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I recently moved my files to a new zfs-pool and used that chance to properly configure my datasets.

This led me to discovering zfs-deduplication.

As most of my storage is used by my jellyfin library (~7-8Tb), which is mostly uncompressed bluray rips I thought I might be able to save some storage using deduplication in addition to compression.

Has anyone here used that for similar files before? What was your experience with it?

I am not too worried about performance. The dataset in question is rarely changed. Basically only when I add more media every couple of months. I also have overshot my cpu-target when originally configuring my server so there is a lot of headroom there. I have 32Gb of ram which is not really fully utilized either (but I also would not mind upgrading to 64 too much).

My main concern is that I am unsure it is useful. I suspect just because of the amount of data and similarity in type there would statistically be a lot of block-level duplication but I could not find any real world data or experiences on that.

This is the first private message I get on Lemmy, it immediately seemed suspicious to me so I tried the famous thing.... and it worked!

[Meme transcription:]

– Hey, why is the shell prompt on the production server red now?
– Earlier: me@prod:~$ docker container remove --force the-application

Protip: If you’re used to shutting down your computer via the CLI, make it a habit to use an alias like off.

This way you will never, ever turn off a remote server by accidentally using throwing poweroff at a residual SSH connection.

Good! Keep those patients safe!

The folk tale that inspired Dreams on a Pillow tells of a mother who rushes into her home to retrieve her baby before fleeing, only to realise that she has escaped with a pillow instead. In the game, she spends her days trying to make her way to Lebanon after the massacre at Tantura, and the nights dreaming of the Palestine she knew as a child. Putting the pillow down lets her move through the game’s scenarios more freely, but invites nightmares and hallucinations. Abueideh estimates that it will take two years to complete; heartbreakingly, the crowdfunding page contains an assurance that “a clear plan for the completion of the game has been put in place to ensure continuity in the case of Rasheed’s disappearance, injury or demise at the hand of the continuously expanding Israeli aggression in the West Bank”.

In the city of Nablus in the West Bank, Rasheed Abueideh owns a nut roastery, where he works to provide for his family. He is also an award-winning game developer. A decade ago, as the 2014 Gaza war raged, he created a harrowing video game called Lilya and the Shadows of War, about a man trying to find safety for his daughter and himself – but as missiles fall around them, it quickly becomes clear that there is no safety. When the game was released in 2016, it was initially rejected by Apple on the grounds of inappropriate content, a decision reversed after a week of outcry.

Despite the acclaim and attention that Lilya received, however, Abueideh has not been able to raise funding for his next game through conventional means. The game he envisions, Dreams on a Pillow, is about the 1948 Nakba, told through a folk tale about a mother in the Arab-Israeli war, in which more than half the Palestinian population was displaced. He tells me that his game has been rejected almost 300 times, by publishers and providers of cultural grants, for being too controversial, too much of a risk. “Talking about the Palestinian story was always forbidden,” he says.

“Crowdfunding was our only option, but even that would not work for me because all the major crowdfunding platforms do not recognise Palestine,” says Abueideh. The team turned to LaunchGood, a Muslim-focused platform, where it met its funding goal on 7 January.

Dollar Tree.

It used to have been an unreal experience witnessing the existence of these stores when they came out. Everything for a $1. No joke. The quality of some things have had corners cut and the quantity might've been laughable, but there was a good solid purpose for these stores.

And then I started seeing the signs after a few good solid years of shopping there. The first sign was how they stopped selling eggs. This was before the Bird Flu. They stopped selling eggs because they simply couldn't afford to buy stock and then the price hike to $1.25 happened.

And now they've hiked the prices again to $1.50 for some products in a handful of stores. Additionally, they've incorporated items going from $2 ~ $15 so they have long lost the role and title of being the most affordable places to shop.

Gone were the days.

This post is not anti-wind farm. I just thought it shared some nice newly discovered information about a cool owl thanks to the availability of cheap mini GPS trackers. It also shows that the road to hurting our planet less is not a simple one. It poses as much danger of us not understanding or respecting our planet as much as previous means of energy production, and it is up to us to learn these details of how our planet works and finding ways of working within those boundaries.

From ABC News AU

Across Tasmania's forests, a distinctive "boo-book" sound can sometimes be heard among the trees.

It is the call of common type of owl known as a Tasmanian boobook, or morepork.

"It echoes through the forest," Associate Professor Rohan Clarke said.

Ahead of winter, some Tasmanian boobooks are known to migrate to the mainland, before returning home once the weather improves.

But until recently, their flight path across Bass Strait had never been officially recorded.

That was until Professor Clarke and a team from Monash University used GPS technology to track the owls' journey between Victoria and Tasmania.

The results have highlighted a potential impending problem: the birds flew directly through two vast zones earmarked for large-scale offshore wind farms.

*A map of the migratory path of the owls. *

"That passage that takes them through the priority area for offshore wind development … just highlights that need to understand more … so that we can better quantify the risk," Associate Professor Clarke said.

'Green-green dilemma'

According to government-commissioned visualisations, the wind farms could have turbines with spinning blades that reach up to 270 metres above the sea surface.

Associate Professor Clarke said such infrastructure could pose a significant hazard to Tasmanian boobooks, as well as other migratory bird species crossing Bass Strait, including some that are endangered.

"One is a broad impact that sees birds change their flight pathways because of the existence of wind farms," he said.

"And then at a finer scale, and a more direct level of impact for individuals, it's collision risk with particularly the rotors — so, the spinning turbine — but also collision risk with the other infrastructure."

Wind turbines in the sea.

Associate Professor Clarke described the situation as a "green-green dilemma".

"We absolutely need to transition to renewable energy and clean energy sources," he said.

"The greatest threat to biodiversity is undoubtedly climate change at a scale that is here and coming.

"So it's not about preventing [wind farms], it's about working out how we get to the right outcomes whilst minimising harm to biodiversity through that process as well."

Lightweight GPS devices tracked boobooks

To track the owls, the Monash team headed to Cape Liptrap, a coastal headland in Victoria where the boobooks are known to begin their return journey back to Tasmania.

Using padded nets, the team managed to capture five birds.

They then stuck lightweight GPS- and satellite-enabled tracking tags on their tail feathers.

The team attaches a GPS tracking device to a Tasmanian boobook.

"Within about a month to six weeks, typically the tape fails and the tag naturally falls off, so the bird doesn't have to carry it for too long as well," Associate Professor Clarke said.

The team then waited for the owls to take flight, with the expectation they would "island hop" across Bass Strait, stopping off to rest on the Furneaux group of islands.

Instead, the tracking devices revealed the boobooks flew directly to Tasmania, covering the 250-kilometre trip without stopping.

"They just jump off the headland, and for want of a better term, they just boot south," Associate Professor Clarke said.

Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, where some of the owls left mainland Australia.

Only three of the five tagged owls undertook the Bass Strait journey before their tracking devices ran out of power.

Of those three, one completed the overnight trip in about eight hours, while the other two did so in about 10 hours.

For comparison, the Spirit of Tasmania ferry takes between nine and 11 hours to travel between Geelong and Devonport.

The study has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Emu — Austral Ornithology.

More research needed for other migratory birds

There have been separate concerns that a wind farm proposal on Robbins Island threatens the orange-bellied parrot's migration route. (Supplied: Dan Broun)

Bass Strait is one of three major "flyways" used by migrating birds in Australia.

The other two are Torres Strait and the Arafura Sea, in the country's north, Associate Professor Clarke said.

Many species, potentially totalling millions of birds, travel along the routes each year as they come and go from breeding or wintering sites, he said.

"And yet we have almost no understanding of the details of that."

Associate Professor Clarke said his team's project was the first to track the flight paths of migratory birds across the length of Bass Strait using GPS and satellite-enabled technology.

Other research teams have also recently reported on the use of VHF radio wave technology to track critically endangered Orange Bellied Parrots across Tasmania and some Bass Strait islands.

Associate Professor Clarke said understanding the flight paths of all migratory birds, regardless of their threatened species status, was critical.

"These wind farms are going to be operational for 30-plus years," he said.

"And if it turns out that they deliver unsustainable mortality events for even the most common species, then that can act as a really significant sink on [a] population."

Any renewable energy infrastructure proposed for the offshore wind areas will need to undergo environmental assessments as part of the approvals process.

I don't own an EV yet so have a pretty basic question. Do all charging stations need smartphone (app) to use? Can I just drive up to a station and pay to charge? (If yes which network)

USA specific (of others r interested just add international info as well)

Use this thread for general daily football discussion.

This thread can also be used to discuss Transfer rumours and to post Tier 4 sources.

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general.

The unanimous opinion reinforces the state’s position as having some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country. The ruling preserves access to abortion procedures across a state that has become a major destination for people from other states with bans.

Attorneys representing New Mexico’s Lea and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Hobbs and Clovis had argued in court that local abortion ordinances can’t be struck down under provisions within the “anti-vice” law known as the Comstock Act.