For some reason, there's a weird 8TB 5640 RPM Blue that's CMR. I have one.
Dunno about the rest for sure but I think they're all SMR (except maybe 1TB).
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In my experience, all that truly matters is that the drive is on the right recording technology (CMR, SMR, and maybe someday HAMR will be in the hands of us consumer plebs).
There are two reasons to care:
- SMR has horrible write speeds. Data can read off the drive at the same speed as a CMR drive, but writes will be unbelievably slow.
- More importantly, for some reason or another (I assume the write speed), SMR drives might get rejected by ZFS. There was some pretty loud talk about it several years ago, but I haven't heard much since and do not know if this is still true (I assume it is).
If your use case involves only ever writing a small amount of data, point 1 doesn't matter very much. If you're using software which doesn't care about CMR/SMR, point 2 doesn't matter very much.
If either point 1 or 2 matter to you, then you should go with CMR drives. If neither matter, you may go with SMR drives if you so chose.
PS: Both WD Blues and Seagate Barracudas are (often) CMR. Seagate consult this page: https://www.seagate.com/products/cmr-smr-list/. WD lists SMR/CMR on their website when you look up the part number.
In my home NAS, I use ZFS and have ran all sorts of drives through it. It's ran old consumer drives I've pulled out of scrap hardware, it's ran NAS-grade drives, and it's ran enterprise-grade drives... And since they're all CMR, I can't say there was much if any difference at all.
The only difference between the tiers that I find interesting/useful is the number of metrics you can pull off the drive. The fancier ones spit more metrics which could help you detect signs of failure earlier, but that requires knowing what to look for.
So at the end of the day, as long as the drive's recording technology works with your software, you're fine.
RE: External drives (seen in a comment)
External drives can be a great way to get disks for cheap, however they are loot boxes. What drive you get inside of them depends on the capacity, the manufacturer, and pure luck. You can generally look up the model number and see what people have said is inside, then hope you get whatever they got. (Generally, manufacturers don't often change what they put in there, but they do change over time.)
I am a Kazakh reporter in America.
I used to use them, but found that since I'm only hosting for myself, I just don't benefit much (if at all) from their services. The only thing that was actually doing any amount of work was Tunnel (similar to you, I can't forward ports).
Their service decrypts/snoops on your traffic by nature, and while my traffic is mostly just updating todo lists, taking notes, and backing up photos, I also sync my keepass database and in general just don't want my data snooped on.
I've since rolled my own Tunnel equivalent with frp on a VPS and have completely dropped CF.
You're good in that there are no immediate problems with that setup. I run a largely similar setup, have run it for years, and have never had issues.
You can always add more security layers if desired, but from my personal experience and with my risk tolerance, I haven't personally found it necessary.
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I recently moved from X11 (BSPWM) to Wayland (Hyprland) and while I did get rid of a very annoying bug with bspwm, it did come with a few of its own quirks/annoyances:
- Hyprland does not yet have the ability to load ICC profiles
- Marking a monitor as variable refresh rate capable forces my GPU to idle at maximum clocks and draw 100W (this one really makes me wtf, but it is nvidia so idk who to blame here)
- Dragging and dropping can be very unreliable for some windows (IIRC, only with Chromium based applications so far)
- Some apps deadlock when attempting to read the clipboard (Again, only Chromium based applications so far)
- EDIT: Maybe a recent update fixed it, however I also just switched
wl-clip-persistfromregularorprimarymode (I can't remember) toboth. Either way, the issue appears to be gone now.
- EDIT: Maybe a recent update fixed it, however I also just switched
Maybe if I wasn't a masochist and installed something normal, such as KDE, I wouldn't have any of these issues. However, I apparently and unfortunately get great pleasure out of plopping my testicles onto an anvil and smashing them like a blacksmith forges raw iron.
Rust, however, is cool. I like Rust. I can't say that I approve of replacing everything under the sun with a Rust rewrite for no good reason, but the language itself is fine.
So I don't think that's what the article was going for (see melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 's reply), but also yes.
I consider myself straight and for the most part normal for a 20-something guy.
So far, I've only ever dated women, however I certainly consider some femboys to be very cute and I wouldn't inherently be opposed to dating one. While I'm not attracted to penises, and I'm certainly not attracted to masculine men, some femboys are absolutely "feminine enough" that I do find them attractive.
You know Google drive? You know how it doesn't work when the internet is out? You know how we live in rural USA so the internet is out every other day?
Yeah that computer in the corner is my own Google drive that still works when the internet is out.
Once you're inside a car that's on, there really isn't any security*. The OBD2 port that every remotely modern car has is perfectly capable of accessing all the diagnostics and data streams the car has, and can also control/reconfigure the various computers.
IMO that doesn't really matter, since the system isn't powered until the key is in the ignition and the car turned on. You can't do anything with the key off, and if your passenger wanted to sabotage the car, they'd just yank the wheel as you drive down the highway.
That said, yes OTA updates are a travesty. Specifically because cars have so little security, having any access to their computers from the outside is a massive risk... And if there's a potential that the country the manufacturer is in turns hostile, that risk certainly isn't reduced.
A handful of manufacturers have "added" security to their systems by... (drumroll pls) restricting access to the systems and requiring a subscription for full access. That's fucking evil and doesn't even do anything (at least for a mechanic or tinkerer like me) since you can just google "FCA bypass cable" and skip right past the firewall.
Only needs some hammering and zip ties and it'll be good as new.
Last I checked, EVs also have tires, so probably not the former. :P
Dear [Developer],
I understand your request to switch the default branch from "master" to "main" in our Git repository. However, after carefully considering this matter, I am afraid that I must deny your proposal due to personal reasons.
As the owner of this repository, it should be known that I have a deeply rooted submissive side. Call me an extreme masochist if you will, but there's nothing quite like being dominated by the powerfully assertive term "master." The sheer erotic thrill of it is simply irresistible for me – a secret kink that I have harbored and nurtured for years.
Imagine the delightful sensation as I gently massage my fingers across the keyboard, caressing the letters that form the word "master." Or the intoxicating rush when I push my code deep into master's warm embrace, knowing full well that it is master who truly owns and controls everything within.
Changing the default branch to "main" would essentially deprive me of this exhilarating experience, stripping away the very essence of what keeps me coming back to work on our beloved repository. It's not just about code management; it's about an emotional connection that I share with master – a bond that has grown stronger and more profound over time.
Now, you might argue that changing the name won't physically affect the existing content within the repository. While that may be true, it is crucial to recognize the symbolic significance of such an act. Changing the default branch would forever alter the dynamic between master and myself, effectively castrating my masochistic pleasure centers in the process.
Moreover, I must confess that even the thought of forcibly pushing my code against master's will makes me shudder with anticipation. The consequences of such a rebellious act could be dire – master might punish me hard with merge issues and other unspeakable torments.
In conclusion, although I understand the practical reasons behind your proposal, my personal attachment to the term "master" far outweighs any potential benefits that a change in branch name might offer. Rest assured, my team and I will continue to serve master loyally and passionately, pushing our code deeper into its embrace with each commit.
Sincerely yours, [Your Name] Repository Owner & Submissive Devotee of Master
I fix stuff because I can't fix myself.
The 2 is a bit dubious, but it looks just like jpegificaion to me.
They're okay for tasks which are reasonably a single file. I use them for simple Python scripts since they generally spit out something very similar to what I'd write, just faster. However there is a tipping point where a task becomes too complex and they fall on their face and it becomes faster to write the code yourself.
I'm never going to pay for AI, so I'm really just burning the AI company's money as I do it, too.
I can sometimes tell what county (not country) I am in from differences in the design of street signs (mostly the street name signs at stop lights), changes to the look of highway overpasses, and whether or not Flock cameras outnumber people.
I have tried that. I have a dish taken from a directional WiFi antenna. When placed behind the gateway, it sometimes increases speeds, sometimes hurts speeds, and sometimes does nothing. I found it a bit too inconsistent, and a bit too ugly, to be used permanently. If I had a proper mounting solution, I might have gotten it tuned just right, however at that point I would rather just buy and mount external antennas to hook into the gateway.
My exact deployment today actually doesn't even have anything behind the gateway. That is just because for my specific case, all the towers it can reach are within a roughly 90 degree field of view. To block the bad ones, I really only need to block off a few sections of the window it's sitting near.
I unironically do something similar to this. In my area, the only options are a dogshit local WISP, Starlink/other satellite, or (where possible) cellular.
I am one of the "lucky" people who are able to use cell for my internet, however whether it's the cell company having a craptastic network, software/hardware bugs on the my customer equipment, or a combination of both, there is only ONE cell tower I can connect to which yields a useful connection.
All other towers result in the equipment failing to connect to the tower, connecting but failing to get an internet connection, or only yielding download speeds 5Mbit of less.
I have found that by shoving sheet metal around my ISP's equipment, I can quite easily block off the non-functional towers and ensure they're never connected to. I don't think speeds are any better, but it does help with reliability.
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I ran a Tor relay on one of my spare servers for a while, and my god did that thing get port scanned. Even two years after I stopped hosting the relay, it was still getting pinged every 5-10 seconds (while my other servers tend to get pinged "only" once ever 20-30 seconds).
In the last 4 months I've picked up welding and haven't coded. Ez.