Doug Dimick@doug@dimick.social

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Technology hobbyist and #selfhosted #homelab enthusiast with a patient wife and (slightly less tolerant) teenaged daughter. Proof that you can live, love, and be loved while living with #cancer. I enjoy unplugging from time to time to #travel.

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Joined: Jan 21, 2023

GitHub: https://github.com/ddimick

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Doug DimickI’m dragging my heels signing my separation agreement with my company and couldn’t figure out why. I finally realized that this is the first time I’ll be unemployed in 35 years. It’s surreal and I can’t totally figure out what’s rolling around in my attic.

Doug DimickIt’s out of season, but I think Violent Night is my new favorite Christmas movie. It’s like they asked ChatGPT to mash together Die Hard with Home Alone and then had Quinten Tarantino punch it up a bit. It’s so bad it’s good. “Ho ho holy shit” indeed.

Doug DimickTechnically speaking, that can still be called a Wheat Thin.

Doug DimickI bought tickets to Tool for me and my kid, but my doctors informed me yesterday that I get to have spinal surgery instead. It’s a poor trade, my daughter is fucking devastated. I didn’t buy the ticket insurance because what could possibly go wrong? At least I didn’t pop for parking. 😂Anyone interested in seeing Tool in LA at Crypto Arena on 2/14? Two premium seats. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tool</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#concert</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/forsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#forsale</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/socal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#socal</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>

Doug DimickIt’s simultaneously gratifying and disconcerting when doctors react to something with urgency. Like, they *can* move fast, when they want to, but it’s scary when they do.

Doug DimickThe downside of running old enterprise hardware in a <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#homelab</a> is the sometimes ludicrous prices still expected for minor accessories, like an internal 5V power cable. They would probably take me five minutes to make, but $150 in tools I don't currently own. I love an excuse to buy tools, but even I can't justify this one.I need two Supermicro CBL-PWEX-0625 cables, if by some miracle someone who has some sitting around actually sees this.

Doug DimickI have a five-node <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/proxmox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#proxmox</a> cluster. Their official package repository is kind of slow, and downloading the same upgrades five times can be annoying.It was surprisingly easy to set up my own local mirror. There are a number of options available, and I'm using `debmirror`. It took 15GB to mirror both the PVE and PBS Bookworm repos, and another 114GB for Debian Bookworm and Bookworm-Updates (main, contrib, non-free, non-free-firmware). <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#linux</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#debian</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#homelab</a>

Doug DimickIn memory of my father-in-law Peter Wu, who passed away yesterday from a Covid-triggered lung infection. He was 86 years old.He lived in our home for the past 15 years, and played a substantial role in raising my daughter.I have tremendous respect for a man that survived the communist revolution in China, the famine, and the cultural revolution. He had the tenacity and sheer force of will to bring his family to the US for a better life. Rest peacefully Peter, you earned it.<a href="https://dimick.social/tags/rip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#rip</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#covid</a>

Doug DimickI've been playing with <a href="https://checkmk.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://checkmk.com</a> for about a week or so. It's impressive, not just because of capabilities, but also it is extremely well-documented. It also does a really good job of layering capabilities so that initial setup is quite easy, but you can gradually dig into very deep customization. Tuning notifications could be easier, though, as I constantly forget how to get to that one page that allows me to easily create a rule for a specific host/service combination. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#linux</a>

Doug DimickI am watching the happiest dog on earth chase fish in the shallows by the beach. He will never catch one and does not care. He is living his best life in this moment and I want to be him right now. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/tahiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tahiti</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#dogs</a>

Doug DimickThere were times when we booked this trip when I thought I’d never make it to now. Many times, and times even a few days ago where I didn’t think it would happen. I’m grateful to be here, surrounded by people I love. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#christmas</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/tahiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#tahiti</a>

Doug DimickNickel plating on my GPU waterblock starting to show signs of breaking down. Three years in Primochill Liquid Utopia, which I’m otherwise very pleased with. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/watercooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#watercooling</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/PCMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PCMR</a>

Doug DimickOut of the four raccoons who have been ripping up my back yard, three seem to have moved on after triggering my Trash Panda Suppression System a few times.But this one big bastard, this fucker has decided getting sprayed with cold water doesn’t bother him that much. I’ve now added a bright light to the automation, but he’s got me worried.<a href="https://ring.com/share/ec93d2a2-8ba0-4ca1-b9e8-88bdafcddfcf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://ring.com/share/ec93d2a2-8ba0-4ca1-b9e8-88bdafcddfcf</a><a href="https://dimick.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/trashpanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#trashpanda</a>

Doug DimickGetting Covid a week after the flu, with chemo sandwiched in-between, really fucking sucked. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cancer</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#covid</a>

Doug DimickThese four huge racoons have been tearing up my back yard again and again. So I'm like, I have a Ring camera motion sensor... I have a Rachio sprinkler controller... I have Home Assistant. Why did it take me so long to think of this? Two minutes to write an automation to soak those bastards. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#iot</a> Update: This worked great. Trash pandas do not like being sprayed with water.

Doug DimickThe annual conversations with fanboys post-WWDC where they would excitedly talk about newly-announced features that have existed for years on other platforms did and still do annoy me. But man does all this stuff just work together. This user experience doesn't exist elsewhere in mainstream tech. I hate the walled garden, but damn is it beautiful in here. If they start sucking, though, it's going to *really* suck. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Apple</a> 2/2

Doug DimickI just replaced my beloved Sony WF-1000XM3s with Apple AirPod Pros and it got my thinking about my love/hate relationship with Apple products. I was an Android user since basically it started existing, now I have an iPhone. I was a Windows Surface Pro user, now I have an iPad. I'm typing this on a MacBook Pro. None of these Apple devices are objectively superior overall to what I was replacing. But goddamn do they have the software ecosystem just absolutely nailed. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Apple</a> 1/2

Doug DimickI'm doing it as hard as I can but still nothing. It's almost like this X-Men shit doesn't work.

Doug DimickWatching the poorly-executed book adaptation of <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/WheelOfTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WheelOfTime</a> reminded me of just how damned good <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/TheExpanse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TheExpanse</a> was. Those guys nailed it. <a href="https://dimick.social/tags/WoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WoT</a>, not so much.

Doug DimickI have this dream where an enormous tsunami wave is coming at me. I know what you’re doing, subconscious brain, and I wish you’d stop being a little bitch. It isn’t helpful.

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