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Username: havoc
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> @Ympker said:
> > @havoc said:
> > > @Ympker said:
> > > > @havoc said:
> > > > Bunch of good deals over at aliexpress today.

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> @MikeA said:
> > @havoc said:
> > Bunch of good deals over at aliexpress today.
> >
> > Got among other things a GPS receiver for an NTP serv…

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Bunch of good deals over at aliexpress today.

Got among other things a GPS receiver for an NTP server

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Lots...but some are stalled/slow.

Busy revamping a chunk of my home tech:

* Switched network to wifi 7 with 6ghz
* +4TB SSDs for desktop
* 9x wifi smartplu…

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There are a bunch of solutions around the N100

...many of them fanless. Though beware you won't get full nvme speed on them. So might make more sense to go sata

Aliexpre…

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Not worth the hassle imo.

Use a build service, a dedi or home hardware.

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FFS Oracle.

Spent forever trying to understand why I can't reach a VM via SSH with their convoluted network system. No matter what I let in with however broad rules...no joy...can't re…

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> @adly said:
> > [@havoc said](/discussion/comment/187717/#Comment_187717): True. Though you lose out on the free internal traffic.
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> Vultr is also free to/fro…

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Currently investigating whether I can (ab)use this as an SQL replacement for low volume tx. The 6 euro minimum is making it a little hard to justify though. Kinda means you have to use it for multipl…

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> [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/187675/#Comment_187675): Also looking for all-in-one combo cabinet, router with IPv6 capable hardware ASIC, AS number, IPs, a few nice servers. Plus somebody…

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> @Neoon said:
> feel through the terminal.

Why do I have a sudden urge to rewatch the original matrix right now?

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> [@Neoon said](/discussion/comment/186921/#Comment_186921):

>Do we got a list with providers offering high clocked cpu's like hostbbr ?

High clock seems like a q…

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Figured out how to create nixos LXC containers on proxmox.

Most of the difficult logic is from [this source](https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/08/17/1530) and specifically you need…

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pop quiz...

You buy these two items, install the ssd in the enclosure and power it up. Will it work? Spoiler below

![](https://lowendspirit.com/uploads/editor/tb…

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Kindergarten level drama lol

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> @Mumbly said:
> > @havoc said:
> > > @Mumbly said:
> > > You... you... misfits and rejects of society!!!!
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> > >…

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✓ Raspberry pi 4 2GB

✓ old SSD with 20% remaining life

...logging server lets gooooo.

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opnsense but only reluctantly tbh.

More comfortable on the CLI of debian based OSs

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@Not_Oles - Looks like google's new free tier structure is live

https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1825656371708088335

Looks like they basically kept it free - limits a…

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Got my NanoKVM today (the device, not the VPS)

Really nice...works much better than my janky DIY pikvm

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Put your feet just a little bit further apart...has the side effect of making it impossible to favour one

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> @Chievo said:
> Lost in the new terms if i wish to train "AI' for what i am looking for? Which IS the correct term?
>
> Example: Patient looks for X term. It appe…

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Bold of you to assume I'm organized...

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Went shopping on ebay after a bit of wine. Today I'm looking at my ebay thinking "oh no..."

Luckily nothing too expensive...but yeah more SATA datacenter SSDs than I actually need lol

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> @Ympker said:
> Asked AI to write a bash script to autonomously upgrade Debian 10 to Debian 11 on a fresh (non production) system since ZAP Hosting KVM still comes with Debian 10/Ubunt…

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Already have way to many rasp-like things lying around.

The Radxa X4 looked interesting though

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Just watched The Spy (netflix)

Sacha Baron Cohen is actually low key pretty good as a serious actor. Also apparently based on a true story

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> @adly said:
> Another option with various models, including this and Llama 3.1 70B is [Perplexity Labs](https://labs.perplexity.ai/), though only free via the web interface.

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Nice one! Tried it & works as expected.

If you're looking to get additional load for publicity have a look at openrouter...some of the models on there have $0 pricing. Doesn't look…

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llama.cpp is probably where I'd start. No idea whether it supports pipes etc though

Be sure to install the right cuda/vulkan/rocm/whatever stack you need for your hardware else it'll b…

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Use openrouter.ai then you can try various.

If you need cheap then deepseek is probably your best bet, though don't think it is particularly well suited to translation

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Annoyed with banks in general.

Fee for depositing a $18 cheque? 25 fuckin pounds. Damn thieves.

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> [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/181855/#Comment_181855): they don't want to mine lithium on their own turf AFAIK

There is a huge pipeline of projects in Europe. Serbia's 5…

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> [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/181882/#Comment_181882): Floatplane requires viewer to pay subscription.
>I don't like that.

Thing is serving vast amounts of vid…

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Floatplane?

Unsure whether it costs to post there.

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Python or rust depending on what you're planning on doing.

Hearing a lot of chatter about Zig too, but its still a little niche.

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Half the world's IT currently down do crowdstrike endpoint security BSOD'ing machines.

https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1e6vq04/many_windows_10_machines_blue_screening_stuck_…

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Can't you just do a simple proxy to bypass the geolock?

As a sidenote, Gemma-2-27B will be substantially cheaper (~0.3) than Gemini and ends up about same on leaderboards:

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