It sounds like things parents would ask their kids in a K-drama?

“When the mites come (your leg), up the tights go down”. -my 1980’s chem teacher

Listen, you seem like a reasonable person and have some kind of medical-sounding username, so I will re-emphasize this: it’s a medical issue. Little kids (and even grown adults) with severe food allergies have a big struggle in getting taken seriously. I have had to take two separate people to the ER for anaphylaxis from food allergies, both seemed so minor and both turned out to have been life-threatening. One was a toddler.

You can make a small positive difference in their lives by inconveniencing yourself here.

I agree that it’s the fault of the restaurant and not yours that it’s like this, and I agree that they should be more vigilant with all allergies.

But unintended victims of crying wolf isn’t so much you or the restaurant workers, it’s allergic people who might die.

Pro tip: You’ve probably already noticed that “please no cilantro” will fall on deaf ears when placing an order at most restaurants. “I have an allergy to cilantro - please make sure there’s none in my food.” will get you MUCH better results.

Please don’t do this.

It makes servers and cooks feel like customers are lying to them when someone tells them they have an allergy. So when some little kid with a life-threatening nut allergy comes in, they might not get taken seriously.

The other issue is that with an allergy (vs a food preference) many kitchens are required to use completely different pots and pans and utensils, gumming up the line, because even a speck of an allergen can cause serious harm.

I can’t stand cilantro either and I’m agreeing that it sucks when restaurants ignore you and should send the food back each time. Just please don’t make it harder for people with life-threatening allergies.

UniFi NVR using non-UniFi cameras was a bit tough to set up, at least in a way that has ‘smart’ features. Presumably using UniFi cameras (and/or doorbell) would be much easier. But once running it’s easy to use, and there is a nice “Protect” app. Maybe check a how-to video for the app to take a look, unfortunately there is no demo site from Ubiquiti.

There are some very cheap alternatives out there, especially on Amazon but probably also very easy to find on other vendor websites. Some of them are even credit-card shaped so much easier to fit in a wallet. Work with either iOS or Android.

An Apple Air Tag

I’m dying 😂. This is the most ‘Fediverse’ post and comments I’ve seen yet.

Sleep With Me and Sleep Magic podcasts are great. Both have interesting enough content to listen to, but designed to make you sleepy. Also they talk like normal people. I can’t stand the ones where people are using their “sleepy ASMR voice.”

All the This Week in Tech (TWIT) podcasts are also really good, and long so good to fall asleep to. Also good if you can’t fall asleep since they’re pretty interesting.

Darknet Diaries is a good one - great stories.

As for the secure use outside your home, see if you can install TailScale on that NAS. I use it on mine, it’s like having a Wireguard VPN but you don’t have to mess with port forwarding. The only downside is that to connect to your NAS from outside your LAN, you’ll have to be on a device that’s also running TailScale, but if it’s a device you own that’s easy to set up.

Yeah I’m in the US, and am hoping the ACA won’t get gutted too but this administration has done so many self-destructive things…

Thanks for your perspective. It sucks that the info is likely going to end up in the hands of the insurance industry, no matter what I do. I just do not trust them at all.

My doctor keeps paper records but I hear the younger generation is all EHR.

Also since these drugs are all controlled substances, at least in my state, they all get reported to SureScripts who will give the info to any health provider who asks. Technically insurance companies can’t get it but given how leaky you describe this business, I assume it’s just a matter of time.

So maybe no point in trying to keep this private? That would be sort of a relief honestly.

Yeah US of course because I’m concerned about health insurance 😭

Thanks this is really helpful. Any issues ever getting health or life insurance? Jobs?

I’m not worried about the diagnosis per se. It’s pretty clear to me that I have it and I’m okay with that. Also I’ve been having no problems getting meds since my psychiatrist is on board.

I am wondering if there are just things I haven’t anticipated that come along with becoming ‘out’ to ‘The System.’

I guess I’m more concerned about the insurance side. I’ve spent a few years being paranoid about anxiety/depression because that can put you in a tough spot. ADHD does not feel stigmatized? Maybe that’s what I’m asking.

I think it’s pretty clear he was thinking about the thug ICE agents stealing that poor guys’s stuff, the legal gun being the most expensive item.

You don’t have to power the HDD via the motherboard, I’m 99% certain. No modern PC I’ve ever seen requires this. Your manual is ambiguous about connecting an HHD - it doesn’t explicitly say connect the power to either mobo or PSU which sows confusion. Furthering the confusion is that there are two SATA power connectors but those are not for 3.5” drives, they are for low-power bs like card readers. But big power hungry drives must be connected to the PSU directly. (Check your 10TB HDD and take a look. If it actually is connected via your mobo, you could try re-directing just the power to your PSU and see if it works (it will)).

For your new HDD, just see if there’s a 4-pin Molex from your PSU that is unused and get an adapter, or get a splitter for one of the existing SATA power cables from the PSU and stick it into the HDD, alongside the SATA data cable from the mobo.

Two more minor issues:

1. Your power supply might struggle with any more than 2 HDDs. Since you’re just putting in a second, you should be good, but maybe check your PSU to see if you have any headroom. Your manual says you might have a 180W PSU, or a 210W or a 260W. It’s worth taking a look to avoid any future problems.

2. Are you using TrueNAS to run these drives in RAID? If so, as far as I know, with TrueNAS RAID you can’t mix different HDD sizes in a RAID. Or you can, but it downsizes to the smallest drive size, so you’d effectively have two 8TB drives. If no RAID then I think you’re golden.

Great description. I especially didn’t think about Mon/Fri turning into “travel days.” You really sold me on this!

Sorry this didn’t get any response. I can play guitar a bit and read music and am interested in music theory, and I’d like to learn piano. I also just bought a Casio keyboard! If you’re still around, let me know how it’s going.

Such good advice and so sad as well