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SpikesOtherDog

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  • My organization provides some proprietary software. What is a motivation to use a FOSS alternative anyway (as a worker)?

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  • Depending on the company's policies you may be able to install FOSS software. Outside of the other comments so far, looking at a problem differently may provide different insight.

    The downside is that you will likely miss out on integrations provided by the proprietary software. Also, your company's IT may not appreciate your experimentation. I had one coworker dual boot their computer to Ubuntu, which eventually broke the install. It was shortly after that that the company began locking things down tightly.

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  • We tried the cheapest stuff Amazon will sell and went back to Powerade Zero.

    The next step is trying to build your own electrolyte drink, but that is a recipe for disaster.

    Puns aside, I was concerned about giving myself an electrolyte imbalance. I asked the doctor about it and they told me to just eat food, weirdo (sass for dramatic emphasis, but I definitely got the look I give end users when they ask stupid questions).

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  • This conversation got me super excited to try it, only to see that it costs 3x as much as Powerade Zero packets. Since we easily chew through a 10pack of packets a week, I can't bring myself to have her try it.

  • Alright let's see pictures of your super nice rack-mounted, professionally installed labs. I'll start 🙃

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  • Stupid BAM Broadcom BAM Legacy BAM Wireless BAM Drivers BAM

  • Where to buy cheap HDDs in EU?

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  • I just read that recently. Let me see if I can run that source back down.

    Edit: All in one CompTIA server plus certification exam guide second edition exam SK0-005 McGraw-Hill Daniel LaChance 2021 Page 138. In the table there it says that SATA is not designing for constant use.

    Edit 2:

    https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/sas-vs-sata

    Reliability:

     
            SAS: Designed for 24/7 operation with higher >mean time between failures (MTBF), often 1.6 million hours or more
    SATA: Suitable for regular use but not as robust as SAS for constant, heavy workloads, with MTBF typically around 1.2 million hour

    They are saying that SAS is a better option with a longer MTBF, but I don't expect my drives to last 5 years, much less 136.

    My own two cents here is that you probably don't want to use SATA ZFS JBOD in an enterprise environment, but that's more based on enterprise lifecycle management than utility.

  • Alright let's see pictures of your super nice rack-mounted, professionally installed labs. I'll start 🙃

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  • Here is my combination lab and workbench. I have been busy trying to buy/sell/trade computers that I have become significantly behind on cleaning as I go. I also just got the network rack:

    I haven't had time between work, hustling, and home maintenance to finish getting the cabling managed or the NAS:

    The goal is to get the NAS in the rack, UPS to the items in the rack, the 3D printer under the bench, and the monitors on the wall and off the bench. Then I'll start in on plastic organizers for the bits and parts that clutter my bench.

  • Alright let's see pictures of your super nice rack-mounted, professionally installed labs. I'll start 🙃

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  • I only ask because I work in a HP environment and run off a G3 sff myself.

  • Alright let's see pictures of your super nice rack-mounted, professionally installed labs. I'll start 🙃

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  • Is that an EliteDesk 800 G3, G4, or G5?

  • Where to buy cheap HDDs in EU?

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  • I have been toying with the idea of using USB storage, but my concern is that the controllers are not meant to be used that heavily. Supposedly SATA controllers are also not built for the abuse I have been throwing them in my machines, and I don't want to push it.

  • What is up with reverse phone number lookups/people search sites?

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  • Yeah. That makes things more tough. Whitepages are residential landline numbers. Cell phones were considered unpublished numbers by default. As scammy as the site is, they are offering private information for a fee. Having worked in a 411 call center for a few years, I can understand why it is being sold. IMHO, the search result should be a buck or less.

  • What is up with reverse phone number lookups/people search sites?

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  • Ok. I figured out where we were different. I was only doing reverse searches of known land lines. Once I put in a mobile number or tried looking up the same person by name it all went sideways.

  • What is up with reverse phone number lookups/people search sites?

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  • I did today, but I don't go anywhere online without an ad blocker. There is a bunch of BS services on there for criminal background check etc, but I was able to quickly get what I needed in one shot.

  • What is up with reverse phone number lookups/people search sites?

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  • I just searched up a family member's number. Got name, approximate age, and address.

  • What is up with reverse phone number lookups/people search sites?

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  • I just did a search and got name+address free.

  • What is up with reverse phone number lookups/people search sites?

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  • It's actual enshittification of public information. In the USA you can use whitepages.com. Also, the regional telephone company should be able to provide this.

  • How do you respond to "hey, how are you" when you feel like garbage?

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  • I'm here is an answer. If you deflect you also get your point across.

  • xkcd #3229: Grammar

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  • I failed to understand the connection to LLMs. Thanks!

  • xkcd #3229: Grammar

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  • How would you transmit information without communicating it? In some ways avoiding communication is a form of communication, along with the way you dress, your body language and EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

  • Denuvo has been broken, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass

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  • Yeah, I can see that. I'm thinking of streaming assets and code on demand, similar to how an optical disk works. It's a terrible waste of resources, and they can be grabbed if they are not cryptographically secured.