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by p0d 6y ago
I keep my server at home. I used to look after colo servers. If you go colo try and find a fixed price for data transfer. Power is also a big factor in colo. You can generally get 1/4, 1/2 and full racks.
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by p0d 6y ago
I teach and one of my students, with little IT experience, asked me last week about the security of package management. I found myself using the many eyeballs argument. It only takes one set of bad eyeballs. It seems to me that down through
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by p0d 6y ago
I left the IT industry just over a year ago and have some observations. Hopefully they will bring a smile and some encouragement to the stressed. - Devs can be dicks to each other - Managers can be dicks to devs and vice versa - Devs need t
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by p0d 6y ago
For the overly conscientious think to yourself, "I am doing the best I can. If this isn't good enough sack me".
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by p0d 6y ago
Seems like a great idea. I've been thinking about using ssl client certificates to secure access to my home web server. I guess that's what you are doing. I haven't done anymore than think about it :-) There's a lot of d
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by p0d 6y ago
Thanks but no. Looks great but yet another platform.
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Ask HN: How to sync my files to my home server?
3 points by p0d 6y ago|5 comments
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by p0d 6y ago
Thanks for the update. The laziness doesn't surprise me. I have often thought of running my own mail server. I have had a free business plan on Google for a long time. I will hold off until Google totally hack people off.
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by p0d 6y ago
Agreed. I used to build servers and put them in datacentres. It was amazing seeing how the specs went up and power usage went down through the years. I recollect new HP Gen9 Dl360s idling at about 200w.
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by p0d 6y ago
I've been monitoring how much it costs to run an hp i5 6th gen desktop 24/7 over the last few weeks. I use it as my main server. The electricity cost is coming in at about £2.50 per month (idles just under 20w). An old hp dual cor
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by p0d 6y ago
Ok government, give Deloitte the contract in a crisis. Pay them a year after they deliver. They are not short of money. Penalise them for not delivering. Or alternatively spend a few billion making the government more business savy. It will
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by p0d 6y ago
I have been using linux for 20 years. Backup your device and dual boot linux with whatever OS you are currently using. If you go all in too quickly you will exasperate yourself. As for Arch or Debian, I think the answer is Ubuntu.
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by p0d 6y ago
I was a sysadmin for many years and now teach at a local technical college (on a consultanty contract). No good job is without some stress however I now work 9-5, no weekends, which is great.
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by p0d 6y ago
No problem. I think you asked a good question as Covid brings many issues to the surface. In particular our relationships.
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by p0d 6y ago
I don't have a book suggestion but I am 49 and have been thinking deeply about friendship for some time. I think 'mutual' is a key word in friendship. I have worked hard over the years to maintain friendships and have discove
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by p0d 6y ago
I don't understand why I can't get Galaxians on my PS4? Sometimes I just want an arcade experience rather than entering some epic world.
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by p0d 6y ago
I was on an accelerator last year and am frugal. I don't think being frugal helps in the startup space. It may signify you are risk adverse. I think people should be frugal. I don't think a company should be frugal A frugal compa
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by p0d 6y ago
I bought a used HP Probook i5-6th gen on eBay for £150. I'm a fan of the Probooks with regards to cheap and cheerful.
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by p0d 6y ago
It is good for individuals to work hard and invest in learning. I like the comment by John Wesley that you should make all you can, save all you can and give all you can. I think we often experience disappointment in life when we seek much
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by p0d 6y ago
I fixed it by getting a 9-5 job. I don't think it is a question of respect as much as culture. If I were to contact my colleagues now out of hours they would think I was mad. In a small IT company out of hours contact is the norm, espe
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by p0d 6y ago
I am happy to have left the industry but would not have done so over an IT fad. I left as managing an IT infrastructure takes up a lot of headspace. Even if you aren't working all the time stuff is on your mind. I'm very happy in
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by p0d 6y ago
Could it be you are looking for the equivalent of a family in the workplace and feel let down? I have found that disappointment can lead from unrealistic expectations. My home wasn't a very happy place when I was growing up. I spent mo
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by p0d 6y ago
Interesting, you obviously share the same anxiety I do with Google constantly messing with their services, namely photos. Currently I am syncing my google docs locally with rclone to a raspberry pi and encrypted usb drive. I started tinkeri
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by p0d 6y ago
You nailed it when you said, "I'm employee". During my career I got confused a few times about my role and thought my status was more important that it was. You either start something or work for the someone who started somet
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by p0d 6y ago
the pretty welsh lady on the bbc or the big american guy? (I think I know the answer but it amused me to ask)
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by p0d 6y ago
Not sure if you mean for fitness or life coaching? If you process thoughts by talking a life coach may help. They will have a series of questions they will work through with you. I have been through the process. My main conclusion is that i
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by p0d 6y ago
I left the IT industry last year and have found myself in the education sector. I can't speak into your future but I do recollect sharing some of your frustrations as a sysadmin of 20 years. k8s felt to me like whack a mole. I was old
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by p0d 6y ago
Thanks for your comment. I have enjoyed reading through these comments but I can't consider my own 'what could have been' without considering that which is outside of my self, namely God. My own beliefs do not see this life
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by p0d 6y ago
Merry Christmas from Belfast :-)
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by p0d 6y ago
I am also a christian and went through a phase similar to yourself. If not shorter and possibly less intense. A cloud would come over my head for a time and I worried that one day it would stay. I think my fear of death stemmed from being p

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