u/Any_Revolution_6864

What do you run? I've been thinking about purchasing an old Dual Processor workstation but I wanna know what I could use it for besides VMs and Media servers.

I want to backup my immich photos to another computer automatically, but it doesn't seem as straight forward as something like syncthing. Is there any way to do this?

I have a ThinkCentre M700 Tiny as my NAS and I want to upgrade it to something that's better yet simple. I was planning on building a 10" rack, but all the RAID stuff has got me anxious about data storage and loss along with having a UPS. I think I overcomplicated a RAID setup and I think I should just start over.

How should I go about building a NAS? I don't have much to store but I want to use Immich and File Browser. Should I go with SSDs or HDDs for a machine that likely experiences accidentally being knocked into or vibrations from my 3D printer?

Should I use a RAID setup and a UPS? Well, I already have one I bought but it's not in use and I don't want it to contribute to stress if I don't have to use it (swapping batteries and what not). Should I even be this worried about data loss?

I e noticed over the past few years it's very hard for me to get comfortable. When I try to sleep, I'm often tossing and turning until I fall asleep and it's either too hot or too cold.

I have a TV positioned in front of it and I struggle to find a way to watch it or use my laptop in bed that's comfortable.

Even my desk, I got a new desk chair about a year ago while it's much better, it still sucks cause every time I lean back to have my back supported by the backrest and lumbar support more, the whole chair leans back like 20 degrees and I can't focus on what I'm doing cause I'm at a bad angle.

In most positions when I'm just trying to relax or a mix of relaxing and doing a task where it should be more comfortable than say a chair at school, I just end up too uncomfortable and with lower back pain

I think I need advice, or something idk. Thanks for reading if you do.

So the school year's coming to an end soon. I don't really know how I feel about that. Everybody says it moved fast, but honestly, I don't think it moved all that fast.

This school year was the first one in a long time that I actually felt somewhat stable. But at the same time it was a mess. I had a female friend that fell for which I'm pretty sure by now she doesn't like me.

As for my other friends, I still feel like I don't have friends. Like despite all that's gone on, I still feel (though lesser now) alone. I still feel lonely, I still feel like I can't fully trust anyone, I still don't have anyone I can really talk to.

Now I'm somewhat scared for the summer since in retrospect they have been the loneliest and worst for me mentally with last year being the worst, I was suicidal off and on for that period.

Anyway, despite all that, I think I've grown. My interests are much clearer, I actually feel like I have a personality, and at least some things to be excited about now.

Right now, I'm kinda just floating? I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that my friends of about 2 years now aren't really my friends. I've always questioned it, but now I guess I don't know what to do.

I want a relationship, someone I can actually trust and care for as they do for me. but how am I supposed to do that if I can barely make friends? And it's not like I can find new friends in school since my school is really small and that was like the only friend group in my age range.

I'm trying to figure out something to do over the summer to actually meet people my age but I'm out of ideas. I wanna enjoy my summer but the best option I can think of is a job. Otherwise I'm looking at another lonely summer where I don't talk to anyone. I can't really do sports cause of my asthma, not that want to anyway.

If you wanna chat, you can DM me, but I may have to respond tmrw cause Im gonna sleep soon.

Any advice would help

I got a lot going on right now, yeah.

I like building PC/PC gaming, Pacific Rim, Godzilla, 3D printing, Making robots/electronics, Retro Tech, Dreamcore, Invincible, Servers/Networking, Drawing, etc. so hit me up if you're into that stuff ig.

I'm so tired of it. I can't even remember the last time I was truly happy without some underlying problem. Everything around me feels so cold. "You have people that love, care, and support you." But what does that mean when I can't seem to care for them? When all their supposed love and care is dealt by cold, husked, hand? When I can never fully trust them?

Sometimes I think of my mind, my room and my digital self as one, a sort of bubble, a safe haven. But it's not really a safe haven, is it? It's not really safe is it? I rarely let things out, but when I do it's either thrashed, ignored, or simply unrecognized.

There's one person that I met that seems to give a somewhat warm hand but it doesn't help. It's a tease, a mock of me. I hate it. But yet, it's warm nonetheless. I still can't fully trust them. They stress me out, they confuse me.

Everyone feels like a stranger, not to be trusted. I thought the loneliness had gone countless times, only for it to comeback worse and worse, bringing with it new problems.

But I have friends now, I have a crush, want more does it want from me? Nothing I do seems to truly kill it. It doesn't die, it rests, but doesn't die. When will my mind clear? When will it end? Even when Im happy, I'm not happy enough. I can't even comprehend my life without it. It's like it's part of me. I hate it.