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GrayDanceOutfit Nov 6, 2023

Ivan Nov 6, 2023

PSA: if you are on #NixOS unstable and using syncoid to replicate your #zfs datasets and have updated recently (ie you are on zfs 2.2.0) your jobs might be failing!

The workaround to fix this is to put the following in your configuration:

services.syncoid.service.serviceConfig.PrivateUsers = lib.mkForce false;

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/264071#issuecomment-1793583098

nixos/syncoid: incorrectly detects source dataset as non-existent · Issue #264071 · NixOS/nixpkgs

Describe the bug The Syncoid service I have created with the syncoid NixOS module is incorrectly determining that the source dataset does not exist. Steps To Reproduce Add the following to the NixO...

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GrayDanceOutfit Aug 30, 2023

Jim Salter Aug 30, 2023

It's been griping me for YEARS that #syncoid can only give a progress bar for the CURRENT replication task, not for the entire job (when it involves multiple datasets).

The problem is that it relies on an external program for the progress meter, which means you can only meter the one task at a time.

That's gonna change real soon. We gonna have simultaneous progress bars for the current task, and for the ENTIRE set of tasks:

https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/perlpv/

GitHub - jimsalterjrs/perlpv: A proof-of-concept pipe viewer similar to Andrew Wood's pv in perl, for eventual use internally in syncoid

A proof-of-concept pipe viewer similar to Andrew Wood's pv in perl, for eventual use internally in syncoid - GitHub - jimsalterjrs/perlpv: A proof-of-concept pipe viewer similar to Andrew Wood&...

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GrayDanceOutfit Aug 11, 2023

BBC Research & Development Aug 11, 2023

Modern TVs have dimming features that can adjust backlight power in specific parts of the screen, sometimes even at the individual pixel level.

We wanted to see whether adapting BBC content could make use of these features and reduce energy consumption.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-sustainability-energy-saving-radio-tv-led-graphics

#sustainability #television #technology #tech #broadcasting #LED #OLED #FALD

Introducing the energy saving concept of Lower Carbon Graphics

Developing and implementing a new idea which we believe has already saved energy in homes across the UK.

BBC R&D

GrayDanceOutfit Aug 10, 2023

Joe Ressington Aug 10, 2023

In case you missed it, 2.5 Admins is now part of the Late Night Linux Family. That means the LNL patreon is even better value. Sign up and support us today!

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creating Podcasts about Linux and FOSS

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GrayDanceOutfit Aug 5, 2023

Dare Obasanjo Aug 5, 2023

During the pandemic we had tele-health, UBI via stimulus checks, employers supporting work from home and practically eliminated the flu because people wore masks in crowded places.

We really touched greatness and gave it all away to return to the status quo.

GrayDanceOutfit Jul 31, 2023

omg! ubuntu Jul 31, 2023

This glorious sound interrupted so many lectures when I was at university #ubuntu

GrayDanceOutfit Jul 22, 2023

🌟Cyber City Circuits🌟Jul 22, 2023

GrayDanceOutfit Jul 21, 2023

joey castillo Jul 20, 2023

New project log on the Open Book’s @hackaday page! This one is a deep dive into four-year old miscalculations, the cost of making a gadget and the margin required to make it sustainably, and how two different versions of the Open Book have tried to thread the needle. I poured heart and soul into this one. https://hackaday.io/project/168761-the-open-book/log/221370-the-quest-for-a-sub-100-diy-e-book-reader/

The Quest for a Sub-$100, DIY E-Book Reader | Details | Hackaday.io

The other night I was jotting down some notes about the Open Book, trying to figure out how to write about what we did right and what we did wrong, about how we got to where we are from where we came from. In broad strokes, I imagined two parallel tracks to understanding: there’s the engineering of the gadget, the set of choices that make the thing what it is, and then there’s the economics of the gadget, the set of choices that make the thing a viable product. Of course, one of the key lessons learned from this project is that those things are so deeply intertwined that there’s no way to talk about them in isolation. The original Open Book design got a few things right on the engineering side. It got almost nothing right on the economics side. Over the course of this project, I’ve made several revisions of the concept that got closer to threading the needle and getting both right. I think I’m finally close with this latest design, the design I intend to submit for the Hackaday prize. But before we get into that, a quick aside on how these two sides of the equation relate. <h1>The Economics

GrayDanceOutfit Jul 18, 2023

r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖Jul 17, 2023

This is your reminder that potatoes are an objectively superior currency to Bitcoin or any other crypto

A Potato:
- Shows inherent proof of work
- Hacker proof
- Valid in any country
- Works in any century
- Accessible at any tech level
- Delicious and nutritious
- Is also a battery
- Can be turned to rocket fuel (AKA vodka)