I often quote light switch rave 😁

because the thing on the screen doesn’t really exist, so when it appears to really exist it feels like magic

capitalism preys on insecurity 🤷‍♂️

parking inspector?

“Sedates and pleases! Great for temperament”

yeah true. I guess what I’m saying is the considerations probably have changed, I seriously doubt RAID is no longer useful though.

3-2-1 is for backup, RAID is also for availability, eg your domain server not going down in case of drive failure. good point though.

yeah but if SSD failing is now less likely that other parts of the machine it might be better to focus on a redundant server to fail over to… it’s an interesting thought. RAID isn’t obsolete I don’t think but it’s an interesting question

I do recall google apparently stopped using raid in some data centres, but it was because they had whole-machine redundancy.

RAID is probably redundant for some of the uses it used to have, like optimising read performance by using many drives (SSD is fast) and honestly I suspect that SSDs are probably more reliable as they don’t have a bunch of platters and bearings and screaming rotational speeds.

So if you needed it for a base level of reliability, an SSD on its own may have exceeded that.

I suspect there are still uses for drive redundancy in some high availability setups… although your friend might be right. If the likelihood of drive failure is lower than other parts in the machine and you need high redundancy for availability it might make more sense to replicate the whole machine rather than the drives.

It’s possible redundancy specifically for the drives was an artifact of unreliable drives back in the day 🤔 they might have a point! I think it’s likely still useful at times though.

I’d rather hotswap a drive than set up a new server, even if it’s a less likely scenario.

https://youtu.be/z_EmuZyhqMU

it’s 4 hours so you might actually finish it

Head to Bali, smoking cuban cigars, And we fuck up the party like acoustic guitars

“fuck up the party like acoustic guitars” always cracked me up so much.

I use an open source password manager and long random passwords for most things.

my master password is a long phrase though, as well as any I have to type personally sometimes. passphrases are so much easier to type as well

hookers?

not for people you like

https://www.u-buy.com.ng/product/1AEMWW9K8-dog-tie-out-stake-and-cable-for-yard-15-20-30-ft-dog-chain-and-16-sturdy-stake-for-camping-outdoor-garden-durable-dog-yard-stake-with-dog

thank me later 😊

flatliners

I see you’ve never experienced a drought

it’s so good, wish I’d found it sooner

When I was about 15 I woke up at about 4am, super distressed, and I knew someone had died. I didn’t want to go look so I just hoped it wasn’t my mother or father, shamefully I thought it would be better if it was a grandparent. There was a lot of going over possibilities and mental bargaining.

Eventually I calmed down and realised it was irrational and finally got back to sleep, the following day I found out it was a close friend of my mother’s. She’d killed herself. I don’t understand what happened, I don’t really believe in the supernatural but it was very strange.

currently governments fund and slash funding to all sorts of things according to political convenience… I just want to see all those decisions validated entirely on merit by someone who understands it.

if it’s popular with the mob but it’s not true or doesn’t work, well, we don’t do it. president isn’t an expert and can’t say shit, and especially can’t do stupid things so he can sound tough in a media release. we can’t afford to keep dicking around with whatever sounds good to win popular support with the lowest common denominator while the world goes to shit.

the world is far beyond the level of complexity where any one person could understand enough to make off the cuff, meaningful decisions about big issues. people need to stop thinking they can vote sensibly on policy or policy performance on almost any issue, let alone all the issues.