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Cake day: August 15th, 2024

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  • First question: what will you do about data backup? Nextcloud and Immich both imply important data that you don’t want to lose. You say you have some harddrives, so look for some computer that can take more than one harddrive and then setup RAID with snapshots. I’d go for a RAID setup such that you need two drives to fail before you lose data, but there are plenty of debate. We often say RAID is not a backup - you should start thinking about the next step in your backup setup soon.

    Used vs new is always the question. In general the newer the system the less power it will use to do the same work. However ARM will almost always use less power than x86 even if the x86 is much newer. I specified work here, your computer will nothing most of the time so idle power matters too.


  • People don’t cross tracks for fun. They cross when there is something on the other side. Thus good city design (look up desire paths!) will ensure the places people really want to cross are safe and they can leave everything else alone. The picture is too small to get a clear picture of what all is around the track, but I see no indication there is any reason for anyone to cross in this area.


  • Nobody who has been following data (including satellite pictures) has said anything for a while that I can find. I assume government spies have good information but they are not talking.

    About a year ago the predictions were late this year, or early next year. At the time Ukraine was typically getting about 60 artillery per day, for the last several months it has been around half that most days. Is this because Russia is better at protecting artillery and so it will last longer, or because they are seeing the end is near and so not using as much - I have no way to know.

    If anyone knows of a source of information that is reasonably accurate who is talking let me know. I don’t follow many such sources, but generally the sources I do follow will report when others share useful data.