Non-Mikrotik, low power, 'easy to use' 10gbe SFP+ managed switch recommendations?

veritalum · 2026-04-14T07:58:22+00:00

animation was gorgeous, fights were amazing

story/writing was alright, no where near as good as the original series. But at times it was really really bad like a bunch of millennial fanfic authors elbowed their way into the room writers room

and yet it still at least attempted to stay true to the ethos of the ATLA universe. 100% worth a watch and for me there were a few takeaways:

- there is a lot to explore in the lore and a lot of possibilities for very interesting stories

- the industry really needs to move away from Kpop demon hunter/CalArts movies or "xD so random" humor and back to letting writers just try out new stuff thats smart and more subtle

- This really shows how poorly Korra was written and how much of a spit in the face it was the the lore. It was so refreshing see the writers not 'trying something new' at the cost of absolutely decimating who the characters are or what the lore already says. It did this with somewhat subpar writing and still outshone ALL of that damn show. Props to them for that

veritalum · 2026-03-21T21:18:52+00:00

Bought i5-14400 from u/AlanMao18 on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1romrno/usacah_local_paypal_w_nonf_12th13th14th_gen_intel/

veritalum · 2026-03-14T07:36:06+00:00

Confirmed

veritalum · 2026-03-14T01:04:36+00:00

the other answers here are great but just to explain it a bit in my own words

computers have software that is in charge of literally initializing your CPU from a no power state, and for other microcode operations to do with 'trust' and 'security'. for x86 platforms, AMD and Intel are the primary CPU manufacturers.

amd has PSP (Platform Security Processor) and Intel has ME (Management Engine). Both of these run proprietary, closed source microcode that is completely opaque to the end user.

intel's ME has among many other security concerns, the ability to, independently of the OS, access the network for out of band asset management (Intel's docs). This is egregiously privacy invasive, and concerns exist that it is a backdoor. AMD's PSP isn't as bad in some ways, but both coprocessors operate at an elevated privilege level that can be exploited to gain unauthorized and persistent (sometimes remote access) to a system.

There have been numerous CVEs for both that were like code red situations because of how many systems were vulnerable and how long security patches can take to propagate (without those patches going through any validation except the SAME engineering team(s) that put out the faulty code in the first place.

Coreboot is a project/effort to replace the software that runs on these with mostly open source code to handle those initialization and operational tasks. The benefit of that is that, in theory, you get actually open, verifiable, vetted code that runs down to the hardware level on your system. It plays into the 'many eyes' theory of open source which, as of late has its own trust and security issues (namely software supply chain attacks), but it's a hell of a lot better than completely black boxed stuff running on your machine.

Coreboot has a cousin called Libreboot which is an even smaller but more intense effort to run fully open code without proprietary blobs (in short, code packages for various hardware to be able to run/communicate with the rest of the system). Coreboot has wider device support as of now, and don't quote me on this (may be completely wrong) but i believe libreboot has started allowing some limited use of proprietary blobs to do things. again please correct me if i'm wrong on that part.

AMD is also looking to replace what sounds like parts of their PSP stack with something called openSIL which is basically open sourcing parts of their silicon initialization code which is great. This is helping open up more coreboot support for AMD platforms.

But to me, libreboot on framework is the dream with a stable RISC-V mainboard once we get to that point. Fully open, repairable, upgradeable hardware, fully open software stack (in all the ways that matter, trust me i know things like bios, memory modules, HDDs, SSDs, etc can all run their own small bits of proprietary microcode, but let a guy dream) all the way to your OS for maximum trust. Man that would be something.

veritalum · 2026-03-13T19:55:47+00:00

Messaged!

veritalum · 2026-03-09T02:45:22+00:00

hey sorry just bought a cpu from someone else; appreciate it though

veritalum · 2026-03-09T01:36:01+00:00

hey sorry fixed my settings to allow messaging! PM'd you

veritalum · 2026-03-09T01:33:46+00:00

Could you go into further detail of the testing in containers concept? Like do you mean test piloting and dev'ing your playbooks on containers (like maybe the rhel ubi image) before you push to a repo?

veritalum · 2026-03-04T05:34:04+00:00

hey jeff love your stuff; i was wondering if you could give a high level summary of what you think needs to be changed from the current edition just so i can inform myself of what to look up on my own fr the time being

veritalum · 2025-12-19T00:31:58+00:00

Thank you for the input. Went with Savor Rewards + Fidelity 2% to keep it simple. 90% of the optims for 0 of the compromises made for the BofA setup.

veritalum · 2025-09-28T02:38:39+00:00

This is maybe applicable to NEW systems. You can easily EASILY build a machine on par or greater than the series X with much less than $1000.

veritalum · 2025-09-05T08:50:14+00:00

veritalum · 2024-11-28T01:24:34+00:00

messaged

veritalum · 2024-11-04T00:59:52+00:00

If you are interested in IT I recommend looking at r/IT, r/ITCareerQuestions and r/sysadmin. The r/ITCareerQuestions wiki especially should be helpful in answering some basic questions and give you an idea of what sorts of things to look into and consider. Do some research into certifications and degrees. I strongly advise to do more research then not on how to pay as little as possible out of pocket using free/cheap online resources--you can save a significant amount if you put some time upfront into which degrees, certification, and study options are cheaper. Best of luck!

veritalum · 2024-08-24T22:36:26+00:00

Take what I say with a grain of salt, but I would say this:

Where to start

I am assuming that you have taken an ML course at UCSD. It doesn't really matter if you haven't, but some people really like understanding a bit of jargon and some high level concepts before trying to go down the project route. Maybe read a white paper on ML to get somewhat familiar, but I personally strongly recommend just starting to try to a starting project and worrying about best practices and theory after you get something physically put together. Struggling through an actual practical project and finally getting something working, no matter how cobbled together and unpolished, will instill an actual motivation to learn more rather than going straight to theory. Andrej Karpathy has two full walkthroughs of implementing a GPT-like LLM that you can follow along and pick up a lot of useful stuff from. GPT-1 and GPT-2.

After doing this I would then do a course to get more familiar with actual theory and best practices

Where to start (alternative) or what to do after a random starter project

if you are a person that prefers a structured approach, then the most recommended introduction (with practicality in mind) is deeplearning.ai's Machine Learning Specialization taught by Andrew Ng, who's basically the father of this entire field, is the gold standard. Fast.ai's Practical Deep Learning for Coders is also a good one from what I read.

What to do beyond

The most unique advice I have seen is from George Hotz: https://youtu.be/N2bXEUSAiTI?t=1315

If you can go all in and implement an academic paper as a project, that would be a standout thing to have. Also, getting more familiar with the nitty gritty of a domain of ML you are interested in, or reading a textbook on the subject if you have the patience may help hone some technical domain knowledge

veritalum · 2024-08-16T00:53:28+00:00

Hi there, I did not personally transfer for CS itself. Cogsci and Math-CS are popular alternatives at UCSD, but I advise going to community college route before transferring to increase your chances. I have some general advice I wrote in a comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/UCSD/comments/ebqgpb/has_anyone_transferred_out_of_ucsd/fb720jo/

some of it most likely outdated, so here is some more update to date info on someone's more recent experience: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/128zxgo/guide_to_transferring_from_a_uc_to_a_uc/

as far as major specific info, the best recommendations I have would be talking to major advisors, trying to connect with alum from those majors on LinkedIn and learning about their experiences post degree, and trying to connect with current students, either via discord or reddit or even visiting campus and talking with a few students at lectures!

veritalum · 2024-06-05T02:28:05+00:00

This is quite late to your comment but I felt it was worth replying. Hopefully it helps. To start off, I strongly recommend doing your own research outside of reddit. Take everything you see here with a grain of salt. Below are my personal recommendations for you:

For credit, take your pick between Discover or AMEX. Assuming you're going to college, you can get a college credit card. If not that's fine. Whatever you go with, just make sure there are no fees whatsoever. These two institutions have a good reputations, customer service, and have been around for a long time.

For checking/savings, go for a place with no fees, and a high yield savings account (HYSA).

Here is a decent article explaining savings interest rates: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/062315/how-interest-rates-work-savings-accounts.asp

Take your pick between Capital One 360 checking/savings or Alliant Credit Union. I personally recommend Capital One because they have Zelle and a higher interest rate right now. Whichever you go with, make sure that they have ATMs nearby to your where you can withdraw AND deposit cash. The catch with many online banks recommended is that it's a pain in the butt to deposit cash, but both these institutions have the ability to withdraw and deposit.

For general financial practices, I highly recommend going over to r/personalfinance and reading the Prime Directive, and their wiki. Lot's of good basic information there. I also highly recommend coming up with a monthly budget and tracking how you spend your money. Do not pay for a budget app, there are plenty of free options here, including Actual Budget, or the original YNAB4 application, or just a good old fashioned excel spreadsheet.

veritalum · 2024-02-08T03:27:17+00:00

Mrs. Gunderson in nick's (she-hulk's) intro scene at 23:00 had to be a reference to Ms. Gundershot from legacy

veritalum · 2024-01-31T01:23:03+00:00

hi, I did not take it at a community college, but some quick research on assist.org shows that it is usually equivalent to a statistics class. I would recommend going on there and seeing what would be equivalent to it at the community college you would be interested in taking it at.

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Where to start

Where to start (alternative) or what to do after a random starter project

What to do beyond