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ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-06-01T15:55:18 1780329318

The reason more performance/watt is in demand because a datacenter can't suddenly draw twice as much power.

dangus · 2026-06-01T19:07:50 1780340870

Or because I don’t want my homelab to spike my electricity bill and give me a loud hot closet.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-06-01T15:47:55 1780328875

I mean for the price I can get used thinkpads (and replace the battery if needed) and not have to deal with the crappy parts - I only have to deal with older parts.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-05-29T21:35:51 1780090551

it's a single file.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-05-29T01:13:55 1780017235

I have spent 100$+ on multiple esp32s3 amplifiers instead with multiple software solutions ready to flash and be up and running in no time.

https://sonocotta.com/esp-products/

Now I have a wifi radio running in homeassistant. Running my own (music only) radios with azuracast. Loud enough for high quality 30+ year old 10kg 100/140 Watt speakers. Next step is making a remote for it, cheap ikea one with two buttons or a tap dial with more.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-05-14T01:31:33 1778722293

while buying up gaming companies.

account42 · 2026-05-18T12:44:11 1779108251

Buying up gaming developers to let them rot has been shown to work very well by EA over the years.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-05-04T18:11:56 1777918316

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ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-05-02T13:25:56 1777728356

A 5 pack of arctic pwm fans was 25€. I was considering noctua but the G2 fans were always delayed. But I doubt I would have paid 150-200€ for 5 fans.

They do have the most insane pricing. I could see myself buying some in the 15€ range but not 35€.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-04-28T21:08:41 1777410521

We have vendor locked-in hardware as well (blowing fuses on threadripper/epyc to disable running on a different mainboard)

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-04-27T23:28:32 1777332512

https://sonocotta.com/amped-esp32/

It is not 100% plug and play as you can choose your own software.

ThatMedicIsASpy · 2026-04-21T18:50:51 1776797451

The biggest that comes to mind would be Steam.

nozzlegear · 2026-04-21T20:22:37 1776802957

Blizzard still brings World of Warcraft down every Tuesday for maintenance. It's down right now to apply a new content patch, which they estimated would take 8 hours.

https://us.support.blizzard.com/en/help/article/358479