Maybe it’s a vineyard from really far away.
Maybe it’s a vineyard from really far away.
That’s a lot of sandcasters. Beautiful piece.
Joke’s on you, I play Traveller
(My son’s name is Boon)
Joke’s on you, I play Fate
(My son’s name is Free Aspect Tag)
The requirements for a media server mesh well with a NAS and *arr suite and other light loads. Low CPU demand, some RAM demand, integrated GPU if you need transcoding and that’s it.
They are wildly different from generative AI. For good performance, you’ll want a decent GPU with loads of VRAM or brute force with raw CPU power and RAM. If you care about power draw at all, you don’t want this on 24/7/365. Why not build a cool gaming rig and use it for AI? As a bonus, now you have a cool gaming rig with your AI machine!
I am just starting so take this not as a recommendation but as an option. I am familiar with Linux but do not work in IT.
I got myself a used desktop as a starting point. It can handle 2x 3.5” drives, one 2.5”, plus an NVMe. You could buy an adaptor and change the DVD drive for another 2.5” caddy, but more on that later. It came with 8GB of RAM, but it can handle 64. I spent something like $250 including cables, bolts, caddies, but not drives.
If you watched the video, you’ll notice the CPU has video transcoding acceleration and encryption acceleration too. It comes out ahead of modern N100 CPUs being widely used for home NAS these days, and draws a minuscule amount of power while idle. Indeed, most of the idle power draw for my machine comes from the drives.
So pros:
Cons:
For software, I’m using TrueNAS scale. It’s easy to install and configure, there’s good documentation and a support forum, can run docker containers and VMs. Lots of administration quality of life tools built in that you don’t need to build. Plus it’s Linux and I can tinker with it if the need arises.
To get to what you want, you could install an M.2 A+E to SATA adaptor and a slim DVD to 2.5” caddy to come up to 4 drives, add memory, a multiport multigigabit NIC, an NVMe and 4 drives and you’d be set. VMs for your firewall, VPN, pihole, dockers for the rest.
The 2.5 unit I have runs cooler and consumes less power. It’s also more expensive.
Mozilla’s V3 implementation already extends out removing artificial limitations from it. Mozilla’s doing a reverse E3 and I’m all here for it.
Now if only the nincompoop IT dept on my company allowed me to run Firefox…
I for one welcome Mozilla’s use of embrace, extend, exterminate.
Got sent a podcast where they discussed “universal house rules” for a better time at the table. Pretty much everything they suggested is the standard behavior for Fate and Cortex.
People will generally stick to what they know, and that’s what those videos capitalize on.
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I’m from the 3e days, but never got into WoD, so the lingo goes right over my noggin.
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Oh please no. That toxic Reddit power tripping sub rules about tags and lingo… leave it there.
I know some of these words.
Panasonic Toughbook. But it’s going to cost you.
Open source or bust