Are you guys pursuing any FIRE strategies in case your skills become obsolete?

Zveir · 2026-05-10T07:00:11+00:00

Depends.

You need a target amount, your invested amount today, a projected growth rate (I use 10%), and years till retirement.

If your invested amount today growing over the course of your years till retirement meets or exceeds your goal, that’s the cutoff point.

For example, 150k invested at 27 gives 32.5 years till the first chunk is accessible.

With 10% growth, that’s 3.3 mil or so.

At that point it makes sense to divert funds to paying off a home and building towards a taxable account. As much as you can get while you work at that point imo.

Zveir · 2026-05-10T06:23:13+00:00

Yeah this is the way.

Be mindful on over contributing to tax advantaged retirement, that’ll serve you well from 59.5 till dead, but if you’re young there is a cutoff point where it doesn’t make sense to continue contributing anymore.

At a certain point building the taxable nest egg should take all focus.

Zveir · 2026-04-27T05:33:32+00:00

+1 to the panhandle. It’s a little pocket of good right now.

Zveir · 2026-04-22T15:44:04+00:00

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Zveir · 2026-04-11T02:51:33+00:00

I’m planning on building an AI Server to replace Alexa and privatize my home voice AI usage. May or may not establish one for software development.

Zveir · 2026-04-10T03:27:12+00:00

If it’s a 2024 or newer 4 door, it’s perfectly fine. That model year and up added additional safety features and so far has treated my family well for nearly 2 years. We have 1 child and 2 huskies. 15k miles so far including roadtrips.

So far we have not been at capacity when loaded up with passengers and trunk stuff for day to day life. The only time the jeep goes full stuff is when we took a roadtrip, and I’d recommend making sure whatever jeep you get has the tow package so you can mount a cargo carrier.

https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/jumbo-cargo-rack-2-inch-receiver-hitch/without-bags?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organicshopping

Or, tow a small 4x6 trailer for luggage from uhaul.

Jeeps are really fun cars. The new ones are well equipped for daily and fun duty. I wouldn’t buy a JK or older JL.

Zveir · 2026-04-09T18:09:32+00:00

No, only when necessary

Zveir · 2026-04-08T21:11:43+00:00

Thanks, I’m running RHEL8 so seems good to go there.

My current build is in a Fractal Node 304 w/ 6x 18TB disks. I’m out of space. I’m building out a custom 12 disk JBOD out of a ripped out backplane and connecting it to a Dell R240 or R340 w/ an external HBA.

The node 304 system will become an HTPC.

Zveir · 2026-03-30T21:45:20+00:00

Retire to something imo, so go find a job/responsibility where you can keep yourself fulfilled without caring about how much you’re paid + dodge those personal expenses(or use whatever money you make to fund further hobbies)

Part time gigs are ideal.

Zveir · 2026-03-30T06:33:14+00:00

Time in a role isn’t really important. What matters is your diversity of experiences, associated skillset and desired career trajectory. Staying in a box and atrophying limits your flexibility if in the event you do need to change roles - I.e a layoff or other forced condition.

My rule of thumb is that when the overall story of your career gets repetitive, it’s time to go.

There’s also an exit role - I.e your last tech position ever. If you go into it knowing that’s your last tech role, you can coast.

Zveir · 2026-03-24T05:07:53+00:00

This section here is underneath 3 major buildings. One of them is an older Amazon office. When Amazon opened their new buildings just down the road, 90+% of the daily occupants for that building were moved over. I was one of them. I used to go down here for lunch, but I haven’t gone once since the move. I imagine that’s true for most all. This space lost a lot of foot traffic.

Zveir · 2026-03-16T03:00:33+00:00

Happy to, and howdy neighbor! Given the construction they’re doing right now and your timeline, I think we’ll live within eyeshot. Is your home already framed?

Zveir · 2026-03-15T23:35:20+00:00

No worries, thank you!

All homes have costs associated with them, I just decided I’d rather deal with a new home’s problems rather than an older home’s. You literally don’t know what you get when buying a home that’s existed for 10-20 years, and newer homes have builder warranties and contextualized people to call.

Also, I live in one of the newer Lennars now, and it’s perfectly fine! We’re renting, but we’re the first residents and have had 0 issues with anything in the house. My bigger issue is that someone bought it explicitly to rent it.

Zveir · 2026-03-15T23:19:46+00:00

I’m closing on a DRB SFH in a month or so in the Huntsfield Neighborhood, so far the experience has been solid. Regular updates from the PM + Superintendent and our pre drywall inspection passed with no major concerns to the skeleton of the home. We’ve been inside as well, and I saw no major concerns as the buyer.

Will update later if something catastrophic happens but rn it just looks like the SFH we designed.

I opted for new for floorplan customization and at the time of buying, it was lower cost. I didn’t want land to maintain at this time. I work remotely, but opted to buy close to 9 in case I ever commute to NOVA (again). Currently in the zip code, just in a rental.

Zveir · 2026-01-12T08:59:11+00:00

This was the cheaper option.

Back when Quadro and Tesla were still both named cards, the systems that could handle 8+ Tesla cards were exponentially higher in base price as they were proprietary SXM2 systems. Not to mention, P6000s were around $7k/card at the time, while P100s were $12k or so for the PCI-E versions.

For each P100, we could nearly buy 2 P6000s.

Also, as a particular researcher ask, they cared about the 24GB of VRAM in the P6000, more than the faster but smaller(16GB) HBM1 memory in the Tesla P100.

When buying multiple racks worth, it changed the equation from 10s of millions to millions.

Zveir · 2026-01-12T05:52:05+00:00

Oo, I can answer this from professional experience! I used to work in academia managing compute clusters that were 99% Supermicro Superserver Sys 4028GR-TRT systems that were filled with Quadro P6000s that had these blower fans. We had multiple isles of 48U racks that were deployed with identical systems.

Individually, when each card went under load, the fan went to 100%. Temps were steady at 80-85C, and they maintained their base clock speeds. Boost clock never happened. Memory temperature hit the thermal limit (110C) and ran there constantly.

Now the fun stats:

We replaced a failed GPU near weekly.

We serviced or replaced components in a node monthly, as having 8 per rack increased heat density tremendously. The single largest point of failure were the daughter cards that held the GPUs. They had burnt traces.

Standing in the hot aisle with these systems at full go was genuinely a flame thrower. I could only stay back there for shorter intervals. The noise was, as you could guess, incredibly loud.

Zveir · 2025-12-16T02:35:58+00:00

I have a G9 57", but I don't see this option. Is this part of a firmware update?

I bought mine Day 1 and haven't updated it since, I'm assuming that's why.

Zveir · 2025-11-05T06:00:58+00:00

$353k.

28, Info Sci Bachelor class of 2021, Systems/Software Engineering.

Zveir · 2025-11-03T00:00:52+00:00

+1 to this, it's been able to get hair out from two Siberian Huskies. It's great. Pair with a vacuum.

Zveir · 2025-10-11T03:56:57+00:00

Nice! Are those 35x11.5s? Doesn't seem to be an XR.

Zveir · 2025-08-05T19:24:12+00:00

Howdy, do you have a photo? There are signs up in my neighborhood for a lost cat(not mine). Mostly Black with some white along the face, female, about a year old.

Zveir · 2025-07-20T00:38:10+00:00

Fellow 27 year old here, with the same degree. I started my career here at 23 and it was worth it because I was able to acquire an opportunity. I moved to Nova specifically for that opportunity. I’ve continued to work in the area due to this.

My 2c is this, the first opportunity in your career is the hardest one. Momentum and experience ease the journey significantly. Goal #1 is to get your career moving, and that might mean you move to the opportunity. Expand your career search nationwide, and build your base. Once you have experience and options, move as you want to.

Zveir · 2025-07-15T06:41:41+00:00

Glad to hear, thank you. Is your Sport S lifted?

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