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I want to turn one of my Pis into a dedicated backup server. Setting it up isn't a problem, but I'm not really sure what to use in terms of physical storage media. A standard external HDD is probably the easiest (and cheapest) way to go but I feel like having a disk spinning 24/7 is going to lead to failure unless I shell out for an industrial unit. Solid state technology isn't exactly foolproof either though, at the moment I'm ftping documents to a USB stick stuck in the side of the PI, but they always seem to fail on me at very inconvenient times.

Am I being paranoid? Should I just spend the extra and set a RAID up? What do you guys use? For what it's worth I only need about 200GB of spac

I don't want to tidy my house I want to goof off

I have a secondary hard drive in my pc, and I want to be able to cd to it easily in the terminal. I can, usually, under /media/ppphhh/hdd2, but I can only do this if I've already opened it using a windowed file manager. If I don't do that, there's nothing listed under /media/ppphhh.

What I think is happening is that the second disk isn't being mounted automatically on startup, and that navigating to it in the file manager mounts it silently. What I'm looking for is a command to mount the disk in the right location so I can navigate using the terminal only, if I want to. My end goal is to run that mount command as a script on startup so it's already done for me by the time I start cding

My car insurance is up for renewal, and the company sent me a letter with a quote, as they do. I had a look on gocompare, and the same company is still the cheapest, but a hundred pounds less than the quote they sent me.

Is it best to cancel my current insurance and start a new one online or ring them and try to get them to bring it down? The second option obviously seems easier but whether that will actually work or I'll get stuck in a loop forever I don't know. I guess this is a common industry trick and someone's had experience with it before.

It's Hastings Direct, for the record, and this is my second year driving so first year with NCB.

As title really. I've had my suspicious for a few days but I just saw the little scamp in the kitchen and it's definitely a mouse. I don't really know where to get traps, I guess B&Q? I obviously want to sort it asap so physical shops rather than online.

Any other recommendations or tips are welcome. I plan to use a humane trap but I'm willing to resort to violence or poison if I have to.

As title. I want to be able to get under my car for things like oil changes and minor work, but obviously I don't want to get my head smushed. Is a jack enough? Do I need axle stands? Ramps? Is it even worth the bother at all?

I love Spintires. I like to zone out and watch TV while playing it, the pacing and level of concentration is just enough that I don't get distracted from either activity. Ultimately though, there are only so many hours a week I can handle before it gets repetitive. Only so many logs dropped before I can't face it any more.

So I want more games that are kind of similar, although not necessarily with the same genre. I have Euro Truck Sim for instance and don't really like it. Any ideas?

P.S I realise this is only vaguely on topic but I don't really know where else to ask it.

I have a 3 door Rover 25, and the front seats don't fold down. They're supposed to but they're broken, so the rear seats are inaccessible. I folded them (the rear seats) down for extra boot space, and just left them down for 10 months. Now it's getting cold again, the car gets damp inside, and I've found that there's some mould growing on the back seats. Grim.

I don't really want to just leave that in my car and breathe in all the spores or whatever, but I can't really be arsed to clean it off, so I'm thinking I'll just take the seats out. This won't legally make it a van or anything will it? Can I just do this? Sorry if it's a stupid question, but it feels like one of those things that e

I'm looking to set up with a dentist, and obviously I'd prefer an NHS one if possible to keep costs down, but it looks like that won't really be easy in my local area. I assume a private practice will charge more, but can anyone give me a vague idea of how much more? Are we talking hundreds of pounds for a checkup or just an extra 10% over an NHS one?

I've never had to actually do this before so forgive my ignorance.

Maybe not fairy liquid specifically, but some sort of household product rather than buying specific screenwash stuff. I live in a particularly windy, grimy area and need to wash my screen every time I drive. I get through about a litre of water every couple of weeks and obviously don't want to keep buying juice, at the moment I'm just using water. Is there anything I'm likely to have at home that I can add? Is it worth using anything other than just water?

My horribly unreliable Rover is only getting worse, and I'm toying with the idea of stripping it down and selling it for parts. I've not done anything like this before so it will probably take me several months, obviously I don't want to be insuring and taxing it for that time. I've had a look into scrapping it and all I can find is how to give it to a scrapyard so they can take care of all the paperwork with the DVLA.

Is there a way to do this? Am I even allowed to do it?

I have never mowed a lawn before, and my current one was pretty long. I've finally attacked it but not everything got hoovered up by the flymo, so there are little clumps of grass everywhere. I guess I should rake it? I don't own a rake though and don't really want to go and buy one if it won't work. What's the procedure here?

I realise what an incompetent oaf I sound but this is a genuine question. My neighbours have made comments about the long grass and I feel if it blows all over their lawns now they'll think I did it on purpose.