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Pros and cons of Proxmox in a home lab?
  • For me, pros are:

    • Fun to learn something new
    • Easy to test different systems. For example, I can play with different router or NAS software without having a separate computer around.
    • I've been able to create different "computers" that serve different needs and require different levels of security.
    • Currently, a cluster is probably overkill, it was a fun experiment.

    Cons

    • Updating all the different systems can be a pain. I could probably automate it, but I haven't made the time to learn it yet.
    • As a beginner, I'm throwing a bunch of parts together and hoping it will work. I should probably be more strategic in my implementation, but I don't know what to prioritize. I'm sure I'll have to start over in the future.
    • With the previous point, the storage setup doesn't seem very intuitive. I probably need to set up that better.
    • I haven't quite figured out backups yet. My VM backups all seem too big. I need to figure that out and automate it.

    Hope this is helpful.

  • We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant
  • Wasn't one of his first works showing how American media coverage, especially the New York Times, make key changes in articles about Israel? He found internationally distributed articles and showed that US media always changed articles about Israel to paint them in a better light. It was really great work.

  • Alternatives to CloudFlare?
  • I was looking into Tailscale, but it got me a little worried. I'm not very knowledgeable, so I hope someone can correct me

    They don't allow ssh, so you have to give your keys over them and they manage your ssh connection? That seems idiotic. Surely that can't be correct?

    I'm my use case, I was wanting to rsync to an off-site Synology from a Linux box. Synology also doesn't allow ssh over their VPN service - frustrating.

  • Outrage over ‘massacre’ in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages
  • Good, now you're beginning to understand how the Palestinians feel.

    How many Israelis should die to allow your people to be free? There isn't a number too high. The Palestinians' freedom is worth infinitely more than an Israeli oppressor.

  • 'The big one': Researchers gain clearest picture yet of fault that threatens the Pacific Northwest
  • Yeah, that is probably what I miss most about Reddit. Science articles have really deep discussions about the topics there. Here, the comments are mainly just one or two jokes and an asshole or two with a superiority complex.

    The fediverse has some really good tech discussions. I hope we can get more scientists soon to elevate those discussions.

  • Chinese Lander Instrument Detects Negative Ions on Far Side of Moon
  • Thanks, but yeah, the article just says the following:

    The observations could have considerable implications for our understanding of what goes on in other spots in our celestial neighborhood that aren't protected by a magnetic field either.

    "These observations on the Moon will help us better understand the surface environment and act as a pathfinder to explore negative ion populations in other airless bodies in the Solar System," NILS principal investigator Martin Wieser explained in the statement, "from planets to asteroids and other moons."

    It doesn't really say why negative ions are significant, just that they are found in places without a magnetic field and may help us understand similar places. The research seems more in-depth, and the article send to lack important details.

  • newatlas.com Small modular nuclear reactors get a reality check in new report

    A new report has assessed the feasibility of deploying small modular nuclear reactors to meet increasing energy demands around the world. The findings don't look so good for this particular form of energy production.

    Small modular nuclear reactors get a reality check in new report

    >[T]he report's executive summary certainly gets to the heart of their findings.

    >"The rhetoric from small modular reactor (SMR) advocates is loud and persistent: This time will be different because the cost overruns and schedule delays that have plagued large reactor construction projects will not be repeated with the new designs," says the report. "But the few SMRs that have been built (or have been started) paint a different picture – one that looks startlingly similar to the past. Significant construction delays are still the norm and costs have continued to climb."

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    Cancel/Discard process

    The UI for discarding a comment always confuses me.

    If I want to discard a comment I'm writing, I have to hit "cancel," then I'm given two options, cancel or discard. I think I must follow the previous naming convention, so I hit cancel, but instead, I have to hit discard to discard the comment.

    I think it would be better to have "Discard" as the element in the screen when you write a comment. Then, when you confirm the decision, it is the same nomenclature, discard or cancel.

    If you want, I can add a screenshot.

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    futurism.com The "Auditor" of "Truth Social" Misspelled His Own Name 14 Different Ways in Filings

    Ben F Borgers, whose accountancy firm was hired by Trump Media in 2022, spelled his name 14 different ways in filings.

    The "Auditor" of "Truth Social" Misspelled His Own Name 14 Different Ways in Filings
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    www.cbsnews.com Columbia students file civil rights complaint against school amid protests. Here are the accusations.

    As protests continue at Columbia University, a group of students have filed a federal civil rights complaint accusing the university of discrimination against Palestinian students and allies.

    Columbia students file civil rights complaint against school amid protests. Here are the accusations.

    Hopefully they can find true justice. Maybe AIPAC's power is starting to wane?

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    Verifying -arr Downloads?

    I found an av1-labeled version of a TV show on Sonarr, so I downloaded it, replacing my previous 264 version. I started to play it and realized it was a smaller 264 version.

    Is there a way for Sonarr and Radarr to verify if a download's version matches it's label? Do I just need to stick with trusted distribution groups?

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    New Unraid OS License Pricing, Timeline, and FAQs

    Unraid has come out with their new pricing plan.

    I have mistakenly said in some comments here before that they were doing away with their lifetime plan. They still have it, but it is just more expensive. They have introduced a couple of cheaper annual subscription plans.

    If anyone is still on the fence about buying Unraid, you have a week until the new pricing plan comes into affect.

    After seeing so many examples of companies really screwing up their pricing changes, it is refreshing to see Unraid do this so well.

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    Proxmox vs. TrueNAS Scale

    I'm in the process of migrating my system to some new hardware. I was curious on everyone's thoughts about Proxmox vs. TrueNAS Scale.

    Here is some background - I'm currently running a mini-computer, with Debian, attached to an external hard drive. I host Plex, -arr suite, PhotoPrism/Photo backup space, Syncthing and some other apps. It runs fine, but could probably use some more memory. I also haven't had a lot of luck backing up all my family's data (on and off different cloud services) in one place in a way that avoids duplicates. My 4TB HDD is at about 80% full now. I have an offsite synology that I back up to using Syncthing. Syncthing has been having some problems lately, so I'm looking at some other options for that too.

    I've been wanting to move my storage to an internal HDD, so I bought a larger used computer and a hard drive so that I can clean my setup a bit. It has an i3 8100, 500GB M2, 256 SSD, 8TB HDD and 24GB ram. To experiment, I've been running Proxmox and set up a few VMs including TrueNAS.

    Proxmox has been pretty amazing. I thought I would have a TrueNAS VM, my Debian-based Plex/-arr VM, and then another Debian vm where I could just test different software that I wanted to host. I haven't really experimented with the LXMs yet.

    I started testing out TrueNAS and saw that it also offers virtualization. If so, I probably wouldn't need Proxmox for my purposes.

    With all that, here are some questions -

    1. What do you think about Proxmox vs. TrueNAS? Any reason to prefer one over the other?
    2. What do you think about having a Debian VM to host my Plex and -arr suite? What are the pros and cons of that method vs. hosting the apps on my TrueNAS or Proxmox as containers? I think mainly it would just be portability and isolation.
    3. Currently, my external HDD is formatted so you could also plug it into Windows and read the contents. If something happens to me, I would like my family to be able to easily access the data. I need to figure out a good way to ensure it is easily accessible to them.

    Thanks in advance!

    Edit for posterity: after this post, I tried TrueNas, but was annoyed because the HDD was constantly being accessed. I tried unRAID after that, but had a similar problem with HDD access noise. I tried several cache drive configurations , but I couldn't escape the constant 5-second access pattern. I finally went back to Proxmox and will cobbler together my own NAS setup. We'll see how it goes.

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    Can't upvote

    Is anyone having a problem upvoting comments and posts? I'm unable to after the Lemmy. World update.

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    www.forbes.com Shooting Down 11 Jets In 11 Days, Ukraine Nudges The Russian Air Force Closer To Organizational Death-Spiral

    The Russian air force lost another Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber on Thursday, the Ukrainian air force claimed. Its seventh in 11 days.

    Shooting Down 11 Jets In 11 Days, Ukraine Nudges The Russian Air Force Closer To Organizational Death-Spiral

    An overview of the recent losses by the Russian air force and overall situation for their readiness. Kind of a follow-up on some questions I asked on other posts here.

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    When Pi-hole is down?

    I have an asus router with a pi-hole on the network.

    I was doing some work on my server and noticed that when pi-hole was down, I couldn't access the internet. I was looking for some ideas online how to deal with this, but they said to have a second pihole on the network in case one is offline. Is that the only way to do it? Is there any way to have the network go back to normal if the pihole is offline?

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    scitechdaily.com Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever

    A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt. About the size of a standard paperback book, the completely soil-powered technology could fuel underground sensors used in precision agriculture and green infrastruct

    Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11549319

    > Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever > > Northwestern University researchers have introduced a soil-microbe-powered fuel cell, significantly outperforming similar technologies and providing a sustainable solution for powering low-energy devices.

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    scitechdaily.com Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever

    A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt. About the size of a standard paperback book, the completely soil-powered technology could fuel underground sensors used in precision agriculture and green infrastruct

    Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever

    Northwestern University researchers have introduced a soil-microbe-powered fuel cell, significantly outperforming similar technologies and providing a sustainable solution for powering low-energy devices.

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    www.androidauthority.com Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

    Chromecast with Google TV is now serving some users with full-screen, auto-playing video ads for physical goods on the home screen. Read on!

    Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

    Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.

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    www.autoevolution.com NASA May Have Just Stumbled Upon the Mother of All Space Navigation Solutions

    If you think finding your way on Earth without help from Google Maps or Waze is difficult, just think about what that's like for people planning mis...

    NASA May Have Just Stumbled Upon the Mother of All Space Navigation Solutions

    GIANT stands for Goddard Image Analysis and Navigation Tool, and it is basically an optical navigation software. That's right, it uses images snapped by cameras, lidar, and other sensors to find the best way forward, kind of like we humans do when we use our eyes to see where we're going.

    Simply put, GIANT only needs a picture of the target to be able to determine distance, the mass and center of a spinning object, and even identify landmarks on the surface of a celestial body. Three-dimensional maps of potential landing zones can also be generated, complete with potential hazards.

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