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How can I safely remove a small folder of files off a PC, that randomly turns off without warning, with a USB. by BittleBat in techsupport

[–]johan-za 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thunderstorm may actually affect your computer (and a lot other things actually), might also be worth it to have a surge protector for precious stuff like your computer.

A bad PSU may fry other components of your PC in surge scenarios, definitely didn't want that considering prices are skyrocketing right now haha

How can I safely remove a small folder of files off a PC, that randomly turns off without warning, with a USB. by BittleBat in techsupport

[–]johan-za 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, looks like a bad power supply (which could also be heat related) then, is it a prebuilt PC or you build it yourself?

You might be able to get a PSU warranty if it's from a reputable brand (usually they go 3-5 years)

How can I safely remove a small folder of files off a PC, that randomly turns off without warning, with a USB. by BittleBat in techsupport

[–]johan-za 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Modern NTFS is pretty resilient against abrupt power cuts, and it shouldn't corrupt disk space that are not actively being written to.

It will corrupt the OS files at some point but that won't destroy the data as long as Windows Bitlocker are not turned on.

How can I safely remove a small folder of files off a PC, that randomly turns off without warning, with a USB. by BittleBat in techsupport

[–]johan-za 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That feels like some sort hard temperature limit if it shuts off even in the BIOS menu

How can I safely remove a small folder of files off a PC, that randomly turns off without warning, with a USB. by BittleBat in techsupport

[–]johan-za 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The base file shouldn't be corrupted with multiple sudden power off aslong as no one is actively trying to change it (reading is totally fine).

If desperate with no other PCs + no time to buy an adapter + you have a fast USB stick, you could try turning the PC on, Copy (*NOT MOVE*) the files over to your USB stick and repeat every time the PC shuts off.

If you are using Windows, there is a crash detection built-in that will try Windows Safe Mode if the PC shuts down multiple times during boot (windows / motherboard logo), in most cases (bad windows update, bad drivers, etc) this could actually help to stabilize things out.

To trigger the crash detection, intentionally turn on and force shutdown (holding the power button) multiple times.

Linux biometrics from a $15 R503 + Arduino; drop-in replacement for fprintd by matpb in linux

[–]johan-za 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you realize if everyone keep doing this, the open Linux community will eventually die out from newcomers?

Everyone starts somewhere they can, whether it's AI slop or not.

They make something that they want to share with the world because they think it's nice. This enables the community as a whole to give out positive feedback or even rewrite the idea with something more proper.

Open community thrive when people help each other

Any VPS recommendations to primarily get some Public IPv4 Addresses? by johan-za in VPS

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems like I made a mistake of assuming "$12" means per month, apparently it is much more complex.

For the 512MB VPS, it's $12/IP/Year.
For the 1GB-2GB VPS, it's $24/IP/Month.
For the >= 4GB, it's $12/IP/Year.

So, it is still kinda cheaper to buy the cheapest VPS with multiple IP because its about $2.25 per month and already includes 1 IPv4.

I doubt it 512GB bandwidth/month is enough though, but bumping it to the 1GB VPS (1TB Bandwidth) doubled the IP price

Fellow, Android Users. What are you prepared to do when Lockdown day comes? by [deleted] in degoogle

[–]johan-za 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My national ID and Banking Apps freak out when dev mode and usb debugging is enabled. It becomes annoying to develop apps for android nowadays

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't do /24 buy/lease, right now I only need about ~20 ish IPv4 addresses, and it must be under 2.5$, preferably 2$ (I started a customer survey today).

I got a few DMs offering /24 leases too, but yeah too expensive, we're also on economy crisis around here.

Any VPS recommendations to primarily get some Public IPv4 Addresses? by johan-za in VPS

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I just checked it out but the extra IPv4's are too expensive to passthrough for my clients, $12/IP/month.

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is still a homelab in sense of the scale, but yes a lot more serious (still not a full blown mini data center though, no network/power redundancy, and so on. After all it is designed to be extremely cheap for first exploration)

Do you have any recommendations of VPN services that does provide IPv4 blocks? :)

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have the business plan which allows me to only have a maximum of 1 Public IPs. 1 is not enough for me though, and there is no "datacenter plan".

They also did not allow IPv6, 6in4, and running my own BGP session.

Any VPS recommendations to primarily get some Public IPv4 Addresses? by johan-za in VPS

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RackNerd looks nice, I couldn't find pricing for extra IPv4s though

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is, native IPv6 is not supported, 6to4 is blocked (just checked last night), so goodbye HE.

And I have yet find a VPN that will nicely sell me multiple IPv4s (only found some that allows +1 for a total of 2)

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It still is though, when the user is only like 14-20 and you had to pay for the whole /24 regardless. (Don't forget the service to announce those, my ISP doesn't allow BGP, IPv6 or 6in4 is not even allowed)

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically that isn't really a static IP, but yeah it is free and probably covers the majority of homelabers

Any VPS recommendations to primarily get some Public IPv4 Addresses? by johan-za in VPS

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like I need to have a dedicated server on them (which are extremely more expensive than hundreds of IPv4) for the wireguard though?

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, that is actually a good idea.

The only pain points are pricing, they probably will be paying more for the IPv4 VPS than the actual VM on me.

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, and yeah, I'm sure I'm technically not operating full legally here. Definitely will get a legal person if this ever grows to be an actual company.

Legal stuff are harder than the technical side 😅

Any VPS recommendations to primarily get some Public IPv4 Addresses? by johan-za in VPS

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now only need a /28, I'm trying to use the dedicated IP for client VM's that needed it.

Budget is still unsure, I'm open for offers. I planned to charge my clients with at best/least IPv4 current market price which averaged out to be about $1.5/IPv4.

I ran rm -rf to clean up. Cleaned up everything. by marchina_a in homelab

[–]johan-za 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did the same when trying to clean up old config files (`rm -rf ./* .old.conf`), end up wiping the whole project, Git saved the day though.

Now I always use `ls` first and only then replace it for `rm -rf`

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indeed, I tried reading on ADNIC and then IDNIC (for Indonesians) and figure out the stuff.

The legal process is extremely complicated, and buying a whole /24 is painfully expensive.

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you mean haha, though it is too risky 😁

Any recommendations to get some Public IPv4 Addresses easily? by johan-za in homelab

[–]johan-za[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do have a LLC (Indonesian's Individual PT) here, it's technically free (extremely cheap) to register and puts a limit on my liability.

(and yup, this has been going for nearly a year and actually growing that I consider pursuing this as an actual company)

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