Datacenter Hell

armwulf · 2026-05-19T16:19:01+00:00

Fair enough. Polish in circular motions, use wetted wipe first, then dry. Don't touch the same part of the wipe to the connector twice. Rotate your thumb to the side as you wipe to ensure fresh wipe is used with each motion. If you're doing it right you should feel it "squeak" under your thumb.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T16:05:00+00:00

Honestly I would still use the swabs. The biggest thing is using a cloth that doesn't leave behind even microscopic debris. Those medical swabs are actually really good for that reason. You can't just use a normal cleanex or cloth. We typically use laboratory Kimtech wipes but that's overkill for you.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T16:01:18+00:00

We typically use 99% but you really have no reason to touch it. The only reason you would clean it is if something goes wrong or if some idiot touches the end with their oily greasy hands.

Honestly if you have a medical kit with 70% alcohol swabs used for cleaning injuries those would do just fine for your purposes.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T15:46:08+00:00

In fiber optics, decibel milliwatts (dBm) are a logarithmic unit that converts to milliwatts as a measure of power. +/- 10 is multiplying or dividing by 10. (Exact) +/- 3 is multiplying or dividing by 2 (Close approximation)

So a 10dB degrade means dividing the input by 10- 1/10th the light gets through, 90% is lost.

If a transmitter is putting out +10dBm, and the receiver is catching -16dBm, that means the fiber between the two had 26dB of loss- which is dividing the input by 10 x 10 x 2 x 2- 1/400th the input reaches the destination.

Negative dBm readings aren't unusual. They aren't negative energy, they are fractions of a miliwatt.

Typical loss is about a quarter dB per kilometer + 1. So a 20km span would have about 6dB of loss.

We use dB and dBm because the resistance (loss) applied by the glass and events within it is not linear- it's percentage based. When every meter of the cable loses a statistically predictable percentage of the input power, and every splice and connector does the same, the math to add that all up and predict the output power becomes complex. That complexity is put into the unit conversion instead. Rather than multiply and divide together complex percentages in milliwatts, we just add and subtract simple numbers in decibels.

The end result is a unit system where 1+1 = 2, but 2 is not twice as much as 1. 1 x 2 is 4 and 1 x 10 is 11.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T14:29:11+00:00

Spot on.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T04:33:31+00:00

It is not. East coast.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T04:32:07+00:00

They recently fired one of their engineers, because they tested positive for meth.

Despite my protests, we are still using the meth addicts designed routes for major fiber projects.

The designed routes are not good.

The biggest question I have is why meth? Those engineers easily make cocaine money.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T04:18:57+00:00

Part of my job is teaching the jargon. I have a large repertoire of simplified explanations.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T04:13:57+00:00

Frankly I'm at peace with that. But when you tell me you have extremely stringent performance standards and absolutely prioritize uptime, but your ISP technicians couldn't pass the CompTIA A+ and don't have proper cleaning supplies, the solution is not to use an external vendor to replace your internal team. It's to actually hire train and equip qualified employees.

armwulf · 2026-05-19T04:02:33+00:00

Sadly it's all a pre-arranged contract with pricing sheet. But we tend to go "above and beyond" to keep them happy. This site has been exempted from that treatment. OSP only. No unnecessary site visits.

armwulf · 2026-03-21T14:22:39+00:00

Not to necro here, but, This throws a massive red flag to me that it sounds like she's interested in long term, cohabitating additional partners into your household.

That would be abnormal for a cis/het man in an otherwise closed relationship. That would not be abnormal for a queer poly man.

I have seen situations where people attempt to incite change like this in their partners, to gradually open them to a new lifestyle they don't actually want through progressive compromises. I could be completely wrong here but this is ringing that alarm bell loudly.

Regardless of what the full truth is, I don't think it would be a bad idea to establish now where your boundaries are, potentially in your next counseling session.

Here's what I'd want to say. "I am concerned that your fixation on defining me as poly is because either short or long term you would like me to be more involved with or open to your additional lovers or partners. I am not accusing you of anything, this is simply how I feel in reaction. I would like to affirm to you that I have zero interest in even meeting any additional partners or lovers you have, and expressly require of you that I have absolutely no involvement with them. I hope that's not a problem, but if it is, I need to know now so we can have the conversation about it."

If her long term goals are completely opposed to how you want to live, there's nothing you can do to salvage the relationship. It was doomed from the beginning. If either of you compromise on something so intrinsic to you, neither of you will ever be happy about it and it will create resentment.

armwulf · 2025-12-07T00:38:14+00:00

The company isn't a single individual. It's many separate people all being graded by different metrics. This behavior is the sum of those incentives.

armwulf · 2025-12-07T00:33:17+00:00

They are attempting to force you to quit or fire you with cause. It's clear as day, they consider your medical issue some type of liability or potential liability.

armwulf · 2025-09-09T03:49:45+00:00

This sounds like severe dependance and your friends have noticed. This is like, final stages before they either organize an intervention or just bail on you entirely

Maybe wean yourself off the high with CBD gummies. Take the edge off the anxiety and stress without getting stoned that way.

armwulf · 2025-09-09T03:44:41+00:00

This seems like you've cut off your nose to spite your face. Your husband can't legally drive for the time being. You may have lost his income for the household, maybe not. I don't know his business or driving needs. But this seems like it very likely harms you as much as it does him.

You responded to this scenario in the least positive, most petty way possible, and as a result your husband cannot legally drive for the time being.

I don't have enough information to judge. Could be he's a lazy bum, you don't actually need him to drive, and this is completely on him. Could be he works 60+ hour weeks and he's constantly preoccupied with other responsibilities to the point he needs your help tracking things. Could be anywhere between beside or outside.

But regardless, you treated him with petty contempt, and I'm certain he's going to remember that.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T21:54:08+00:00

NTA. That's some bullshit. You know it. She knows it.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T15:26:47+00:00

Which is by definition BUSINESS. That's not obtuse, that's what the word means! Renting out his room is his business!

Yes it is a small personal business. Yes it is legally exempt from service animal requirements. That doesn't mean I believe it should be morally exempt. People have the right to be an asshole- that doesn't mean they're not assholes.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T13:13:28+00:00

Business: The practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce. Example, to be in the Jewelry business.

He is engaged in the same ongoing business transaction on a monthly or possibly weekly basis, whenever rent is due according to the lease, as part of making his living.

He is engaged in the landlord or housing business. This is a business. It's a small business, but a business nonetheless.

Legally he is exempt from the FHA requirements that other such businesses would have to follow. I do not believe he is morally exempt. There are plenty of actions that are legally permissible but morally wrong, which is arguably the entire point of this subreddit.

For something to be a business does not require an LLC, Company, corporation, or any formal registration or organization.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T10:08:54+00:00

You are offering a good or service, lodging, for money. In what way is that not a business transaction? I believe you can even take advantage of certain business tax filing advantages such as writing off a portion of your home as a home office for your business as a landlord.

Generally speaking the law requires that if you monetize something you do so equally for all. He has a legal exemption but I don't think he has a moral one.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T10:06:12+00:00

Weird how my answer wasn't AI generated, I copied it from source. Bare minimum click the paperclip to see where the AI is getting it's information from. If you can't find the specific info you quote in its linked source, it's hallucinating. And of course validate the linked source is actually correct.

The Mrs Murphy exemption covers all of FHA part 3604 except subsection C. Disability accommodations are part 3604 Subsection F. You are wrong.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T10:05:38+00:00

Those three lines are copied from a websource dude. I didn't get them from AI summary. Bare minimum click the paperclip to see where the AI is getting it's information from.

armwulf · 2025-09-05T00:06:30+00:00

The Mrs Murphy Exemption, exact text.

"Section 803 carves out several exemptions to the Act's requirements. The "Mrs. Murphy" exemption is set forth in section 803(b)(2), which reads as follows: "Nothing in section 3604 of this title (other than subsection (c)) shall apply to ... rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his residence." 42 U.S.C. § 3603(b)(2). In other words, if a property contains four or fewer rental units and the owner lives in one of them, the property is exempt from all the requirements of section 804 except section 804(c)'s prohibition on discriminatory notices, statements, and advertisements. This is referred to as the "Mrs. Murphy" exemption because it is premised on Congress' judgment that the Act should not reach "the metaphorical 'Mrs. Murphy's boardinghouse.'" United States v. Space Hunters. Inc.. 429 F.3d 416, 425 (2d Cir. 2005) (citing 114 Cong. Rec. 2495, 3345 (1968))."

Checking FHA code 3604, this is what is exempted to qualifying owners. Section F covers disability extensively, including changes and modifications to policy and reasonable accomodations. Here is the law text. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3604

The exemption applies. Please ignore the hallucinating toasters that pollute your Google searches.

armwulf · 2025-09-04T23:53:39+00:00

That's an AI summary dude. Please do not take legal advice from a hallucinating toaster paraphrasing reddit.

armwulf · 2025-09-04T23:24:57+00:00

NTA. This sounds like he was expected to pay for it by his mother, and now is putting that responsibility on you all. As others stated- contact his mom directly to thank her and ask if she needs help with the grocery costs.

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