https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1809439-REG/seagate_st24000nt002_ironwolf_pro_22tb_3_5.html

They are a retailer in NYC. Their specialties (historically) lie in photography and all the tech surrounding that.

Newegg was the nerd’s paradise 10+ years ago. I would spend thousands each year on my homelab back then. They had great customer service and bent over backwards for them. Then they got bought out and squeezed and passed that squeeze right down to the customers. Accusing customers of damaging parts, etc. Lots of slimeball stuff. They also wanted to be like amazon, so they started selling beads, blenders and other assorted garbage alongside tech gear.

After a couple of minor incidents with them I saw the writing on the wall and went to amazon who were somewhat okay then. Once amazon started getting bad, I turned to B&H and fleaBay. I don’t buy as much electronic stuff as I used to, but when I do these two are working…so far.

Yes, fuck Newegg (and amazon too). I’ve been using B&H for disks and I have no complaints about them. They have the Seagate Ironwolf Pro 24TB at $479 currently, but last week it was on sale for $419. (I only look at 5yr warranty disks.)

I was not in a position to take advantage as I’ve already made my disk purchase this go around, so I’ll wait for the next deep discount to hit if it is timely.

I’m right there with you. I hate him and his cadre of slimeball traitorous morons with the fury of a thousand suns.

Thanks, I do recall when they announced the last printing. Book collections can get cumbersome things to haul around in our lives and I have many already. If I ran across a more current set maybe I’d bite, but I won’t chase them down. I did already acquire the set of Great Books (classic literature and philosophy collection) that my father bought and dragged around. I’ve read some of the authors, but if I’m being honest I’d admit the 54 volumes are now mostly decorative in function and do look nice up on the shelf. I won’t get rid of them as I see their value, but that also means I have the opportunity to move them…again.

Back in the very early 90’s I had a salesman from Britannica show up on my doorstep. I was amenable and ended up buying a set of encyclopedias. I loved them partially because I love books, but I also loved that I had all this information at the ready even if frozen in the time when they were printed.

Now we have the internet and it’s nice and all, but I wish I still had those books.

I have been indifferent, but am now in the mildly amused phase. I usually enjoy the artwork even if I don’t see the humor.

I found Mint rather simple to install. That said, I am a techie. I am using several different distros in my house, but I wanted to live in Mint for a while to see how well a non-techie might fare. My reasoning was that since Ubuntu (Mint’s parent) is rather ubiquitous, there is more development and more attention paid to support and troubleshoot issues. So far, so good. Yes, being tech literate does help, but I think a non-techie could live with Linux. And over time, the environment will become more known like Windows is now.

I was speaking with some locals from central Washington state and they believe one is to be built there as well. Omak area somewhere.

Have you tried swapping out the part (CPU/videocard/memory/random component) whilst the patient is still running?

Doctors do this all the time! ;)

AIPAC owns Congress.

There is a device that allows for the head to be easily separated for a more thorough analysis. I say we start building some.

I am a bit concerned about more election manipulation. The recent story on the 2024 elections and that there might’ve been some fuckery that is a bit more deeply advanced and nuanced than we’ve seen before has me worried. I have mad respect for the Russian apparatus’ technical abilities even though they are awful people. Despite hating what they are doing, they push the envelope of what (bad) hacking can do. Traitors in the admin are doing what they can to assist so they have help.

For reference: https://apnews.com/press-release/access-newswire/diane-sare-kamala-harris-kamala-harris-es-kirsten-gillibrand-new-hampshire-225173eaaf66b420844508516b365caf

https://archive.is/yRayi

Nero’s Insurance Emporium

Perhaps it was lying in on the ground in close proximity to the car or its drivers door?

The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy…?

Mint is Ubuntu.

We could use the assist!

“…broad access to personal information on millions of Americans in Social Security Administration data systems while a legal challenge plays out. … The court’s brief, unsigned order did not provide a rationale for siding with DOGE.”

This court is illegitimate. By granting DOGE access, you might as well say that Russia has access.