I experienced the same with Dell laptops. Consumer grade practically disintegrated and couldn't be repaired; enterprise grade could be dropped or even thrown and likely still be repairable with readily available parts. That was 10 years ago though, so I can only imagine the enshittification current techs are dealing with
Eh, I was issued multiple ZBooks at work, but I travel for work, and it's not fun carrying the weight of a mobile workstation on your back, plus everything else.
At least I can put the power brick, which weighs about the same as an actual brick, in the checked luggage.
Looks like they are running tmux which has been split into 3 panes, and then running btop in each pane per machine - probably SSH'd into them to run btop (not sure if btop has remote monitoring)
There's a correct way to solve the problem. You can get a GPU dock for like $100-300. Or you can get a long PCIE riser for like $20, and hook up an unused PSU and jump the start pins on the ATX cable with a paperclip. There's a correct way to use multiple psus too, but I had a paperclip and didn't have a jumper cable. Anyways it's stable enough that uptime is at a year and it hasn't started a fire yet.
I'm not saying I have a better solution or a better setup at home. I'm doing something extremely similar. I would 100% say that my solution sucks.... But it works.
There's plenty of ways to do it.
I wanted to get an x16 to dual oculink 8x connector card with a matching dock, so I wouldn't have to give up any bandwidth while getting high end graphics going, but I can't find anything that fits that bill. So I have a riser cable bodged together with the case of my system perpetually open.
It works. I don't love it, but I don't have the time/money to find/buy what I feel would be more ideal. So this is what I've done.
I don't want to give up half the PCIe lanes and I can't find a way to do that with anything that's not a riser cable.
No integrated graphics. The server has a pair of old E5-2695 v4 CPUs and I picked up an 3060 to run some local AI but it didn't fit in the 2u chasis even though I had a spare PCI-E slot. Absolutely would not recommend a single part of this setup.
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kadu@scribe.disroot.org · 144 pts · 243d
brb, installing Linux on my Wii to host my own instance, send knee high sock pictures to be allowed registration
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 243d
ok!
rem26_art@fedia.io · 113 pts · 243d
HP wishes they had that kind of build quality
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 243d
I mean... the enterprise zbooks are fairly nice, a used one ran me about $200-$300 on ebay. I'm pretty content with it.
rem26_art@fedia.io · 12 pts · 243d
I think usually enterprise stuff does have a good build quality, yeah, at least compared to consumer stuff
marduk@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 243d
I experienced the same with Dell laptops. Consumer grade practically disintegrated and couldn't be repaired; enterprise grade could be dropped or even thrown and likely still be repairable with readily available parts. That was 10 years ago though, so I can only imagine the enshittification current techs are dealing with
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 243d
Nahh that's really the same deal on their current laptops. Consumer grade is disposable and fragile, meanwhile their corporate sub-brands are tanks
marduk@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 240d
🫡
Damage@feddit.it · 4 pts · 243d
They're as heavy as the universe
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 243d
I like my laptops nice and thiccc (and with a frickin' numpad)
Damage@feddit.it · 1 pts · 242d
Eh, I was issued multiple ZBooks at work, but I travel for work, and it's not fun carrying the weight of a mobile workstation on your back, plus everything else. At least I can put the power brick, which weighs about the same as an actual brick, in the checked luggage.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 60 pts · 243d
What the esp32 under the ssd doing??
Emotional support?
Also the monitor is PiP of three machines?
Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus · 31 pts · 243d
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 36 pts · 243d
Like an SSD deserves.
It's not like an HDD, you don't need (9") nails.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 243d
Yeah, can't have a magnetic harddisk without the work of Trent Reznor!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 242d
To be fair, that is a pretty hate machine
Matty_r@programming.dev · 16 pts · 243d
Looks like they are running tmux which has been split into 3 panes, and then running btop in each pane per machine - probably SSH'd into them to run btop (not sure if btop has remote monitoring)
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 243d
That makes more sense, lol
Cort@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 243d
Wow, those images loaded so slow that it felt like I was back in the dialup days. Must have a lot of requests or something
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 6 pts · 243d
The esp32 is probably to keep it off the table. I would have just used a piece of styrofoam.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 242d
ESP is cheaper
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 242d
Steal a dried lemon slice from a restaurant trash bin and use that
teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu · 39 pts · 243d
On one hand my instance is hosted on a mostly self-contained box, but it does have a GPU hanging out the back
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 242d
Thanks, I always wondered how other people solved this exact problem.
Now I know.
Poorly.
Carry on.
teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu · 4 pts · 242d
There's a correct way to solve the problem. You can get a GPU dock for like $100-300. Or you can get a long PCIE riser for like $20, and hook up an unused PSU and jump the start pins on the ATX cable with a paperclip. There's a correct way to use multiple psus too, but I had a paperclip and didn't have a jumper cable. Anyways it's stable enough that uptime is at a year and it hasn't started a fire yet.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 242d
Oh I had a gaming computer once with two PSUs like this once.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 241d
I'm not saying I have a better solution or a better setup at home. I'm doing something extremely similar. I would 100% say that my solution sucks.... But it works.
There's plenty of ways to do it.
I wanted to get an x16 to dual oculink 8x connector card with a matching dock, so I wouldn't have to give up any bandwidth while getting high end graphics going, but I can't find anything that fits that bill. So I have a riser cable bodged together with the case of my system perpetually open.
It works. I don't love it, but I don't have the time/money to find/buy what I feel would be more ideal. So this is what I've done.
I don't want to give up half the PCIe lanes and I can't find a way to do that with anything that's not a riser cable.
So here I am.
Deebster@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 243d
Is the integrated graphics card broken or are you running something that needs more GPU? Graphics or AI?
teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu · 15 pts · 243d
No integrated graphics. The server has a pair of old E5-2695 v4 CPUs and I picked up an 3060 to run some local AI but it didn't fit in the 2u chasis even though I had a spare PCI-E slot. Absolutely would not recommend a single part of this setup.
kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 243d
Quite a few desktop CPUs dont have integrated graphics
Rooty@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 242d
I really like the jury-rigged, DIY nature of the Fediverse. It reminds me of the old times, when the internet was smaller but had more heart.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 242d
Absolutely. I wish I had the time and knowhow to take on lemm.ee when they were shutting down.
CoffeeTails@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 243d
Lovely. If it works, it works!
87Six@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 243d
Network security: max
Physical security: the front door and hope
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 25 pts · 243d
looks hardened af
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 243d
Is that the MacBook Air that fits in a folder I have been hearing about?
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 243d
Looks slightly worse than the server that hosts my instance, with an Intel i7-5960X from 2015.
sureshot0@discuss.online · 3 pts · 243d
OS?
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 243d
Ubuntu Server 24.04.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 243d
This is the server version of wearing a barrel
wabafee@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 242d
Is covering it with paper used to start a fire?
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 242d
Only if you post a lot
wabafee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 242d
Did not thought about that, OP basically gave his community the ability to decide if it wants to burn down the OP's house.
TTimo@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 243d
Framework laptop?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 242d
Yeah this is the new Framework. They had to cut some corners due to the price increases
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 243d
This makes my NAS made up of a loose RPi and two USB HDDs thrown on the floor look like a proper setup.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 241d
Needs more blahaj
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 242d
I might get into self-hosting, with some of the PCs people dumped onto me.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 243d
Nice setup 😁
Agent641@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 242d
I don't see a problem?
lena@gregtech.eu · 3 pts · 243d
snac, my beloved. I used to run it but sadly I don't really have a use for it. It's amazing how resource-efficient it is though!
manmachine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 243d
I gotta self-host me a Snac
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 242d
But did it crash?
Edit: probably not cool to ask attm.
Donkter@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 242d
No, but it doesn't seem too hard to do.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 243d
just need to put an adapter from the wifi slot to 10gbit nic
whitecollarcry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 243d