2026-10-22T05:39:57Z https://nostr.now wfk https://nostr.now/npub1cswlgjf6ry59vkqyfjfk8klt30uw7azxzcw3lg2z0rv4wzpusfqqhln887 https://social.v.st/system/accounts/avatars/110/663/121/091/154/845/original/a0014703fade6bd3.jpg https://social.v.st/system/accounts/avatars/110/663/121/091/154/845/original/a0014703fade6bd3.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspanc37ykktpsvej6ksuulf7hfszx8w26cax5avvl6fyy6ajcmvlqzyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqs0pk3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8pq3eku7ffcpm3skgwsuxe858vucfcx554x4mpk5gezcxsn4epjsj29ayz'>nevent1q…9ayz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed, I have always made sure to buy drives from different brands, different models, different manufacturing batches. Oh, and enterprise grade, as the consumer drives would die like flies.<br/>I still have 2 old drives bought on 2 different continents with serial numbers only a few thousand apart, which died within weeks of each other... 2026-10-19T22:18:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsquqf9t3s237x5k3xa5khpxx633le7a5v78nx20l6ngsxus94y4vszyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyq704azu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfapu6ejgp7jz3x0v3npsep0zhtunqtfsgmat86ck23dq4qpk23jslfk20j'>nevent1q…k20j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Btw, if you write tapes, always verify you can read the tape on other drives, not just the drive you wrote it on. Don&#39;t ask me how I learned that lesson... 2026-10-19T22:11:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgcleectj99xy6x84vmm6myhwxrw0uc0kcwl5xun4t0k5wt4rt5eczyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyq2dcxjc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfapu6ejgp7jz3x0v3npsep0zhtunqtfsgmat86ck23dq4qpk23jslfk20j'>nevent1q…k20j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With current pricing, LTO only makes sense if you have something like 100+TB of backup data. Older LTO drives are much more affordable, but also lower capacity, so higher cost per byte on tapes.<br/>So I use a lot of disks spread over multiple sites. 2026-10-19T22:09:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8llhczqtj7kxmfa66wdz8d5dh5qs048dhdskr6gg2crftkp8pmkqzyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqnkf9qk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstg7ftkqehszdvpmc4f7nruenmj777rjfx0kxz0ja6ye5tuaj0xnsa8mqe5'>nevent1q…mqe5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be fair, I gave up on ZFS many years ago when it irretrievably thrashed an entire multi disk file system on a Sun OpenSolaris system. But I would agree that it looks like things aren&#39;t getting any better. 2026-10-19T21:20:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst8j2p46vk6ph80ke0fvv46a3xdp4kcg9prg77ymxpzehkevfvpkgzyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqttc2ha In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9hfw9sj30rn3uh738jrlhj5h9su66a4j36nfrnsvk7t84cwacgslxhrq7'>nevent1q…hrq7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I started with some virtual machines. Given recent developments, I have parked the FreeBSD one for now and focus on the NetBSD VM first. I should perhaps also have a look at OpenBSD, even though their AI policy seems a bit less solid than the NetBSD one. Installing on actual hardware is something I&#39;ll get to later.<br/>Hardware support appears to be a bit variable, so which one works best for your laptop likely depends on specific hardware details. 2026-10-19T10:41:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst8sz2qqsq7zm3qf0x5tnvrpuhkwxxhxwk0aaus48mzdn93ndhpwgzyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyq5t43vj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs96tuz22k354j3w08eawepxsqtl9yexx06zz5pp2qvxlhgda9hphgqsgd4j'>nevent1q…gd4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had to check the definition of &#34;native language&#34;. Conclusion: By the literal description as given by dictionary.com, German does qualify as that. However, given that it is also considered synonymous to &#34;first language&#34;, I am not entirely sure what the actual intent of the dictionary editor was, as I would not consider it my first language...<br/>Generally, the use of the terms &#34;native language&#34; and &#34;first language&#34; in English seems very fuzzy and ill-considered. 2026-10-12T21:36:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2svf22f20n2qcfnagpgygst72976g8384k4hxg76m6x4as2e6n6szyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqqwv7wf Yay. I just got hit on the nose by rsync sloprot. Somehow I had avoided it so far. The &#34;don&#39;t worry, it&#39;s fixed in the next version. Just upgrade&#34; response doesn&#39;t fill me with warm fuzzy feelings. I&#39;m now pondering my options. I haven&#39;t found a clear obvious safe choice for a slop free fork yet, and switching to another implementation will involve a verification process, and possibly porting of tooling.<br/><br/>Can we please just keep our software working reliably?<br/><br/>#linux #unix 2026-10-05T11:38:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8qvl9xhn2fpveylnam53z4twcfnwnvkaehna5w5lddqced64m6czyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqv2xszf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg9f3jz39jk7ymqsqphs6r5q7j0l9alslwwj5u9tskyhjfkfstrs63jjvs'>nevent1q…jjvs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh, I guess I&#39;m definitely in the self hosting category, running most of my services on my own hardware.<br/>4.3GB is actually surprisingly low. I anticipated needing several TB. I would be looking for peers with a similar interest in keeping the good parts of good old Usenet alive, without the porn, copyright violations, and other nonsense. Been using it since 1987 or so. 2026-05-30T17:09:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgu6e4jmj3w8kx8lyxs824z4vgdnm4uwkdhmq4wfspjyqwpe7ts7czyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqrhg7yu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98p70duru7xn37ra6g88gqxxzg4s8tgdftg5j0a4df4tag64plnceew0z7'>nevent1q…w0z7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>interesting. I was just pondering what would be involved in running my own news server again. It&#39;s been decades since I last did that. I would rather not depend on a single commercial upstream provider, so I&#39;m wondering if there&#39;s still an active (and sensible) peering community to exchange with. I would certainly filter rather rigorously to a set of (mostly spam free) core discussion groups. I can&#39;t dedicate 100s of TB of disk space to this... 2026-05-30T15:53:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmeawnwkt209ferdw35gckqhqv4x296s84vqltvm9frnzuegk6ngzyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyqfu4hwd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnp2ym436ndxtyktr6lj2fzeuk04jl905r3szckckaams49dwxdsntl7kx'>nevent1q…l7kx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oooh, a cathode ray tube... 2026-02-28T19:31:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95rqdertshg2dvfywkcvf2yt3mqfvhxnran969yt5vthzee5werszyrzpmazf8gvjs4jcq3xfxc7maw9l3mm5gctp68apgfudj4cg8jpyq57q9ql UK: There has never been a country this good at shooting itself in the foot!<br/>US: Hold my beer.<br/><br/>#WorldPolitics 2025-04-25T20:47:16Z