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Warren Togami
wtogami@iris.to
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VP Solutions at Blockstream , Founder Fedora Linux, ex-Red Hat Linux OS Engineer.
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wtogami 2 years ago
Ohhhhhhh. I entirely misunderstood the UI. It had a toggle for quite a few releases already. This is embarrassing. #[0] I apologize I misunderstood what you wrote earlier. I was frustrated because I thought you were dismissing my requests but in reality the UI was just confusing. I would have recognized the toggle a long time ago if it had a symbol like 🔄between the two language names instead of the word "to". I'm sorry I misunderstood this for a long time. In that case I'm missing only the ability to turn translation on for languages that are disabled. There's two reasons it might be disabled. One is because it is one of your system languages (or installed input method). The other is because you previously selected Never so the UI had disappeared. Could you please consider adding "Translate" to the note context menu in this case? Or you may have a better idea.
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wtogami 2 years ago
This is a good value for a home self-sovereign LN node. * CPU much faster than RPi. * 8GB: you should add another 8GB (DDR4 SODIMM 2400 or faster) or replace to max out at 32GB RAM. * That's a 1TB SATA HD. You could add a nvme 2280 SSD to gain storage redundancy for your critical LN database. SSD's are at an all time low price now. I recommend TLC drives without HMB like Samsung 970 Evo Plus, Teamgroup MP34, or Crucial P2. 2TB is very affordable these days. * You could also replace the spinning hard drive. Elimination of moving parts improves reliability. For 2.5" SATA I recommend the 2TB Crucial MX500 that's been below $120 recently. * Most of the cost is your new drives. These drives will outlive the machine. If the machine dies you can simply move the drives into another machine. Linux won't care about the underlying hardware. It should work with zero or minimal reconfiguration. I've been testing a similar model here. The screen and keyboard are of lower quality and music sounds bad from these speakers. These economy business laptops make excellent servers when you're able to buy them cheap enough which often is possible when fleets of corporate machines are liquidated. There is risk in buying used. You want to immediately stress test the device including CPU, RAM, and disk after you receive it so you know if it needs to be returned. You want to flash the firmware to get security updates. That however has risk of bricking which would become a complicated discussion with the seller. Note: Several other models are suitable as dual internal SSD home servers. I don't often post about them though because quantities for sale are not high. In this case the seller seems to have many for sale and the price is good. Please follow and zap if you want more self-sovereign LN advice like this. I could be convinced to write a guide of what to do after you receive a used Thinkpad. I've lost money buying and testing non-refundable duds so you don't have to. https://mobile.twitter.com/i/communities/1563029300911058944 Please also follow my Twitter community where small tips are written more frequently. image
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wtogami 2 years ago
Is one of the implementations of relay server holding up better under load than the others?