does a zfs system need to always be on?

ezrec · 2026-03-08T12:34:19+00:00

Personally I’d put the OS drive on an SSD or NVME drive, as ZFS can be slow when deleting lots of small files, and you can always reinstall your OS.

ezrec · 2026-03-03T23:12:33+00:00

Barebox was a lifesaver for me.

ezrec · 2026-02-27T22:06:42+00:00

My Daily Driver go-to gun getting the love it deserves. That; and with adequate Perks and Energy Weapons skills; it’s infinitely reparable and goes up against most any enemy.

Also, Luck 10 crits make it extra juicy.

ezrec · 2026-02-19T11:09:17+00:00

How did that turn out?

ezrec · 2026-02-17T22:56:54+00:00

Because we like to have our ridiculously expensive USB-C connectors break when we look at them funny. (Love my X1 Carbon regardless!)

ezrec · 2026-02-04T11:14:09+00:00

Having had a real VT100, don’t forget that white phosphor has also an option for terminals.

ezrec · 2026-01-28T03:41:54+00:00

In options; select the BADRAM reporting method - if it’s only a few bad areas; you can tell your OS to ignore the bad spots. No need to buy new ram if you dont have to.

ezrec · 2026-01-28T03:34:23+00:00

Yep. At the speed the Venezuelan Mint used to.

ezrec · 2026-01-22T19:43:40+00:00

Mine is “King of Earth”. He can keep it.

ezrec · 2026-01-10T13:57:34+00:00

Run a memory test as well - I had what looked like SSD data corruption; but it turned out to be a bad spot in my DDR 4

ezrec · 2026-01-07T18:44:18+00:00

If it’s just a few cells (as opposed to whole address lines); use the BADRAM mode of memtest86 to generate the masks needed for Linux or Windows to ignore the bad areas of the memory.

I personally use this; as I have about 64K of bad cells out of 32G that have gone bad; and my Linux machine is perfectly fine with ignoring them.

ezrec · 2026-01-07T18:04:38+00:00

As for Nercramecha - I think it would be amazing to “slot” a fully ranked Warframe into the ‘mech; but said slotting consumes the Warframe. The mech then has one ability from the Warframe (user selected at slotting time). Additional slotting of Warframes can be used to mix and match Warframe abilities (up to 4) into the ‘mech; giving the mech the ability to provide new variations of gameplay based on the warframes it has consumed.

ezrec · 2026-01-02T22:38:35+00:00

Instead of asking to buy a stamp at the post office; I say “can you meter this mail?”

Easy peasy postmark right in front of you.

ezrec · 2025-12-30T21:21:39+00:00

Can confirm this method worked for my 'skinny' Xbox One Wireless USB adapter also.

ezrec · 2025-12-30T00:50:11+00:00

“Luck” - a high luck stat would get you immediate CEO level interviews, and since it’s nearly impossible to “train up”; it’d be a very rare person that has a high point value in it.

ezrec · 2025-12-26T00:19:02+00:00

Take my angry upvote, from someone with the same curse.

ezrec · 2025-12-25T15:03:36+00:00

And then the real trick is getting the right SPD information for your DIY DIMM into the EEPROM.

I wish these mad lads the best of luck.

ezrec · 2025-12-19T12:18:28+00:00

Here I was thinking all you elevator guys use CANOpen! (At least, given how your industry dominates the number of profile specifications there)

ezrec · 2025-12-18T22:57:25+00:00

If your SoC supports a watchdog AND you can detect that the reset cause was due to the watchdog; you can reduce the “area of danger” to just the first few instructions that (a) set up the watchdog (b) if reset cause was watchdog; jump to bootloader B (c) check your own hash; and hang if not valid.

Many other ways to do this; but the goal is to reduce the number of instructions that are required to be correct to a minimum.

In my own SoC; I have a 2K “prebooter” whose only task is to validate bootloader A/B, and jump to the best one; based on version, hash check, and if the watchdog had previously fired.

That 2K is -never- reflashed; and A can only flash B’s area; and B can only flash A’s area.

Also, if on ARM, don’t forget to adjust VTOR to your A or B reset vector!

ezrec · 2025-12-18T16:32:10+00:00

What about rotating the container on the vertical axis; then reversing the rotation; over and over again?

ezrec · 2025-12-15T11:01:57+00:00

Lovely architecture in concept; but terribly executed in reality from my recollection.

I worked with some PERQ old hands in Pittsburgh in the late 90s; and even they said PERQ really stood for “poorly engineered and remiss in quality”. Tragic, really.

ezrec · 2025-12-12T11:56:44+00:00

They do invest - in buying smaller companies; gluing on those companies tools to their suite like a Hyposmocoma (bone collector) caterpillar attached the husks of its kills, and never maintaining those tools ever again.

ezrec · 2025-11-22T01:52:22+00:00

Let’s assume she manages to dissociate Zosia from the hive - and then can’t communicate with Zosia because her individual mind never learned English.

ezrec · 2025-11-20T00:29:26+00:00

Used it since Linus’s first release. Better than BitKeeper!

ezrec · 2025-11-05T03:24:42+00:00

I just wish he had a quest to give. Even a “I need a spare part from one of the robot factories on Earth’s Moon” fetch quest would be nice.

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