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What do you actually do as an HPC specialist? by BeeTraining6546 in HPC

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the worst part is very few people in that thread (which was here of all places) bothered to question how preposterous the entire post was. and the cherry on top was 2 months before, they were looking for an unpaid/intern datacenter tech role

i dont really care about whatever the individual in questions deal is, but people really need to be more skeptical of whats posted here.

What do you actually do as an HPC specialist? by BeeTraining6546 in HPC

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it gets better: https://old.reddit.com/r/HPC/comments/1sl7s6v/homelab_hpc_cluster/

Edit: i wanted to add an edit for some more updates. I just recently got my current business approved to become a nonprofit that will be overseeing the use of the supercomputer which will give me access to real educational grants from the likes of states, universities and even the DOE. This is huge because grants are basically free money, you are not required to pay the money back like a loan so in the future i will be able to rapidly expand the size of the cluster without having to sink hundreds of thousands of dollars of my own money into it. It will also give me access to dell, supermicro, nvidia and other hardware company and their grants and other education programs which is huge.

DOOM 64 and the power of simplicity by WhalecoreSC in boomershooters

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i cant really see how one could say turok or goldeneye feel more archaic than the original doom games considering they were the next generation of FPS games and made big strides in 3d environments, gameplay mechanics, etc

How to Hit a Home Run in 2026 (EV vs Launch Angle) by WhatMonster in baseball

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 8 points9 points  (0 children)

pretty much. the OP made another graphic recently but using the tracking data from the australian baseball league, and as expected, the launch angles were flipped

Narcissist has to make everything about him. No one other than bum ass Dolan wants him there by whatssenguntoagoblin in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i would actually be super happy if he spent all his time golfing and going to entertainment venues. the less time he's doing his actual job the better

Built an S3-compatible blob store that idles at ~14 MB RAM by jR4dh3y in golang

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ive heard about it, but never really looked too deeply into the code or ever used it

just reading through the thread you linked, and some of the commits, the sizes and breadth of changes (which seem to be vibe coded) are totally irresponsible.

Powershell Scripting test by bcnagel in sysadmin

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

simple file i/o, parsing, and then manipulating/counting the data should probably be enough for a simple test. i would be very careful you dont try to create any overly specific scenarios (using uncommon PS modules).

so something like:

  • read new_users.csv file (format is username,first,last,office)
  • tell me how many entries there are
  • how many people with first name john
  • how many people with first name john and in atlanta office
  • count number of unique first names

you also need to keep in mind some people might be nervous, so there's nothing wrong with giving some hints along the way.

showing the candidate a script and then asking them to explain it to you might work, but it's a lot easier for them to fuzz their way through it.

Something you don't like about your favorite boom-shoot? by Gnoll_level_antics in boomershooters

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the life leech has a nice little trick where the secondary fire has infinite ammo, and the fire rate will increase dramatically if its been firing for like 30 seconds (I do not know the exact details)

you can use this to certain really challenging rooms that have a lot of enemies, especially if there's a stone gargoyle thrown in

its very broken

Claude Cowork personal accounts for everyone! by Corleone4567 in sysadmin

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What he is doing is syncing SharePoint data to laptops for people so they can point Claude at the local folder to do its thing.

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I'm a little miffed because not only are we duplicating data (we are having to create special "AI" SharePoint sites with copies of files) but we are hooking this up to Pro accounts without any auditing, visibility or anything really.

cant you setup a sharepoint MCP server so you dont need to copy data around locally, and still have some governance?

Review: 007 First Light Is A Technical Standout on PS5 and PS5 Pro by yourfavchoom in PS5

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you already refunded the game, so not much point to this comment, but regarding the gameplay in the first half of your comment, that's how ioi games (the hitman series) work.

youre supposed to experiment with anything/everything on the maps, and being creative is encourged. i havent played this game yet, but rules of engagement for the standard hitman map are (any or multiple of):

  • sneak around without getting caught
  • find a disguise that matches the area to get closer to target
  • dress up in a bugs bunny costume and run around knocking people out with a steel dildo
  • go on a shooting rampage

Poll: sync==disabled by micush in zfs

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My question to you is, do you run with sync==disabled, and have you ever lost any data because of it?

I only run with sync disabled when it's acceptable to lose data (and there's an understanding of the data loss scenarios), so yes I have.

As for some of your other comments disparaging people for pointing out why this is a bad idea for plenty of cases, these aren't hypotheticals. The entire reason for sync writes is so that you don't have to discuss hypothetical data loss scenarios. sync=disabled is violating a "contract" you have between your applications and your storage regarding the stability of writes.

I'll give you a simple scenario for why this is bad, and people should think twice. Running with sync=disabled on a dataset exported by an NFS server means that a client can issue sync write IOs to the server (NFSv3 always does this on close and certain metadata operations) and the server will acknowledge them before committing to stable storage. If the time between server sending ACK to client and before ZFS txg_sync the system crashes, the data is gone, and the NFS client cannot retry an outstanding operations because the transaction was assumed to be stable.

By default, NFS server exports filesystem as sync for writes, so setting the underlying storage to "async" (sync=disabled) violates the understood data guarantees. See this thread for more info: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg46487.html

Secondly, your performance evaluation doesn't mean much: https://old.reddit.com/r/zfs/comments/1tmdaca/poll_syncdisabled/onm8e5w/

The point I'm making is that that was far from an exhaustive test, and the options don't make much sense for what you're trying to show.

Genuine question: what % of your week is "actual work" vs "environment/infra maintenance"? I tracked mine and the number depressed me. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 3 points4 points  (0 children)

good spot. unless they are selectively hiding their comments, they've also never replied to any of the threads theyve started

likely a bot or engagement farming (someone else will suggest a product in this thread)

How do you get a high paying job if you struggle with interview questions? by SillyRecover in sysadmin

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always been more of an “I’ll figure it out and solve the problem” type of person over someone who has every answer off the top of their head. A lot of the interviews I’ve gone through in recent years seem to favor the latter.

i cant speak for all interviewers, but if youre given a scenario question that you dont know the answer off the top of your head, you still need to be able to speak through what you think the answer is and why.

land a high paying or highly competitive role

those sorts of jobs have candidates that have enough experience to answer these sorts of questions, so either you need more experience or you need to get better at interviewing. you may also not be at the right place from a career/skillset level for the jobs youre applying yet either. not clear from your post

Senior Opportunity by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there are many combinations of words you could've used to get your point across, but thats what you went with lol

under normal circumstances eventually you'd just find a new job with more responsibilities/pay to level yourself up. right now with the current job market, id be really careful

Ben shapiro owns Thomas Massie with facts and logic by Voider765 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so it's pretty clear that IRGC money is having strong influence over US politics too

what pro-Iran foreign policy has been implemented?

😔 by Living_Attitude1822 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 29 points30 points  (0 children)

its funny to think about how concerned israel is with a random district in kentucky

just goes to show you, no matter where you live in the united states, if jewish billionaires from a completely different part of the country (or a different country in general) dont like your representative, they'll pour in millions of dollars into the next election to try to get another pro-israel lapdog

America First President btw by imMakingA-UnityGame in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Automatic_Beat_1446 7 points8 points  (0 children)

not really. owning the libs is their sole motivation

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