Dell Optiplex 7040

Full size tower or micro?

If micro, then is the 4TB HDD an internal 2.5" form factor or something else?

explicitly treating the threadiverse as groups

What do you mean by groups? Are you talking about groups like how they’re described in this fedi.tips article?

Still need some time to make our network more reliable :) I still have 2 managed swiches to put into our network !

Would you care to expand on the network reliability part? I’m curious what kinds of problems you’re looking to address w/ the managed switches that you aren’t using yet. For example, will they help in the event of a power/ISP outage?

So w/ a three-node cluster, while all three are healthy does it use all three nodes like a load balancer type deal, or is there a primary node that does all the work while the other two nodes are basically chillin’ until the primary node fails?

I did it all manually. Opened up an eBay search and started filtering, scrolling, and clicking, entering the data into a spreadsheet as I went. When I was happy with the sample size, I copy-pasted from the spreadsheet into a text file, found/replaced tabs w/ pipes, and then copied into the Lemmy post. Not the most graceful or time efficient, but sometimes I don’t mind toiling in pursuit of sick deals on used electronics.

it stays on for 5+ hours on battery

Dang, that’s impressive! What’s your typical power draw and would you recommend any UPS units to look into (or stay away from)?

From their GH:

Hollo is a simple, single-user microblogging tool powered by Fedify. It lets you run your own little corner of the internet: think of it as your personal Mastodon instance, but stripped down to the essentials.

What about Bazzite isn’t working for you right now?

Are these indoors or outdoors?

I have a feeling this is the approach I’ll be taking, I just need to set up a separate area for them before they go outside for the first time.

I’m less concerned about mice and more concerned about for example flies and other winged insects landing on my tomato plants during the few hours that they’re outside, laying eggs, making themselves at home, and then spreading to my other indoor plants when I bring the tomatoes that aren’t fully hardened off yet back indoors, potentially causing an infestation among my indoor plants. I feel like I am being overly paranoid, but I hope this helps clarify the scenario that I’m asking about.

I see, so you just open up the cold frame for a few hours a day until they’re ready for full time?

Thanks for chiming in, although I think we’ve got our wires crossed. I’m asking about protecting my indoor environment from plants that have been outside for an hour or two during the hardening off phase in the spring, before transplanting them into the ground. I agree about washing stuff before bringing it inside at the end of summer, that is a good idea.

I love the idea of Pixelfed and briefly checked it out a couple years ago, bounced off it b/c hash tags weren’t federated, and other issues that I don’t remember the specifics of. For example, when I click on #cats in a photo caption, I want it to show me photos across all instances w/ that hash tag, like the “All” feed in Lemmy.

I don’t wanna poo poo on something that is essentially a free service for plebs like myself, but I remember things being just broken/ incomplete enough and it seemed like its original creator had already moved on to other projects that I filed it under “things w/ potential that aren’t quite there yet (and may never get there).”

You do this for all crops or just cucumbers?

For all crops or just cucumbers?

As a n00b I got transparent pots so I can monitor moisture and root development, but this isn’t the first time I’ve been warned about roots not liking light, so I’ll look into this further. For what it’s worth, in my setup the bottom halves of my cups receive very little light anyway b/c the tray (not pictured) covers the bottom halves.

Further reading:

• Can You Use Clear Pots for Plants? by Tom Knight at ourhouseplants.com
• Clear Pots for Indoor Plants: Pros, Cons, and What to Know Before Using Them at theplantpuddle.org

Thanks for the tip. I just gave them their first feeding this afternoon and raised the lights so they aren’t so close.

the strong Cree Cob white lights are burnt out, so now I’m left with just the supplemental wavelengths and some smaller white LEDs

Aah, okay - I was about to ask if the redness of the light in the main photo was intentional. I’ve been enjoying your updates, so please keep 'em coming!

Get rid of the domes.

You mean remove the domes now that the seeds have sprouted or would you recommend eliminating the domes entirely from my seed starting workflow going forward?