Ok. Who was the watery bint this time?

Starlink terminals next…

But trust me on the sunscreen.

I think it’s possible to be ‘rich’ and humble.

It may depend on how you become rich.

Without a passive income it is difficult to become rich.

He who is paid by the hour can only trade his time for money.

The rules do not apply.

Tangential - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCR0ScrXBno

I think simple http server is similar, just no FTP.

Archive.org?

Yeah it’s ok on a static object by law, but not on a moving vehicle.

And yes, even here in Armidale we have about four of them, and they don’t seem to have night dimming so can be a bit blinding.

I think such things are banned in Australia. Clearly not safe for traffic.

A smart switch that turns off the power when the battery hits 80% and turns it on at 78%? Dunno if that would actually work.

It’ll probably work. Biggest issue will be recovery after power failure as laptops generally stay off.

Next most likely is CPU fan failure, exacerbated if CPU usage causes the fans to run high and nobody is there to blow the dust out.

Other than that I’ve had multiple laptops that run as servers over the years and generally they’re fine. Streaming audio for our community radio station, or shoved behind wall mounted TV’s for updateable PowerPoint displays.

Thanks :)

This is a very basic model, no fans.

The way it’s behaving - freezing in the corner, and drawing very little current - suggest some of the refrigerant has escaped I think. (Low amps at compressor, nothing to compress.)

It’s an arrestable offence in Australia.

Great :)

I got there via RadioSure.

Maybe have a look in https://www.radio-browser.info/users

I haven’t had a play with it yet.

Quadrupeds can run on the front paws better than bipeds, so the sysadmin should win.

ddrescue (or gddrescue) is a great version if you have a sick drive. It’ll try to copy the good areas first then go back to hammer on the sick areas.

Not perfect as it doesn’t know about the file system so it tries to copy the entire surface, but generally a good tool.

Righto :)

I was thinking of usb3 hard drives. No need for internal storage if using spinning rust.

On older laptops with optical drives you can sometimes replace the drive with a sata tray and add a second drive that way.

But yes, a server that looks like a server and can recover after power loss is useful.