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Well, it's been a bit of time since the last time I posted, and well, I had to think a fair bit on the comments I received. It's become very clear that while I'm still willing to at least help in technical matters, the effort to reforge SN is much higher than I expected. In addition, given the, shall we say, lukewarm response I got to my posts and journal entries, well, I'm clearly not the right person for the job.
I think at this point, it's time to figure out who is going to lead SN going forward. After my de facto stepping down in 2020, the site has, for want of a better word, been a bit listless. At the moment, no one on staff really has the cycles to take that position on. A few people have expressed interest in the position, and I've talked with Matt, who is co-owner of the site about this. By and large, whoever fills the seat will have to figure out what, if anything, needs to change in regards to moderation policy, content, and more.
If you're interested in potentially fulfilling the role, drop me an email at michael -at- casadevall.pro, with the subject of "SN Project Leader", and include the following:
- Who you are
- What you want to do with the site
- How you intend to do it
- Why do you want to get involved
I'll leave this call for candidates open until December 14th, at which point Matt and I will go through, and figure out our short list, I'll talk to editors, and solicit more comments from the community. I'm hoping to announce a successor in early January, and formalize the transition sometime in February, which will be the site's 9th anniversary.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday December 07 2022, @08:28PM (1 child)
>they die just inside the 2-year warranty, and Costco replaces 'em for free
That's the deal, however... We had a Costco membership in Miami, then in Houston, then there was no Costco in Gainesville FL so we got a Sams' Club membership - then they started jacking up the annual fee to the point that we really weren't saving money anymore unless we crammed ourselves with more product from there than we really wanted, so we let it drop - probably 12 years ago now. We're pretty heavy Amazon users now, which saves all kinds of travel _and_ provides an ample supply of cardboard to burn... but it's not a great way to purchase products with big chunks of lead in them.
>a UPS that is better behaved.
That's what I was hoping for... more like a 5 year or longer service life on LiFePO4 cells. That and a smaller form factor, space is a little limited around the HTPC.
>lightning strike
Our "big one" shattered the tallest oak in the yard, guessing 70' tall. Threw 8' to 12' long splinters 40-60' across the yard, one hit the garage and knocked a hole in the hardi-plank siding. It smoked a GFCI outlet in the garage which I replaced almost immediately. It also took out the neighbors' cable TV box. We're both on about an acre, houses about 50' from the struck tree. Then, about 3 days later, a similarly huge strike hit something in the neighbor's backyard, took out the new GFCI I had just installed and the neighbors' new cable TV box. No strikes around us for 2 years since (or 7+ years before) then.
I became a NUC addict shortly after they came out, around 2010 I guess. They are powerful enough and the form factor is the killer feature. I have two on my desk for work right now, but could easily add two more if needed for any reason. Some people get a large format "powerful" desktop and then load it with a bunch of VMs, I normally only need 3 - maybe 4 - machines at a time and I find it a whole lot easier to _not_ deal with the VM headaches (most of the time) and just stack NUCs as needed - 4 NUCs take less space than most desktop machines, VNC is a great way to access desktop OSs in the stack, and whatever you're interacting with the most can get the physical KVM hookup.
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(Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday December 07 2022, @11:27PM
Sam's Club is now $45/year for a two-card business membership. I don't do their whatever-they-call-it where you get rebates, because I don't buy enough there to justify it. I do at Costco, tho (you know you've spent too much too often when the store manager literally chases you around with the form for the Executive membership). I lived out in the sticks so long that buying everything in bulk is just how it is, cuz every trip is a PITA. We have both clubs in Billings and nowadays a shorter drive, so I'm thoroughly spoiled. :)
The strike on my neighbor's pole split it down to the transformer and started a fire just above that... looked very strange, wish I'd gone back and got the camera. Had the oversized poles along there due to being a fire department trunk and the wind taking 'em out (every ten years regardless), so it was fairly impressive. Your tree was goin' for a good one too! Holy mackerel.
I have space for however many PCs, but yeah, VM is not usually worth the bother, I just stack up PCs and KVMs. Only VM I run regularly is WinXP on the everyday linux box, because it won't reliably play nice with the network, so I use XP to schlep files. I did eye those NUCs with some envy, tho... just from the sheer number you could pile up. :D
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.