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Cake day: July 7th, 2023
  • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job?English
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    5 minutes ago

    When I build my NAS/server last year, I bought a used Dell Optiplex from 2013 on eBay for $50. I tossed in an old SSD I had laying around, and squeezed in 42 TB worth of HDD drives. I added a PCIE SATA expansion card, and a 10 gig network card for 60 bucks to improve performance.

    The only real downsides of doing it this way are

    • No realistic way of upgrading hardware
    • Limited space for internal drives
    • No hardware transcoding abilities out of the box
    • More power consumption than buying something newer
  • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Utah poised to become the first state to ban fluoride from water systems
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    19 days ago

    "Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rain water, and only pure-grain alcohol Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation of water? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?

    I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!"

    – these goobers