Key word, is idle.
Synology… and HDD hibernation don’t really go together very well. If you have containers running, it won’t let the HDDs hibernate at all. And- I have a minio instance running.
That, is a pretty good deal. Better start picking up some MD1200s!
I’d gladly donate a few TB, but Not about to fill my entire array for books i’ll never read…
I’m gonna wait a few years, until prices go waaay down… and I plan on doubling/tripling the PV capacity, which will make everything much more effective, as well.
How did you get that rate? We pay 33 cents, and it was 24 cents just a few months ago… wouldn’t be surprised if it goes up again next year and the year after since even 33 cents is government subsidised (so - there’s no cheaper option available).
All about location. There are supposedly many in my area on a different coop utility, who are only paying 0.03c/kwh.
Ooof. Why’d you do that? We simply put (a bit over) 5kW of panels on the roof, and a good 5kW inverter. One day of sun generates about as much power as we use in a week, and even if it’s overcast we still come out ahead.
I had a few other goals I wanted to accomplish-
Reliability. The grid here isn’t the most stable, and blinks a few times per week. And, a time or two per year, we have an outage. This solution has handled this fantastically well, so well, that I don’t even notice when the grid has dropped unless I specifically go for it.
Apart of this, was bringing some of my wiring/electrical up to code. This accounted for 10k of the price-tag… I relocated/replaced the mains panel across the house to a location more suitable then my daughter’s closet. Also- the panel itself, was pretty old, and needed to be modernized.
One more issue- my PV is undersized a bit. Adding another 3kw, would yield much better returns for me.
Its undersized, because if I oversized it, and sent more energy than I consumed, my lovely utility slaps on a 42$ fee… which is no-bueno.
If the ROI => 25 years, then it’s not worth it- because the hardware and equipment is considered deprecated at that point.
If it lasts 30 years, sure, its making good use of itself. But- everything is rated between 15-25 years. As such, after that period, it’s considered end of life, and no longer supported.
Now- I will note, it is not worth it for the “Rate I currently pay”, which is 0.08c/kwh. If next year, my electricity rates tripled, it would vastly reduce the amount of time until this solution reached ROI. And- I am betting that electricity does not get cheaper in the future, otherwise I would have not have pulled the trigger on a 50,000$ project, where the math told me it wasn’t the best idea.
Also, if you really want to see everything quantified- I plan on publishing all of the math, and numbers at the one year mark… which will be around march. -> https://static.xtremeownage.com/pages/Projects/Solar-Project/
Coming from someone who owns them-
Nah, it’s not worth it… at least, if you strictly look at “saving money” overall.
ROI is on average 10-25 years, depending on your current cost of energy. The components/inverters/etc, are usually rated for 20-25 years.
At least- this applies if you have a properly licensed contractor install everything. If you do everything yourself, its extremely worth it, and would achieve ROI in a decade or less.
But, it has no network connectivity! That is against God’s will.
(Thus, no telemetry either)
Very interesting os though. Lots of very cool concepts
Sorry… watching a sponsored video for world of tanks for the 10th time, or simply safe, or whatever other garbage is there isn’t going to make me want to purchase it.
I value my time… If I didn’t use sponsor block, I’m still going to skip right past it… This, just does it for me.
Well, I use plex, because I have used plex for a decade, and it just works.
That being said, if I were to use an alternative, Jellyfin is quite fantastic. I actually have a pod running it, just in the event that plex pulls a stupid move, causing me to lose faith in its platform.
But, that being said, I like the plex interface more then Jellyfin, and have grown accustomed to it.
Also, Kodi while powerful and extensible… just feels like a bear compared to Jellyfin.
For certain projects I monetize, there are reasons I don’t share the code.
Patents don’t magically find people infringing your intellectual property. The owness is on you.
That being said, I have bills to pay, and mouths to feed. Giving my solutions away for free, doesn’t help those issues.
eh… no. its not.
So, I am starting to really believe his goal is to just drive a stake into the heart of twitter.
Either that, or he is trying to prove a point regarding something.
I don’t think there is any possible way, he is so dumb as to make all of these horrible decisions regarding twitter… This has got to be destroying twitter by design, on purpose.
I mean, seriously… he has done literally everything that you SHOULDN’T do. Fire the majority of the company. Destroy over a decade worth of very good branding. Alienate all investors. Alienate the user base. Piss off the remaining users more. Drive away advertisers…
FFS, the dude has a company that sends rockets into space, and previously, the world’s premier electric car company… What in the hell is his odd obsession with choking the life out of twitter, that has been costing him money left and right due to absolutely horrible publicity.
Amateurs.
I have evolved from using file extensions, and instead, don’t use any extension!
They are going to feel pretty damn stupid when nobody can buy/rent/watch/listen to their content and products…
Because, ya know… any product which can play any form of media, has the potential to infringe on IP…
I say, give them EXACTLY what they want. Give them, a week or two with zero profits, and see how quickly they change their tune.
Proton* Proton is the way. Granted, proton uses wine… but, makes getting games running nearly effortless is the majority of cases.
Also, has a nice website, protondb.com, which tells you how well / if a game works on linux.
My supervisor wants me to take time off of work, more then I take time off of work. lol.
Although, granted, I have worked in an environment like this… aka, the united states army.
Where, getting your vacation approved, takes no less than a full miracle.
Its ok, I ETS-d with literally close to a year of vacation. On the plus side, you can indefinitely accumulate leave. So, I sold a few months, got an extra up-front paycheck, and then, got paid for a good chunk of a year after leaving.
You do too. It just might not be reflected on your phone bill, and is just lumped in with your normal taxes / VAT/etc…
46 watts… but, yea, I expected lower.
But, suppose when its spinning 4x seagate exos, they like their juice.
It apparently doesn’t allow HDD hibernation while containers are running, and doesn’t appear to like to use any sleep states.