Thank you :)

Thanks for the details - I’m sure it’s intentional that Daylio makes it quite the circus to go through. I’m excited about Journiv in general, so I might switch over once mood tracking is all set. However, it’d still be great to be able to import Daylio as I have around 2,000 entries :)

How is Qubes these days? I tried using it years ago and had a bit of a difficult time. Maybe it’s time to try again, as I’m sure it has improved, along with my Unix knowledge.

ECC these days is decent, I wouldn’t hate it even in my gaming PC. It’s the HBM that I’m worried about.

Surprisingly, Craigslist is rather active in my area. It’s still not as active as marketplace, but it makes it possible to get by without having an FB account.

Nope, it gets all of the power from the slot, no pin plug needed!

The B50 was plug and play for me. Obviously not a super powerful card compared to the competitors, however for 16GB of vram in a tiny package (with only 70W of power usage) it’s unbeatable. I did play some games as well, and it was decent enough to get me by for three weeks while my 7900 was getting RMA’d.

If this supported daylio (and the mood tracking that daylio uses), I would immediately switch.

Do you have backups? You mentioned family photos, so I hope so. If yes, have you tested them? Remember, RAID (or RAID-adjacent) is not a backup.

What filesystem are you using at the moment?

Questions aside, since you have precious photos and are using RAID, I would absolutely get a UPS. This will save you a lot of pain in the future, and you can continue to use it while you wait to upgrade. You can find them for relatively cheap on ebay, just make sure whatever you get has a new battery (frequently listed as “NEW BATT” or similar). Bonus points for a USB connection to gracefully shut down your raid array, protecting it from getting corrupted.

For the drives themselves, even if you aren’t shucking them yet (shucking meaning taking external drives out of their cases to put into a server), I would use https://shucks.top/ to find the best deals per TB. This comes with the upside of allowing you to shuck them in the future if you get a proper enclosure or chassis, and you don’t have to buy an extra case. Interestingly, external drives (like those listed on the website above) are generally cheaper than naked drives, especially when priced per TB. If you want to avoid shucking entirely, you can pick up DC rated drives for relatively good prices on https://serverpartdeals.com/

The three main concerns with this setup, in my opinion, are power, heat, and speed. With raid, you’ll want the UPS as discussed, which covers the power issue. Since they’ll be in cases, it’s definitely possible they’ll heat up quickly, especially if you ever have to do a data rebuild or otherwise hammer them with lots of writes. As long as you’re able to keep them below 55-60C during those operations, you should be fine, but it’s something you’ll want to keep an eye on. Speed, meanwhile, won’t impact too much but you’ll probably notice some slow writes compared to having a drive over SATA. Rebuilds will be pretty slow.

Apologies if that was kind of rambling. I’ve been a data hoarder archivist for over a decade. I’ve gone through several iterations of NAS and learned some hard lessons along the way. I encourage you to keep thinking about how to best secure your data from loss; it’s good to ask questions like this.

Well, that certainly would confuse users, yes.

🤮

Confuses them?

I use Frigate and Reolink cameras. I have a Home Assistant install to access the cameras remotely through reverse proxy.

People have been saying this for a year, and the line only keeps going up.

I know it works with Home Assistant and doesn’t work with gadgetbridge (as far as I can tell). My hope is that eventually Gadgetbridge will be able to send my health stats (through Health connect) to my HA install.

If you end up owning a home (or have parents that own one and won’t be able to manage in their old age), general home maintenance and repair skills can save a fuck ton of money. Things like learning how to do drywall repair or replacement, fixing pipe leaks, or framing (if you’re feeling a little extra) can go a long way. I learned electrical as well, but I’m hesitant to recommend this one unless you know what you’re doing (you can burn down your house, or worse, die).

I did a bathroom remodel that would have cost a fortune to have contractors come in, as it required drywall, plumbing, and electrical. Labor costs have skyrocked in my area, it probably would’ve cost me over $15k if I hired out. In the end, I probably paid a few thousand dollars along with a large portion of my hairline.

Yeah, your last point might be an issue for this. But if you manage to find a heater that works as a simple on/off, this z-wave high power relay might suit your needs: https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/zooz-z-wave-long-range-high-power-relay-zen78-800lr

I would be very careful with automating a heater in your garage, as they’re obviously a fire risk, especially when unattended. I would make sure whatever automation you land on has safeties based on if you’re home, if a smoke alarm goes off, or if connection to your controller is lost (this one would be more difficult to automate, but is probably doable with an esp32 or similar).

Is this similar to the built in KDE night light?

I still use it with plexamp which autoscrobbles to last.fm.

Sure, but plenty of journalists use the em-dash. That’s where LLMs got it from originally. It alone is not a signature of LLM use in journalistic articles (I’m not calling this CTO guy a journalist, to be clear)