Post B52SAgVqz93DBV8iPo by alina@girldick.gay
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 (DIR) Post #B52S2XWQWqRmz2WXhI by alina@girldick.gay
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       i should sleep but instead i am browsing thomas-krenn.com because one of the local universities has contacted me that they need to spend 400k€ on server hardware until the end of the month because their budget is about to expire and they have no clue what they even need. they already have an 800G switch and a bunch of nvidia bluefields lmfao
       
 (DIR) Post #B52SAgVqz93DBV8iPo by alina@girldick.gay
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       @evey where does one acquire servers optimized for at least a petabyte of NVMe storage these days 👀 (that's how large cache.nixos.org is afaik)
       
 (DIR) Post #B52ZGROSoIWdi4NIjA by Xenia0040@transfem.social
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       @alina@girldick.gay how does one even get to the point where universities contact you for hardware expertise
       
 (DIR) Post #B52ZGRZS9RJeG9W4rA by alina@girldick.gay
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       @Xenia0040 mostly through being autistic at industry events and knowing the right people to hire for consulting
       
 (DIR) Post #B52hS9Y5mVu7TQySye by kayla@eilhart.cz
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       @Xenia0040From my experience, it's like that XKCD comics - https://xkcd.com/806/. People tend to ask for help from folks who they identify based on signs of technical proficiency. Stickered non-apple laptop, coloured hair, correcting people during their conference talks... 😅@alina
       
 (DIR) Post #B52hS9mGvnFMBPbn4y by alina@girldick.gay
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       @kayla @Xenia0040 damn how did you know that i correct my colleagues during their talks and give them recommendations for what to improve,,
       
 (DIR) Post #B52r0jG0QNhZed4nZo by cyborg42@chaos.social
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       @alina you can spend the whole budget with a few Juniper QFXs and HPE servers :P