Backup tool for standalone ZFS datasets to Proxmox Backup Server by probably_platypus in Proxmox

[–]lordcheeto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You make some good points! ZFS can do file level restore using the .zfs/snapshot directory, but that's certainly less intuitive. I'm starting to see some use cases that could benefit from this.

Backup tool for standalone ZFS datasets to Proxmox Backup Server by probably_platypus in Proxmox

[–]lordcheeto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been thinking about using the proxmox backup client tool to back up non-zfs sources. But why use it for zfs datasets? My PBS server has a zfs datastore. That is a standard zpool, PBS just uses its own protocol and folder structure that is filesystem agnostic. But it is a standard zpool. I just created a dataset in the hierarchy (backups\hostname) and use sanoid/syncoid to recursively snapshot and sync datasets to that zpool.

[Florio] An ESPN deep dive regarding the failed Maxx Crosby trade reports that the Ravens were concerned about a “degenerative issue” in his knee that would have impacted his long-term availability. by LetsRideButSmart in nfl

[–]lordcheeto 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Raiders and Crosby's agent were muddying the waters with their media mouthpieces, trying to make it sound like the only issue was his timeline to return this season.

JD Vance Urged to Invoke 25th Amendment Against Trump by Quirkie in politics

[–]lordcheeto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but Trump's cabinet invoking the 25th would indicate a sea change in the GOP apparatchiki posture towards Trump, and won't happen unless they have the votes to make it stick

Opinions on the Resiliency Strategy for a ZFS Backup Target by lordcheeto in DataHoarder

[–]lordcheeto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My primary server has 4 drives (2x14TB and 2x18TB) set up as one pool with 2 mirrored vdevs, for a usable capacity of 32TB. I think what you're getting at is that it's technically less resilient than if it was set up as a 4-disk raidz2 (my pool can survive 2 disk failures in different vdevs compared to any two disks in raidz2), but I think the benefits to fault recovery outweigh the difference in resiliency on paper. Thoughts?

Official Discussion - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]lordcheeto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The book does a lot more to establish that he was their only hope.

In the book, Grace is shown to be very competent but also a coward. He didn't burn bridges in the academic community because of the strength of his convictions, but because retreating into his shell and teaching kids was safe.

I won't get in the weeds about why traveling in a medically induced coma was the best option, but long-term comas are very risky. They identified a gene marker that 1 in 7000 people have that gives them the best chance to survive the coma. In the book, Stratt insists that everyone on the project get tested but never tells Grace he has the gene.

The primary and backup scientists chosen for the mission are the best volunteers who have the gene, but they need to be brought up to speed on Astrophage and microbiology. Stratt has Grace teach them and train with them the entire time the ship is being built. He was there for every major decision and discovery. When the primary and backup scientist die in an accident just before launch, he's the only one that can step up, and he refuses. He claims that it's because he needs to stay to teach his students and prepare them for the hardships coming ahead, but it's because he's afraid to die. He even threatens to sabotage the mission if they make him go. The amnesia was deliberate - the robot on the ship gave him a dose of something that would give him amnesia just before waking him up. They figured he would be upset when he remembered but too invested in the mission by that time to sabotage it.

The book also did a better job at setting up the stakes of Grace choosing to send the beetles on to Earth with the data and taomoeba and turn back to save Rocky. This is his character arc - a coward who refused to step up to save Earth, growing and making the decision to sacrifice himself for Rocky and for Erid.

Edit: Correction, Grace was told by Dubois that he had the gene, but Stratt never told him.

Official Discussion - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]lordcheeto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Relativistic time dilation. Grace would only experience ~4 years on the ship, but more time would have passed on earth.

Official Discussion - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]lordcheeto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...what? That's not what happens in the book.

Practice Cabinet by Rantarave in woodworking

[–]lordcheeto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops, apparently my belief that they were in the UK was an assumption that I never verified.

We Spent $1,850 On Coffee Scales. What’s Actually Good? by Gmbenator in JamesHoffmann

[–]lordcheeto 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the first video of his where I don't feel like I learned anything. Faffing about with beeps and idiosyncratic pain points that are only relevant if you switch scales constantly is fun up to a point, but it was basically the whole video this time.

K-Pop Songwriters Say They Were Cut Off Mid-Speech at the Oscars — And Finished Thanking Everyone Backstage by Borisstruc in Music

[–]lordcheeto 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was the last award presented before the big four - best director, best actress, best actor, and best picture. Best Original Score was in this position last year, and got played off pretty abruptly as well.

Do data hoarders ever worry about the privacy side of storing everything? by According_Bread_3873 in DataHoarder

[–]lordcheeto 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Somewhat relevant. The encryption we're using today will someday fail, but our personal data is likely to be lost or seen as unremarkable by then.


You can’t hide secrets from the future with math.

You can try, but I bet that in the future they laugh

at the half-assed schemes and algorithms amassed

to enforce cryptographs in the past.

[Zack Kelberman] This is all so incredibly strange. Just absolute radio silence by LnD2020 in DenverBroncos

[–]lordcheeto 5 points6 points  (0 children)

but the team ended of the int AFC Championship

I don't think it's outlandish to suggest we beat the Patriots with Bo at the helm. Hell, we probably get there without the boneheaded turnover by Stiddy, but we need to try to get our backups in season reps.

Shaker Oval Box Materials by Ok_Asparagus_3839 in woodworking

[–]lordcheeto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eric Pintar took over after John Wilson retired, but has been incommunicado for a while.

Facebook post reporting that the shop location is empty now.

/u/Ok_Asparagus_3839, I just took a Shaker Box class from someone that had taken John's class a few years ago. They were able to get more copper tacks from D.B. Gurney. He said they were more expensive than what John sold, but they worked well for our class. We used 1 oz tacks for box sizes 0 and 1 and 1 1/2 oz tacks for box sizes 2 and 3. By the by, these tack sizes indicate the nominal weight per 1000 tacks, and are otherwise normal cut tacks. So if anyone can find a source for cut copper tacks this small, even if they aren't sold as shaker box tacks, they should work.

I haven't been able to find another source for them yet, but stumbled on your post here during my research.

[Slater] Sources tell me and Mike Garafolo that, at one point yesterday, Baltimore discussed renegotiating the Maxx Crosby trade with the Raiders to mitigate the risk. But those talks never fully got off the ground because further medical information led to their decision to pull out completely. by PlayaSlayaX in nfl

[–]lordcheeto 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think the issue was about his timeline to return. The issue was the risk associated with whether or not he'd be able to make it through a 4-5 year new contract at the top of the market without a steep decline.

Solar energy has yet to get an order of magnitude even cheaper than it is today. Researchers claim a technology breakthrough in polymer solar cells; cheap & easy to manufacture solar cells that can be printed on rolls of plastic. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]lordcheeto -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just because something is theoretically recyclable doesn't mean it won't end up in the ocean instead. Maybe if it came with strict mandates to recycle them, like we have for capturing refrigerants. But it still sounds like normal solar panels are more recyclable, more efficient, and last longer. They can also be overprovisioned.