
RIP 19.2TB of storage
Breaks my heart to dispose of them but they have company data so I don’t have a choice.

Breaks my heart to dispose of them but they have company data so I don’t have a choice.
This all happened within the last hour and a half.
I was standing in my front yard when on my neighbour's lawn, across the street, a bird get attacked by another bird (I would guess a hawk). The hawk flew away and left the bird sitting on the lawn, still. I got closer because I imagined he was injured, and when he let me pick him up I was sure. He had his mouth open, seemed calm, and appeared to be breathing slowly. Through Google just a moment ago I found out it was a fledgling robin, it looked exactly like the one in this picture. I don't know if it was male or female, but for my writing I will just use he/him.
I took him to my backyard and my dad went to prepare a box with some dead grass for him to be comfortable in. I was preparing to look up how to care for him and what immediate actions I should take, but first I tried to determine what his injury was, because he was able to move his wings and legs just fine.
This is when I noticed blood dripping on my yard work gloves (thankfully I already had them on). I wasn't surprised, my main guess was that he had been punctured. A moment after I realize this, right before my dad comes back with the box of grass, he started freaking out, flapping his wings, fell out of my hands (I wasn't holding him very high off the ground), flailing upside down and every which way on the lawn. For about five seconds. And then he died.
I gently picked him up as I had before, and now his neck was completely limp. His eyes mostly closed, and I couln't feel a heartbeat. It was so instant. And this is what I wonder about, and why I came to this sub, other than to tell the story. Did he know he as about to die, in that last moment, and was that his body's last desperate effort at survival?
I found one puncture wound, not far above his right leg, I guess what would be the lower stomach if on a human. Just one, and that's all it took. It was sobering how fragile and unforgiving life could be, when I thought it would be possbile to keep him comfortable, bring him to a rehabilitation centre and that he could be saved.
I wanted to bury him, so I dug a small hole, one foot deep, in my side neighbour's backyard (it's overgrown, the house has not been lived in for more than a year). I put some grass in the hole, laid the bird on his back, spread his wings, with his head looking up at the sky. He was buried in the most majestic pose possible. My dad took a picture before I covered him entirely, please let me know if I am allowed to share it in the comments.
The experience left an impression on me, and I will probably be thinking about it for a while. I hope this is the right place to share it and that you all appreciate my story.
Sometimes more even if there’s a lot of movies coming out. I often see people talking about their free tickets stacking up, but I’m out here using up my member priced tickets every month. Usually I go once with a friend, once with my dad, and then once to do a double showing of two other movies I want to catch.
Completed the final day of my streak today. Duolingo has helped me get to the point where now I can best learn by consuming real world media and practicing with native speakers, in two different languages. The app has been gamified x10 more than when I started using it and it’s felt like more of a chore to keep my streak for some time now, so I think all this together it’s a good time to let go.
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/BHrxU8h
Never used by the company so the boxes are sealed. Also potentially silly question, but even if my region is CAN I can sell to people in the US, right?
I’m not talking about tailgaters (annoying and dangerous) or speeders (also dangerous) or people using the reserved lane even if they’re not carpooling and don’t have an electric car (annoying), but actual AGGRESSIVE drivers. Swerve around, cut people off, speed and tailgate and use the emergency lane to get around another car type of driver. It happened to me today, and it’s not like I can expect a follow up, but hopefully giving the plate and description and current direction of the car would lead something. Has anyone else done this? Also, suggesting that the driver might be impaired probably helps.
Got my hands on 3 of these bad boys, even though they’re only 300GB each some storage is better than no storage right? I am new to data hoarding and don’t have any particular setup, just my laptop. Is it even feasible to connect to these old drives, or is the effort even worth the payoff?
Our nextdoor neighbour passed a while ago and we haven had a neighbour for a while. In the past we used the driveway for extra parking (before he passed but after he moved out, with his permission). I’m wondering if there are any opportunities I’m not thinking of that one could benefit from having an empty house next door all summer.
Standard suburban single family homes, with a fence in between but the other house’s backyard is easily accessible.
It plays throughout but it's on at timestamp 1:27:00 - not sure if the lyric's he's singing are relevant, but the song in the backround is a creepy/sad version of a familiar circus-type tune. What's the original, or this version of it called?
I just won a CTA case that I submitted against American Airlines from January 2024. As frustrating as it was to wait more than 2 years for the resolution process to start, once it did it moved quickly and was easy to understand. Feels very satisfying, even though I know the airline still wins in a way by having delayed compensating me for 2 years.
What's the process, is there a minimum number of bits, where do i type the message?
~330 LTO6 tapes replaced by ~60 LTO9 tapes.
My original selection was no longer available so I selected tickets somewhere else, but one of my original seats still remained selected I guess. The seats were dropping like flies so I just bought the ones I had selected quickly.
So I have the tickets I want but also a random ticket, Section 115 Row S Seat 6. If anyone wants it even though it's a solo ticket first comment first serve. I would appreciate being e-transferred the 12 dollars I paid but I'll transfer the ticket on ticketmaster first.
My prediction is:
Artemis III: 3 NASA, 1 ESA
Artemis IV: 1 CSA, 2 NASA, 1 ESA
Is this a possibility? What do you guys predict? Also could there be a JAXA astronaut on either of these next two missions?
In Launch Party Part 2 (Season 4), Angela says "my party is being broadcast across 5 states". As far as we know Dunder Mifflin has had branches in 6 states:
- Pennsylvania: Scranton
- Connecticut: Stamford
- New Hampshire: Nashua
- Massachusetts: Pittsfield
- New Jersey: Camden
- New York: All other branches + corporate
However, some of these branches close. Camden closes sometime in Season 5 (in Company Picnic Holly says it closed recently), so it's still open at the time of Launch Party. Stamford closes in Season 3, and Pittsfield closed during or before Season 2 (in Boys and Girls Jan says it closed because they unionized). So, states that still have branches at the time of Launch Party are:
- Pennsylvania: Scranton
- New Hampshire: Nashua
- New Jersey: Camden
- New York: All other branches + corporate
If we take Angela's word as accurate, there is at least one Dunder Mifflin branch that definitely exists but we never knew about. If she wasn't including Scranton (and she meant 5 other states) then that would mean two more!
Edit: I relistened and the exact quote is "tonight my party will be broadcast out to five other states, so there are at least two more unknown branches! I also realize it's an extended scene where she talks about how her party will be compared to Denise Dem's in Buffalo, so it's not in the original episode, but hey it counts right?
My CTA case from 2 years ago is finally moving forward. I filed a CTA complaint against American Airlines for a delayed flight from Montréal (YUL) to New York (LGA). The delay caused me to miss my original connection to Rio and they rebooked me multiple times, eventually I arrived at my final destination about 5 hours late.
The airline denied compensation, saying the delay was due to “safety-related mechanical issues” and therefore exempt, and that maintenance issues are unforeseen and required for safety. However, the flight was first delayed because the original aircraft had a mechanical issue, and then the replacement aircraft brought in to operate the flight also had a mechanical issue. Now that the CTA case has moved forward AA refused informal mediation and not made any other offer.
Has anyone gone through a compensation claim process for a similar situation? How did it end?
Photo and video timestamp here (there are 30 visible, but only 25 are available now).
I would only like to do local transactions, I do not want to worry about shipping. I am in the Montreal area.
Looking for $600 CAD or $120 per box of 5.