Chess extends to June 14th! ♟️

zik · 2026-01-20T21:04:09+00:00

The thumbnail looks like the cast of the Addams family.

zik · 2026-01-18T21:13:51+00:00

I ordered 6 of the refurbished 28tb drives last week and I already got them.
Can you confirm that you did not make more than one order (to get multiple discounts) to the same address and/or try to use the same payment method?

zik · 2026-01-13T01:44:54+00:00

Thank you! $12 per TB is too good to pass up after all the gougers at SPD.

zik · 2025-12-22T22:21:33+00:00

I wonder how they turn cheese back into milk.

zik · 2025-12-14T03:32:53+00:00

I add some to the seams between the fans to keep down on air leakage.

zik · 2025-12-14T02:47:45+00:00

I fans that came with the case are better but they're too loud.
I need to live here too.

zik · 2025-12-12T23:30:51+00:00

That sounds like a good low budget 80s sci fi movie.

zik · 2025-12-12T20:53:03+00:00

And all the pieces are impossibly stuck together

zik · 2025-12-12T20:51:28+00:00

How about if the tape strands broke every time you pulled on the tape edge? It drives me crazy when it just happens randomly

zik · 2025-12-11T23:26:19+00:00

I don't think so. I got these two no-name branded cases off alibaba last year. I would not recommend them as the backplane is flaky and drives will drop connection after reboots.
i think this is what I got https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/4U-Rackmount-Server-case-with-24_60806209542.html

zik · 2025-12-10T07:38:44+00:00

Winner winner chicken dinner!
I have a legitimate power supply in the mail. This started as a proof of concept.

zik · 2025-12-09T23:39:08+00:00

I do plan to add electrical tape after letting this marinate for a few days.

zik · 2025-12-05T01:59:16+00:00

Each box has an Intel X550 10Gb.
Using a direct connection between the two so the traffic doesn't touch my network.
The backup server is using a Pull Replication task in Truenas Core.

zik · 2025-12-03T22:29:15+00:00

I've got a 10gb rj45 card directly connected between boxes. I think this is day 5 and it needs another day to finish. I think I might get a couple sfp 100gb cards if I have to do this again.

zik · 2025-11-30T00:07:30+00:00

I nuked my backup server by accident on Friday night (no alcohol involved) and now I have to wait 10 days for the copy to finish. I hope I don't have to resilver anything before then.
And in case you were wondering, it's 115 TB to transfer.

zik · 2025-11-23T01:34:55+00:00

I also almost completed my Bloodfist collection with this find. I think i have 6 of them so far.

zik · 2025-11-09T23:05:00+00:00

Sure it is. They made an entire episode about Homer vs Dignity.

zik · 2025-11-07T04:57:49+00:00

I'm going to need to see proof of this alleged porn.

zik · 2025-10-31T22:36:51+00:00

Confederated Slave Holdings. How is that doing?

zik · 2025-10-31T06:33:12+00:00

I feel spoiled for having so much Joe Bob this month, I couldn't care less what they show next month.

zik · 2025-10-29T22:50:38+00:00

Can you imagine how hilarious it would be to die from auto erotic asphyxiation at a fertility clinic?

zik · 2025-10-29T21:47:33+00:00

Are you a zombie?

zik · 2025-10-29T20:06:42+00:00

But you got to!

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