JD Russo @quasifrodo@qoto.org

@trinsec Haha, yes! Agreed, I thought about that too, I wouldn't want to ruin her experience.

Today’s project: an #ESP32 powered VOC sensor above my cat’s litter box, to try and detect when she’s pooped.

I love her, but she can be a smelly girl. If I can detect when she’s gone, I can automatically dispense some air freshener!

https://jabde.com/2022/11/18/explain-your-research-cya/
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s one that hits a little too close to home 😅

Ya know, I don’t think I’ve EVER regretted doing my due diligence before sending a salty email.

Turns out my secondhand SAS drives aren’t busted — my RAID controller was just overheating with no top cover on the server chassis. Problem, uh, “solved”!

Starting my day off with a fun paper from University of #Sofia -- feeling the #Bulgarian pride! 🇧🇬

I have a lot of pride in my Bulgarian roots, and it makes me really happy to see some representation. And I have huge respect for places that don't have massive funding or resources, but make the science happen anyways.

(Disclaimer: My astrophysics days are behind me, so I can't critically evaluate the scientific content of the paper much)

@skepteis As someone on my own personal mission to get more purple in science figures, I like it!

@xaseiresh I like it!! Might need to swap to the addressable WS2812 LEDs, these are just an analog 3-channel RGB strip

Today’s project: I picked up a proper 12U #server cabinet, so I’ve been moving my #supermicro server and #3DPrinter from my IKEA Lack tables over to it.

Don’t have proper rails for the server because broke #gradstudent, but I’m test printing some brackets to mount it on. Not sure they’ll hold up its weight, TBD..

Also couldn’t resist setting up some #DIY LED lighting inside!

@mhamzahkhan Sheesh, OK -- no kidding. I've got it up and running now, and one's just casually overheating itself with no load

Aaaaand it's working! #proxmox is now seeing my #nvidia K10 #gpu . That was actually surprisingly easy.

Now to set up passthrough to a container, and do some benchmarks

@train $25 😎

@mhamzahkhan I don’t doubt it. At the moment though, I’d love to get to the point where that’s an issue 😅

@shadowsonawall But one of the best perks of a home lab is compensating for poor apartment heating!

Score!

Now… to figure out how the hell I mount and power this

#homelab #selfhosted #science #computing #gpu #nvidia