Yeah some kind of fucky configuration.

The root is:

http://archive.ubuntu.com

Which, if the ubuntu link is clicked, then drops you into the the real archive root… but the link is “appended” to the new path, but the same link is reproduced in the “new” folder. Click it again, and another segment added to your current path even though you’re in the same root archive, ad nauseam.

I couldn’t find this misconfiguration on stackoverflow, which leads me to believe someone at ubuntu is doing something especially special here.

“Could not fetch embedded watch page”

I    don’t    use    an    ide,    but    I    wrote    a    script    that    replaces    any    space    I    type    with    four.

I    haven’t    worked    out    all    the    use    cases    yet,    though.

Some thoughts:

Ubuntu, most likely

I’d encourage you to take a look at Linux Mint, it alleviates some of the Ubuntu fuckiness. And if you want to join the “I use arch btw” crowd, maybe checkout EndeavourOS if you’re feeling more brave than just Ubuntu variants (which is built on arch, but makes barrier to entry a little easier).

i9s are the latest hotness but don’t think the price is worth it

Take a look at last generation to soften the blow to your wallet. E.g., instead of looking at a 14900k, look at 13 or even 12 series. In fact, this is a useful strategy all around if you’re being price conscious: go one gen older.

GPU that can support some sort of ML/AI with DisplayPort

Probably going to want to go with a discrete card, rather than just integrated. Other major consideration is going to be nvidia vs AMD, for which you’ll need to decide if CUDA should be part of your calculus or not. I’ll defer to any data science engineers that might wander through this post.

The rest of your reqs pretty much come as regular stock options when building a pc these days. Though another nicety for my latest builds, is multi-gig nics (though 2.5Gb was my ceiling, since you’ll also need the network gear to utilize it). Going multi-gig is nice for pushing around a fuckton of data between machines on my lan (including a NAS).

Very last thing that I’ve found helpful in my last 3 builds spanning 15 years: I use newegg for its reviews of items, specifically so I can search for the term “linux” in any given product’s reviews. Often times I can glean quick insight on how friendly (or not) hardware has been for other’s linux builds.

And I lied, I just remembered about another linux hardware resource: https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search

You can see other people that have built with given hardware. Just remember to do a scan too once your build is up to pay it forward.

Good luck, and remember to have fun!

Man I’m still salty about the real ending, I think the 5 min ending might be preferable (not really, again, just salty).

Jesus us my…

“That’s why the windshield is bigger than the rear view mirror, we should be vigilant in remaining forward looking.”

Said by an exec in my chain of command when he caused a huge cascading fuck up in the organization and there was no postmortem allowed.

Plot twist, they were also the one responsible for developing the backup process.

Who knew The Cosmic AC would be running js.

I use namecheap for a ton of my domains, but I use them only as a registrar. All of my hosting is done on other providers (aws, digitalocean, linode, etc.).

This means I’ve got access to my hosts’ machines via command line, and so can setup up certbot really easily. Though going with a self-managed host also means you’ll need to have some technical proficiency to take care of things yourself. But to me, that’s part of the fun.

Emacs really is powerful, all it needs now is a decent text editor.

The more the merrier. I edited my comment above to show my git alias for comments :)

That’s why I’ve got my IDE configured to make a commit and push for every single ctrl-s.

And one more thing, I’m not going to squash before my final PR.

EDIT:

For those of you interested, here’s my gitconfig alias to help with this workflow:

[alias]
    ctrl-s-commit-push="!f() { count=$(cat count.txt); git add .; git commit -m \"$(date): commit $count\"; git push;}; f"

IMPORTANT: For those who are downvoting, yes, my entire comment is sarcasm, lol! Do not ever do anything like this in a shared repo, ever! If you actually do this in a shared repo, your access will likely be revoked the moment someone sane and competent realizes what you’re doing.

Addendum: In that alias, I would’ve used left angle bracket instead of cat, but apparently lemmy scrubs those. I even tried the entity for it, but no go for either.