@rahuldottech the last model, the Xserver 3,1, runs Nehalem, which, combined with the number of cores on a dual CPU one, is probably decent for non-intensive tasks if you have the bandwidth locally to do whatever you need on it from the net... super power hungry though which might be a factor for you
just saying, yanno, if you're trying to scrimp and save that much that you're looking at 2009 beaters, the electricity cost would probably be a significant factor for you (meaning you might get in trouble with your parents? or whoever? if you leave itn on 24/7)
@rahuldottech See if you can get something like a Xeon D system. These processors are far more powerful than what you're looking at yet consume much less power.
Current Xeon D processors are based on Skylake-SP but are tuned for lower power.
Speaking of which... given that everyone here, even the much worse-off @rahuldottech, is working on meaningful projects, I need to be doing something useful rather than wasting time. Back to Docker.
@bwDraco Good stuff, I've been working through FreeCodeCamp to learn webdev stuff, and I picked up a Raspberry Pi the other day so I could install a PiHole on my network
Anything earlier than the Haswell generation is going to cost you more to run per unit of performance, and may be missing useful technologies. If you're going as far back as Nehalem, you are using far more power than you need to get your work done.
For the sake of the environment (because energy consumption)... can someone here donate or subsidize the purchase of a modern, efficient server for @rahuldottech?
There is absolutely no excuse for me to be wasting time doing meaningless things when I could be working on the same sorts of projects, learning JavaScript/PowerShell/Docker/LXD/ZFS/whatever while simultaneously meeting all of my personal and professional obligations.
I was just about ready to resign myself to another hour-plus of youtube before going to bed, but instead I'm going to try to make progress on one of my umpteen projects, Shia LaBeouf style
a friend of mine who's a mid-20s English teacher is going through that and says it's pretty accessible even for a non-techie, you should have no problem
@rahuldottech Well... characterizing it as a hobby rather than an obligation might relieve stress that is making it harder rather than easier...
It's getting late here. I may continue to discuss strategic changes to my learning projects tomorrow as time allows; I have a driving lesson scheduled for 12:30 pm.
I do stuff when I feel like it. Sometimes I spend half a year not coding much. No biggie. I do other stuff to keep myself busy, like make music or watch movies or read
Variety is nice
But if you feel like making stuff but you're still not making stuff, there's something you need to fix
If you don't feel like making stuff... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Stop worrying about it
But if you feel like making stuff but you're still not making stuff, there's something you need to fix
> A research team—including many of the original researchers behind Meltdown, Spectre, and the related Foreshadow and BranchScope attacks—has published a new paper disclosing yet more attacks in the Spectre and Meltdown families. The result? Seven new possible attacks. Some are mitigated by known mitigation techniques, but others are not. That means further work is required to safeguard vulnerable systems.
Oh jeez
urgh
feeling kinda low, tired, bit rubbish etc.
got no.... go get em :/
makes work D:
I wanna ssh from my vm to our firewall's management interface, but right now, no worky D:
@Burgi I actually don't think I've ever seen a device which uses firewire tho. Before my time. The oldest digital camera I have is from 2004 or so, and even that had USB.
