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B.C. United promises major income tax cut if elected
  • Lol. Last gasp of the dying BC liberals. IMHO Krusty Clark and her accomplices can’t shake their past embracing organized crime at BC casinos.

    Even rebranding can’t save them because we know.

    They might cut taxes and put tolls back on bridges like they did last time?

  • Canada to make contraceptives and morning-after pill free
  • Both the libs and cons are idiots about gun laws. Neither one is common sense. I just wanna go target shooting and punch paper.

    Canada’s “gun problem” is criminals with guns and illegal firearms from the US. Anything else is lies. And it’s certainly not average Canadians that are the problem.

  • Real estate insolvencies in Canada set to surpass levels of global financial crisis
  • Lol.

    There is zero chance that anyone is going to build 3.5 million units. Zero. Even 5,000 units across all of Canada won’t happen.

    It would destroy the current housing market and any politician or party that tried it would be voted out immediately.

    So again, lol.

  • Backblaze Drive Stats for Q2 2024
  • I agree to a point. I’ve been buying used SAS drives for cheap on eBay. Not a single failure in the dozen or so that I’m running right now in my server. I have a few spares sitting on the shelf just in case but I’m not expecting to use them for some time.

  • Apple reportedly plans updated M4 Mac mini that’s actually mini
  • Realistically they could just make this a hybrid model that can be either an entry level Mac or an Apple TV all in one device.

    The “Apple Hub”, use it as an Apple TV or use as a lightweight family computer on your existing display. Perfect!

    Then sell for $225 with 1TB nvme and 16GB RAM but no display or camera.

  • unRAID v7!
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    6.12.9 Released

    No issues upgrading either my main server or my backup (both are supermicro platforms).

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    Coin to bill conversion machines?

    Canadian here. Most of our banking is electronic in Canada and I just don’t physical currency much. I mostly stuck with using paper currency in Japan this past summer.

    I couldn’t find a quick and easy way to easily convert my coins back to paper yen before the flight home so used up some of my baggage weight allowance with a big sack of Japanese coins. Any tips?

    I don’t mind paying a percentage to do it but don’t want to count myself. If there’s a shortage of coins in Japan right now it’s because all your yen are in my luggage.

    Banks here used to have machines to do it with Canadian coins but with few people using coins now they all got removed.

    Plan B was to pour my 2kg sack-o-yen into a temple donation box and reap the good Karma for years to come.

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    datahoarder @lemmy.ml Nogami @lemmy.world
    Super micro sas826a backplane

    Just wondering if anyone knows which SAS connectors on the SAS826A backplane control which ports?

    On my current setup only ports 8-11 are working so got some troubleshooting ahead of me.

    The online manuals show the connectors but unhelpfullyndont indicate which ports are being used for each.

    Also, anyone know what the ribbon cable beside the SAS wires is used for on supermicro cables? I don’t recall seeing it on other SAS cables.

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    looking for perfect wallet suggestions (list inside)

    Ok it’s a wish list but I’m trying to check all boxes.

    • slim design
    • card ejector mechanism
    • AirTag integrated without a massive unsightly bump
    • MagSafe connection to iPhone
    • brown or black leather (optional but preferred over metal)
    • price $120 max

    I haven’t found any options yet which check all boxes.

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    Problem finding flashlights for camping...

    I have to work, but the family is going camping without me. Wife asks which flashlight she can borrow to take with her and the kids.

    I’m rocked to the core. Visions of Obi Wan just casually handing Luke a lightsaber to swing around in his house.

    My flashlights only range between “hotter and brighter than the sun” to “wouldn’t be out of place on a police helicopter”.

    Nothing in this range is remotely qualified for use by wife and kids, much less dealing with the batteries that power them.

    The only solution is buy more flashlights. Maybe something that also uses AA batteries (le barf).

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    B.C., housing advocates call for heat limits in rental homes

    So rental advocates are calling for maximum temperatures as well as minimums.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-heat-wave-august-2023-rental-housing-rules-1.6935647

    So by this logic if there’s a maximum permissible temperature, if I have AC installed in the rental unit it must run at whatever level is necessary 24/7 to not exceed that maximum temperature at any time, even if it adds hundreds of dollars a month to the renter’s utility bill?

    Nobody would want to put someone’s health at risk by letting it get too hot.

    Is that really what tenants want? Because I sure wouldn’t have wanted that kind of bill when I was renting, I would’ve just preferred a cheap fan I could turn on or maybe a home brew swamp cooler.

    Or are they just clumsily wanting landlords to supply ACs with rental units now, which will drive prices even higher even before electrical upgrades….

    Not sure if they want plentiful housing, affordable housing, or nicely outfitted suites.

    Renters may pick 1 of the above options only.

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    These mini units would sell in the lower mainland?
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    I’d guess they’d go for about $150,000 a piece if you built blocks of them. The lower unit is probably cheaper without the rooftop access.

    And yes, this is the future of home ownership here, not single detached living.

    Got a note back from the IG creator. Rents for about $850 a month and is just north of downtown Tokyo.

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    A month without EDCing any sort of edged tools...

    So off to Japan for a month and it appears that my EDC is going to suffer as Japanese law prohibits people carrying any sort of edged tool unless they need it for their work. Kinda sucks for a country known around the world for crafting sharp blades.

    Apparently any sort of run-in with law enforcement pretty much guarantees a bad time if you have so much as a Swiss Army knife with you. Keeping in your hotel is fine, but walking around with it is not.

    Makes me a bit (lot) sad. I’ve EDCed a small Kershaw or Benchy with me for the better part of the last 5 years or so.

    Backup plan is going to be a flashlight or two. Those aren’t prohibited. Probably a Hank light and a tiny rechargeable I can keep in my pocket.

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    Automatic shutdown if system temp is high?

    Got some extreme warm weather coming and I'm going to be out of town for a while. Can't trust the inlaws staying here to do anything server related.

    Anyone know of a plugin or script to automatically shutdown if the system temp is too high?

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    Travel during Obon?

    So I'm trying to find time to meet up with a friend of mine, and the only mutually workable time seems to be during the Obon holiday, which they described as "a nightmare" for travel.

    I've been to Japan a number of times and speak relatively well, however I've never happened to be there during Obon before.

    Is travel a total non-starter, or does it just require extra planning and booking everything well in advance? My route would be from Tokyo to Niigata, then back again on the Shinkansen.

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    Township of Langley mayor calls on council to help save Twilight Drive-In

    The Lower Mainland’s last drive-in movie theatre may not be closing after all, as councillors in the Township of Langley are looking at saving the Twilight Drive-In.

    Mayor Eric Woodward says he met with the operators of the drive-in, and says he discovered how important it is to the local economy.

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    Instant Chai tea mix?

    Looking for some really good instant Chai Tea mix in the lower mainland. I've been going down to Trader Joe's to get their spiced Chai powder, which I really like, but it's sort of expensive and a long way to go.

    Any ideas for brands and locations to pick it up that are local? Doesn't need to be super-authentic, just tasty and easy to make without extra perishable ingredients - powdered milk with sugar and spices is totally fine, just want something I can keep in my desk drawer at work instead of feeding Starbucks.

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    6.12.1 released

    Bug fixes

    emhttpd: remove "unraid" from reserved names list emhttpd: properly handle "ERROR" strings in 'btrfs filesystem show' command output emhttpd: prevent cmdStart if already Started network: Revised service reload functionality: ensures the services are only reloaded once network: rc.library: read IP addresses directly from interfaces instead of file network: NTP: fix listening interfaces network: NTP: exclude WG tunnels and user defined interfaces network: NTP: add interface name in config network: SSH: add interface name in config webgui: fix PHP8 warning in UPS Settings page webgui: Dashboard: show ZFS percentage based on c_max value webgui: Dashboard: suppress coloring of ZFS utilization bar webgui: Dashboard: olther misc fixes

    Linux kernel

    version 6.1.34

    Base Distro

    ttyd: version 1.7.3 (fixes issue of invisible underbar characters with certain FireFox versions)

    Security updates

    ca-certificates: version 20230506 curl: version 8.1.2 (CVE-2023-28322 CVE-2023-28321 CVE-2023-28320 CVE-2023-28319) git: version 2.35.8 (CVE-2023-25652 CVE-2023-25815 CVE-2023-29007) ntp: version 4.2.8p17 (CVE-2023-26551 CVE-2023-26552 CVE-2023-26553 CVE-2023-26554 CVE-2023-26555) openssl: version 1.1.1u (CVE-2023-2650) openssh: version 9.3p1 php: version 8.2.7 libX11: version 1.8.6 (CVE-2023-3138) libssh: version 0.10.5 (CVE-2023-1667 CVE-2023-2283) zstd: version 1.5.5

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    Thoughts on going ZFS with 6.12 RCs

    So just to get some content going on Lemmy, and get contributing here, thought I'd write a bit about going to 6.12 RC with a ZFS pool and what I've done on my server to try and make use of that newfound ability...

    Original configuration (pre 6.12):

    • 17 unRAID array drives in XFS format
    • dual parity
    • 2 NVMEs (cache and appdata are separate) in XFS format
    • XFS formatted
    • Backed-up daily with rsync to a second unRAID server on my LAN.

    New configuration 6.12 (currently RC8)

    • 13 unRAID array drives in XFS format
    • dual parity
    • 4 x 8TB drives in a ZFS raidz1 pool
    • 2 NVMEs (cache and appdata are separate) in ZFS format with compression enabled.
    • Backed-up hourly with ZFS snapshots

    Why the change?

    • Going to ZFS for my "important data", which is to say, personal documents, family photos (yay babies!)
    • Enables snapshots to help aid in the event of a "soft" data error (file being accidentally deleted, overwritten, or maliciously damaged by software, etc, bitrot, etc). Also enables extremely quick replications to my backup server.
    • Faster access to those personal documents with data striped across 4 drives.
    • Keeping main array as unRAID array drives for "easily replaceable data" (mostly media files, linux ISOs, etc.) so I can expand it easily by chucking another drive in my server or up-sizing an older drive easily.

    Enhanced backups through ZFS:

    • ZFS has some rather remarkable options for data backups that are enabled by the snapshot capability of the filesystem. Rather than sending individual files across the network and having to laboriously calculate the differences between each file on the dataset (part of the ZFS volume), you can essentially just send the "difference" between snapshots which can stream between servers in a very short time (usually only a couple of seconds in my case).

    This means I have my system continually backed-up on an hourly basis, with saved snapshots every hour, and every day/month for half a year.

    Plugins in use

    The current unraid RC8 supports ZFS pools, however GUI support for managing ZFS pools is lacking. I'm using the following plugins and tools to accomplish everything (available through App installs):

    • ZFS Master for Unraid, makes most ZFS operations a GUI interaction rather than terminal. I've heard rumblings that unRAID may acquire/in-house this plugin to add the functionality to the GUI. It would be worthwhile.
    • Sanoid, automatically handles ZFS snapshots, as well as rotating snapshots based on the number of required snapshots per month and/or day. Enables sending ZFS snapshots to a backup server and rotating those snapshots as well to ensure continuity of data. Requires a bit of config file editing by hand to make it work, and setting-up a cron script but nothing difficult (it's well-documented) and was about 5 min to set up successfully.

    Backup thoughts

    RAID (of any type) is not backup. That said, I have part of the "3-2-1" backup strategy automatically enabled here, with my main server backing up the "important stuff" to a separate backup server also running unRAID. That covers having 2 copies of my data on separate devices, however it does not cover keeping one copy off-site as well.

    I do have a removable drive in my backup system (currently in XFS format) that's mounted through unassigned devices that I will insert and sync my ZFS pools to twice a year, then go and put in a safe deposit box off-site to ensure it's reliably protected. I currently use XFS for this as it's easy to just plug into any system and get at my files. ZFS is still not as well supported on Windows and Mac systems, but I may go there in the future.

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