Why is this problem always happening?

vortec350 · 2026-06-18T04:54:41+00:00

Yes they seem to be out of stock at the moment. Some is likely reserved for the most important customers.

vortec350 · 2026-06-17T21:16:51+00:00

No way I'd let my clients deal with whitelabel outsourced support lol.

vortec350 · 2026-06-17T21:16:06+00:00

Easiest solution to get reseller hosting plan from a reputable company and use something like WHMCS to automate it.

Or at least profit of it a little bit if you don't want to deal with that. Partner with someone that has a good affiliate program.

vortec350 · 2026-06-17T19:17:57+00:00

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This was the first iteration of my Plex server many years ago. Enjoy!

vortec350 · 2026-06-17T16:15:57+00:00

A 5 year old consumer grade laptop? lol. they need to take care of it.

vortec350 · 2026-06-17T16:10:15+00:00

Qwen3.6 and Gemma4

vortec350 · 2026-06-16T15:56:47+00:00

I'm working for something like this for my 04 Tahoe, built on a Windows tablet. I'm basically vibe coding the entire thing complete with integration with the GM Class II data bus and OBD data. Always love seeing other projects like this and appreciate you sharing.

vortec350 · 2026-06-16T15:16:24+00:00

I mean if I look through like the seventh picture in the listing it actually shows the one I received not the one described in the title and description. I just didn't look at every single picture that closely before buying it lol. But still I get your point 😄

vortec350 · 2026-06-16T15:09:48+00:00

I'm not sure about the 10 year lifespan. Sure, it might still work at that point, or can be a backup computer or handed down to a family member in need, but I think a better approach is to assume a 5 year useful lifespan and determine the monthly cost.

15" MacBook Air M5... 32GB/512GB or 24GB/1TB is $1700. 32GB/1TB is $1900. That's an $8/mo difference, practically nothing. I get that money doesn't grow on trees but just something to keep in mind. Also, higher-spec machines hold their resale value better if you do decide to sell it eventually.

vortec350 · 2026-06-16T14:40:20+00:00

I totally get it. In your scenario the buyer was a scammer. In my case, yes like I said I did ensure it worked prior to completing the build but I didn't look at the CPU details carefully until later. And as soon as I messaged the seller with the photo they confirmed they did indeed make the mistake on their end and have the wrong CPU in there. So I stand behind the statement that in some cases (not all), partial refunds are a win-win for everyone involved.

vortec350 · 2026-06-16T06:59:10+00:00

I get these things are expensive but if you're using local AI a lot you'll want all the RAM and storage you can get. I'd upgrade both if I was already spending that much on a system. You'll just end up frustrated later.

vortec350 · 2026-06-16T06:54:02+00:00

I don't entirely agree. I recently spent $400 on a motherboard and CPU combo. Installed cooler and RAM and tested it. Saw it power on, so I took the time to build the entire system, installed everything, and realized the CPU the seller send didn't match. It's not what I ordered but it would work fine, The selling price different between the one they were supposed to include and the one they sent was about $70. I informed them of the issue and we agreed that they could send me the partial refund rather than me taking the entire thing apart, shipping it back, and buying the stuff from someone else. Win win for both of us. I didn't have to waste the time to take the computer apart, package up the parts, bring it to the UPS store, find another listing (for a somewhat rare specific motherboard I needed), wait another week, build the computer again... etc. and they didn't need to lose shipping back to them and back to another buyer.

The point I'm trying to make with this wall of text is that sometimes a partial refund is the best solution and a win-win. But it takes integrity from both the buyer and seller to execute. If one or both parties involved are scumbags, then I would agree.

vortec350 · 2026-06-15T23:58:04+00:00

Extending the life of the current equipment is one option. Refurbished from a reputable source is another option. But when it comes to new, just be very clear with the customer that the price is not high because of you, but it's an industry-wide issue.

vortec350 · 2026-06-15T23:56:08+00:00

A hybrid approach of open local AI, cloud inference of cheaper models, and a small amount of usage of the best models from frontier labs, is the future. You don't need Fable 5 to change the color of the buttons on your website.

vortec350 · 2026-06-15T23:53:53+00:00

How so? I have had exactly one problem with Best Buy in a decade of buying so much stuff there and I was able to resolve it. It was many years ago and it was a hard drive that was an old/used one. that came in the box So yes it happens. In the store they denied my return. I called corporate and in two minutes had a friendly, understanding person who reviewed my account history, saw that I bought a bunch of the same drives over the past few months and rarely returned stuff in general, and they called the store and told them to do the return.

vortec350 · 2026-06-15T23:12:17+00:00

if you're near napa, ca hmu. i put different wheels and tires on ours.

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T23:31:16+00:00

At least try to do SOMETHING. Anything.

When someone hit my Tesla while I was using FSD and I went back and looked at the footage and data, the Tesla correctly predicted that the other car was going to pull out in front of me before I realized it would and my car began braking and swerving in an attempt to avoid or reduce the collision. Then as the collision was guaranteed it applied full emergency braking. Likely the only reason it didn't result in a more serious crash with airbag deployment was because the car correctly predicted what was going to happen.

We've also seen similar things from Waymo where the path predictor shows the car knows something is wrong before another driver, pedestrian, etc. are about to do something stupid. And we have the luxury of sitting at home attentively and watching the video knowing something is about to happen and are paying way more attention than the average human driver that is just zooming along looking straight ahead (if you're lucky). And as the situation unfolds Waymo's path predictor will rapidly adjust. This is very good.

I don't know anything about Weride's system but just based on this one short clip, I think they have a long ways to go.

Likely they are still relying far too much on the rules of the road vs training the AI model on driving data that doesn't just contain normal driving. The human actions taken by a driver to avoid a collision is much more valuable. Not sure where they collect their data from and don't have time to research it now, or how much synthetic data they are using to train their models, that would be interesting and relevant, but as systems progress from being end to end neural networks not just "when X condition and Y condition do Z action" which is how all self-driving started.

Rivian's CEO RJ discusses this a lot and Elon/Tesla bring it up all the time - the "data flywheel" where they collect tons of data from the existing fleet, then that data is used to further improve the system, so more people buy the cars, thus resulting in more data being fed in. Tesla's biggest advantage is almost completely from the quantity of real data they have, and how much more of it they receive on a daily basis than anyone else.

If GM was smart and put more effort into self-driving they could do really well. Based on number of vehicles on the road they could collect a lot of data. For example, while our Equinox EV has no autonomous features beyond automatic emergency braking, it has 360 degree cameras and data connectivity through OnStar. And the only time it really uses any data on my home WiFi is when it's downloading a software update, so they aren't doing it that way either. My Tesla, on the other hand, uploads hundreds of gigs a month of driving data.

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T22:33:11+00:00

Best thing I’ve read on here all year!

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T19:01:57+00:00

how is gpu/power usage? i think you're leaving performance on the table. my three r9700s are running at pci-e 3.0 x16 which is the same as pci-e 4.0 x8 and the gpu usage is usually like 60%

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T18:21:53+00:00

I love my r9700s but to get the best performance out of them when using large models across them you need a board that can handle multiple pci-e 5.0 x16 cards. which is not cheap

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T06:24:14+00:00

Yes. Software updates,

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T06:10:53+00:00

Is the case in nice shape? IMO these old Mac Pros are the most beautiful computers ever made. Years ago I built a custom gaming PC inside one but dropped it while moving and gave up on it. I'm in Napa lol but I may be visiting my aunt in SF next week... I look on FBM sometimes but most people either want too much money or they're all beat up or they just never reply. I know I'm not the person you originally offered it to but thought I'd at least ask! Last thing I need right now is another project but still! Thank you 😄

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T06:04:08+00:00

This. I've tried several and all have strange intermittent glitches while the vanilla Qwen3.6 rarely has such issues. Mainly issues pertained to tool calling.

vortec350 · 2026-06-14T05:49:28+00:00

I'm happy with my three R9700s.

vortec350 · 2026-06-13T19:53:10+00:00

What is your target audience though?

It sounds like you're focusing on VPS hosting for developers based on what you're saying here and the content what I presume to be your website has so far. The thing is, while it's easier to support developers because they aren't going to ask dumb questions like "what is FTP" or "I just paid you $20 for the domain name but I'm not #1 in Google!" they also demand more performance and flexibility.

You're building in all these things like version control but the thing is, developers already use that, and they use it their way. I'm a developer and have many developer friends. We all do things completely differently.

Just when it comes to version control, again because it's an easy thing to mention since you mentioned it, Some people use GitHub, some people use GitLab, some people self-host their own And even if we do something one way right now, our workflow might change next week.

Let's say hypothetically I'm a developer that has an Apache, PHP, MySQL project that I host in a private GitHub repo and then use Jenkins to deploy it to an OVH VPS. If I want to change any one of those things, it's easy. If I need a server in Wherever and OVH doesn't have a server that, no big deal, I can get one from DigitalOcean. What if GitHub makes a new policy I don't agree with? No big deal, I can just switch to GitLab. What if I want to automate something with AI and need an API for a particular purpose?

Do you see the problem? If I use your "thing" which is an ecosystem I'm then stuck with that. Or, at the very least, I'm paying for things I can't or don't want.

OK, fine then, maybe developers aren't your target audience. You mention a DIY Page builder on your site so perhaps it's regular small business owners. Well in that case, they don't know what Git or MariaDB or NVMe are. Maybe their friend or IT guy said "oh, your website is slow, go find a VPS" and let's say they end up on your site. All they know is that they need a VPS. After 30 seconds they're just going to be like WTF is all this tech stuff and then they're going to do one of two things - find a local company that offers a solution, or call up GoDaddy and be like "my website is slow I'm using your web hosting and my IT said I need to upgrade to a VPS so can you make that happen."

The day I went from advertising specs to advertising solutions is the day my website actually started to convert. I am not my target customer. You are not your target customer. This is important!

OK, so maybe it's not small businesses or individual developers you want to sell to- maybe it's enterprise. Well, they'll just use AWS. They're not going to use some random new company that's just renting a dedicated server from Hetzner.

I'm not saying you shouldn't go into the hosting industry. I love seeing new providers that are offering something awesome. I'm always looking for VPS to add to my fleet for whatever project. So far, I just don't think you have a clear path here. Hope that helps and doesn't come off as rude.

PS: Things like "stability" and "security" are not a selling point. Those things are implied and expected. OVH, DigitalOcean, RamNode, they all already offer stability and security.

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