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Cake day: March 10th, 2025

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  • Well, it was an interesting article, and I agree with all their points. I’m not sure what I expected. The article was a bit more wide-ranging than just a list of facts. Yes, it did predictably start off with climate denialism, but it went other directions too. Worth a read.

    Edit … Heh. I’ve rescanned it a few times. I love the way the guy shits on AI on the way out the door. Good work.

    More edit … um … this guy’s a freeeak. Love it. He’s got a podcast called Starts With A Bang. He looks like Dr. Robotnik.



  • Hehe. You are preachin to the choir.
    In truth, most of my code, particularly my published pieces, looks like a textbook example of self-documentation.
    This is because I’m inexpert enough at coding to need the pointers next time I look at my own code.
    So if it looks like a kindergarten teacher authored it, I’ll probly be able to understand it later.

    And thanks! My kitties always want more scratches. :]


  • vCenter itself wasn’t really useful until version 4.x or so. It got a lot more modern at 5.5, the dawn of the recognizable vCenter, but up to that point people considered vCenter optional.

    In much the same fashion, this PDM is just a bolt-on addition right now, nearly useless.
    But its gonna become a locus for service management, and it will eventually be an integral piece of your cluster.

    I would like to see PDM bring new DR replication capabilities to us. Sorely needed.





  • dbtngtoProxmox@lemmy.worldProxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 (stable) is out
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    “stable”
    This PDM software is not going to be stable. Its a brand new 1.0 product from a company that moves fast and breaks shit. I doubt they went a single day without releasing patches for this thing.

    I have a collection of the PDM alpha releases. That was some of the raw-est most-uncooked spaghetti I’ve ever seen served up by a software company. There is no way they got this thing across the finish line. It’s gonna have issues.

    That said, this vcenter-like hyper-hypervisor console showed some promise. It provided one brand new capability, hot vmotion between clusters. While the data displayed about clusters and hosts had a janky feel, it was some sort of common interface.
    A poor start, but a start nonetheless.

    I dunno. It wasn’t useful enough for me. I’ll look at it again later. I’m slowly working PVE 9 and PBS 4 into my environment, now that they’ve aged to a .1 rev, and that’s got me plenty busy.


    EDIT: Should you decide to have a Proxmox Datacenter Manager adventure, you’re really going to want to view the stickied threads at their dedicated forum.
    https://forum.proxmox.com/forums/datacenter-manager-installation-and-configuration.28/



  • The impression I got was that this is a long straight thing that is spinning. “14 nearby galaxies rich in hydrogen gas, arranged in a thin, stretched-out line about 5.5 million light-years long and 117,000 light-years wide.”

    You don’t have to think about that very long to see something strange. A line spinning around a common point must go slower in the middle and faster on the ends, just to keep up and even be a line of things.

    If the whole line maintains a uniform speed, the middle will complete a rotation much faster than the edges, and what was a line shortly becomes a spiral.

    Or, that’s the way shit is supposed to work. Unless you’re a galaxy. And in that case, people make shit up to explain your non-Netwonian dynamics. There isn’t enough info in the article to understand if they are implying a vast halo of dark matter to support this rotating structure. Christ. Something that big, spinning, with lobes, would send out gravity waves. The whole set of ideas here is just a fraught mess.


  • dbtngOPtoselfhostingUpgrading docker instance of NetBox
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    Got it. Yes, I have much to read in general, and in particular I should pay attention to the first link I posted from the NetBox-docker github.

    My backups are of the docker host, which is a Linux Mint virtual machine on Proxmox. I believe I do have file-level restore options, but I wanted a restore I’d probly just stand up a copy of the host, grab what i need, and nuke the copy.

    I’m the weekend guy, this is mid-work-week for me right now. And I’ve got CCNA studying I should be after. I’ll probably pickup my NetBox docker-style clone/upgrade/test early next week.

    Thanks again, friend. That was all really solid and direct feedback. Quite helpful.






  • dbtngOPtoselfhostingUpgrading docker instance of NetBox
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    Hey thanks.
    Ok, that’s one vote for an in-place upgrade, along with explicit directions on how to clone and test.
    Um … well done!

    I was poking about my NetBox to find version info, and it sent me to this page for upgrade info.
    https://netboxlabs.com/docs/netbox/installation/upgrading/

    It’s got a complete matrix. I’ve got an 4.14, so I’m not making a full version jump.
    They say the lift-and-shift upgrade is for full version jumps.

    So, you’re right. I should just figure out docker and utilize it effectively. I’ll read through this page.