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I've been wanting to do this for so long. 1. Put Motherboard (already populated with CPU, M.2, RAM) and GPU (laying next to each other connected by PCIe cable) in CNC machine and use the digital indicator to precisely map out the location and height of every component. 2. Design and machine a...

JTR, one of the reasons that a lower MP count on the same sized sensor can be better is that there are gaps between the sensor pixels. They do all kinds of tricky things with lenses trying to grab it all, but it isn't perfect. More pixels on the same size sensor, particularly as the sensors get...

To revisit the get off my lawn club, the first computer I got to use was when the Epson HX-20 was no longer in use in an application my dad had written in the early 80s. In the late 80s I was able to write some code, save it to the tape, and output to the thermal printer. It was awesome...

My first EV was a 2013 Tesla Model S, very early car, they'd only made a few thousand at that point. That battery still had 95% of it's rated life in 2022 after 145k miles. Even if it didn't, it was still under warranty when I sold it.

Back then it was a struggle, but that is what made it interesting both as a hobby and a side hustle. When even normal users would appreciate every drop of performance you could squeeze out of their system, and new systems that were significantly faster could be built every year. I think of this...

For the record, I no longer drive like a maniac, at least in Denmark. 25% over the limit and you lose your license, 100% over the limit and they seize whatever car you were driving and auction it off. Not your car? Now you really have problems. Of course, on the derestricted autobahn I take the...

I use the trains in Denmark all the time, they aren't high-speed here, but the country is so small it hardly matters. Getting to Copenhagen by train is still faster than driving, and only costs twice as much as the toll bridge anyway. When we were in The Netherlands about a month ago we used...

The first PC that I built for myself was a Celeron 300A overclocked to 450Mhz. Yes, 50% overclock was a thing back then. And it was awesome. https://www.anandtech.com/show/174 I'd been building PCs for other people since the 486/66 days, but didn't have the money to do my own until I moved out...

It is entirely possible that anxiety around driving in New England relying on non-Tesla chargers is completely rational. The only charging network that doesn't have a bad reputation seems to be the Superchargers. It helps that the App and the vehicle itself communicates clearly how many chargers...

There is no way $10k is enough to build a safe rolling chassis, much less the systems inside it. No car at that price point would be acceptable. Here BYD and other Chinese manufacturers are already selling cars, but only on the large/luxury end. Friction brakes are 100% necessary. Regen...

Nope, that was a few laptops ago. Currently I have a Dell XPS 16 with an Ultra 9 and a 4070. Mainly picked it for the 4k OLED screen. With the current trend of letting everything live on the verge of thermal throttling all the time, the CPU and GPU spec really doesn't mean much. Of course it...

There are now plenty of options. For years there was only one good option, and the whole time all the automakers and most of the analysts were saying Tesla would fail. Don't get me wrong, the dude is nuts and could be making much better choices elsewhere, but pushing EVs when he did and pushing...

I like quick cars, and for years that meant the only choice was Tesla. Now there are better options, I'm still deciding between the Audi eTron GT and the Lucid Air <something>. Elon was a smart dude, the lead he had vs the traditional auto industry and the stuff he's still driving at SpaceX is...

I think that is really dependant on the task. Most desktop users are not multitasking that much, and the programs they use are likely to get full utilization of one core, maybe 30% on a couple more, and that is it. With all the cores stuffed into CPUs these days, I would expect something like...

I got into Tesla stock when I bought one of their cars around 2019, and got out when they committed to opening Superchargers to other manufacturers in late 2021. That was like 15x and I'm happy I got out.

I still refuse to buy Apple stock because I just don't understand the value, but a fair bit of the bitcoin money went into Nvidia, and that hasn't been bad at all.

Just speculation, but I'd guess that the original plan was to put the AI and advertising in 12. Then they realized that no one would adopt it, so they started putting that crap in 11.

I was chatting about photography stuff with a friend who's never taken a picture with anything but his phone or drone. He ended up buying an R50 with the kit mid-zoom lens to take on vacation to Greece. He's been there one week so far, and secured a gig for the resort (just photos of the resort)...

To oversimplify, JPG is a finished picture that already has had processing and compression applied. If you shoot JPGs from your camera, that means you are giving your camera control over all the decisions. The alternative is to shoot RAW, where you get the raw data out of the camera and are...

Oof. When I was in Iceland last fall I was able to book a helicopter tour cheap because there were no active volcanoes at the time. I suspect they also may have had to manage some absurd expectations.

Now that I have chairs with a million adjustments, height adjustable desk, and have trained to be mostly ambidextrous with the mouse, when pain shows up I'm usually able to make some adjustments to get out of it.

I feel like I've been flirting with it for decades. Mild pain most of the time, and when it gets bad I take a break from the computer and/or focus on strength/dexterity exercises. No idea if that is an optimal strategy or not, but so far I feel like I've dodged a bullet.

Heat recovery ventilation, along with a fundamentally mild climate. I do wish my place had air conditioning, but if I avoid dumping 1kW into my small office by gaming it is comfortable enough. Worst case go downstairs and jump in the fjord.

If they need a TLDR on the subject, perhaps this would help.

HVAC and plumbing were included, but not for manufacturing facilities. Just office and warehouse spaces. Far simpler requirements, but for me the challenge was the budget, timeline, and diverse stakeholders. Cleanrooms are nuts.

Yeah, I'd stay clear of that one.

A lot of the SFF machines aren't, and that would be one of my considerations when choosing.

Same. Some of the reasons I like the escape of the game version: It is solvable You have or can get the information needed to succeed You don't need to wait for permission to act If things go poorly you can just start over It is the ideal version of the world ;)

The reviews I've read on many of the small systems recommend getting a better power brick than the one they ship with. If nothing else for better efficiency, but sometimes voltage can be an issue as well.

The building style games. From easiest to most rewarding: Cities: Skylines Kerbal Space Program Satisfactory Factorio I think of them as puzzles that you work your way through to find more optimal designs.

These are the exact 3 games I've played in the last many years. I'm in Rust right now, on a cool Danish server with some rules that make it much less toxic.

I'm very happy that Intel is doing GPUs, but game devs still aren't putting in the work to make sure the experience is good enough. Even with AMD cards I feel the need to let the customer know that it is a "value" choice and that some compromises may be experienced. I can see several reasons...

Keep in mind that none of the modern CPUs will run anything near "cool" under most loads. They're basically designed to thermal throttle regardless of cooler. But that DH-15 is kinda famous for being the most effective air cooler ever made.

My dad gets a call, and if he is too busy to answer, a text. I think that is all he wants, I certainly hope that is all he wants.

I wonder if any of the game engines will try to use NPUs for NPC behavior. Probably a complete waste of time, but might be fun.

A friend lost his PC this morning, and with no money to spend, I pulled a machine from storage that had a 8700k and RX570. I was surprised how much faster his 1080 was to the RX570. 1080 was a great card.

My phone isn't the newest (Samsung S22 Ultra), but it would benefit from something that isn't glass. It already feels like plastic (apparently it is "Matte Finish Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2", and some polycarbonate with high fiber infill or carbon fiber would work just as well and last longer.

That is super rough Chewy. I didn't think of the Gold Coast as that remote? Starlink might actually be better?

Machined Ti or carbon would both be much better choices than glass, looking forward to seeing what manufacturers come up with.

That is great news, and Rufus is another fantastic tool you introduced me to.

Blowing up isn't a concern anymore, as GPUs and CPUs underclock and undervolt themselves automatically if thermals are an issue. Even though my CPU has the best performing AIO cooler on the market, it thermal throttles after about 5 minutes of synthetic load. Fortunately it is fast enough that...

In the US our daughter would use food delivery if she was home alone, as it was unusual for kids to go out for food on their own, and safety was a concern. Here it isn't a problem, and it doesn't hurt that she's already taller than most adults.

That is really good Merc, thanks! I ran it and it did the things. May actually replace Ninite in my workflow.

The internet is actually only like $15/mo of that. It is also 2 unlimited smartphone data plans and a small one for our daughter, the cell stuff (unlimited data across all of europe) is the more expensive part.

I'll just leave this here. Full symmetrical gig fiber with all the nines of uptime. Bundled with 3 unlimited cell phones for $85/mo. Edit: Oh, and a static IP to go with it ;)

I like the picture backup plan. I think you could do that with a USB-C to SD card reader and a modern Android device? I should try it.

Housing prices weren't the reason we left the US, but coming to a place that isn't crazy was quite the revelation. Denmark is considered an expensive place as far as the world is concerned, but housing is about 20% of what it was in coastal California. There are 3 bedroom houses on plots of land...

I thought they were 140mm fans, which I've had a pretty good track record with?

I love this computer build.

I feel like that is more like another worrying trend. Make the user the product by selling their data instead of taking money from them.