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Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by jamesbfb » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:01 AM UTC

I love this so much! For anyone asking why, the simple answer is: because they can! Hats off to you, Sir.

I wonder if this person works in IT? I’m a dev lead, I do silly amounts of hours and when I actually have a decent amount of free free time up my sleeve, the last thing I want to do is tinker with my homelab.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by irusensei » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:03 AM UTC

m463 wrote: post #238

ivolimmen wrote: post #227

I find this really disturbing. On the one hand this looks really nerdy and cool but then I see the immense amount of hardware that also relies on power... so much power. This is completely unnecessary but then I also see the pictures of an F150.. so yeah it makes sense. I have to categorize this as a (un)typical American person that does not care about the environment. Do like the fact that he runs a RIPE probe thoug…

He said in another post he has 17kw of solar, so...

It's never about how green is the source of energy. It's about people doing things with their energy in which they don't approve. I mean... just read their xenophobic remarks about a giant country of diverse people.

Don't bother appeasing climate hystericals.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by yobbo » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:05 AM UTC

It seems it scratches the same itch as a model railway.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by rb666 » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:06 AM UTC

meitham wrote: post #214

This is beautiful and inspirational! I am about to redo my messy homelab and have two questions: 1. I don’t see any labels attached to the cables, how do you know which-is-what? 2. I am on pfsense too but I was considering a move to OPNSense, would you explain why you choose pfsense over opnsense? Thanks

Stick to Opnsense, it is better software that is better managed with a clean historical sheet.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by rb666 » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:09 AM UTC

kriops wrote: post #230

ivolimmen wrote: post #227

I find this really disturbing. On the one hand this looks really nerdy and cool but then I see the immense amount of hardware that also relies on power... so much power. This is completely unnecessary but then I also see the pictures of an F150.. so yeah it makes sense. I have to categorize this as a (un)typical American person that does not care about the environment. Do like the fact that he runs a RIPE probe thoug…

I find your comment to be at the absolute peak of sanctimony. Who are you to decide if it is necessary or not? Furthermore, why are you justified in negatively stereotyping Americans – a diverse group of individuals?

How is it an act? Caring about the climate is clearly morally superior than not doing so.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by drexlspivey » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:14 AM UTC

rb666 wrote: post #255

kriops wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find your comment to be at the absolute peak of sanctimony. Who are you to decide if it is necessary or not? Furthermore, why are you justified in negatively stereotyping Americans – a diverse group of individuals?

How is it an act? Caring about the climate is clearly morally superior than not doing so.

The "using electricity is bad" meme must be one of the stupidest ones in the last few years

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by a-user-you-like » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:19 AM UTC

rb666 wrote: post #255

kriops wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find your comment to be at the absolute peak of sanctimony. Who are you to decide if it is necessary or not? Furthermore, why are you justified in negatively stereotyping Americans – a diverse group of individuals?

How is it an act? Caring about the climate is clearly morally superior than not doing so.

How do you know the man’s power is not cleanly generated?

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by maleldil » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:21 AM UTC

drexlspivey wrote: post #256

rb666 wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it an act? Caring about the climate is clearly morally superior than not doing so.

The "using electricity is bad" meme must be one of the stupidest ones in the last few years

Why? IMO we should all avoid waste, whether that's plastic or energy.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by qwerty456127 » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:24 AM UTC

I wish every apartment would have at least some units of at least half-depth of rack space. Fitting anything (even a basic setup of a PaspberryPi + the PON modem + a minuscule switch + a PoE inhector) into the tiny space behind hatch where the cables from all the wall sockets end in my condo apartment is extremely hard. And I am still looking for a 5-port switch which would be manageable, support vlans, handle gigabit ethernet and inject PoE if possible while being really small.

Re: My Overkill Home Network

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Post by maleldil » Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 8:24 AM UTC

ur-whale wrote: post #240

ivolimmen wrote: post #227

I find this really disturbing. On the one hand this looks really nerdy and cool but then I see the immense amount of hardware that also relies on power... so much power. This is completely unnecessary but then I also see the pictures of an F150.. so yeah it makes sense. I have to categorize this as a (un)typical American person that does not care about the environment. Do like the fact that he runs a RIPE probe thoug…

> I have to categorize this as a (un)typical American person Holier-than-thou much?

Americans tend to drive larger cars than other nationalities. These cars use more fuel. Most of these people do not need large cars and would be fine with smaller ones that use less fuel. Therefore, by choosing larger cars, they're using more fuel than necessary. An explanation is that only care about their own comfort, not the environment.