If the drive isn’t working and the data is important, stop powering it on and store it somewhere safe until you decide what to do.

As long as it was new when you did.

Since I buy used enterprise drives, I suppose nothing is off the table.

Oh wait! No used thermal paste tubes.

It’s bad enough we have to trust VPN server code; but at least that should be the only thing you have to trust public facing.

Bitwarden is 100% worth the $10 a year. And is independant of my selfhosting dickery.

Plex and a VPN are a lot cheaper than streaming services these days.

And I fucking hate locked firmware! Did we just become friends?

If I have no personal connection to the building, is it a house lab?

When the power goes out.