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[–] gregor@gregtech.eu 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't have an UPS 😬

Might invest in one tho

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Fun fact: "ups" is Danish for "oops".

Which is probably part of the reason why the parcel service only started operating here a few years ago..

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

you can add this fun fact to your local giggles for UPS

The company UPS started in Seattle during the Alaskan gold rush days to distribute opium.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

And German

[–] gregor@gregtech.eu 2 points 2 months ago

Same in Slovenian

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TIL UPS is still trying to break into markets.

Reminds me of how the Chevy Nova failed miserably in Mexico because it sounds like β€œno vas” which means β€œdoesn’t move.”

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

See also the Hyundai Cunt, the Ford Tiny Penis, the Lamborghini Flat Tire, and others πŸ˜†

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly with modern filesystems I haven't seen a need for a UPS. I've had unexpected power outages on my PCs more times than one might think (something something old house, animals and kids) and the most I've had was some ZFS errors in a temporary VM for some temp files that corrupted. Maybe I should get one for my home server, but its already entirely built on a shoestring budget so a UPS would cost more than the entire system

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've had to replace 5 SSDs (2x SKHynix, 3x WD) in the past 4 years due to being stuck in either read or write-only mode due to brownouts. A good DC-DC UPS solves it.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

Ah brownouts would absolutely do it. Brownouts really kill electronics since its not no power but low power (assuming you mean the technical definition of a brownout) and most protection circuitry isn't designed to protect against lower than expected mains voltage/amperage/frequency