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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/eindrstein/status/1224836762482151424Feb 05 00:11
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@eindrstein: @vonderleyen @EU_Commission Do you really want to free Europe from Cancer? Then get rid of mafias controlling EU in… https://t.co/7lZ1qGZL0mFeb 05 00:11
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@eindrstein: @vonderleyen @EU_Commission Do you really want to free Europe from Cancer? Then get rid of mafias controlling EU in… https://t.co/7lZ1qGZL0mFeb 05 00:11
schestowitz"Do you really want to free Europe from Cancer? Then get rid of mafias controlling EU institutions. That's the first real cancer to overcome and get a healthy EU"Feb 05 00:11
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schestowitz"Feb 05 07:15
schestowitz>> Well, I know for a fact that Dina read my article on hacker noon about Microsoft burying their losses within their intelligent cloud container. Not sure why she and zdnet waited a year to apply the same logic without crediting me, but I’m flattered by imitation. Maybe Microsoft missed a payment? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣Feb 05 07:15
schestowitz> Did anyone else question the 'Softs'?Feb 05 07:15
schestowitzPrior to me regarding Azure operating at a loss? Not that I’m aware of. And most definitely not in a manner that necessitated an SEC investigation as I have. 🤣💁🏻‍♂️Feb 05 07:15
schestowitz"Feb 05 07:15
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schestowitz>>> I'd migrate away, quickly.  Those are all great big red warning flags.Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>> The units are missing from the number 11 given above.  Is that 11 monthsFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>> or 11 years?  If the former, it is still under warranty.  If the latter,Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>> consider it to be corrupting your data already.  Since you only everFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>> work from home you might consider a tower with multiple drive bays andFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>> run OpenZFS on them.  Or else set up an ARM-based NAS with OpenZFSFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>> underneath.  The checksumming hinders data corruption.Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>> I think that I will, instead, go buy another second-hand (but not old)Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>> laptop and start migrating all my things to it.Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz> I have somehow gotten the idea that underprovisioning SSDs will allowFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz> room for the wear leveling to work, effectively extending the life ofFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz> the partition.  I'm not sure though.  It would be worth finding out ifFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz> that is true or not.Feb 05 08:49
schestowitzI can look around for laptops with SSD. I want to migrate off this laptop ASAP and use that as merely a spare box with no  critical data on it. That would mean working with four laptops in parallel. Rianne has 2. But she put one downstairs for videos/music only.Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>> I still have stacks of backups predating those issue, so in theory, if IFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz>> am eager (takes time), if some time in the future I find corrupt data IFeb 05 08:49
schestowitz>> might be able to retrieve it from older backups.Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>>Feb 05 08:49
schestowitz>> The more critical things I have are published material on theFeb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> sites/servers. For that we have RAID and occasional backups offsite.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>>Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> This reminds me... I don't think that for TR we have a backup (offisite)Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> of ~/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2019 and 2020Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz> I haven't run my backups for a while.  I've started running one pass now.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitzRAID is in place, but in case someone 'steals' the server or whatever it's good to have ALL the files outside the US as well. And DBs of course... as up to date as possible.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitzkaniini is not particularly responsive/visible lately...Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> There are important docs there which older backups of mine still lack.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>>Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> Worth backing up those years (and latest DB) offsite, just to be safe...Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>>Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> It'll likely be a hectic, hard day for me.... if we indeed buy anotherFeb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> laptop and migration of my main workstation would take ages... so muchFeb 05 08:50
schestowitz>> stuff on it.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitz> Consider Devuan instead of Debian.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitzI've already burned the CD and have some binaries (firmware) on USB, so I think it'll be faster and simpler to just do it a second time around.Feb 05 08:50
schestowitzquick points:Feb 05 08:58
schestowitz1. it'll be mostly me 'offline' now ;-)Feb 05 08:58
schestowitz2. I managed to merge together the missing IRC bits -- missing from the files due to downtime (RO FS issue)Feb 05 08:58
schestowitz3. I think I can finish posting all daily links, but I will sleep less tonight (5 hours is a stretch)Feb 05 08:58
schestowitz4. new articles in TR not a priority todayFeb 05 08:58
schestowitz5. I'm off work this weekend, so can hopefully catch up fullyFeb 05 08:58
schestowitz6. rianne will bring TM up to date shortly (new posts/nodes)Feb 05 08:58
schestowitz7. I finish work in afew minutesFeb 05 08:58
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