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I built a 5x 16TB RAIDz2, filled it with data, then I discovered the following....

I wasn’t aware Steve Paikin and John McGrath had a podcast on Ontario politics. I like it!

Why...

Swapped out the stock Gateron Brown switches for MX2A Ergo Clear. Added o-rings to shorten the key travel to 2.5-3mm. The result feels dramatically different. Individual key presses feel amazing. I’m not sure about typing yet.

Just got reminded of this classic!

It’s a very interesting feel, unlike any other mechanical keyboard I’ve had. I’ve been typing on DSA for over half a decade now so I’m used to the flat row profile but the increased surface size still messes with my brain bit. I like it. There’s some similarity to the feel of a laptop keyboard....

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Waste sitting in pits could fill almost 883,000 Olympic-size swimming pools, and oil companies say they need to find a way to reduce it...

An early experiment suggests that an injection of klotho improves working memory.

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/1034471...

I have a bit of data that has to be encrypted and stored into a file so that it can be moved across file systems and possibly OSes. Disk encryption like dm-crypt and a loop device isn’t appropriate as it may not exist on another OS....

TekSavvy is the last remaining large internet wholesale provider, as others have been snapped up by bigger rivals in what independent ISPs describe as a challenging regulatory environment....

"I've always said I'm staying out of the race and I have the right, like anyone else, to put a sign on my lawn," Ford said at an announcement in Ottawa for funding to further train electricians....

Some investors are attracted to covered call funds because of their high income yields and seemingly high risk-adjusted returns. However, the appearance of high income and high risk-adjusted returns is the result of clever financial product design, not of actual improvements to returns or risk-adjusted returns....

This occurred today when trying to cast from YouTube to my Chromecast w/ Google TV (CCwGTV). The CCwGTV doesn't have any updates available and neither do the YouTube apps on the phone or the CCwGTV....

Solution...

Knowledge silos and expertise are two sides of the same coin. From full stack engineering to DevOps practitioner, our industry loves to pretend everyone can do everything. We’re an industry of hobbyists. We love to tinker. I don’t know if we are fooling ourselves or if the industry has been exploiting our hobby-driven...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1236714...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/629220...