bendb

Coder, amateur baker and wanna be chef.
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[bendb @bendb]

It is with a heavy heart that I share this.

My younger sister was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Needless to say Cancer can eat a big bag of <whatever>.

A GoFundMe was setup recently.

If you can give, share, or both.

https://t.co/VRbLXrVC5R

Thank You

#cancersucks

[bendb @bendb]

... that support the install.

This to me makes the software so much more expensive to the customer.

There are engineering hurdles to making your system secure and support Multi-Tenancy.

But, when I hear SaaS, I don't envision needing my own infrastructure provisioned.

[bendb @bendb]

Recent vendor conversation, brought about "What is the definition of SaaS?"

To me it is a subscription model of software usage, where the software support Multi-Tenancy.

The vendor offers an instanced model, arguably SaaS in that they will setup and operate the servers ...

[bendb @bendb]

Neat idea.

So few thoughts.

1) Fire Ants. They are small, love electricity, and have fried my compressor capacitor multiple times.

2) Mice, they seem to like crawling into my generator and dying.

3) Snow?

4) Thieves? 3TB of memory sounds like something worth stealing.

[Future Stacked @FutureStacked]

🚨BREAKING: Nvidia will pay you $1,000 a month to host a mini AI data center at your house.

It looks like a regular AC unit sitting in your yard. Nobody walking past would know what is inside.

Inside sits 16 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs and Dell servers running at full capacity.

A startup called Span builds and installs them. They are backed by Nvidia directly. The whole unit bolts onto your home and you get paid for the power and Wi-Fi you supply.

Some estimates put the monthly payout around $1,000. That is rent money just for hosting a box you never touch.

Span says the units deploy significantly faster and cheaper than traditional data centers. That is exactly why Nvidia is backing the suburban rollout instead of waiting for more commercial land.

The AI boom needed more compute. It found it in the suburbs.

The grid is being rebuilt one backyard at a time. Save this.

[bendb @bendb]

@dogfood411 @TychoBrahe beat me to it

[bendb @bendb]

I own a few domains, 36 exactly.

I went to buy a new one, and saw the last two I bought right before the end of the year.

I honestly have NO idea what my plan was for these:

https://t.co/4rJaU4Dbmc
https://t.co/yIAq4mZ78d

Any ideas? wrong answers only

[bendb @bendb]

And during the sunny hours, power consumption increases, particularly in summer. So more power during daylight hours would be a good thing, even if we do or do not store it in batteries.

Why is it that power generation by all available means is being shunned?

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

THEY ARE SO STUPID!

This is the most embarrassing thing I have ever seen.

Burgum: When the sun goes down, solar panels produce zero electricity. The whole machine doesn't work.

Rep. Huffman: I request to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the Secretary is unaware of. It's a battery.

[bendb @bendb]

This movie led me to look for tech history books. I started with "Where The Wizards Stay Up Late" and then found "Dealers of Lightning". I also enjoyed "Accidental Empires".

Wizards doesn't touch on Microsoft or Apple, but Dealers of Lightning and Accidental Empires does.

[Mr. Macintosh @ClassicII_MrMac]

Without Turner Network Television, we never would have had Pirates of Silicon Valley.

It’s my favorite Jobs movie by far, and in my opinion, it told the story better than any of the newer Jobs films that followed.

[Tycho Brahe @TychoBrahe]

My favorite horror movie is The Big Short.

[bendb @bendb]

That is over $125k worth of waste, just in case the horrible environmental impact and cover-up wasn't enough to get you angry.

Also, about 23 hours of flying time for a F-35's average consumption.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

At least 32,000 gallons of jet fuel has leaked from a military base into Maryland watersheds.

The Defense Department refused to disclose the spill for at least 3 months.

[bendb @bendb]

Normalize updating your branch with main before a PR submission.

[bendb @bendb]

This 2-Minute Speech is Better Than Entire Sci-Fi Shows | G'kar moment |... https://t.co/ywAuBRpj1n via @YouTube

[bendb @bendb]

@DavidLeavitt @GovKathyHochul @paula_span Do both. lack of a license likely won't stop all of them.

[bendb @bendb]

Obliterated (verb)
It means something has been completely destroyed, wiped out, or erased so that no trace, recognition, or memory remains.

Buried isn't the same as Obliterated.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

HEGSETH: Their nuclear facilities have been obliterated

SMITH: Whoa whoa whoa whoa. We had to start this war, you just said, because the nuclear weapon was an imminent threat. Now you're saying it was completely obliterated?

HEGSETH: They had not given up their *ambitions*

SMITH: So Operation Midnight Hammer accomplished nothing of substance

HEGSETH: You're missing the point

[bendb @bendb]

I use it from time to time, but in a debate setting, I hate hyperbole. Just hate it.

[bendb @bendb]

Love it when 'blockchain' gets sprinkled into the conversation.

[bendb @bendb]

@AdamKinzinger "works"

[bendb @bendb]

@DavidLeavitt Or being murdered by a time traveller?

[bendb @bendb]

First company I worked for, Simplified. They seemed to have the formula down (for the most part).

Once a quarter, we had a big party, with some form of an open bar (and food).

[Troy Osinoff 🕺 @yo]

No, your employees don’t want to go to an escape room

Just go to a bar and open a tab

[bendb @bendb]

I don't really like being on live camera, maybe my telecom roots of a voice conference call is showing.

But I do put a profile picture.

I am on a call right now where I am the ONLY one with a profile picture.

Makes me feel weird.

[bendb @bendb]

Couldn't even be bothered to run it through AI for spell check.

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

A defamation lawsuit filed by FBI Director Kash Patel contains multiple spelling errors, with several clear typos in the 19‑page complaint. https://t.co/GpDf0I0uek