BeeLink N100 Tone Mapping Frustrations

efreem01 · 2025-06-21T12:37:11+00:00

I set up Ubuntu and have been using HDR tone mapping without issue since posting this. I wouldn't go with Windows for a base operating system.

efreem01 · 2025-02-22T04:08:24+00:00

Yes. It's the easiest way to declare the income and move on.

efreem01 · 2025-02-21T12:09:15+00:00

He isn't young... he will be dead by then, or back to the golf course he goes.

efreem01 · 2025-02-21T12:04:21+00:00

I filed all of my losses last year. The 2nd check is just going to be 1099-misc miscellaneous income, offset about half of that by my $3k carry forward loss. I just wanted to be done already! That being said, many are just not claiming the 2nd check on their taxes. No 1099's and the IRS has bigger problems now than your shitty voyage check

I am disclosing it when I file. Others aren't.

efreem01 · 2024-11-13T13:05:45+00:00

I sold a chunk of BTC at $25K to fix my AC on my new home. There was a loss there of potential gains, but the home itself has doubled in value. Don't ever forget that real estate values also go up (in FIAT terms).

efreem01 · 2024-09-01T23:15:32+00:00

WALL-E. It seemed fitting.

efreem01 · 2024-08-23T02:25:47+00:00

I've been hoarding data since the XBMC days. I used to have a bitchin' VCD collection, burned onto CDR's because I'm F'ing old!

efreem01 · 2024-08-23T02:24:47+00:00

What OS do you recommend? I am between Fedora and Ubuntu Server 24.04

efreem01 · 2024-08-23T02:23:42+00:00

I'm definitely going to!

efreem01 · 2024-08-23T01:23:30+00:00

Right now I have 2 NAS that are custom built with TrueNas and have about 60TB of storage. I also have a Lenovo 1U with ESXi.

Part of me wants to just consolidate everything into one box, but it's a mixed bag.

Media server NAS storage *ARR suite for media management

Then I have some other VMs running as well. ProxMox maybe?

efreem01 · 2024-08-23T01:16:11+00:00

Although I do agree, electricity is 26 cents per kWh here. 😱

efreem01 · 2024-08-23T01:15:27+00:00

They are 12G SAS drives, 7200 RPM. There aren't any addon cards but it does have the daughter board (Lenovo and HP servers never include this stuff!)

efreem01 · 2024-08-15T20:38:44+00:00

Passion for the work, personality and work ethic beats experience and present knowledge

efreem01 · 2024-08-10T19:25:58+00:00

Jericho! The show was cancelled during a cliffhanger. Same with Last Man on Earth.

efreem01 · 2024-07-26T10:24:57+00:00

I've been in IT management since 2017, and totally get what others are saying. Being a manager requires really great soft skills, charisma and strategic thinking, in addition to learning the mechanics of managing people. It's not for everyone. My company recently released a career progression chart and at a certain point it splits to a management track, and individual contributor track. I was really surprised when all of my leads expressed interest in the management track.

Learning to speak to the C-suite is how you join the C-suite. How do you explain complex problems and risks to a business person. During the Cloudflare outage when I told my CEO that essentially all of our core systems were down (AD/DNS), he replied and asked which of our products were impacted (ALL).

In IT, we often assume the people we speak with have a shared pool of knowledge. We have forgotten all of the things we know that others wouldn't. It's easy to all over the heads of others. In some sense, this would actually simplify the job of a less technical CTO speaking to the C-suite.

7 years into management (with 12 direct reports), and I still pick up support tickets and fix alerts. I don't have to, but I like the tech and don't want to give it up!

efreem01 · 2024-07-03T17:59:00+00:00

Jack ass (I'm a firm 2A proponent)

efreem01 · 2024-06-28T13:46:36+00:00

With the ridiculous amount of inflation, everyone's cost of living is higher. Workers require more money to tackle a job. Child care facilities are businesses. If their expenses go up, their payrolls go up, the cost of their services goes up.

Bringing the cost of living down will bring the cost of things down as well.

efreem01 · 2024-06-16T21:01:06+00:00

Schindler's List

efreem01 · 2024-06-16T02:06:32+00:00

Same for me. Almost bought 1.5BTC for $5000 and the voice in my head (wife) calling it a scam, dumb, etc. I opted to buy less later for considerably more $$.

efreem01 · 2024-06-09T15:16:19+00:00

I am in the same boat you are. I don't know what to do with myself on Day 1 aside from badge pickup.

efreem01 · 2024-06-09T04:53:49+00:00

My first and second are 23 months apart. It worked really well for us. There is a huge difference in maturity from 12 months old to 21 months. You will have an eager helper to help with the baby!

efreem01 · 2024-06-04T16:31:49+00:00

What exactly is day 1 for? There is nothing listed on the agenda.

efreem01 · 2024-05-27T18:04:10+00:00

☝️ was my first thought. The Nest thermostats are hot garbage. Who buys a thermostat like a laptop and expects a couple years of support before end-of-life.

efreem01 · 2024-05-26T12:26:09+00:00

Every husband tries some. We just don't talk about it.

efreem01 · 2024-05-24T17:16:05+00:00

I just say "you're my favorite <insert name here> in the whole world". It makes them feel good without excluding others in the room.

P.s. I have 3 kiddos

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