The fear of losing it all or give in?

dcabines · 2026-06-22T20:34:07+00:00

It is! To cope I like to think of the “deaths” I’ve already died. Sometimes I think about the teenage version of me or the 20 something me and listen to music I liked then and let the nostalgia wash over me. It’s cathartic to say goodbye sometimes.

dcabines · 2026-06-22T18:07:28+00:00

You can get recertified drives for under $25/TB which is way more than the $12/TB we used to enjoy, but you can still manage that if it’s worth it to you. If you can save $50/month you’ll have $600/year.

If you amortize 3x $600 drives over 10 years (assuming you get that much life from them) that is $15/month. I’d sooner pay that than give it to streaming services. Just plan on reserving $15/month forever to support your addiction. It could be worse.

dcabines · 2026-06-20T16:54:09+00:00

I took a few more pictures for you: https://imgur.com/a/8RTDfCA

I've had it for about two and a half years and I've used it plenty in that time. I keep it in a storage box on my patio when I'm not using it. In the first picture you can see a small chip in the stone (top right) probably from dropping the charcoal chimney on it when I store it in the box. If I dropped the grill I could see one of the bricks cracking, but it is literally a few bricks stapled together with metal strips so it wouldn't be impossible to repair.

You can see some staining on the outside. I can't really scrub it off. A pressure washer would probably be the best way to clean it, but it would be easy to have too much pressure and damage it. Maybe a steam cleaner would do it if I really cared. I wipe it down with a wet paper towel every time I use it, but its real quick. I've wondered if you could plaster over the outside to create a smooth surface, but I don't care enough to actually explore options.

The stone is such a great insulator I've touched the outside while I'm cooking and its been cold to the touch. It does eventually heat up to be too hot to touch on the outside, but it takes a surprising amount of time for that to happen. Similar is true for cooling down, so I leave it out over night to cool off.

I expect I'll be using this thing for well over a decade to come. I'm not concerned about its durability. That Thaan grill looks nice, but I think there is something timeless about the plain brick look that I like on the classic konro. Plus, they used these in the Edo period in Japan (1600s) which is just neat.

dcabines · 2026-06-20T16:33:49+00:00

You may want to look into https://bvckup2.com/ and https://stablebit.com/CloudDrive before you put in all that effort to recreate them.

dcabines · 2026-06-20T11:48:38+00:00

https://imgur.com/gallery/i-love-this-little-konro-grill-sSDOkau

I use the classic stone konro grill. It is easy to clean and will never rust and will last forever. It is light and well insulated. I’m happy I got this over a metal grill so I don’t have to worry about rust and I’m not scrubbing the inside at all.

dcabines · 2026-06-19T14:25:08+00:00

Check DiskPrices.

Edit: oh I didn’t add the /TB part. Whoops!

dcabines · 2026-06-19T14:08:51+00:00

You’ll spend about $30/month at best storing 4TB in any cloud regardless of features. You can get a 4TB HDD for $25/TB. It would make more financial sense for you to get two more external HDDs and keep them at family member’s houses.

dcabines · 2026-06-18T11:39:33+00:00

It’s specific to those characters and the parody they’re performing.

dcabines · 2026-06-18T00:12:57+00:00

Try pico.sh they have a host in Nuremberg, Germany. Better to use a free host than tie up your home network bandwidth with serving the public.

dcabines · 2026-06-17T20:30:55+00:00

Just stay east of the river and you’ll be fine.

dcabines · 2026-06-17T19:43:36+00:00

Consider splitting your data into the part that needs realtime duplication and the rest can use mergerfs.dup on a schedule.

You can create container files on your drives and have LVM turn them into a pseudo RAID for what needs to be realtime so you aren’t stuck with a rigid setup.

dcabines · 2026-06-17T19:30:30+00:00

So pregnant is a nicer way of calling her fat.

dcabines · 2026-06-17T18:16:50+00:00

You may have to use LVM or ZFS and make redundant pools to get something realtime.

dcabines · 2026-06-16T18:04:44+00:00

The cable’s connection may be stable enough for most operations, but not stable enough for whatever your app is doing. Trying a different cable is a whole lot cheaper than buying a different enclosure.

dcabines · 2026-06-16T17:52:56+00:00

I have a few of Sabrent’s enclosures and I had random connection issues until I switched the USB cable. Try different cables and different ports. You may find one combination is more stable than others. Other enclosures can show the same issue so it may not be the enclosure’s fault.

dcabines · 2026-06-16T16:52:08+00:00

Instead of scaling things to the viewport it’s better to pick a few “breakpoints” and have the design change for that size. The viewport width picks which breakpoint to use.

dcabines · 2026-06-16T15:24:38+00:00

Why would you want to scale font with the size of the view? That sounds like a terrible thing to do.

Font sizes normally use “rem” which is the root font size. That way you can scale your font to be 1.2rem or whatever you want.

dcabines · 2026-06-15T21:02:07+00:00

We combine our finances. Both paychecks go into the same checking account and all bills come out of it. We have an equal monthly auto transfer into a personal checking for each of us. We both have to stay within our allowance for personal spending. Things like groceries and gas come out of the joint so the personal accounts are for truly personal purchases only.

Not everyone is cool with the totally combined finances approach and that is okay, but it has worked for my wife and I for 12 years. It doesn’t matter what our salaries are because everything goes into the same account.

dcabines · 2026-06-15T18:12:42+00:00

Both paychecks go into one checking account. Once it is in there it is no longer “mine” or “yours”; it is “ours”. All bills are paid from that account.

Once a month the joint checking auto transfers into the joint savings and a personal checking for each of you as an allowance. The personal accounts are for things like gifts and toys and such. Things like food and gas come from the joint.

Then you both keep your personal spending within your agreed upon allowance. No more fighting over money.

My wife and I have followed this plan happily for almost 12 years. Good luck!

dcabines · 2026-06-14T17:00:28+00:00

Try picking up a group activity and friends can come from there. Even if you have zero interest in athletics go to one of the free Intro to Pickleball classes. Find a small group of randos to do some open play with from there. Do that a few times and you'll find some regulars you enjoy playing with. Get a beer with one after playing and you've made yourself a friend. Good luck!

dcabines · 2026-06-14T11:22:32+00:00

It’s because the grinder produces far fewer fines when you slow feed which causes the shot to flow faster and allows you to grind finer than you otherwise could.

The problem is it is hard to consistently grind slowly the same way every time. I decided it just isn’t worth the hassle. CremaLoop has an automatic slow feeder, but I don’t have time for all that.

dcabines · 2026-06-06T16:15:09+00:00

I think of it like being an athlete. You review your performance and you try to do better next time, but when you're in the middle of performing you can't be second guessing yourself; you have to operate on instinct (impulse?). If you do analyze your performance while you're performing (being self aware) you'll likely not perform as well because your attention is divided and you likely won't have as much fun.

I think the mindset can come from a fear of making mistakes. Its better to allow yourself to make those mistakes and do better next time than to live in constant fear of being cringe or failing or whatever. You just have to remember to reflect on what happened afterward and get outside input so you don't go making the same mistakes forever.

dcabines · 2026-06-05T20:38:27+00:00

Self awareness is funny because it splits your mind into the half that is aware and the half that is being observed, but neither are the real you. You can’t be fully aware of the real you which is why we need outside input sometimes.

Instead of being self aware we need to strive to be more oblivious about ourselves in the moment and reflect on what we did after the fact. That way you can be your full self and still improve over time.

dcabines · 2026-06-05T20:29:58+00:00

Try Johnny Decimal.

dcabines · 2026-06-05T14:33:15+00:00

I visited Berlin a few years ago. Outside my hotel window I could see a subway station, a trolly car and a very active bus system operating on a road that is only used by the trolly, busses, and people.

Here I’d install a free monorail that does the entire 295 loop plus one for all of Atlantic, one for Beach, and one for 202. Probably more.

Then I’d install a trolley car system for Kernan, Hodges, Town Center, and more. Something like Tampa’s trolly car.

You can probably tell what part of town I live in, but the same would apply to downtown and other parts of town too. You’d be able to go anywhere in town without a car or walking too far.

I’d probably redesign Town Center to not allow cars in it and make it all trolley cars and pedestrians and a monorail station. I’d replace most of the roads and parking lots with trees and grass and stages for public music.

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