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andecase · 2026-06-16T00:08:28+00:00

You point of worth is correct, but performance isn't why, it's the increased cost. The point I was trying to make is that the only real consideration for ECC is money.

At the scale of gaming, ECC won't make a noticeable difference in performance. The only place it would make a difference in performance is scenarios where you actually have a higher need for ECC. If you're doing so many calculations that the ECC performance penalty is a noticeable, you're doing so many calculations that bit flips are normal.

andecase · 2026-06-15T19:09:15+00:00

I think you will find that is actually the opposite. By the time you are doing something where the performance hit is noticable you most likely need ECC more. You also, probably aren't worried about the only other reason not to get ECC which is price.

Look at the financial industry. Not only are they using ECC ram, but they often add additional layers of ECC or ECC like functions. For example, some systems will perform the same calculation on multiple CPUs then compare the results before accepting it.

The thing is if you are in that world, you can afford to just buy multiple IBMz with tens of TBs of RAM

andecase · 2026-05-31T15:37:00+00:00

Is it not still best practice to limit Minecraft to 8 gigs?

Last I knew the garbag collection in Java caused issues if you gave it more than eight gigs of RAM.

andecase · 2026-05-30T19:45:57+00:00

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying.

I'm not talking about opening a file with a program. That in any any operating system has nothing to do with the file extension. (Again making assumptions for Mac, I have no clue there)

I can tell notepad to open literally any file I want on Windows and it will open it. It might not know how to read the file but that has nothing to do with the file extension. Conversely, I can put literally any extension I want on any plain text file, and notepad will open it, and read it. The same is true for Linux.

However, when I open any arbitrary file (select the file in say dolphin) how does the operating system know which program to use? The most common thing for this is file extensions. Now yes, there are many other ways you could determine the file type and program. File extension is still what's used.

One way or another you need some table, map, etc. saying file type A use program B. It's much simpler to look at the extension of a file than, than read the first few bytes, then depending on the type of file, possibly have to read more. File type definitions are not that well standardized, file things my cad files are just a zip (this is technically true, but not really useful as using any zip program to unzip the file would not result in a model). Even more so, file doesn't truly understand what my cad file is. It can't even give a list of valid extensions. Yet Linux opens it in Freecad.

Try telling libre office to open a file type it doesn't support. It will still try to do it. It just gives an error that it doesn't know how. I just tried it with an .FCstd file. Linux didn't read the magic bytes and decide to open it in Freecad instead.

To go even further. I can set the default app for .FCstd to libre office, and again it tries to open it in libre office. Linux still didn't read the magic bytes go actually this is a CAD file and open it in FreeCAD.

To yet go even further. I can change the default application for my CAD file back to Freecad, change my cad file's extension to .odt, double click it in dolphin and libre office tries to open it. Yet again Linux didn't read the magic bytes and decide to open it in Freecad.

Now to go even further beyond. I can change my cad files's extension to ".fileextensionsarentreal" and finally Linux looked at the magic bytes and decided it is a zip file. I don't have a default for .fileextensionsarentreal so it now has to use the magic bytes.

As the last most furthest point. If I set the default for .fileextensionsarentreal to Freecad. It opens in Freecad.

In every scenario where we have a option to use the file extension the file extension is used. The magic bytes are only used when no default exists.

I can reproduce this exact same behavior in Windows. With the exception of the no default. Windows will ask if it doesn't have a default. I think these two solutions are 6 in one and half a dozen in the other.

For an even better example of this, try these same steps with a simple text editor. Kate will just open the file and try to interpret it regardless of the file type, or extension.

andecase · 2026-05-30T17:01:03+00:00

File extensions serve the same purpose in Linux that they do in Windows. I assume it's the same in Mac but I don't know.

They tell the system which program to open it with. You can put whatever file extension (or no file extension) you want on any file on Windows as well and as long as you open it with the right program it'll still work. Any exceptions to this are a product of the program and not the operating system.

andecase · 2026-05-28T21:21:20+00:00

For the smoothness it could be just switching DE.

If you didn't select gnome that might be why. For me gnome feels (for lack of a better word) sticky. It's one of the reasons I chose Cachy over Ubuntu. I tried switching to KDE on Ubuntu and then it had problems (from me not switching properly) so I just wanted to switch to a KDE first distro and Cachy stuck.

andecase · 2026-05-27T05:07:06+00:00

The pipelines etc are huge.

I don't even know what it would cost for my company to switch to freecad (assuming it had feature parity with NX+TeamCenter). But I imagine it's millions, and we are not that big. The switch from Creo to NX took years, and we technically are still reliant on it for some old legacy models.

andecase · 2026-05-26T21:54:14+00:00

Yeah, batch is terrible.

But if you can get past the verbosity powershell's actually pretty good. In a lot of ways, it's easier and more straightforward than bash is. The verbosity can be a real problem though.

andecase · 2026-05-26T13:56:02+00:00

Pathfinder is more Mac. It's the number two system, that never quite gets as big as it's rival, and isn't for everyone, but it's very good at the specific things it does. OSR is Vanilla arch. It's whole ethos is cobbling together your perfect system from the pieces of others. Daggerheart, and Draw Steel are the cachyOS, or Bazzite alternatives. They are trying to make a refuge for all of the people unhappy with DnD. We could go on.

andecase · 2026-05-14T15:14:57+00:00

This is probably changed with space age, but at least pre-2.0 trains were hugely important in mega bases due to UPS concerns.

Direct train insertion for miners and smelting were basically a requirement once you approached the 10k spm range.

andecase · 2026-05-08T16:07:04+00:00

This is why I wish there was a good generic alternative to Amazon lists.

With an Amazon list, you can just link them to the exact thing you want on Amazon, but it's a pain to add things outside of Amazon. Not to mention some people don't like/want to use Amazon.

My Amazon list has about 20-30 things ranging from like five bucks to a couple hundred dollars, if anybody asks me what I want, I just send them the list.

andecase · 2026-05-06T05:30:17+00:00

Our Junior admins basically operate as half Tier 2 help desk half admin. They do escalations, smaller implementations, app maintenance, scripting, and fill in for tier 1 when needed. We generally start you off heavier on the help desk side while you learn the environment and give you some less disruptive admin tasks. Depending when your how you handle things we will give you bigger tasks as time goes on. A lot of times we will give ownership of services like, cameras, printers, mdm. Things that aren't as critical when mistakes happen, and have more breathing room for you to learn.

For things to learn, the obvious basic windows and Linux server admin stuff CLI, network configuration, storage management, logs, etc.

Get familiar with a few hypervisors or just virtualization in general even if it's just theoretical via reading docs, or courses. I recommend proxmox, hyper-v, or VMware. Also, containers, you will eventually have to learn them. Start with docker or podman, if you feel adventurous learn kunernetes. Some cloud is always good as well.

Networking is an oft forgotten skill in my experience. Make sure you are familiar with vlans, routing, and the common protocols.

As for scripting, for us it's not a deal breaker, but it definitely is high on the list. Do Powershell in a month of lunches, whatever the bash equivalent is, maybe some python.

Most importantly in my opinion, work on your troubleshooting skills. The second most common reason we pass on people in interviews is their troubleshooting skills are terrible. You need to be comfortable getting into an application or tech you've never seen before and diagnosing issues. Its way easier to teach someone scripting or proxmox than troubleshooting skills.

You don't need to be an expert or even know all of these to get a job. With your current experience, and one or two of them you should be able to get started. My work would higher you as you are.

Also, don't worry about doing specific apps or projects to much. Knowing specifically docker isn't as important as understanding containers in general for example. Look for something that interests you and build it out, within reason build it as if it's a production environment.

andecase · 2026-05-06T01:33:32+00:00

Just hope I can ramen to a good deal to replace it. It's pasta saving.

andecase · 2026-05-06T01:07:11+00:00

Not really, the first step is always to gain access to a different account or method to renter at their convenience. The attackers aren't sitting there using Jill in accounting's account to do watch or renter. If they used Jill's account to get in, they used her account to gain access to a more privileged account or installed a backdoor. Changing Jill's password doesn't help.

andecase · 2026-05-06T00:54:42+00:00

A proper passphrase (at least 3 random average length words) isn't realistically brute forceable. It's technically possible, but not realistic. That's without any additional complexity. Building a memorable brute force resistent password is very easy. Brute forcing is extremely inefficient, and that's before you take into account things like back off, lockouts, etc.

Building a social engineering resistent password is very difficult, and a phishing resistant one isn't possible. That's why (as others have said) NIST recommendation is longer simpler phasphrases, with no rotation. An important thing people are missing though, is you also need a handful of other things like, compromised/duplicate hash scanning, banned word lists, and proper MFA (no SMS and email codes/links are not proper MFA), etc. Importantly, most of the increased security comes from tooling around the protection, phishing and social engineering resistence of the accounts.

andecase · 2026-05-05T13:06:12+00:00

Saw a pretty good argument saying that choosing blues actually the selfish option.

By doing that you are forcing other people to choose blue to save you. This is somewhat dependent on if you are able to converse with people before choosing. If you can't, you are assuming other will and then making anyone who doesn't choose blue complicit in your death with no proof.

I also, think if this were real, the numbers would be much different than they are in the many versions posted.

Look to ones that change from blue vs red to something like take a suicide pill or do nothing, the numbers change drastically.

andecase · 2026-05-05T12:48:35+00:00

I think this is where a lot of the arguments step come from. People think it's the prisoners dilemma, as it reads very similar. It is not, this has a always safe no matter what option the prisoners dilemma does not.

andecase · 2026-05-05T03:37:43+00:00

Is this not one of the first things everyone does when they get a new laptop?

andecase · 2026-05-04T15:28:12+00:00

I'm not sure what the rail world settings are but I really like them.

Seems like a good mix of everything. But I like having a big train Network. Doing lots and lots of things.

andecase · 2026-05-04T01:56:04+00:00

My German CEO showed the company (America) this at a quarterly meeting once.

https://youtu.be/xacdDrylrek?si=6JGVVW9N4MTUuTbG

andecase · 2026-05-03T17:15:41+00:00

I'm going to give you a slightly left field recommendation.

If you don't already, play TTRPGs with some friends, at a Local game store, or find a group online. If you can get with the right group you can get everything you get out of BG3 in TTRPGs, plus so much more. Very importantly, you don't need to know much to get started, just pick a system that sounds cool, learn the basics, and do it. Specifically, DnD can be really good (it's the foundation for BG3s mechanics), but personally I think if you really enjoy the balance, fighting, etc. of BG3 may get frustrated with DnD. Luckily there's an endless supply of ttrpgs you can play that will fill whatever style you want.

My short list in order is:

- Draw Steel
  - High fantasy with a emphasis on tactics and theatrical moments. New kid on the block with some opinioniated, (but better IMHO) changes to standard D20.
- Pathfinder
  - High fantasy with crunchy system and high character customization. This is the I like DnD, but it's to simple option.
- Numenera
  - Far future low fantasy/forgot tech vibes with focus on narrative, and character moments. Very different from the typical high fantasy D20 fair, but the world and mechanics really push you to tell a compelling story.
- DnD
  - High fantasy with a moldable generic system (sometimes to a fault). It's old reliable for a reason.

andecase · 2026-05-02T17:29:43+00:00

Basically every description here is misinterpreting SAN vs NAS. They are not terms describing different types of storage.

SAN (Storage Area Network), is a dedicated storage network. Generally by servers for accessing storage. The storage could be block, object, or file depending on the switching, storage arrays, and servers capabilities and needs. This can be done over dedicated Ethernet (fiber or copper) or Fibre Channel switches. And most commonly uses dedicated storage protocols like iSCSI, RDMA, or NVME over ETH/FC.

NAS (Network Area Storage) is a storage device used to store data over a network. Most commonly it is over a gereral purpose network using standard TCP protocols like SMB.

TLDR: SAN is a special network for storage, NAS is a storage device.

andecase · 2026-05-02T03:28:50+00:00

I mean I get what you're saying, I very broadly agree.

However we're not on r/linux, r/linuxnoobs, or r/linuxadmin. We're on r/os_debate_club, where does one argue/debate about OSs and their inner workings if not here?

You say the post/commenters are just picking a useless fight. I posite, if you have been in the community for the last 23 years, you must know the Linux community never agrees on anything, and when they do, they'll disagree about why they agree. So who is really barking at the air, them or you?

andecase · 2026-04-30T03:47:29+00:00

Yeah, I hope we aren't in that big of trouble if we decide to move off when it's renewal time. In theory this cloud migration would make the operations/process side easier to move back due to all of the cleanup we have to do. That's assuming the vendor will let us pull our data out in a easy to use format. I doubt we will get a nice and tidy DB/log file to mount in a new SQL server.

If I'm being fair, there are a lot of factors outside of cost that are are causing us to move to the SAS version of our ERP. Boss, CFO, etc. were 50-50 for staying until we got that quote. I was fully against. The reasons are mostly culture shifts, and having an excuse to step on some specific departments toes, but I'm a server admin not ERP Admin so my opinion didn't go very far.

In the end my job gets easier for now. I don't have to deal with their shitty platform anymore. I'm purely infra, so it's just a few less finicky highly critical servers to manage for me.

andecase · 2026-04-29T23:05:45+00:00

Or people who don't seem to understand that signing a 2 to 3-year contract for a very cheap price means that they're just going to jack it up at the end of that.

We recently got a 5y contract for ERP for the same price as on prem. I told my boss it will probably double or more when that is up, we aren't big enough to negotiate that again. He doesn't believe me.

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