[D-Dan]

Raspberry Pi and dovecot. Puts you in complete control.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

The Cherry mechs are awesome. Nice satisfying clicks, and reliable accuracy (even for my unreliably inaccurate typing).

I believe this is reds, though I could be mistaken. Suffice to say, I’m glad it recovered, and as a bonus, got a damned good clean.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

It’s weird that Imagebin errors like that – it was always so reliable.

@sgb101 If you want to see me in my dressing gown that badly, I can recommend a good therapist 😉

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

The problem with HDR video is, it doesn’t look like the world looks. As a general rule, nothing looks that vibrant in RL. It just looks unnatural, to me.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

First thing I did was cut all power to anything that got splashed, and then started cleanup as quickly as humanely possible.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Thanks, all. At least I have some hope, now.

Does anyone know of any Newport accountants looking for a tax specialist?

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

@edps I know that the correct procedure would have been to use some IPA and give it all a good clean, though I have none, and so had to compromise (I don’t even have any whiskey), but it seems I got lucky this time. Gonna call into town after my shower and get some for future use.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Well, she’s gone home now 🙁 Fabulous week, and I think the renewed start. Hopefully, I’ll be over in Newport for a weekend next month.

It’s obvious that, no matter how many times things go south, we are destined to head north. We are realigning our compasses right now.

EDIT: But hell, home feels so empty now. God help me when I climb into an empty bed tonight 🙁 🙁

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Thanks, guys. I’m currently in ultra cleaning mode. As for stubborness, sometimes, something, or someone, is worth persevering for.

Bravery has never been my thing, but bullet biting time, I think. Time and life is running out.

And as a bonus – the sun is shining 🙂

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I have one Pi set up as an NFS server – with a single drive plugged in. The sdcard simply hands over to that server, and all four PIs will find rootfs there in it’s own directory. Keeps read/write operations on the sdcard to an absolute minimum, and using a real drive tends to be a tad faster, even over the network (wired, of course).

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Have you tried the most basic troubleshooting? e.g. Puit a live image on a thumb drive (I recommend etcher for this) and then boot from that. Assuming a Linux image, do a sudo fdisk -l and sudo blkid to make sure that the disk is recognised, then mount in the live environment, and see what’s there. If all seems OK, you can chroot into the “dead” system to fix it.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Or, just spend £35 on a Pi and setup your own PiHole/VPN – I’ve been running one for 12 months with no issues. (And I rarely see an ad – and when using, ahem, a famous jolly roger site, the dodgy side/popups no longer work, which is a bonus)

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Gonna add to this. I just (today) installed MX Linux to my laptop. Previously Arch, but I dunno why, things were getting sluggish, and I was wanting to test MX in a real system (I have it in a VM) anyway, so here we go. I backed up ~/ first, and after install, copied it back.

It has, pretty much, got my familiar system back. There was some work needed to get some system level behaviour back, but by and large, just /home is enough to preserve an install. Of course, you’ll need to re-install software packages, but what the hell, that’s easy and free.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Keeping Grayling around distracts attention from Dictator May’s bribery, blackmail and corruption.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Copying /home/$USER as Ed suggests will preserve most of your custom settings. If you really wanted to go for it, you could also copy /etc which has global settings, but honestly, half the fun is setting it up.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Are you including that tiny little white one?

You must have a very understanding missus 😉

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

For clarity, a close up of the dartboard as originally built in Blender. Just noticed, jpg lossy compression has removed some detail, which is visible in the png but too big for the forums, but you get the idea.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Building, who knows. The first model was originally the snooker table, built for a challenge when I used C4D (it was modeled entirely with splines, no geometry or meshes at all – got 2nd place), and only very recently converted to Blender (which was a bigger job than I anticipated. Converted to mesh in C4D and exported, and teh geometry was horrible – then I had to recreate all of the textures).

The pool table was a native Blender build, and probably took a couple of weeks.

The dartboard was a rebuild in Blender of an original C4D model (and I mean, rebuilt from the ground up), probably a month (you can’t see it at this scale, but there’s a lot going on with the dartboard)

EDIT: I should add, even this render had a fault. I forgot that the cue balls had a pure white material, which looked very unnatural. Fortunately, I could just render the tiny cue ball area with a fixed texture and then put them all together in GIMP, which didn’t take too long.

the rest of the room was maybe a week’s worth of work, then lighting, and tweaking the lighting etc. Render time was around 5.5 hours (My PC has been barely turned off this week whilst I rendered, and tweaked).

PC gets a good night’s sleep tonight.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

OK, let me try an segment this. I voted leave, but the crap show that dictator May is showing to Parliament is not what I voted for. She is not only ignoring the opposition, but she’s ignoring the majority of her own party. If a Ref 2 came to us, I’d support staying rather than on her terms. So, segment one done.

Segment two is just an answer to a question that Google can’t provide. Non-binding parliamentary votes. Surely, a vote in Parliament is a binding vote, but apparently not. We now have this concept amongst our ruling bodies of an advisory vote. However, what differentiates a “meaningful” vote from a non-binding vote, and who the hell decided there was a difference?

The House of Commons is our law makers, and yet it seems it’s optional. If I were an MP, what would be the difference, in law, between tabling a binding vote and tabling an advisory vote.

Bear in mind, I was a delegate of the biggest branch of one of the ten biggest unions in this country, and, indeed, Europe. At conference, we either followed or broke our mandate. If we broke it, we had better be able to explain ourselves.

I honestly don’t get the whole “meaningful” vote idea. Surely, they are all meaningful?

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Have the Libs been anything to worry about for anyone since Clegg jumped into bed with Cameron and sacrificed the Lib’s soul?

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

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