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tempest_··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
I have 4 32gb sticks of DDR5 6400 in my machine.

The RAM in my machine being worth more than the graphics card (7900XTX) was not on my bingo card I can tell you that.

tempest_··on The HTTP Query Method
A POST could be viewed as creating a "search" which, once given an ID could be retrieved later with a GET.

I know this densest really work with ad-hock and cheap queries but it does for more expensive / report style ones.

tempest_··on Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming
It isnt so much tinkering vs learning how it works.

Part of the reason new users struggle so much is because they forget they have spent 10 years or whatever using windows / macos and linux is definitely not those.

As much as Linux has become far more user friendly in the last couple years it still has its warts and a quick boot camp like installing arch can be very beneficial.

tempest_··on Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming
I personally think everyone should install arch once the manual way. It will give you a good idea how everything fits together.

After that, just use EndeavourOS.

I used Antergos before that and EndevourOS has been great since.

tempest_··on TPUs vs. GPUs and why Google is positioned to win AI race in the long term
That is like how every ORM promises you can just swap out the storage layer.

In practice it doesnt quite work out that way.

tempest_··on Chrome Jpegxl Issue Reopened
20% is massive for those storing those social media images though.
tempest_··on The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
Honestly I did not know.

I have had it installed so long I don't even remember when I did it.

Ill look more into it and perhaps re-evaluate

tempest_··on The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy
I mean maybe it needs to be said again but

> Given that Mozilla Foundation isn't swimming in cash, "investing" in AI (a well known money sink) makes very little sense and will definitely undermine the development of their core product (the freaking browser).

The browser doesn't make any money (the Google search bar money would not be replaced by another entity if they stopped). That is why Microsoft abandoned theirs and why Safari is turning in to IE. Every one of these threads lambasting Mozilla for the "side projects" doesnt seem to have an answer for how does mozilla make money.

Often it will be people complaining they can't "donate directly to browser development" not realizing that it will be peanuts compared to the google money. Most people in the market wont pay for a web browser.

tempest_··on The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
I had forgotten I was running Ublock origin / Privacy Badger / Ghostry so I was a bit confused with the results from that site.

I think it is Ghostry that is faking the responses but I still have a pretty unique fingerprint according to https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/kcarter?aat=1

tempest_··on Samsung's 60% DRAM price hike signals a new phase of global memory tightening
Nope, second hand is already evaporating.

2 months ago there were a load of second gen xeon scalable servers on offer. Now every one of them has had the ram stripped out and its just the chassis on offer.

Fabs are not wasting their time on DDR4 now.

tempest_··on Samsung's 60% DRAM price hike signals a new phase of global memory tightening
Ordered some servers 6 months ago ~12k USD per unit.

Same order, same bill of materials, 17.5K USD per unit today.

That is roughly a 5.5k increase for 768GB of DDR5 ECC memory and the 4 2tb nvme ssds.

tempest_··on Data-at-Rest Encryption in DuckDB
Feels like I keep seeing "Duckdb in your postgres" posts here. Likely that is what you want.
tempest_··on Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortem
It is pretty easy to see if cloudflare is proxying a site.

Just ping the host and see if the ip belongs to CF.

https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/ips/

tempest_··on Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
Unfortunately the internet sucks in 2025.

If you have a site with valuable content the LLM crawlers hound you to no end. CF is basically a protection racket at this point for many sites. It doesnt even stop the more determined ones but it keeps some away.

tempest_··on Things I don't like in configuration languages
The Kubernetes ecosystem has made me hate YAML so much. Maybe I am just not using the tooling correctly but anchors all over the place, templating, etc.

I have yet to see a solution to that type of thing though as every config language exists on a spectrum of syntax to full blown programing language.

tempest_··on Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses
I don't follow.

> run an army of security people

Do you think these private companies do this? They don't. They pay as little as humanly possible to cover their ass.

Botnets comprised of compromised routers is common and commercial/consumer routers are a far juicer target than openwrt.

tempest_··on SSL Configuration Generator
Maybe, but who is actually still buying tls certs from a vendor?
tempest_··on SSL Configuration Generator
The main answer is a lot of the software on that page predates SSLs deprecation and people (sysadmins especially, because they wrote some bash script 20 years ago and want it to keep working) like backwards compatibility.
tempest_··on I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla
For sure.

For a couple years Chrome was noticeably faster than IE/FF which is what caused tech oriented people to switch.

FF and even IE closed the gap for a little bit but once Chromes dominance took old I imagine the fact that no one tests things on FF any more has probably caused it to slip performance wise.

tempest_··on I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla
They were losing because MS bundled IE with every device. Eventually they MS lost an anti trust case against it and it opened up the market, which is before that graph begins.

Well 30 years later we are back where we started.

Chrome is where it is because it is preloaded on most phones on the planet (the other ecosystem has a different preloaded browser). The other thing is that it was advertised on the most visited page on the internet for 20 years.

Most internet users don't even use desktop/laptops, they use mobile devices and likely have no idea there is any other option than chrome.

tempest_··on Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2025
While I find this data interesting it isnt usually very actionable.

The skus with the lowest number immediately get bought out(if they are still available, which they are not always) and will never be available. You also always run the risk of "getting a bad batch" or just getting some drives that got beat up in shipping.

Usually this data is only useful for keeping an eye on your own stuff and prioritizing replacements when the time comes.

When buying drives I just look at the sizes I need and the performance then get 1/3rd from each of the manufacturers.

tempest_··on Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2025
That is SSD/Memory.

These are HDDs.

tempest_··on 650GB of Data (Delta Lake on S3). Polars vs. DuckDB vs. Daft vs. Spark
Everyone wants a data lake when what they have a is a data pond.
tempest_··on Steam Machine
Wired networking is faster than wireless, just not in the consumer space.

Most data center networking is 10s of gigabits on the lower end. People are throwing out 10/40gb hardware at this point. There just isnt any pressure in the consumer space. Most people don't even have 1gb internet connection and that is where they access most of their data.

tempest_··on Steam Machine
Unfortunately given the fact that RAM and SSD prices are going through the roof coupled with the fact that a CPU like that alone will be near 150-200 at retail this thing is going to likely cost more.

The console makers have avoided these price increases by mass producing the same sku for a while now. If stocks last into 2027 they will likely remain the same price. If they don't I imagine the console prices might jump a bit too.

tempest_··on Steam Machine
What do you mean some how?

Most people can't or wont retrofit their homes with wired networking. Those that did in the last couple decades likely used cat5/e.

The demand in the consumer space definitely favours advances in wifi.

tempest_··on Steam Machine
You don't want someone having a skin that you are charging money for among other things.
tempest_··on New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair
Due to GSKs patents only repair and protect outside of the US has novamin in it.
tempest_··on CPUs and GPUs to Become More Expensive After TSMC Price Hike in 2026
Most use phones.
tempest_··on Server DRAM prices surge 50% as AI-induced memory shortage hits hyperscalers
Down stream this is driving up DDR4 demand as well :(
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