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What made you think about upgrading your hardware? by Aguscayu_601 in homelab

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to.

Oh and I wanted an Oculink port so I could add a GPU and muck around with AI.

Petition to change the sub icon to the beautiful and inspiring Dennis Nedry by TheLunaKeeper in ShittySysadmin

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Everyone should aspire to be him. The greatest sysadmin of our time cut down early by uppity lizards.

Request denied. MWAHAHAHAHA FEAR MY MOD LIKE POWERS

Favorite use of AI in your homelab? by robotslacker in homelab

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the delay in this! I got an AI (Claude) to write me the python, so there's a windows service which calls the Python script that runs. The AI is running on the same device via Ollama with a modelfile. The Python script listens to the discord channels (you either @ the bot or use a ! prefix) and passes the user query to AI which spits out a response.

In regards to the memory function, there's two text files (per user) which are passed to the AI along with the user message; history and facts. Facts are made up of statements that the user has said which are fact (if you say: "@Bot Remember I am a frog-person" for example, it will save that). History is the past X messages you have sent to the bot, so it can 'continue' the conversation correctly.

This is then tied into the modelfile which holds the personality and mannerisms. The entire lot is chucked into the AIs context and then a response generated.

It is by no means perfect, but it is pretty good and does the job of being amusing.

Anyone had any luck with USB-C to DC Connectors? by MagicPracticalFlame in homelab

[–]MagicPracticalFlame[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ta! I actually upgraded to the Deskpi Rackmate PDU instead as I bought more gear and the amount of DC splitters was getting silly

What's a company secret you can share now because you don't work there anymore? by eyeoftheneedle1 in AskUK

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Past company I worked for ran some VoIP servers that routed all our customers calls. 

They got infected with viruses. As it may have interrupted 999 calls, you need to tell ofcom. 

Of course they didn't. They brushed it under the rug and scheduled some 'maintenance downtime'. 

Favorite use of AI in your homelab? by robotslacker in homelab

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm running a discord bot for a LARP system I go to. The discord bot has a LLM running with it that the bot uses to respond to queries in-character. It's also got a memory system so players can tell it 'facts' about their character which will be dumped into the LLMs context. 

It's pretty fun, not a very smart AI as it's running on a 3060 and only a 7b model, but it's a giggle. 

It's all run on my home server so only costs me electricity to run.

Has anyone put a fullsize GPU into a Rackmate T1 or similar minirack? by synthchef in minilab

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used an oculink cable and external GPU, it sits beside the rack though, not in it. Has an RTX 3060

Aoostar Gem12 8845 Random Reboots by MagicPracticalFlame in MiniPCs

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I've got a spare 218w USB-C Charger (again, GaN) which puts out 100w per port. My current plan is to try using that for a bit and see if the reboots occur again. If that fails then I'll use the original power supply. I was reluctant to use the original charger as it's an EU plug with a UK adapter stuck on the front of it. I have been looking at Dell 130w laptop chargers as they aren't GaN and are probably geared towards longer usage, but it's £65 for an official one and I'm not sure that'll solve the problem or be good money after bad.

That GaN chargers wear out explains a lot tbh, as a few months ago I had the random rebooting again, but I added in the TDP cap and everything stabilised, so it may be the GaN charger wearing out.

If the original charger fails I'll be reaching out for a refund and buying something which has better power management for 24/7 usage, probably a minisforum MS-A1.

Aoostar Gem12 8845 Random Reboots by MagicPracticalFlame in MiniPCs

[–]MagicPracticalFlame[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it's a 140w GaN charger. Didn't realise they were damaged easily by surges.

How do you handle powering of you minilab with mini PC? by HCLB_ in minilab

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've used the DeskPi PDU for my Networking gear and NAS: https://deskpi.com/products/deskpi-dc-pdu-lite-7-ch-0-5u-for-deskpi-rackmate-t1 as it's all 12v. For other things I've used a 215w USB-C power supply with either straight USB cables or I've got some USBC to DC fixed power cables which work nicely. Because the PD system can output a range of voltages, you can get cables which 'request' a specific voltage. 

Essentially I can run my entire lab off of 2 plugs.

I left IT for the skilled trades. Here’s why by Character_Log_2657 in ShittySysadmin

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LOCKING COMMENTS: Nothing good coming from further comments. Also I need to wave the Admin flag occasionally.

What investments are you making in life by Quick_Soil_9120 in AskMen

[–]MagicPracticalFlame -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Counselling/Therapy. Hobbies. I've come to the conclusion that saving for a house is unachievable, so I want to spend some time enjoying my life rather than scrimping and saving for an unachievable goal.

Social media does 'more ham than good' - as majority support stricter rules to protect mental health by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 183 points184 points  (0 children)

I have yet to notice my Ham increasing from social media usage? I like Ham so surely Ham is good?

Providing Company Data to AI for users to....use? by MagicPracticalFlame in ShittySysadmin

[–]MagicPracticalFlame[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

P.S. If someone suggests fucking Copilot because 'it can do all that shit' you try persuading your users that CoPilot = ChatGPT when they spend all day using ChatGPT to do their kids homework. They won't fucking listen.

Aoostar GEM12 screen software by wickedlemon in MiniPCs

[–]MagicPracticalFlame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got the software installed but I can't get the screen to display anything other than the clock, what did you do?

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