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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not homeless, though my backpack does have a wraparound pillow attached to it for when I used to camp in Chinese data centers or do chip bringup.

Have a collapsible cot in my trunk too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am imagining an actual tent or tarp spun up in the warm air channel and actually camping there.

Great mental image. Thank you!

Edit: Quick try at 1am to visualize it with Dall-E:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's cute. It was noisier than you can possibly imagine, but damn if you didn't need that nap while tests ran.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only was in a very small scale datacenter and it was very noisy but I could probably sleep with a good pair of ANC headphones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Earplugs, but also you just get used to it as white noise.

But yeah, loud as hell.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Remember in the old Internet days there was that programmer that designed his own sleep coffin so he could take naps in his cubicle?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

ELI5: Why would you ever report a homeless person?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they shouldn't be in a server room. There are extremely expensive, very sensitive components in there. You can damage millions of dollars worth of equipment if you don't know what you're doing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I wouldn't call the cops, but that's pretty high on the list of bad places for a homeless encampment.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I mean, they shouldn't be in a server room probably, it's not entirely safe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Is that Giano Sleaze?