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More top overpriced GPUs, computer must cost more than automobile.

That's nothing, the server I'm dialed in to right now cost 30x as much as my car. And we have racks and racks of these...

"Dialed in to"? Are you from the past?

Yes, aren't you?

Well, now that you mention it....

But really, was that a cute way to describe ssh, or are you actually dialing into stuff in 2017? Because that would be weird, but kind of cool.

It's just ssh. My local library did have a dial-up line for the longest time but I think they finally retired it, that's the last one I might have actually used.

I think the last one I used was in 2003. My university offered it for internet access. It was actually just dial-in shell access, but you could tunnel an internet connection using Slirp. Nice and slow.

Is your car an entry-level bicycle? What kind of servers are you running that cost 30x an actual car? We run some expensive servers but none that cost anywhere near 30x the cost of my car.

I'm including the support contracts in both numbers. I work for an ISP, so our storage systems are both large and very sensitive to downtime. You don't want x0,000 customers calling about their email, HBO Go, and billing logins failing. So the support contract is a bit extreme to match. The exact price is under some kind of NDA but let's say my car was a bit over $30k.

That must be some impressive support contract. For close to a million dollars per server I hope they come with an indentured engineer who lives in your colo ready to do a hot swap at any moment.

Close, the SLA is four hours call-to-repair.

If you don't need GPU power for your work then Apple is probably fine for you right now.

Creative pros are increasingly reliant on CUDA and the ones who are not just don't know what they're missing.

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