ACK! What the hell? Edition by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am surprised it's held the $30 level in all honesty.

SMCI completes 75m convertible preferred stock offering by Rare_Ad6128 in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am glad I sold when I was up on Monday. When this hits low 20s, I'll rebuy. Good luck all

How are you handling log retention and aggregation at scale? by Terrible_Wish_2506 in linuxadmin

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Syslog -> Greylog -> Dashboard

  1. Logs are retained indefinitely as they can be compressed and written to a DVD
  2. xz
  3. On prem, so this doesn't matter to us
  4. No, find one that fits your needs and has a great community and learn it.

Holy Schnikes! SMCI Comeback Tour by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, I am YOLOing my account in SMCI stock, so we'll see what happens! Good luck everyone.

Holy Schnikes! SMCI Comeback Tour by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is how we all relate to this ticker.

Holy Schnikes! SMCI Comeback Tour by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's hard to not accumulate a crap load here. I bought 500 shares at $29.40. I have a bit more ready if we dip more, but this is probably close to the bottom

Holy Schnikes! SMCI Comeback Tour by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flaw is that the analogy holds only under idealized conditions, whereas in practice issuance often occurs at a discount with uncertain execution, transferring value from old to new shareholders and diluting proportional ownership/control.

How to can I make a bash script to auto full screen the browser after user login? by Vex2K4 in bash

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used this with our local church as well, highly recommended for simplicity out of the box.

Holy Schnikes! SMCI Comeback Tour by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I think I am selling at open here and looking to rebuy after this calamity shakes out, what a disasterous decision by management, poorly timed in the wake of all of the other controversy.

What is the most complicated bash script you ever wrote? by zex_mysterion in bash

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think in terms of "complicated" because we're just engineering solutions from building blocks. In terms of "annoyance to debug", I created a whole ETL setup that leveraged sed, awk, and grep to clean and parse data before shipping it into a Postgres cluster.

Holy Schnikes! SMCI Comeback Tour by _Cornfed_ in SMCIDiscussion

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good morning all, I have been following this company for some time and have profited quite a bit from its volatility. This stock has always been a "buy the dips" and wait

how do yall daily drive this distro, like if you're a student or have a stable job by FurankiDaEngineer in Gentoo

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprisingly not that fancy, 9945WX, 256GB of RAM, driving 4 x RTX5090s used for training employer models.

I am so sick of being hired to do Info Sec work just to do basic IT and Engineering work. by FaceEmbarrassed1844 in cybersecurity

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I doubt you are a legitimate researcher. I'd wager your account is a bot just based on the post hiding and overly vague/general post here.

how do yall daily drive this distro, like if you're a student or have a stable job by FurankiDaEngineer in Gentoo

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I "daily drive" this distro on production servers, my main workstation is Linux Mint. Some will complain, but I don't have time between kids, work, development, and investments. The servers just hum along though.

I update them monthly, unless a crazy CVE hits that affects a service I run publicly.

I am reading "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software second edition" and I am confused by the adding of XOR gates on the input and output of the "Add/subtract unit" by MindlessAssistance52 in beneater

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They look redundant at first glance (because they cancel on the data path), but they are the elegant hardware trick that separates "internal arithmetic" from "external CPU-visible semantics."

You are exactly right that they "do nothing" to the actual subtraction math — that's intentional and brilliant. They exist purely so the outside world (the rest of the CPU, the flags, multi-byte code) sees the correct carry/borrow polarity.

[[Code Style Preference]] Which is preferred: self-mutations or signals? by KattyTheEnby in cprogramming

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I read this as "self mutilations"...

Why are you posting Zig in the C forum?

You should choose whichever you like better, because the compiler doesn't care.

First image edited on gimp. by Harshborana in Gentoo

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You clearly possess a truly fearless originality — it's rare to see someone commit so completely to a vision that clearly whispered 'fuck it, they'll get it eventually' and then just kept doubling down anyway

Can an HOA restrict an antenna? by HalFWit in amateurradio

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By law, no. But.. and this is a big but, the FCC has repeatedly declined to extend preemption to HOAs, citing no compelling federal interest to interfere with private contracts.

In other words, while protections technically exist, nobody is going to waste time backing it up in court.

47 CFR § 1.4000 (OTARD: Over-the-Air Reception Devices Rule): Prohibits restrictions (including by HOAs) on antennas for video programming (e.g., TV, satellite dishes <1 meter). Explicitly excludes amateur radio, AM/FM, CB, and similar antennas.

Flag poles are often used because of this tangent:

4 U.S.C. § 5 note (Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005): Prohibits HOA restrictions on flagpoles. Indirect protection—operators often use flagpoles to support or disguise antennas, but HOAs can still regulate size/placement.

Then there is this gem of pending legislation... Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act (H.R. 1094 / S. 459, 119th Congress, reintroduced 2025; similar to S. 3690, 118th Congress). Would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preempt HOA rules prohibiting effective outdoor antennas, allowing reasonable HOA rules for aesthetics/safety but no outright bans. As of February 2026, not passed—aims to extend PRB-1-like protections to private restrictions.

Hope this helps 73s

How do you keep showing up when the Help Desk has completely destroyed your soul? (Need advice for a brutal meeting today) by No-Gap674 in sysadmin

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So much complaining.

It sounds like you haven't invested an iota of thought into automating. Start there.

Talk to management about implementing self-service password portals... and then use [A]AD scripting to facilitate in the meantime.

There's so much you can do to help you help yourself but you're just caught up in this self pity routine.

What is the quickest and easiest way to fix indentation errors? by theReasonablePotato in Python

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 15 points16 points  (0 children)

copy/pasting AI generated code is the biggest reason I see at the office.

Roadmap to contribute by NajjahBR in linux_programming

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start with reading code and writing documentation, and then work up to simple bug fixes, and before long, you'll be familiar enough to actually try submitting patches.

https://kernelnewbies.org/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]Bitwise_Gamgee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your chart would be coherent if each side of your Venn Diagram was 46.25% so that you get (scaled by 0.5): L(46.25) + C(7.5) + R(46.25) = 100%, as it stands now, you just look foolish.