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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Playing catch up today big time after a long weekend and spending yesterday in New York City!

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        scottalanmiller @coliver
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        @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Anyone know the average power draw difference between a Winchester drive and an SSD? I know there are a lot of variables just wondering if it is substantial over a period of time or not.

        If I remember correctly, the delta is about four watts.

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        • coliverC
          coliver @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Anyone know the average power draw difference between a Winchester drive and an SSD? I know there are a lot of variables just wondering if it is substantial over a period of time or not.

          If I remember correctly, the delta is about four watts.

          Huh, that's not too bad. I wonder if anyone did some back of the napkin math to see what the payoff time is in just power.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @coliver
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            @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            Anyone know the average power draw difference between a Winchester drive and an SSD? I know there are a lot of variables just wondering if it is substantial over a period of time or not.

            If I remember correctly, the delta is about four watts.

            Huh, that's not too bad. I wonder if anyone did some back of the napkin math to see what the payoff time is in just power.

            Yes. I have 🙂 You don't move to SSD for power savings alone, it is simply a cost offset for making them less expensive.

            I think you save around $5/year. It's not big, but hardly nothing. It's not just power draw, but cooling as well. That extra 4W is extra heat, too.

            If you run your own shop, you have to figure out the cost for you. If you use a colo, you have to figure out the degree to which the carbon footprint matters to you.

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            • brianlittlejohnB
              brianlittlejohn @coliver
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              @coliver Some real quick math assuming $0.13/kwh is about $5 a year in elec. savings

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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                @brianlittlejohn said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @coliver Some real quick math assuming $0.13/kwh is about $5 a year in elec. savings

                Not bad for me recalling a three year old conversation off of the top of my head 🙂

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                • coliverC
                  coliver @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Anyone know the average power draw difference between a Winchester drive and an SSD? I know there are a lot of variables just wondering if it is substantial over a period of time or not.

                  If I remember correctly, the delta is about four watts.

                  Huh, that's not too bad. I wonder if anyone did some back of the napkin math to see what the payoff time is in just power.

                  Yes. I have 🙂 You don't move to SSD for power savings alone, it is simply a cost offset for making them less expensive.

                  I think you save around $5/year. It's not big, but hardly nothing. It's not just power draw, but cooling as well. That extra 4W is extra heat, too.

                  If you run your own shop, you have to figure out the cost for you. If you use a colo, you have to figure out the degree to which the carbon footprint matters to you.

                  I was thinking more for a home server. But at 5$/year that's not a fast enough payoff yet in just power savings alone which would be what I would be predominately looking at.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @coliver
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                    @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    I was thinking more for a home server. But at 5$/year that's not a fast enough payoff yet in just power savings alone which would be what I would be predominately looking at.

                    For home users the savings is MUCH smaller. Assuming your computer runs less than eight hours per day then the savings is more like $1 or $1.25 per year.

                    Again, it's not a real factor for that. It's just an offset.

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                    • brianlittlejohnB
                      brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      I was thinking more for a home server. But at 5$/year that's not a fast enough payoff yet in just power savings alone which would be what I would be predominately looking at.

                      For home users the savings is MUCH smaller. Assuming your computer runs less than eight hours per day then the savings is more like $1 or $1.25 per year.

                      Again, it's not a real factor for that. It's just an offset.

                      Yea, i calculated $5 from running 24/7

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver
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                        I'd be running the server 24/7. Since I don't have a real need for speed I will stick with my spinning rust for now.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          A giant iced coffee has suddenly appeared.

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                          • MattSpellerM
                            MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            A giant iced coffee has suddenly appeared.

                            Holy shit Scott!! Look out behind you!!!!!!!!

                            steals iced coffee

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                              coliver @MattSpeller
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                              @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              A giant iced coffee has suddenly appeared.

                              Holy shit Scott!! Look out behind you!!!!!!!!

                              steals iced coffee

                              It wasn't very effective.

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                              • RojoLocoR
                                RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                A giant iced coffee has suddenly appeared.

                                I'm sipping on some 8 day cold brew that I made..... soooooo much caffeine! 😲

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                                  BRRABill @RojoLoco
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                                  @RojoLoco said

                                  I'm sipping on some 8 day cold brew that I made..... soooooo much caffeine! 😲

                                  I saw this picture in Lambertville, NJ, the other day and thought of you. Now it is especially appropriate!

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                                    RojoLoco @BRRABill
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                                    @BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @RojoLoco said

                                    I'm sipping on some 8 day cold brew that I made..... soooooo much caffeine! 😲

                                    I saw this picture in Lambertville, NJ, the other day and thought of you. Now it is especially appropriate!

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                                    Nice!!! My notoriety is spreading!!!

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                                    • BRRABillB
                                      BRRABill @RojoLoco
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                                      @RojoLoco said

                                      Nice!!! My notoriety is spreading!!!

                                      The first picture cut off.

                                      It's a premium coffee place called Rojo's Roastery.

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                                      • RojoLocoR
                                        RojoLoco
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                                        Cold brew coffee recipe:

                                        In a 1 gallon glass carboy (or other beverage conveyance) combine 12 oz of coarsely ground coffee beans (medium roast or lighter) with 1 gallon spring water. Park it in the fridge and wait at least 5 days, 7 or more is best. Shake gently every day or so. Strain into glass containers through 3-5 layers of cheesecloth or muslin. Keep refrigerated, add milk and sugar (simple syrup) as desired. Hold on to your ass, because this stuff is like rocket fuel.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
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                                          My sister in law's brand new, crazy expensive Ford Explorer than she drove from Texas to NY shit the bed on the drive from NYC to Utica last night. She just got called from the deal and the parts are nationally back ordered... two weeks to two months estimate on when they can fix her brand new, under warranty car with only like 3K miles.

                                          No wonder the Explorer is the worst ranked car in America by reliability. damn.

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                                            MattSpeller
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                                            Anon won the internet for me today

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