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  • Dran@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml[Deleted]
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    12 days ago

    An example of this:

    Bitcoin mining started on cpus, then moved to gpus, and now exists on dedicated asics.

    A $200 GPU vs a $200 ASIC, the ASIC is going to be a faster sha256 calculator

    A $2000 GPU vs a $200 ASIC, the GPU is going to be a faster sha256 calculator

    A $200 GPU from today vs a $200 ASIC from 10 years ago vs a $200 CPU from today?.. You get the idea.

    There’s no way to know without specific details which will be faster. You could be running software encryption on a raspberry pi from 5 years ago or the drive could be running an encryption ASIC from 10 years ago, etc


  • Dran@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml[Deleted]
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    12 days ago

    The short answer is that: all other things being equal, it will always be faster and cheaper to do things dedicated in hardware. Comparing one implementation to another, however, is always going to be an “it depends”





  • RE: backups, I’d recommend altering your workflow. Instead of taking an image of a box, automate the creation of that box. Create a bash script that takes a base OS, and installs everything you use fresh. Then have it apply configuration files where appropriate, and lastly figure out which applications really need backup blobs to work properly (thunderbird, for example). Once you have that, your backups become just the data itself. Photos, documents, etc. Everything else is effectively ephemeral because it can be reproduced through automation.

    Takes a lot less space, is a lot more portable. And much better in scenarios where something in your OS is broken or you get a new computer and want to replicate your setup.




  • I did ~1.5 years of only Soylent, then transitioned into 2/3 meals per day being Soylent, which I’ve done for the last ~6-7yrs.

    I’m the healthiest I’ve ever been, but it does require discipline, exercise and attention like anything else. Calories are calories and if you consume more than you burn, you’ll poop a lot and gain weight. If you drink at a significant deficit (my 1.5years was at 1200kcal/day) you will poop once or twice a week and it will take a few months of your body getting used to it for it to be more than liquid.

    As others have said though, it’s a deceptively dehydrating liquid. You absolutely still need to drink water, and your water intake will largely dictate how much you pee.



  • Dran@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlBeing Forced to Say Goodbye
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    4 months ago

    Depends on where you work and what their policies are. My work does have many strict policies on following licenses, protecting sensitive data, etc

    My solution was to MIT license and open source everything I write. It follows all policies while still giving me the flexibility to fork/share the code with any other institutions that want to run something similar.

    It also had the added benefit of forcing me to properly manage secrets, gitignores, etc