08:22:17 <ErCiccione[m]> Please give your opinion about the revamped homepage of getmonero: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/pull/948
08:26:39 <dEBRUYNE> ErCiccione[m]: Perhaps you could add a screenshot of the current website? That makes it easier to compare stuff
08:30:20 <ErCiccione[m]> SUre, but i don't want to make the page too long, maybe i will just add and imgur link. In case it's enough to go to getmonero.org to see the comparison
08:32:28 <ErCiccione[m]> naah i'll just add it to the page
08:32:36 <ErCiccione[m]> *PR
08:36:50 <ErCiccione[m]> dEBRUYNE: done
09:39:49 <dEBRUYNE> ty
10:15:48 <decent-userbrrrr> Is there someone of you trust to download the blockchain from?
10:16:11 <decent-userbrrrr> I'm probably missing like 20GB and that's too much to download within a timely manner.
10:16:36 <decent-userbrrrr> I rephrase that question:
10:16:48 <decent-userbrrrr> Is there a place from where I could download the blockchain.
10:16:49 <asymptotically> i noticed that syncing through the daemon is faster than doing an import. especially if the import file and the daemon are using the same disk
10:17:10 <decent-userbrrrr> asymptotically: ok, lemme see how long it takes.
10:17:26 <decent-userbrrrr> I'm using an HDD.
10:17:46 <decent-userbrrrr> 🙂
10:17:59 <asymptotically> maybe if you start it now it'll be done before the end of the year :)
10:18:09 <asymptotically> such a big difference between spinning rust and ssd
10:21:52 <decent-userbrrrr> I have an external SSD. I could try using that one
10:22:02 <decent-userbrrrr> 🤔
13:29:11 <decent-userbrrrr> Wow would I specify a custom location for the .bitmonero folder? The default is $HOME, but I would like to specify an external harddrive to see if that improves writing speed.
13:29:54 <decent-userbrrrr> something like "./monerod --db-location /media/external1/"
13:30:06 <asymptotically> decent-userbrrrr: check --help, i think the option is --data-dir /media/external1/
13:30:33 <decent-userbrrrr> ah, yes. thanks
13:30:47 <decent-userbrrrr> I was grepping for something with "db" in it
14:15:08 <decent-userbrrrr> asymptotically: Using an external SSD is a lot faster than using an internal HDD.