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Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

You bastard

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# ? May 10, 2024 00:45

n0tqu1tesane: May 7, 2003; She was rubbing her ass all over my hands. They don't just do that for everyone.; Grimey Drawer

CrazyLittle posted:

He plug-converted a nema locking plug to a non-locking plug... for his PDU

Thanks Ants posted:

The idea of purchasing a PDU without knowing where it's connecting to, and what is connecting to it, and therefore ordering the correct plug/outlet combo is completely alien to me.

I actually looked up what PDU he was using, and to be fair, the PDU actually ships with those adapters. And at least both the connectors are 20A, and he's not doing a 30A twist-lock to 20A plug adapter.

https://www.tripplite.com/3.8kw-single-phase-metered-pdu-dual-circuit-120v-outlets-32-5-15-20r-l5-20p-5-20p-10ft-cord-0u-vertical~PDUMV40/

# ? Mar 3, 2017 01:33

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Jesus you guys have so many outlet options. I only have to deal with 10A/20A IEC, UK 13A mains and a couple of CEE 16a/32a mains connectors.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 01:46

AlternateAccount: Apr 25, 2005; FYGM

That dude is literally the worst example of a screeching nerd I could possibly imagine. It would be excusable if his videos were intentionally entertaining or if the info or guidance he presented was actually correct or useful. But he's awful, constantly makes bad decisions and yet somehow... still gets paid to do this??? WHY?

# ? Mar 3, 2017 16:33

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

AlternateAccount posted:

That dude is literally the worst example of a screeching nerd I could possibly imagine. It would be excusable if his videos were intentionally entertaining or if the info or guidance he presented was actually correct or useful. But he's awful, constantly makes bad decisions and yet somehow... still gets paid to do this??? WHY?

Because you're watching and sharing his videos, for one.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 17:39

Wibla: Feb 16, 2011

Uhm... He gets attention for being an annoying fuckhead? I loathe his voice.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 19:01

Docjowles: Apr 9, 2009

I just want to say that I hate you all for linking those lovely Linus videos. I watched a couple for laughs and now his idiot garbage is permanently stuck everywhere YouTube recommends new videos to watch. In the grid of suggestions after a video ends, at the top of the right rail. Everywhere :negative:

Does that mean he paid them to promote his videos or something? It's not like "here is other, similar bad IT advice you might enjoy". It's literally just the rest of his channel's videos.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:27

mewse: May 2, 2006

Docjowles posted:

I just want to say that I hate you all for linking those lovely Linus videos. I watched a couple for laughs and now his idiot garbage is permanently stuck everywhere YouTube recommends new videos to watch. In the grid of suggestions after a video ends, at the top of the right rail. Everywhere

Does that mean he paid them to promote his videos or something? It's not like "here is other, similar bad IT advice you might enjoy". It's literally just the rest of his channel's videos.

I don't think you can top the entertainment value of him shutting down his entire rack by stepping on a power squid

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:33

CrazyLittle: Sep 11, 2001; Clapping Larry

mewse posted:

I don't think you can top the entertainment value of him shutting down his entire rack by stepping on a power squid

Cutting himself on a rack rail edge that he probably made sharp by angle-grinding... That might top the power squid.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:39

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

Blasting small metal fragments through the front of your servers gives them a speed boost

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:46

n0tqu1tesane: May 7, 2003; She was rubbing her ass all over my hands. They don't just do that for everyone.; Grimey Drawer

CrazyLittle posted:

Cutting himself on a rack rail edge that he probably made sharp by angle-grinding... That might top the power squid.

Those things can be razor sharp on their own, without the angle grinding. There are quite a few equipment racks out there that have my blood on them somewhere.

But, the fact that he decided to file and angle grind rack rails because:

A) He didn't know how to use them.
B) Had the wrong rails.
C) Had them installed improperly.
D) Cheaped out and bought the crappiest rails and/or server cases possible.

Is inexcusable.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:48

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

I find it amusing at no point did he stop and think "Wait, why am I doing this when the rails should fit on the server and then also fit in the rack WITHOUT me loving with them?"

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:53

Docjowles: Apr 9, 2009

Thanks Ants posted:

Blasting small metal fragments through the front of your servers gives them a speed boost

My friend in college drew flames on his PC case to "make it go faster" :c00lbert:

except he was joking about it, and I'm not convinced Linus would be

# ? Mar 3, 2017 20:54

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

Da red wunz go fasta!

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:11

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

Da red wunz go fasta!

"OK so we're gonna paint the servers red to get some extra read/write speeds."
*walks into server room with paintball gun*
*shoots self in eye*

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:13

Ugato: Apr 9, 2009; We're not?

Don't forget to paint the door purple. Better than a lock!

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:20

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

MF_James posted:

I find it amusing at no point did he stop and think "Wait, why am I doing this when the rails should fit on the server and then also fit in the rack WITHOUT me loving with them?"

They probably wouldn't have with some shithouse generic rack case/rail combo and the flat-pack rack he ended up with.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:32

MF_James: May 8, 2008; I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Thanks Ants posted:

They probably wouldn't have with some shithouse generic rack case/rail combo and the flat-pack rack he ended up with.

Fair enough, but at some point I would have stopped and thought "wtfmate, why am I doing this" (loving kangaroos)

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:35

Thanks Ants: May 21, 2004; #essereFerrari

It makes a better video if you hit poo poo with a hammer and drop things on the floor I guess

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:40

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

Anyone have that video of the guy showing how to remove a heat sink, but he ends up just using a claw hammer?

It's not the howtobasic guide.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 21:52

Alfajor: Jun 10, 2005; The delicious snack cake.

Google was able to "break" SHA1:
https://security.googleblog.com/2017/02/announcing-first-sha1-collision.html?m=1

quote:

6,500 years of CPU computation to complete the attack first phase
110 years of GPU computation to complete the second phase

I wish they shared how many actual hours it took, or how they managed to run such a huge job. Did they just run it distributed across all their servers everywhere, using <10% of available CPU or something?

# ? Mar 3, 2017 22:52

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Alfajor posted:

Google was able to "break" SHA1:
https://security.googleblog.com/2017/02/announcing-first-sha1-collision.html?m=1

I wish they shared how many actual hours it took, or how they managed to run such a huge job. Did they just run it distributed across all their servers everywhere, using <10% of available CPU or something?

They did share that information. http://shattered.io/

# ? Mar 3, 2017 23:38

nmfree: Aug 15, 2001; The Greater Goon: Breaking Hearts and Chains since 2006

Alfajor posted:

Google was able to "break" SHA1:
https://security.googleblog.com/2017/02/announcing-first-sha1-collision.html?m=1

I wish they shared how many actual hours it took, or how they managed to run such a huge job. Did they just run it distributed across all their servers everywhere, using <10% of available CPU or something?

I just assumed that's why AWS went down the other day.

# ? Mar 4, 2017 00:13

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

anthonypants posted:

They did share that information. http://shattered.io/

Sha1tered?

These names are killing me.

# ? Mar 4, 2017 02:11

Paladine_PSoT: Jan 2, 2010; If you have a problem Yo, I'll solve it

Alfajor posted:

Google was able to "break" SHA1:
https://security.googleblog.com/2017/02/announcing-first-sha1-collision.html?m=1

I wish they shared how many actual hours it took, or how they managed to run such a huge job. Did they just run it distributed across all their servers everywhere, using <10% of available CPU or something?

Large scale jobs like this are not all that hard, the problem is getting to scale. I have enough nodes in my systems at work to do this in about 3 days, less than .5 if I stitched together multiple clusters.

# ? Mar 4, 2017 02:21

Zero VGS: Aug 16, 2002; ASK ME ABOUT HOW HUMAN LIVES THAT MADE VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS ARE WORTH MORE; Lipstick Apathy

AlternateAccount posted:

That dude is literally the worst example of a screeching nerd I could possibly imagine. It would be excusable if his videos were intentionally entertaining or if the info or guidance he presented was actually correct or useful. But he's awful, constantly makes bad decisions and yet somehow... still gets paid to do this??? WHY?

He's easy on the eyes at least, unlike that guy who pulls his hairline out.

# ? Mar 4, 2017 03:18

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

nmfree posted:

I just assumed that's why AWS went down the other day.

No but it broke the WebKit repo last week.

# ? Mar 4, 2017 04:42

YOLOsubmarine: Oct 19, 2004; When asked which Pokemon he evolved into, Kamara pauses.

"Motherfucking, what's that big dragon shit? That orange motherfucker. Charizard."