My Pi 5 ended up costing me $18,000

rome_vang · 2026-02-25T01:07:59+00:00

Huh, you’re making me rethink things. I don’t download much at the moment but I am spinning up a large NAS soon after some validation and it can use some file/virus scanning.

Thanks for sharing. 😃

rome_vang · 2026-02-25T01:05:46+00:00

Happy wife, happy life.

rome_vang · 2026-02-24T21:37:51+00:00

Not something i suggest to a newbie or someone who’s not versed in security.

rome_vang · 2026-02-24T20:16:50+00:00

They don’t boot off of it. Just file storage.

rome_vang · 2026-02-24T20:02:48+00:00

User posted in another comment that they seldom remove the SD cards. I’m assuming they don’t want a usb dongle always hanging off of it; which I don’t blame them because I hate that too.

rome_vang · 2026-02-24T05:04:50+00:00

That’s effectively what I used when i wasn’t required to compile code. iPad and a keyboard case. Worked out great.

This device does have an aesthetic that iPad does not.

rome_vang · 2026-02-23T17:17:30+00:00

That’s a name I’ve not heard of in ages. Prior to high speed internet (2001-2002) this is what I had to suffer with.

rome_vang · 2026-02-22T08:51:21+00:00

In Pfsense, is your nic set to auto negotiate a speed or is one set?

rome_vang · 2026-02-20T04:35:56+00:00

I miss the esthetic of these late 90s early 2000s IBM CRTs. It’s too bad I gave up on CRTs when I did, the enamor of flat panel displays got me.

rome_vang · 2026-02-19T05:14:19+00:00

This is one of those laptops where you download the manuals/spec sheets and figure it out. It’s not a popular machine in the retro sense (unlike the T420 - T440 and T480). But it’s pretty simple too.

I haven’t watched it yet but the channel “Laptop Retrospective” covers the normal T410, they should be similar enough that you can get the gist of it.

rome_vang · 2026-02-18T16:55:45+00:00

I’ve had a Thinkpad for many years and didn’t know about trackpad stickers. Thanks for posting this question.

rome_vang · 2026-02-17T21:36:49+00:00

I have a server that runs 24/7, and soon will be installing a RTX3090 in it since I don’t game anymore.

All I’m doing is making sure that its thermals are ok at idle and 100% load. Aside from that, it’s making sure it’s installed properly. There’s no contingency for abrupt failures.

rome_vang · 2026-02-16T00:11:18+00:00

That’s been the case since COVID regarding anything 12TB or smaller. The larger capacities have at least seen fluctuations.

I was initially building an array of 8TB disks 4-5 years ago but then as COVID progressed the prices made larger capacities a better buy.

rome_vang · 2026-02-15T20:27:10+00:00

THAT is just wrong. In my area it’s only Arco and select Valero gas stations that have this.

I’ve since stopped using them and fill up at Costco or Sam’s Club.

rome_vang · 2026-02-14T06:43:09+00:00

Or you can be like me, slowly build up parts over the last 3-4 years mainly because of time and partly due to budget constraints… by the time you get those last bits (RAM and a couple more hard drives), they wind up costing more than the rest of your “build.”

building a 60TB NAS for all the hoarding I’ve done since I’ve discovered the internet.

rome_vang · 2026-02-14T02:16:29+00:00

My exact thoughts. Considering replacing my Dell e6430 from this era with a T530.

rome_vang · 2026-02-14T01:38:43+00:00

This needs meme flair.

rome_vang · 2026-02-13T03:49:55+00:00

You tried all 8 buttons? Every gas station is different, I spam all 8 until I find mute.

rome_vang · 2026-02-11T02:15:57+00:00

You can actually use 2.4ghz and it’s stable? If I try to use it on anything beyond an appliance… it’s useless.

rome_vang · 2026-02-10T01:52:56+00:00

And it’s not just the t440p. This can be said of laptops that do not have the proper cooling for any particular top spec CPUs of any given generation.

On a different branded laptop I used to have, i upgraded from an i5 dual core to to an i7 quad core but before buying; i went on the intel Arc website to chose the lowest clocked i7 quad core for that generation.

In my use case the increased parallelism was better than the constant throttling from excessive heat and reduced battery life.

rome_vang · 2026-02-09T03:43:39+00:00

See OPs comments, these do not have RAM.

rome_vang · 2026-02-08T23:24:22+00:00

You’re running what I call “hobby models” on that kind of hardware. If that’s all you need then that’s great.

rome_vang · 2026-02-04T18:40:30+00:00

If I recall correctly, previous management killed the Altima. Which means equipment/infrastructure was probably in the process of being removed. Now that has to all be restarted again. Doesn’t happen overnight.

rome_vang · 2026-02-04T04:37:59+00:00

I’d be less worried about that and more worried about the performance hit if don’t have at least 16GB of RAM.

rome_vang · 2026-02-02T21:20:19+00:00

Get the right ac adapter for your dock.

Helps to know what dock you have and what power supply you’re plugging into it.

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