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That looks roughly the same as this one?

We're now in my perfect weather, 15C and overcast. Occasionally it gets to 20C, but then a bit of rain cools it down.

Yeah, I have the Pro as well, the one with only one arm seemed too flimsy even from the product pictures. The most I ever hung off of it was the 7DII and 100/2.8 (macro). I never trusted it with the 100-400.

I used it quite a bit years ago. The only profitable work was "virtual tour" home interiors for realtors. That was good money. I did haul it to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite once, I won't do that again.

I'm pretty sure nVidia is picking up their pricing model from Porsche. Price your entire current catalog for the few that can afford it, and that keeps the pricing of the last gen cards up. This allows you to sell the old stock, and might convince people to buy the new one for more than they...

My Gigapan robotic pano head is still in California. Looking forward to getting it back.

The funny part is that Denmark is so flat, this building built at sea level is taller than the tallest natural point in the country.

The trick is to be in the tallest building in town.

I've tweaked my neck and am mostly stuck in bed, but that is the view from the bed, so not so bad.

Easter in Copenhagen

I do personal physical backups, but they aren't local. The original is local, the backup is at another location I control on hardware I manage. And that is backed up to the cloud. I would bet that on a long enough timeline my physical primary and my physical remote combined are not as reliable...

Interestingly the weather here now is just about what the weather was in Monterey, California in the '80s. Only another few years and it'll get there.

Fortunately my apartment faces mostly north and a bit east. And since the building is only 2 years old the windows are absolutely absurd in their ability to insulate all the things. We shall see.

My Euro S22 Ultra is a Snapdragon and supports eSIM just as a datapoint.

Dedicated air exchanger per unit. Brings in fresh air, does a thermal exchange with the outgoing stale air, and circulates that fresh air to every room. You can manually adjust the airflow rate, or leave it to monitor conditions and adjust accordingly. This is the system that I plan to tap into...

When I was in the US I'd buy phones new on Amazon and use Google Fi as my cell carrier. Now that eSIM is a thing it is really easy.

I absolutely felt uncomfortable in an apartment in the US. Wood-framed walls between me and people I don't trust is a no. Here all the walls are foot-thick concrete + insulation + 2 layers of brick. The floor/ceiling is also pre-stressed concrete panels. All the doors between the apartments...

The truly valuable items were separated and flown in suitcases (jewelry, cash, laptop). The non-valuable items (like furniture) were given/thrown away at the source. Only the semi-valuable items (computers, other electronics, heirlooms) are in the container. I'd honestly be happy to never see...

Merc, the place in California you want to visit is San Luis Obispo. Liberal college town near the coast, close to wine country, far enough south for the warmer weather but far enough north to not be polluted by LA or the people from it. From there day trips to Morro Bay and Avila Beach are...

Just trying to find a company that will do it. So far I only have one quote from a company that did not inspire confidence and it was 25k USD for a 20' FCL.

Nah. It would be incredible if it weren't packed full of lost people driving rental RVs at 5 mph. The only time it isn't is when it has collapsed into the sea or is on fire.

Being from the US, everything in the EU is small and close together. Except Norway/Sweden/Finland. Those places are huge and take forever to get around. I'm looking forward to driving the coastal highway in Norway when it is ready.

I haven't looked in a while; all my computer stuff from the US is still in a container that I'm struggling to have shipped over.

I had not heard that, last time I messed with one it still took any drive I threw at it.

Sorry to hear it Merc, but congrats on the Spork. At some point we'll stop traveling enough to have some kind of pet. Still probably a few years out.

They mentioned in the video that the entire server has a 400W PSU and will not support the higher TDP chips. But for a barebones I can hang on the rack in the closet it seems quite competitive in the <2k USD segment.

Also keep in mind that even though Synology does use Linux, it resets huge chunks of the OS on updates. I've just about given up using it in methods not supported by the factory web UI.

For desktops I'll be sticking with Intel/NVidia, but my current home server is AMD, and r.

Generally if it is a 3 fan card the fans pull from the outside of the card and blow into the card. Of course they all dump that hot air right back into the case, and it is up to you to get that heat out. Yes some of the hot air leaves the backplate, but don't count on that to be the only exhaust.

When we moved to Denmark we just brought a suitcase each, almost all clothes. Most of the stuff in California was liquidated, though there is a container full of things that the wife or I felt should be kept. The longer we go here still trying to find a way to move it for less than $25k the more...

sedrosken, also make sure you allocated more than the default RAM to your server, or it will be hitting the disk way more often than necessary. The other changes also sound good, but you may be able to avoid them if you like.

If you're working in a video codec where a GPU has built-in encoders or decoders, you should have one of those cards. Almost doesn't matter where in their product lineup you are.

Can second Ubuntu. It really has become the default option and with good reason. I know nearly nothing about Linux and can do all the things I need to in Ubuntu with just a touch of Googling.

Windows has this great feature where if you hold the windows key and use the arrows (left and right are the most useful), it automatically moves the active window to exactly half your screen and prompts you what you'd like (from the open applications) on the other half. This gives two 8:9 aspect...

I do think that 42" is the correct size if it can physically and financially fit in your situation. This one by ASUS was announced after I'd ordered mine, but before I'd taken delivery (always the way). They call it a gaming monitor, but 98% of DCI-P3 is plenty for social media video production.

Mine manages 104 dpi. which is just about perfect. It lets me peek pixels if I lean forward and really try, but the rest of the time it is just enough to be smooth. But honestly the best advancement in monitors in a long while is OLED and the related brand-specific stuff. The contrast is amazing.

120hz is the fastest reliable connection for 4k resolutions. I used to have 144hz, but it would de-sync for a second every 30 minutes or so. The difference between 120 and 144 is something I cannot notice. I can notice taking the next step down to 75 when testing them side-by-side. Dropping to...

The card I bought in particular is the MSI SuprimX, and has 3 massive 120(+)? fans and an absurdly large heatsink. The upside of the oversized cooling solution is that it is nearly silent. The downside is I'm suspending the weight using strings of zip-ties from the top of the case to prevent it...

If the CPU is throttling more with SMT enabled that could explain it.

ADHD might have something to do with it, but it could just be the opportunity cost of spending that time doing that. And I'll correct myself. I have watched a few films since then, but all were with my daughter to see her reaction and discuss the films. We've done the original 3 Star Wars, the...

The main advantage of the 4090 for me is turning the power limit way down gives the most efficient performance available. Considering I only have one screen and it is limited to 4k@120, I can set the power limit to 50% and get all the frames I need. Yes, this is absurd.

I'm more of a fan of Marvel than DC, but the last movie I watched (at home or theater) was the first Ironman when it came out. I have a hard time committing 2h+ to a single thing.

That piece was written by Anthony Young, who is very knowledgeable about the things. They've even started to let him make content on even more geeky things lately. Like PiKVM (which is amazing)

I am excited to see what Intel's new HEDT Xeons look like.

When I was in the US I ended up using Amazon all the time, which is a sad state of things. Here we have proshop.dk, I can pick up in 1 hour or they can deliver in 12. Good stuff.

Just in time for Bing to be good. Dogs and cats sleeping together....mass hysteria.

I run a bunch of devices made by Shelly (including outlet control and smart bulbs), and they work well with my Home Assistant virtual machine with the SkyConnect USB for all the Zigbee/Matter stuff. Funny enough the least reliable for remote control is the expensive Nanoleaf stuff. If you want...

I've run 4x RAID0 as my OS drive on a number of occasions. So long as any data is quickly getting duplicated someplace else I considered it a viable option. These days I just run a single M.2 as the performance is more than enough.

I used to have a bunch of calls and drives like that, but now that I live on the other side of the planet it is less possible. Fortunately everyone knows how to do a Zoom call from their phone, so I just have them switch to the other camera and take me on a remote tour.

Yup, all Expo does is set the ram to specific timings. In theory you could set all those timings yourself and have the same result. Also in theory those settings were verified on that stick as "optimal", but I don't buy that.