I’m surprised how many people turn their computers off. My desktop uptime is 4 day, but, I do put it to sleep at night (which I think counts towards its uptime).
I will look into hibernating. The reason I don’t shut down is because I usually end up with carefully placed windows and lots of ongoing projects all over. Restarting would mean I’d have to start all that up again - assuming I remember what I was doing.
For whatever it’s worth - I have a laptop with 4GB of RAM and a 4GB ZRAM device, and it can’t use all the ZRAM before everything grinds to a halt. I think the way ZRAM works best is if it can “swap out” (compress) anonymous pages that aren’t actually needed again right away, freeing up the fast memory for disk caching and other memory needs.
In my case, I think I can reach a point where the amount of memory Linux needs simultaneously active goes beyond the 4GB of RAM, so it’s just compressing/uncompressing forever and getting nowhere.
So, I think I’d argue that maybe you can’t go too big? I think only anonymous pages can get compressed, and there’s probably only so many gigabytes of those in memory at any given time.
I was watching CBC coverage of some press conference Poilievre was doing, going on and on about the need for an “axe the tax election” (??). Someone asked Poilievre what he was doing to fight against Trump’s proposed tariffs and Poilievre says he’s not the prime minister, but if Canadians give him a mandate, he’ll fight for their interests, etc.
Then the CBC commentator cuts in and says “It should be noted that there are many people who aren’t the prime minister who have decided to adopt a “team Canada” attitude and are doing what they can to make the case against tariffs.”
The bluntness and absurdity I just found hilarious.
My dog was getting dental work done and my vet was worried about her leg. She said while my dog was sedated she’d throw her up under the x-ray to take a look at the joint. “Well that’s super nice!” I thought.
I leave my dog at the vet and get a call an hour or so later. It’s the vet, she says she’s really sorry but not only can she not do that x-ray for free, but I’ll have to pay a consult fee too if they’re going to look at anything not related to the teeth. She was very apologetic.
When I go to get my dog we’re going over discharge notes and at the end this poor vet says “I now need to recommend this particular water supplement. I don’t use it with my dogs. Some people think it’s expensive and ineffective. If you think you might be interested I can also tell you about other options that may be more effective.”
This poor woman who was all happy and concerned about my dog turned into someone who seemed supremely uncomfortable. I can only imagine it was VCA that was forcing this vet to go contrary to what she felt was best.