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[–] 103 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Also don't tell anyone about huge amounts of ram sticks that you can easily get out by hundreds.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    They aren't DIMMs so basically no resale value. Only usable for data center servers.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    There are Chinese back-alley workshops already lifting the NAND modules from them and installing them on standard DIMM modules.

    Edit: meant DRAM modules.

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  • [–] 84 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    As someone who has actually had to service gear inside an equinox data center I'll tell you this: mostly unstaffed yes but more secure than a bank. I had I think six layers of security to get through including badge readers, man traps, palm scanners and combination locks.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    The new ones for AI etc. are nowhere near a bank level security.

    Pretty easy to knock a hole in a concrete slab wall and have full access to the goods if somebody wanted too.

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  • [–] 48 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I don't know how legit this is, but I heard that datacenters also where people store their catalytic converters when they change to electric vehicles.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Must be how they use so much water, too. Makes perfect sense.

    (Seriously under the hood of a bolt the only interesting thing there that isn't sealed in a metal box is three separate cooling fluids plus washer fluid. Just so much fluid.)

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  • [–] 44 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    And dont forget the copper cables lining the walls, powering the systems. Absolute treasure trove in there.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I heard of a guy who not only sold the copper but also the palladium and gold and made a fortune. Now he drives a Mercedes.

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    My money is on the crackheads with facepaint and sledge hammers

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Absolutely should not tell people that fire is its weakness, and damaging data centers hurts insurance companies more because of equipment replacements, and rebuilding structures costs + manpower and whatnot.

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    [–] 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    they're also filled with gpus...

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    A commom mistake bank robbers make is that they take more gold than they can carry, stuff is heavy. I feel GPUs are similar in their value to weight ratio, RAM is much lighter and easier to take a lot of. Imagine the value of a backpack full of GPUs vs one full of RAM sticks.

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    [–] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Anyone know how much ram is in one of those security dogs?

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    [–] 17 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The staff wont stop you but if you arent familiar with how to isolate electrical equipment with more than one source of power you might get yourself killed.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Sadly the one by me has a small army of armed guards...

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  • [–] 45 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Just because there's a goalie doesn't mean you can't score!

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    this was such an incredible skit. one for the ages

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