I’ve noticed odd power outages that are becoming more and more common around my neighbourhood, and I’m renting my place, so I started looking at maybe getting a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply, not the courier company). I know it’s not particularly part of a PC, but I’m trying to use it to better safeguard my machines against sudden power outages.

Anything worth knowing or keeping in mind while I look? Recommendations are welcomed too. Thanks!

Edit: Thank you all so far for your replies. Am adding to the bottom of the post to add a bit of context to try narrow down the scope a little bit.

I’m trying to build my first NAS, with spinning drives, and would love to be able to power down the NAS gracefully in the event of an extended power out (like, more than 30s?). I have some backup solution for important stuff, but would hate to lose the videos and music files that I have.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/51506836

I don’t usually do stuff like advertising, so let me know if I missed anything. Just sharing an event that some people I know are organizing.

Fans of Pokémon, and especially if you love Pokémon cards, some friends are organizing the very event for you — Pokémon Social!

Head on to Labodega at 132 Ahren’s St W, on Sept 19th (Fri) from 6 - 9 pm, and meet fellow Pokémon lovers and card collectors over snacks and drinks, including Pikachu and Eevee-themed sundaes.

You’ll even get a chance to get some custom, hand-drawn Pokémon cards!

I realize that I’m posting this in the Waterloo community but I’ll be cross-posting this to the Kitchener community as well.

I don’t usually do stuff like advertising, so let me know if I missed anything. Just sharing an event that some people I know are organizing.

Fans of Pokémon, and especially if you love Pokémon cards, some friends are organizing the very event for you — Pokémon Social!

Head on to Labodega at 132 Ahren’s St W, on Sept 19th (Fri) from 6 - 9 pm, and meet fellow Pokémon lovers and card collectors over snacks and drinks, including Pikachu and Eevee-themed sundaes.

You’ll even get a chance to get some custom, hand-drawn Pokémon cards!

I realize that I’m posting this in the Waterloo community but I’ll be cross-posting this to the Kitchener community as well.

I’m in the market for a good pair of hiking boots, saw no posts about it, so I thought, might as well!

Any good recommendations?

I must say that I’m also rather unfamiliar with what makes a good pair of hiking boots so I’d be grateful if you’d share why they’re good.

"Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine," Trump posted on Truth Social. "That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh' Canada!!!"

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