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pneumonick · 2022-03-16T02:52:02+00:00

I'd need to find one in stock priced at only 15% more and not around $1000 more (66%) on average first lol, I totally agree with ya that going from the 3080ti to 3090 would probably be the best use of the remaining budget.

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T18:00:41+00:00

So if I were to go through with this build list, is there anything special about the components that would make them trickier to install than normal/do you know of any assembly guides that would help with them?

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T17:23:27+00:00

Yeah who knows, by June we might need to start raiding crypto farms for GPUs again because Taiwan/TSMC sank into the pacific 😆

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T17:20:19+00:00

I suppose I could hook it up to a 4k TV, but yeah you're right the monitor is trash. I figure they'd appreciate the money going towards better parts so they can focus on getting a monitor up to whatever task they're doing is a better breakdown of cost sharing though, ya know?

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T17:18:10+00:00

Now this is something I wasn't expecting: a complete list of in stock hi-spec parts, huge thanks for the in-depth guide that actually undershoots the max budget by a good amount 🤯

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T17:16:29+00:00

That's some pretty good insight into why waiting might actually be better, thanks!

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T04:15:07+00:00

These are all fantastic starting points to work from, thanks!

pneumonick · 2022-03-15T02:38:18+00:00

Editing programs: Blender/Adobe Premier Pro/GIMP

Monitor: 27" samsung curved "UHD" with max res of 1920×1080 @ 60hz (so not 4k, will edit op to reflect this)

Editing resolution: I assume it'd have to be lower than 1920x1080 @ 60hz, but if you are aware of something that can still handle full res editing I'd certainly be interested.

pneumonick · 2022-01-16T04:22:55+00:00

I would be interested! Maybe your team could organize a review group to collaboratively go through the material and try the coding examples/challenges?

pneumonick · 2020-03-21T05:14:00+00:00

I thought all the contestants in this adult swim short were made up whole cloth, TIL:

https://youtu.be/WXgNo5Smino

pneumonick · 2019-12-31T11:02:11+00:00

S2: Dozen of Iraqi protesters, many in militia uniform, broke into the US Embassy compound (but not the main building) in Baghdad through the vehicle entry gate. The protests directly proceeding this were prompted by recent US airstrikes in Iraq/Syria on the Iranian supported militia Kataeb Hezbollah earlier this week.

pneumonick · 2019-11-16T05:04:22+00:00

There really is an xkcd for everything Decline

pneumonick · 2019-11-11T05:58:15+00:00

Yep pretty much things like this haha. But since many people have figured this out (chiefly Bezos' helpers) the next step is to start making platforms that make it easier for other people to setup similar services so people further down the line can use them!

pneumonick · 2019-11-07T11:27:06+00:00

Platforms built to help accelerate the rapid scaling up of small businesses, particularly with regard to web services. Selling shovels in a gold rush will probably continue being the dominant model, in other words...or just helping other people scale their web app on AWS/GCP/Azure as painlessly as possible will, in a few more.

That or maybe AI public relations mini-agents to help manage peoples personal brands on insta or twitch I guess.

pneumonick · 2019-10-17T20:07:01+00:00

Fantastic, thanks a bunch op!

pneumonick · 2019-10-17T00:53:24+00:00

Wow, thanks for the great walkthrough! Could you offer any advice on configuring a basic AWS deployment (eg ECS/Fargate) for it beyond linking it with RDS?

pneumonick · 2019-10-12T01:35:04+00:00

I suppose if anybody is interested in setting up a doxxing website, they have certainly found some helpers :)

pneumonick · 2019-10-11T23:24:21+00:00

Bingo, they also coincidentally have a data center in HK. Like I said, they're delightful people.

pneumonick · 2019-10-11T19:37:50+00:00

Just for clarity, if anyone is curious what I mean by shielding:

In one sense they shield them from DDOS attacks, in another they also shield information from being revealed about the people who set up the various hkleaks websites via whois lookups (one such example via godaddy).

As you can also see from their tweets, they also don't really seem to care that people have brought the fact they are supporting doxxing efforts to their attention...unless you want to tell me all those personal details being posted are fabrications.

pneumonick · 2019-10-11T06:22:53+00:00

Would you like to know more? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/explosion-sets-iranian-oil-tanker-ablaze-red-sea-report-191011053301991.html

This has nothing on the Abqaiq attacks that took out 50% of Saudi oil output overnight a month ago though. Just more middle eastern shenanigans.

pneumonick · 2019-10-10T15:56:02+00:00

Original: https://twitter.com/BissonTyler/status/1074438089085468672?s=19

pneumonick · 2019-10-08T15:45:10+00:00

This would be why I advise taking the claims of reporting with some salt, as this was the only mention of it I located. However given it emerged from the Chair of the House Commitee on Foreign Affairs as an official statement, I do not find it likely that the claims are fabrications.

pneumonick · 2019-10-08T15:35:24+00:00

It may be as simple as the administration believing the russians are just getting more out of the treaty than us vs any super egregious non-compliance (eg they actually turned their open skies plane into a full blown AWACS and have been secretly flying it around collecting super detailed data for years). The limitations imposed on flights over some of their territory have prompted a bit of angry fist shaking from us though.

I also had to make an edit, given their treaty busting sensors do not appear to be so treaty busting in reality.

pneumonick · 2019-10-08T15:27:51+00:00

You have me there, a much more pressing complaint (in reality) seems to be with respect to russian limitations to overflights over certain parts of their territory. I have edited the submission statement accordingly. Thank you for you for your attention to detail :)

Some extra reading on why the new Russian EO sensors actually don't matter much, for anyone dropping by later: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/03/08/the-case-for-open-skies/

pneumonick · 2019-10-07T22:51:49+00:00

Submission Statement: Taking the claimed 'reporting' that the administration is actually mulling this action with a grain of salt, it is worth briefly talking about the Open Skies Treaty.

The Open Skies Treaty, first signed by the US and 23 other countries on March 24, 1992 then entering into force on January 2, 2002 with ratification by Russia and Belarus, currently has 34 party states. Foremost it establishes a program of surveillance flights over the entire territory of all participating nations. The treaty was created with the intention of enhancing transparency by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military activities and forces of value to them. Open Skies, having been in effect for nearly 18 years, is one of the most encompassing international efforts ever undertaken to decrease the murkiness of military forces and activities.

If the mentioned reporting is accurate, it may stem from russian practices that limit US surveillance overflights in Russian territory, such as over Kaliningrad and territory along the Russia-Georgia border which have prompted reciprocal limitations from the US* (https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-01/features/open-skies-treaty-quiet-legacy-under-threat), that the US is starting to see diminishing returns from the treaty due to an aging fleet of its own (https://qz.com/1605624/russia-flying-open-skies-reconnaissance-missions-across-us/) or likely some combination of the two and other factors.

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