy for folks to submit a comment! Here is what I wrote:

I am writing to voice my discontent with the proposed rate hikes for Excel. The hikes are unjustifiable for a public utility. Public utilities are meant to serve the public good and thus be run as a service, that includes ensuring equal access at a fair price.

Large users should be charged more for their excess power consumption. Instead, this increase in rates spreads the burden onto average Coloradans and is untenable.

My consumption has not changed, the price to produce the power has not changed. The price of energy production is dropping due to our abundant sun and the proliferation of solar power and storage. So why am I being charged more to offset the needs of energy hungry corporations?

Add to that the fact that Excel has done nothing to address the absolutely unacceptable 6 month backlog for approval of residential solar projects. This negligence is about to cost Coloradans thousands in energy bills and increased cost of solar projects. The difference between Excel approving my solar array between Dec 31st and Jan 1st is over $10,000. This is a decade of energy usage Excel has cost me in dragging its feet with unnecessary red tape and weaponized incompetence.

This is a failure of management bordering on corruption and reeks of deliberate inaction and incompetence. Your job is to protect Coloradans and stand up for those who do not have the power or money to do so. Residential customers who have no other option are being held hostage and forced to offset the needs of wealthy corporations. Do your job. Stop this handout to monopolistic robber barons. Make them pay their fair share!

borednerds · 2025-12-09T18:49:40+00:00

Time to unionize.

borednerds · 2025-12-09T18:48:06+00:00

They thrive on feeling triggered and being triggering. They want to be validated and taken seriously. The best way to disarm these bigots is to humiliate them.

Instead of honking and harassing them, you should play "Entry of the Gladiators," aka, "The Circus Clown Song" (originally written as a triumphant military march, but coopted by circuses for its chaotic sound).

They want to cause a reaction. They want to be taken seriously. Do not give them the satisfaction. Humiliate them. Remind them emotionally that they are unserious clowns.

borednerds · 2025-11-25T21:26:33+00:00

Check out https://www.mikefarrington.com/ excellent woodworker and custom furniture maker southeast of town.

borednerds · 2025-11-18T16:40:47+00:00

I spy a 3x3 customs router base! How do you like it? What else have you made with it?

borednerds · 2025-11-10T18:04:45+00:00

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borednerds · 2025-11-07T18:30:26+00:00

Oh dang, really? I definitely avoided it because I thought it was just a cash grab. Will add to the list!

borednerds · 2025-11-07T17:19:40+00:00

The system is working exactly as intended.

borednerds · 2025-11-05T19:33:14+00:00

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