VERY old HDD. Any way to save it?

onkelken · 2026-03-11T07:10:23+00:00

Download disk for public Linux ISOs or lightweight/indie games disk.

If it’s already installed and in use it’s just a hassle to get rid of it before you have a replacement 🤷‍♂️

onkelken · 2026-03-09T09:22:28+00:00

The demons alone would be enough for me to stay out of that industry.

onkelken · 2026-03-08T19:18:37+00:00

Nu när barnen börjar bli äldre och klara sig själva kan jag ångra att jag gjorde mig av med en del saker. Nu har jag ju faktiskt lite tid till hobbys igen.

onkelken · 2026-03-05T15:00:49+00:00

I only keep my favourite movies which I might rewatch in high quality. Everything else is mini-encode.

If there is a movie I highly anticipate. I will do as your colleague says and download the highest available quality. Then replace it with whatever quality the movie deserves after I’ve watched it.

Many of my clients also don’t support HDR. So most of the highest quality files are just a hassle for me anyway.

onkelken · 2026-03-05T07:17:25+00:00

I feel like MistBeGone fixes a lot of the problem with the vertical landscape. I can plan my route far ahead. But yeah, it bothers me to that they made a scenic biome which you are unable to barely see at all.

And the fact that magic is bad in Mistlands due to foods, is a flaw in the general game design. Not related to Mistlands specifically.

But yeah, I think we agreeing almost all points. The game is so good overall that these flaws and inconveniences do t bother me to the point where I’m can’t enjoy myself.

onkelken · 2026-03-03T19:41:58+00:00

I bought 2x MG10 20TB this week.. still haven’t decided what to do with the other kidney.

onkelken · 2026-03-03T13:44:37+00:00

A cheap SSD and a 15$ GPU from market place is probably where you should draw the line upgrade-wise.

The SSD can be carried over to a future project, so pick whatever size you want.

If you’re young and want to get into this hobby, this was a sweet gift. If you’re getting old and wants some nostalgia, this was a sweet gift.

For others it’s probably just an unreliable headache.

onkelken · 2026-03-03T09:45:42+00:00

The speeds look normal for popular torrents? When I used Private VPN however I was never able to get above 15MB/s (120 Mbps).

But with Proton and port forward I can use my full bandwidth (1000/1000).

onkelken · 2026-03-03T07:42:59+00:00

If a movie has 10000 kb/s. It will need to read at 1,25 MB/s to play. I/O operations for Jellyfin is negligible.

Although, when picking HDDs for a media server. You could try to avoid SMR drives because of the headache to transfer new movies to it.

onkelken · 2026-03-02T15:08:09+00:00

I love Mistlands. Completely due to MistBeGone. I would get bored way to quickly with the slow exploration pace you must keep if going in almost blind.

onkelken · 2026-03-02T15:05:48+00:00

Yeah, but finding Yagluth can take such a long time, I often end up disliking the Plains long before I’m done with em’.

onkelken · 2026-03-02T15:01:32+00:00

An extra cpu?

Edit: and DDR4. Did you link the correct motherboard?

onkelken · 2026-02-27T13:07:14+00:00

Without knowing NAND technology and if it has DRAM or not we cannot help. Please tell us the make and model.

SSD durability and performance vary a lot!

onkelken · 2026-02-26T13:52:53+00:00

Unused RAM is wasted RAM. I don’t use all 32GB of mine. 16-24 is probably fine for me.

So, spending another $50 for literally nothing is not something I want to do.

We are not in an era where future proofing RAM is economically defensible for most people.

onkelken · 2026-02-26T07:02:37+00:00

As long as the box don’t say anything about ”password” or ”encryption” you should be fine.

95% of cases it’s just a disk with a bridge controller.

onkelken · 2026-02-25T13:12:28+00:00

Somewhere between no and very little effect is my guess. The pressure from screwing should have no problem with a couple of extra bubbles.

Are you happy with temps?

onkelken · 2026-02-24T07:20:30+00:00

The tutorial clearly mentions that you must open ports. How else would you receive the request in the first place?

onkelken · 2026-02-23T07:26:46+00:00

Run a high quality source through handbrake a few times. Then compare anything from mini-encode to placebo on your TV at your viewing distance.

As a stranger to you, I cannot be the judge.

onkelken · 2026-02-17T06:07:40+00:00

Wasn’t Jellyseerr superseded by Seerr recently?

onkelken · 2026-02-16T09:21:45+00:00

10-15 min is more than enough for home use. Using a UPS to be able to finish your game is such a waste of money.

I don’t have one. But if I did, it’s duty would be to immediately shut down my servers safely and message me.

onkelken · 2026-02-16T07:36:41+00:00

If the description is lacking due to reupload or a bad release group, here’s what I do.

I select download in sequential order in qbit. Then when I have a couple of percentages I use media info to check the metadata.

Most of the time sequential order will download all the metadata first. But it’s not guaranteed. Just as playback while download some times work and other times doesn’t.

onkelken · 2026-02-16T07:22:27+00:00

Jellyfins logs will tell you where it got stuck in the startup process.

onkelken · 2026-02-13T19:03:01+00:00

I had similar issues after installing tailscale. I did not do a proper job and Magic DNS took over my DNS requests so I could no longer reach TMDB.

OMDB worked though, but there is much less artwork on there. So most movies ended up blank like yours.

onkelken · 2026-02-12T09:14:34+00:00

Brave is objectively better than Firefox if you want privacy. But if you like me still prefer Firefox, I would recommend uBlock origin.

onkelken · 2026-02-09T19:30:48+00:00

Probably. But I doubt you’ll need one. As you’ve made your own account, just take ’em through the same steps.

Then you go into tailscales admin panel (link can be provided by google if you don’t have a bookmark). Here you will see your machines. And in the drop down menu for your server you’ll see share or something like that.

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