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The 4090 and i9-13900KF have both been well documented to get most of their performance with less than half of the power consumption. I might just have to turn it down. That said, getting the heat out of this small room and into the larger hall/living space would at least slow down the process.

For the first time in nearly a decade I have a home office. It isn't big, but is a big step up from my corner of the bedroom in California. It is also incredibly well insulated. So much so that even in the middle of winter my PC drives the room temp beyond 30C quite quickly when gaming. I...

Yup. Knowing that someone is going to see my space every day certainly helps me keep it reasonable. And that someone is going to appreciate/call me out on my choices helps me think about them more. Doing the whole married with kid thing takes it to another level, but that core bit above has...

I agree, and that is why I have a wall of lenses for my 7DII, but the amount of content I see that is now just cell phones leads me to believe most people aren't bothering to learn photography or color science at all. Honestly the poor audio gets me more than the botched exposure.

Yesterday, showed up in Random. And I'd second Merc's recommendation of the NR600P. Or suggest you look for something that frees you of this requirement (like a toaster).

Learning to be comfortable alone totally sucks. Especially if (like me) you're the type to review your choices and let any sub-optimal play fester. For me travel actually made this easier; if I order food I can't eat and spill my drink and accidently insult the bartender, I can never to back to...

A) Even if you aren't leaving the US, you should get your passport. It is significantly easier to steal your identity by applying for the first time than them having to claim it was lost. B) Everyone is special with enough qualifications. In my case it was 20+ years of experience with a...

I recently built a budget rig using the Corsair Carbide 100R. For a cheap case it is well laid out and has the features you want. It does have a window, but it is plastic instead of glass so way lighter and less fragile.

I think the market for low-end (<$3k) cameras is disappearing quickly. As smartphones get better, there is less reason to get a cheap mirrorless or DSLR. And as the low end market shrinks, there is less reason for companies to R&D in that space, which means the cell phone manufacturers' massive...

I do apologize for the absence; there was a lot going on. Mostly my daughter who is now 9 and semi-autonomous for the first time thanks to the free-range kid culture here. That combined with a job of 100-hour work weeks and 24/7/365 on-call-ness just led to no time. That said, life here is...

Yeah, that was close. Also close was the house losing $250k+ of value since I sold it. Most of our clients are still in California, so we're getting plenty of billable hours talking people through troubleshooting generators and getting Starlink connections bootstrapped in the rain.

Amazon has a number of external USB 3.2 enclosures for M.2 NVMe drives. You will not get full performance from them, but if they are just laying about it is a reasonable use of them to just be super thumbdrives.

Hi all, it has been a while. Santilli reached out in a PM and I thought I'd reply here and say hi. My family sold everything in California, quit our jobs, and moved to Denmark about 3 months ago. We'd known we were interesting in living somewhere else for about 5 years, and had been looking...

If absolute performance is the goal, the new Titan still seems to be the thing?

I had an old, undersized unit that was an unusual size that I didn't want to mess with. I bought an in-line unit that I mounted to a rafter and wired it in parallel with the existing unit. Easy to do and very effective.

...and it looks like this car will not be getting a spot in the garage. And I'm not good at cleaning/maintaining this kind of thing. Did someone here do a ceramic coating of some kind at one point? Stereodude? I'm interested in suggestions for helping maintain the paint (don't care about...

I haven't put pictures there for years, but here is the full stream:| https://www.flickr.com/photos/ddrueding/

Nice work Snowhiker. I need to recover some of my old work from places on the internet. Lately all I do are pictures of the kid.

It goes, and as quickly as you like. Cars I've had in the past were fast, but only if you made the right preparations; downshift, put into sport mode, enable launch control, etc. This one is as fast as those but without the prep; as soon as you press your right foot. No clutch or torque...

More expensive, but I use the Nest cameras at home. Well built and my experience was better than the one Tea describes above.

I had solar city do the install at my place several years ago. I'm sure I did a thread about it here somewhere.

I bought. It is quite used. 2016 Model S 90D. Had 53k miles, but every option. Under $50k. I've had quick cars in the past, but this is a whole new level. You feel like Neo from The Matrix moving through traffic.

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Our 10-year old cellular black-outs are starting to show their age (not working all the time, some threads wearing). I'm now looking for one that I can automate using either the Insteon or Echo systems. Did you investigate those?

You'll be fine. I've run 35W+ wireless links on the end of 150' Cat5e STP cables without issue. I've never even had a cable get warm (could be because the STP I use has braided steel around it?

Indeed, the largest I could find were 2TB. And with that there are many options with MLC 3-layer.

I had to do something similar, ended up crossing my fingers and turning it off. Connected to an IDE-SATA adapter and imaged the drive to a file. Now runs as a virtual machine on newer hardware. In my case I felt it was worth it as they not only needed the data, but the software install (no disks...

Now that there basically isn't a waiting list, resale values are coming down considerably. The model I'm looking at retailed for $85k 3 years ago and is now basically 70% of that. Seems roughly in line with other luxury vehicles. And I know that Tesla's feature set leads to more attention for...

4TB?

This one looks reasonable, 90% of the time I just get M.2 drives these days. https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Internal-Drive-Mounting-BK-HDDH/dp/B00G57BN1M

So, I've now rented and lived with all 3 mainstream Tesla models for at least a few days. After that I've decided that I really want a Model 3 Performance. I proposed this to the wife, and she has talked me down to a used Model S. Probably a 90D with 40-50k miles. I drive 20k miles/year, so the...

I use double-sided tape. But I also add my own heatsinks, since the foam tape prevents thermal conduction to the chassis.

Well done working through that Lunar. I must admit that the switch to M.2 has discouraged me from using drive cloning or imaging tools lately. There are just more issues in general. That said, I'm taking another look at network-based drive imaging/restoration with PXE boot and the whole thing...

Job security = multiple jobs. No single points of failure other than me.

Planning another brutal work project for July. Probably another 3 weeks of hard work, a break, and then crunch time.

Also, they are trying to do more. The most basic of "fancy" things like adaptive cruise and remote start are still rare in the US. Want to remote start and set your climate control?

There are two Skype programs last I checked. The one that is a new Windows "App" that sucks, and the one you install as a program (like in the good old days) that works fairly well. Of course, Google Hangouts or Facebook Video Chat are better than either.

Not a collision, just a friendly pull from a light. But I can understand where the confusion came from. And the rental did not go back unchanged; my buddy managed to crash the entire display system while we were underway (center and instrument) to the point where we had to pull over and...

A friend from Romania will be visiting again in July, and will be bringing some bottles of Macallan Ruby. Good stuff.

Not interested in business, just fun. Flew down to LAX and drove to Newport Beach to hang out with some friends for the weekend. Rented a Model S P100D. So much better than the Model X I rented a month or so ago. Low car, great ride. Mind-blowing performance. One of my friends has a bit of a...

There was other stuff (the boxes behind were wine, brandy, and champagne), but the highlights were the Scotch.

I may or may not have a model of an RX-8 that has been converted to a 1+2 seating arrangement a la McLaren F1.

I'm not looking to do it alone. Finding local people with similar interests and sufficient skill-sets. I wouldn't say that I'm getting them to build my electric car, but rather collaborating on a fun hobby producing something that will be mine. Of course, this means the timeline and end result...

I have the big Sennheiser unit, and have the Bose over-ear and IEM units for the wife and kid. Sennheiser is better noise cancellation and audio quality by quite a ways. The IEMs are great; convenient, effective, good sound, but I find them uncomfortable after 4-5 hours, and most of my flights...

Restocked the usual stash, a friend is coming into town for a couple weeks.

The riskier path does involve forming a company with some friends. We'd have enough money to start properly, and enough staff to prevent burn-out. The money would be 3x-5x the current, and working with friends on projects I'm interested in appeals to me. The reason for the extra work now is to...

A) All SUVs have a bad ride or terrible handling. That is physics. Between the two bad ride is the better option. Just don't get an SUV if you care about driving. B) The doors are absurd, but fun for the first week. C) Nothing performs day to day like an electric. I've driven 911 Turbos and...

The biggest thing for me is the ratio of capacity and throughput. Can I fill/backup a drive in under 24 hours? The system is designed to handle a failure, even two, but I don't want to be left with my pants down for more than a day while it rebuilds.

Rented a Model X P100D for the last week while visiting my parents. The power and techno-wizardry were all I'd expected and more. Even recharging mid-trip was no big deal (322mi/h, and it told me how long to charge so I could reach my desto). The only disappointing thing was the size and ride...

Still alive and kicking. My professional career is approaching a possible fork in the road. Busting ass at the moment removes risk and uncertainty before having to commit to anything, so I've been busting ass since August. Probably another month of brutality, followed by a year or so of...