Ben Hemphill
@benhemp.bsky.social
He/Him
A Site Reliability Engineer focused on community building. Tech specialist in distributed systems, most recently Kubernetes.
A Site Reliability Engineer focused on community building. Tech specialist in distributed systems, most recently Kubernetes.
We intentionally limit our clusters to 254 (arbitrary, a /24) because we don't want to have all our eggs in one basket.
130000 nodes is ridiculous.
130000 nodes is ridiculous.
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We intentionally limit our clusters to 254 (arbitrary, a /24) because we don't want to have all our eggs in one basket.
130000 nodes is ridiculous.
130000 nodes is ridiculous.
Ha! love it! Great conversation starter!
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ha! love it! Great conversation starter!
Ha! love it! Great conversation starter :D
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ha! love it! Great conversation starter :D
Am I understanding correctly? behavior moderation would be like restricting ability to re-post quote-post or reply to someone if you can't be trusted to do so in a way acceptable to the platform?
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Am I understanding correctly? behavior moderation would be like restricting ability to re-post quote-post or reply to someone if you can't be trusted to do so in a way acceptable to the platform?
I think this level of compute overhaul would also mean we gave to fundamentally change design culture.
There is no more upgrade, there is only replace. testing must be painfully thorough, etc.
There is no more upgrade, there is only replace. testing must be painfully thorough, etc.
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I think this level of compute overhaul would also mean we gave to fundamentally change design culture.
There is no more upgrade, there is only replace. testing must be painfully thorough, etc.
There is no more upgrade, there is only replace. testing must be painfully thorough, etc.
what I think we need is to avoid generic turing style compute as the core of edge devices.
I think we go to custom chips that fundamentally provide the service in question and are truly hard to modify to do anything else.
I think we go to custom chips that fundamentally provide the service in question and are truly hard to modify to do anything else.
October 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
what I think we need is to avoid generic turing style compute as the core of edge devices.
I think we go to custom chips that fundamentally provide the service in question and are truly hard to modify to do anything else.
I think we go to custom chips that fundamentally provide the service in question and are truly hard to modify to do anything else.
could ship the signal server software to your phone? again security concerns and then it's even more security concerns.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
could ship the signal server software to your phone? again security concerns and then it's even more security concerns.
what could they do? well for spread, they could make signal users purchase a signal device to use signal, but that exacerbates the security concerns, and may not be practical for economically disadvantaged people/regions. 5/
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
what could they do? well for spread, they could make signal users purchase a signal device to use signal, but that exacerbates the security concerns, and may not be practical for economically disadvantaged people/regions. 5/
Signal can't do this, there's a natural desire to hack their systems and they don't have employees. 4/
October 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Signal can't do this, there's a natural desire to hack their systems and they don't have employees. 4/
Big retailers have huge networks and have local micro compute, but they have scope of control and massive workforce. If I have a device that needs restarted, an employee can do that. There's a natural incentive not to mess with the device tied to surveillance and keeping your job. 3/
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Big retailers have huge networks and have local micro compute, but they have scope of control and massive workforce. If I have a device that needs restarted, an employee can do that. There's a natural incentive not to mess with the device tied to surveillance and keeping your job. 3/
The biggest thing preventing a distributed design is scope of control and the fact that if you have physical access you can always break the system or worse,infiltrate it. 2/
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The biggest thing preventing a distributed design is scope of control and the fact that if you have physical access you can always break the system or worse,infiltrate it. 2/
Tush Push should have been banned. but my only hope is Philly is knocked out of playoffs from a last second tush push to end the game. poetic justice.
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Tush Push should have been banned. but my only hope is Philly is knocked out of playoffs from a last second tush push to end the game. poetic justice.
no, they have to retrieve it from a scary junk yard with a mean dog.
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
no, they have to retrieve it from a scary junk yard with a mean dog.
Why would you want to live in a world without Statler and Waldorf?
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why would you want to live in a world without Statler and Waldorf?
of course, but what if we could have it all!
October 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
of course, but what if we could have it all!
We know what we must do, see if there is some combo of dr. pepper extra cherry, dr. pepper strawberries and cream, and dr. pepper blackberry that approaches the taste of dr. pepper while eating red vines.
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We know what we must do, see if there is some combo of dr. pepper extra cherry, dr. pepper strawberries and cream, and dr. pepper blackberry that approaches the taste of dr. pepper while eating red vines.
you should not be able to sell businesses debt financed. direct investment only.
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
you should not be able to sell businesses debt financed. direct investment only.
only thing i can think of is perhaps stable coins will keep a higher ratio of deposits to bonds than a bank might?
displacing mechanisms for the consumers, but increasing demand via ratios?
displacing mechanisms for the consumers, but increasing demand via ratios?
September 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
only thing i can think of is perhaps stable coins will keep a higher ratio of deposits to bonds than a bank might?
displacing mechanisms for the consumers, but increasing demand via ratios?
displacing mechanisms for the consumers, but increasing demand via ratios?
Chargers were at risk of chargering several times, but Raiders kept trying the same old stuff that wasn't working.
September 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Chargers were at risk of chargering several times, but Raiders kept trying the same old stuff that wasn't working.
speaking of this, is anyone doing a college football scorigami?
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
speaking of this, is anyone doing a college football scorigami?
They are a more polished version of the "we buy houses for cash now" types that flip houses on low ball offers to desperate people.
Also currently the latest pump and dump target using memes to hype up desperate people with a robinhood gambling addiction.
Also currently the latest pump and dump target using memes to hype up desperate people with a robinhood gambling addiction.
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
They are a more polished version of the "we buy houses for cash now" types that flip houses on low ball offers to desperate people.
Also currently the latest pump and dump target using memes to hype up desperate people with a robinhood gambling addiction.
Also currently the latest pump and dump target using memes to hype up desperate people with a robinhood gambling addiction.
yeah, I'd think parallel could really knock it out fast, but probably right render the full frame, then convert. I'm curious with pixel sized font and the 16 terminal colors just how terrible it would look? might be very saturated hehe.
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
yeah, I'd think parallel could really knock it out fast, but probably right render the full frame, then convert. I'm curious with pixel sized font and the 16 terminal colors just how terrible it would look? might be very saturated hehe.
46.5 hours ot breaking bad, 24 fps
46.5*60*60*24
4,017,600 frames
internet suggests 152ms per frame for random forest process.
should be able to be done in ~8 days?
46.5*60*60*24
4,017,600 frames
internet suggests 152ms per frame for random forest process.
should be able to be done in ~8 days?
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
46.5 hours ot breaking bad, 24 fps
46.5*60*60*24
4,017,600 frames
internet suggests 152ms per frame for random forest process.
should be able to be done in ~8 days?
46.5*60*60*24
4,017,600 frames
internet suggests 152ms per frame for random forest process.
should be able to be done in ~8 days?