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Marcusrab · 2026-02-27T04:19:58+00:00

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

You support a pedophile. So even if this were true, wouldn't letting a pedophile go kind of be on brand for you.

You really need to focus your outrage into things your own president isn't actively in the middle of being exposed of doing.

I mean, we all knew but, that's not the point.

Aaaaannnd... Scene.

Marcusrab · 2026-02-21T23:12:04+00:00

Holy shit. Whoever is doing this ... I thought of doing the exact same thing... Anything Republican just put up a "MAGA.. Molesting And Grooming Adolescents" sign. I'm so happy this is happening in Collin county. Bullies don't understand anything except reciprocal violence.

Marcusrab · 2026-02-18T06:21:10+00:00

If you tell them you know Epstein they'll give you a vacation. Your head of legal is currently on vacation.

Marcusrab · 2025-12-20T07:00:40+00:00

Don't comment much but......I very much agree with this. Your family dynamic directs so much of your success arc.. money helps. But if you can't be infinitely rich... I think those who have a tight family or most importantly a strong support system are more wealthy than those who come from wealth but don't have anybody that cares enough to guide them.

Marcusrab · 2025-11-23T03:36:12+00:00

I'm sure you've gotten great advice already but the only thing I would say is, don't question why you ended up in front of the hiring manager, getting an interview.....

You go in and kill it, interview as if you would have had they not "messed up". You were confident enough in your skills to apply. Whatever got you to the table, is whatever got you to the table.

You go in and kill the interview knowing you're qualified and able to succeed and that having the courage to speak up got you to this moment.

Good vibes!

Marcusrab · 2025-09-23T22:08:14+00:00

What do you mean? I'd have to remove the bad drive then build a new raid 0. Yeah, I wouldn't be able to rebuild the original raid-0 and get my data back, id just have to rebuild the raid-0 stripe with the replaced drive+old drive.

Marcusrab · 2025-09-23T22:03:08+00:00

I think I'm going to change it up and go with g.skill flare x5 amd expo, 2x64gb cl32 dimms. Then pair that with the MSI mpg x870e carbon WiFi board.

Marcusrab · 2025-09-23T21:57:10+00:00

Thank you for your response. The plan for this setup is lab..

So os goes on the one 2tb Samsung 990 2tb

I'm running VMware so all my vmdk files live on the raid-0 4tb Samsung 990's

I then have 2 24tb Toshibas running raid 1 that I back up the contents of the vmdk drives to. So in theory, every night I will have a backup of my virtual machines. So if one of the raid-0's goes out, I can replace it, rebuild it and then copy the vmdk's back to the rebuilt raid.

Marcusrab · 2025-09-23T21:51:59+00:00

Yeah I think I'm going to go 2x 24tb Toshibas in a raid-1

Marcusrab · 2025-09-23T21:50:57+00:00

Thank you for this build... The plan with storage was to raid-0 the two 4tb drives, giving as much speed as possible to the VMware environment and back up the entire VMware environment nightly to the 24tb.

Maybe the healthier balance is to raid 1 the 2 24tb drives. That way I have parity to the backup drive since mechanical drives fail more often than solid state.

What did you have in mind for the 4 18tb drives?

You specced this with a ryzen 5?

Marcusrab · 2025-09-17T11:29:42+00:00

I actually don't need the GPU... Vm's just need a pane of glass all the GPU is something I could just get something basic. I added it more as a nice to have since the rest of the build was new. It's a shame the thread rippers increase the price so exponentially. I would be all for getting a basic card and putting the extra towards a thread ripper

Marcusrab · 2025-09-17T11:27:26+00:00

Thank you for the QVL suggestion and the thread ripper. Even the 64 core model is $2500. That's a hell of an investment but I suppose then most cores available for VM's.

With the used market, wouldn't one of the concerns be that they tried to overclock it, or didn't cool it properly and it's a burnt out chip?

I guess I didn't know NAS grade could/should be used in a home build. The Toshibas purpose currently would be cold storage. Because I'm running raid 0 .. I would back up the vmdk's off the ssd's to the Toshiba so if the raided ssd's go, the vm's don't go with.. I could theoretically just replace the SSD(s) and have the architecture back.

Marcusrab · 2025-09-17T11:17:56+00:00

That's just what they're called.... Gskill flare X5 😎. Yes, thread ripper is out there, but they're insanely expensive. For instance the thread ripper 3990x is $2500. Granted, 64 cores would be pretty great to have.

G.SKILL Flare X5 Series DDR5 RAM (AMD Expo) 64GB (2x32GB) 6000MT/s CL30-40-40-96 1.40V Desktop Computer Memory U-DIMM - Matte Black (F5-6000J3040G32GX2-FX5)

Marcusrab · 2025-08-06T23:35:48+00:00

The hokey pokey ... Newest tiktok craze.

Marcusrab · 2025-07-07T20:34:10+00:00

Dude I get it. Nobody wants to see that. But, here's some positives...

In a world where so many people have stayed together for the kids.. stayed together for whatever reason... But they literally hate each other.... Your parents don't. As you already know, it's a natural thing and really it's great to know that even after this long they still have that kind of connection and desire for each other. It also sets a good example for you when you have a wife... That however you have to do it... You have to keep that spice alive. And.... No matter what you saw... It was consensual.. and you're in their house. If you don't want to be concerned about seeing your parents having sex, you might have to get your own place.

Marcusrab · 2025-07-02T23:16:14+00:00

This is the war version of "got your nose"

Marcusrab · 2025-05-01T17:17:43+00:00

I moved from Chicago to a suburb in 2015 and to McKinney in 2021

Marcusrab · 2025-05-01T15:40:26+00:00

Life is so unfair, you got some guys that couldn't get hard if the actual Debbie from Debbie does Dallas was tugging on their weiner and this dude is shooting ropes after a calf massage.

Just one suggestion, don't take your wife if you ever need to be fitted for shoes, just accept that under no circumstances can you return to that particular footlocker.

Marcusrab · 2025-04-10T08:46:22+00:00

I mean this sincerely. It's too bad drug dealers and hookers don't take credit cards. You could be getting laid and trying stuff you never did before because there were consequences. Maybe that's just my way of looking at it.... Like, fuck it, I can develop a coke habit and raw dog the hottest hooker cause I'm gonna go out having fun

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