I’ve been dreading the new computer as well. I built the original incarnation of my current one in … holy shit, late 2013. I was thinking 2016 but I just looked up the order and it was 2013. I did it pretty damn “top of the line” because I wanted it to last ages. I have occasionally upgraded or replaced drives, GPU, RAM, power supply, but I’m still on the original board+CPU.

It’s still great… running Linux and occasionally gaming.

A lot of people seem to think I’m we’re crazy for not getting a new phone every year or two. Previous one lasted 7 years, this one is at a bit over 5 years… It’s fine.

Yeah, I did western Tennessee to northwest Washington in 2 days.

… I regretted it, but I did it.

That’s where you draw the line?

(Also, say hi to your chickens for me)

Your comment made me realize these could be a great digital attack vector. I assume they have wifi? And I doubt security was top of mind in the software development…

I was positive this was going to be the onion.

… I really wish this was the onion.

Aha, the separate breaker box is the part I wasn’t thinking about. I’ll need to do some thinking on how I could make that work for me. Thank you for the info.

Out of curiosity, how do you have that setup (at a high level)?

I’ve got a bluetti system for emergency power (12kWh, 6kW AC output) but I need to plug things directly into it. It’d be nice to feed it directly to my house wiring but … selectively. That is, I wouldn’t want to power the HVAC but it would be nice to not have to shuffle the fridge/freezer plugs from the wall to the inverter.

Dedicated circuit(s) with a manual switch from mains to inverter, I’m guessing? But then we get into all the extras required to do that safely and avoid back feeding the grid.

Granted, they have systems/setups specifically for whole house power but I don’t want to feed the whole house, just the important circuits/appliances.

It took three years but we’ve almost rooted it all out.

There’s still one ancient product that will (theoretically) decommission in mid 2028. It makes enough money to cover the Oracle licensing but isn’t worth reworking to migrate.

Knowing how decom goes, I’m sure it’ll still be running in 2035 with that one last client who “can’t move to the newer, better, easier project because… Reasons (I don’t wanna)”

“the 1900s”

: /

I recently picked up a 2024 model moto g power 5g. The main reason is that I needed the cheapest smart phone I could find locally to test a new provider (phreeli) before committing. That, and to serve as a ready backup if one of ours dies. $115 at a big box store.

It’s… fine. Even after debloating I get about half the battery life of my galaxy s20 which is now 5 years old. I haven’t been able to figure out what’s eating it, or maybe it just has a smaller battery… I should check that.

I learn something new every day, thanks bud.

They’re not supposed to put chicken shit on the sandwich unless you specifically request it.

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There are times when things need to be broken. But I also definitely understand your angle.

I can tell you to rest for, I dunno, $500?

(Jokes aside, that’s shitty and I’ve been there)

Did Mira used to be Avon?

I switched.

But what about videos of DOGS farting?

It’s being pushed very hard by management where I work and I’m consistently seeing the same as above. I mentioned on another thread recently that I’ve heard “I don’t know why Claude did that” multiple times over the past few weeks.

It’s infuriating.