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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Got a smart thermostat installed over the weekend. I'm not that into IoT shit tbh, but we had no thermostat at all, so figured I might as well try one and went for a Google Nest.
It's weirdly not as granular as I was hoping for. For example, I can't set it to come on for just half an hour in the mornings, seems to need a full hour block. Claims it learns your patterns, but with the cost of energy, I'm not sure how much I trust it to do that.
It's weirdly not as granular as I was hoping for. For example, I can't set it to come on for just half an hour in the mornings, seems to need a full hour block. Claims it learns your patterns, but with the cost of energy, I'm not sure how much I trust it to do that.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
That's a bit crap. The 13 year old thermostat that came with our boiler and isn't internet connected can have different settings in half hour increments.
Though you can't turn it off on a timer, except for setting a holiday. But you can set it at 12C from midnight to 6 and then 19 from 6 to 0630. Which is more useful anyhow, because modern boilers can modulate and not run 100% if they're close to the target temp, so it would burn less gas if you were already at 18C.
Though you can't turn it off on a timer, except for setting a holiday. But you can set it at 12C from midnight to 6 and then 19 from 6 to 0630. Which is more useful anyhow, because modern boilers can modulate and not run 100% if they're close to the target temp, so it would burn less gas if you were already at 18C.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yes, this is why I want a thermostat really, we've been running at all or nothing for a few years. I don't think it's the end of the world, just set it to come on earlier, but at a lower temp, it's just a different mindset after not having one at all.
Quite like the eco mode if we do go away in the dead of winter, I'm sure you can do all this stuff with a normal one, but the nest app makes it make easy. It's not been cold enough yet for me to turn it on whilst I'm travelling home, but I like the idea.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
Underwhelming
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
Underwhelming
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I'm actually quite impressed we have our own hardware in 2024
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Since massively improving the cooling in my PC I've realised the odd quite dramatic drop in frame rates wasn't "1% lows" but more likely my poor CPU throttling.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Yeah, with roughly annual drive failuresI'm actually quite impressed we have our own hardware in 2024
I've been looking at alternatives recently, including VMs with various hosting suppliers.
Surprisingly as machine specs get larger, the VM vs dedicated prices seem to converge, At least for some.
souljacker
innit
60Ghz mmwave in a lot of 5g casesAnd the backhaul to most of those cell masts is?
2hats
Dust.
Which then terminates to?60Ghz mmwave in a lot of 5g cases
souljacker
innit
Carrier Pigeon
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yeah, with roughly annual drive failures
I've been looking at alternatives recently, including VMs with various hosting suppliers.
Surprisingly as machine specs get larger, the VM vs dedicated prices seem to converge, At least for some.
That doesn't surprise me that much, but I'm far from an expert. I know at my last place we moved to VMs, but I think that's more because the boss couldn't afford the capital expenditure rather than the total cost of ownership.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Can you give us a rough location, so we know which direction to face in to pray towards the Great Shrine?I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
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hiraethified
Look how knackered it looks!I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
I know how it feels.
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
For the uninitiated Lazy Llama what are we actually looking at there?
A blade? A rack? A summat else?
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
1U server in a rack.
Made by Supermicro if I remember correctly.
Made by Supermicro if I remember correctly.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I'll get the prayer mat alignedRoughy cheese.buddy.drive
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Any sign of a hard drive with thousands of missing posts on ?I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Several machines and drives ago, sadly.
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
So that's where we all live.I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
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two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
anyone had this?
www.theregister.com
Windows Server 2025 takes admins by surprise
Screens sprayed with coffee after techies find Microsoft's latest OS in unexpected places
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
So that's where we live... I expected something a bit more salubrious.I was in the data center last week, swapping a failed SSD drive in the Urban75 server and thought I'd take a photo.
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
They don't put computers in cabinet-grade marquetry with Queen Anne legs any more, you know...So that's where we live... I expected something a bit more salubrious.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
If only Dynatron made computers eh?They don't put computers in cabinet-grade marquetry with Queen Anne legs any more, you know...
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I always fancied putting a PC into a wooden case, and using old-school ammeter type things to display processor load, memory utilisation, etc. Never got around to it.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Chromecasts usually don’t work in hotels, I find, this is an annoying thing for which there is no real solution.
So if I want to watch something on the hotel TV via a streaming service, is my best bet to bring laptop & HDMI cable and hope that I can position laptop close to the TV (if it’s wall mounted that will be tricky or perhaps impossible). Plus I’d need to leave my laptop in the car on a few occasions; while it would be hidden it is still a risk
Or do I just give up and watch it when I got home?
So if I want to watch something on the hotel TV via a streaming service, is my best bet to bring laptop & HDMI cable and hope that I can position laptop close to the TV (if it’s wall mounted that will be tricky or perhaps impossible). Plus I’d need to leave my laptop in the car on a few occasions; while it would be hidden it is still a risk
Or do I just give up and watch it when I got home?
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