[–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sometime ago I went to a friend's house and they had that exact product, but it was a pre-melted version. Saves a lot of time. We used it to make all kinds of drinks.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    I've almost seen zero ads in about 15 years. I use all the types of adblockers: browser extensions and dns-based. I don't use traditional TV or movie theatres. I don't read printed magasines. So really, really close to no ads in 15 years. Yesterday I went to the fueling station with my car: there was nobody else. They changed the station so now, there's screens showing ads and really loud audio. Since there was nobody else, I could hear all 8 pump's ads screaming at the same time. It was really dystopian and overstimulating. I only managed to put like 5 litres and I couldn't stand it, I was screaming at the screen to stop shouting at me. I did pay my 5 litres that I put in, but I left for another gas station. I will never return to that one, which was my usual one.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I selected my cases very carefully. Once I have them, I never change them. I have 4 computers. My oldest case is from 1997 and my newest is this one from 2007. One of them has had 4 different systems in it. I can't think of any reason to buy a new case if it still fits the needs.

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    Some pictures of a build from last year. I replaced a file server that was in reliable operation since 2007, seeing no hardware failures. Its purpose is to store file backups from the network. With only 4,5TB available, it was constantly getting full. It was also loud and power hungry, so I decided that the best option was a complete replacement. I hope the new one is as trouble free as the old!

    Old specs: (built may 2007, upgraded some drives late 2009)

    • motherboard: TYAN S2925 "Tomcat n3400B"
    • CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+ "Manila" (single core)
    • RAM: DDR-2 ECC 800mHz 1GB
    • operating system drives: HDD, Hardware RAID-1, SCSI-320, 2x 36GB, ext3 and XFS file systems
    • served data drives: HDD, LVM, SATA-II, 3x 500GB and 3x 1TB, XFS file systems
    • removable media: IDE CD drive
    • operating system: Debian GNU/Linux, starting with version 4 "Etch"

    New specs: (built september 2025)

    • motherboard: ASRock B850M-X R2.0
    • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X "Granite Ridge" (6 cores, 12 threads)
    • RAM: DDR-5 ECC 2600mHz 32GB
    • operating system drives: SSD, ZFS mirror, SATA-III, 2x 128GB, ZFS file systems
    • served data drives: HDD, ZFS RAID-Z1, SATA-III, 3x 24TB, ZFS file systems
    • removable media: USB 3.0 micro SD cards
    • operating system: FreeBSD, starting with version 14
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