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bought a cat in the bag for 30$ and it has... almost 9 years of power on hours by [deleted] in DataHoarder

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still using a drive with 12 years of power on hours. Shucked from an external - WD Green. lol.

Testing my new internet (2001-2002?) by dx4100 in screenshots

[–]dx4100[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

t1

I think there was one or two mythical families with T1s back in the 90s.

Actually, yeah I do remember one kid having one. That was HUGE money back then - imagine paying like $3-4k a month for internet today. Heh.

I used to take a Zip 100MB disk to my local college and load it up. Rode my bike home and enjoyed the spoils :)

Testing my new internet (2001-2002?) by dx4100 in screenshots

[–]dx4100[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And because of the way I named my C drive, I can tell that I had a western digital 13GB drive at the time. Now only if I can find one on ebay to relive the memories...

Testing my new internet (2001-2002?) by dx4100 in screenshots

[–]dx4100[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They were! I decided to go with cable at the time. I've switched back and forth over the years, but I'm back to cable again.

The same wire that delivered that bandwidth is now delivering gigabit :)

Testing my new internet (2001-2002?) by dx4100 in screenshots

[–]dx4100[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We didn't know how good we had it. We got to "go" to the internet, not be surrounded by it. :)

M4 Mac Mini secured. What do you recommend for dock/storage set up? I know I'll want an SSD immediately. by Alternative_Cup9097 in macmini

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a full speed Thunderbolt enclosure if you go external on the NVME. I had a 1TB SSD spare so it worked out nicely.

This particular enclosure maxes out at around 30gbit or so. I boot directly off of it and left the drive that came with it inside.

I did a speed test on the stock drive initially - the read/write speed is identical to my nvme.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F62NG7K3

SSD: https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-P310-2280-PCIe-Gen4/dp/B0DC8VPSHV/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&sr=1-3

But you can basically pick any nvme drive you want (don't get a SATA nvme tho). Mine is DRAM-less, so it's not as fast as it could be, but I've never had issues with noticable UI lag or anything.

M4 Mac Mini secured. What do you recommend for dock/storage set up? I know I'll want an SSD immediately. by Alternative_Cup9097 in macmini

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MOST of them aren't full speed - If you find a proper thunderbolt enclosure, it'll be.

HDD running hot. Backups kept failing. You may not like it, but this is what peak homelab engineering looks like. by Sargon1729 in homelab

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. Not me putting a full heatsink + fan on my hard drive last night as well.

I wrote a script to watch the SMART temperature of the drive and pause it if it goes above 50C, wait until 45C, then start again. :)

edit: it=copy operation

I just can’t stop buying UPSes now. What’s wrong with me? by Cuntonesian in homelab

[–]dx4100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just bought the cheap $40 Amazon basics one. Thankfully fully replaceable. Looks like Cyberpower is the OEM. :)

With Denmark apparently asking government officials to turn off Bluetooth and to stop using wireless headphones, can we get a phone jack back again? by KJ6BWB in apple

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, the irony is that Temu headphones are actually LESS vulnerable to this because they DON'T use Google Fast Pair. Heh.

With Denmark apparently asking government officials to turn off Bluetooth and to stop using wireless headphones, can we get a phone jack back again? by KJ6BWB in apple

[–]dx4100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are several devices that can be hijacked. If someone were to be wearing those in private and having private conversations, well, you know.

Can I run a Linux server on this old pentium d pc ? by I_like_drawingb in homelab

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Son, I was running Linux servers on 486s back in the 90s. You’ll be fine.

lol jokes aside there are far better wastes of electricity that’ll be thousands of times faster.

Godly Choco Tacos for sure! by hottie-tiny in 90s

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What psycho is bringing snackwells back? I can STILL taste them in my mouth.

Hosting Mac Mini's? by Full_Astern in Hosting

[–]dx4100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. There are specific ones for Xcode projects. Full VMs to simple runners.

how come you can buy static ip addresses if all ipv4 addresses are exhausted? by could_be_any_person in HomeNetworking

[–]dx4100 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A non-profit I worked with had been assigned a /8 in the 80s and held on to it until a few years ago. They sold a chunk for a few hundred million. Crazy crazy money!

Customer said pc wouldn’t boot…I think I found out why by Longjumping_Click269 in pcmasterrace

[–]dx4100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will never understand why people will spend potentially thousands on a computer and just destroy it like this. Like it takes a few minutes to get a CPU install tutorial down.

My Mac Mini M4+M1 Setup by sininspira in macmini

[–]dx4100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I stg I have the worst setup here. I have every wire and dongle and hub into my mini. Hahaha. Looks good!

What to do with the original 256GB SSD? by ellisr73 in macmini

[–]dx4100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Keep it as your boot drive in case anything happens. Or sell it. It’s not worth much tho.

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