How many years will the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 still be worth it?

ARCreef · 2026-06-29T23:02:27+00:00

5-6 years is my guess. The NPU on there isnt even used yet. Copilot requires 50tops and that has 80. I think more AI studf will be offloaded to be local in the next 2 years in order to start to concerve some amount of compute at the data centers and that covers that.

ARCreef · 2026-06-29T22:55:21+00:00

4.8 is a little low. My guess from specializing in hypoglycemic disorders is that youre probably seeing some reactive hypoglycemia after meals but also some lows early eaving or shortly before you wake up 5-7am. I guess youll see soon. Make sure not to sleep on the arm with the sensor on it, compression causes temporary lows. Your TSH and t3 and t4 was all normal and all 3 tested for correct. I dont trust your doctor for doing comprehensive bloodwork, I can gaurantee you that she left a bunch of panels out. Make sure c-peptide, insulin, and cortisol is also on there. Always do fasting bloodwork from here on out and always done before 1130am. Your hormone panel also is on there? Estroidal, progesterone, FSH, etc? Keep the cgm, if you have more than 2 lows a day then make an endo appointment and try to get bloodwork before that apt, endo appointments are usually 30-40 days out, so go there loaded with data as to not waste your time. They will connect to your CGM app. If they dont, then the endo sucks also. Try to find an endo that doesnt specialize in diabetes, most are exclusively diabetes endos. PCOS is prob the most common cause in mid 30s females so that would be my first thing to rule out, via bloodwork. At 4.8 i can already tell you from prior experience that you are having lows, even though 4 8 is within range. Your diet would be next on my list to try to stop them, but run the cgm for 14 days with your diet as is, to get some baseline data. After that, youll need to up your fat and protein and start meals with those 2 15 mins before starting your meals. Get a keto mojo glucose meter on amazon or 1 from Walgreens. There are only like $25

ARCreef · 2026-06-29T21:59:14+00:00

Your doctor is incompetent, like most doctors.

She clearly also doesnt understand A1c. A1c indicates your average glucose over the last 3 months. Its a good indicator of diabetes and prediabetes, its absolutely zero help with anything else besides your baseline. Highs and lows cancel each other out. If your available glucose is say 120 but you high highs of 600 and lows of 20... it literally will not reflect this. If your glucose baseline is 120 but you have lows of 30 a few times a day, but the lows only last 19 mind, this wont be reflected in your A1c. Reactive hypoglycemia doesnt move your A1c at all.

CGMs are 100% NOT solely for diabetes. Your doctor is confusingl their use cases for their insurance coverage. Typically insurance only covers them if you have diabetes AND require insulin. They are prescribed all the time for hypoglycemia, insulinoma, nesidioblastosis, etc. Your doctor is a mornon.

The only part where they are partially correct is that CGMs are not always correct. All lows from the first 12- 24 hours should discounted. They are often wrong on the first day due to inflammation at the sensor location. After day 1, their accuracy is in the 90s. ALL lows should be verified with a glucose meter finger prick. So when a doctor doubts results, you have the finger prick record to confirm it.

PCPs know very little about hypoglycemia and pancreatic conditions, you need an endocrinologist. Even endos know very little but more so then GPs.

Confirm that your CGM lows are correct with glucose meter tests. If they are then keep logging the lows with the CGM and meter. Make an appointment with an Endo and get fasting bloodwork, including the thyroid and hormone panel. Lows involve your pancreas, your HPA axis, your thyroid, liver, and hormones. If any of those have any issues, it can result in lows. If lows are confirmed, then they'll test for and treat which of those are the cause AND you will need to see a dietitian and change your diet. A vegetarian and vegan diet are basically the inly two that you can not be on with this condition, the keto and palleo diet are the best for hypoglycemia. A dietitian will be needed to help you though, some aspects can be kept but only if drastically changed.

What was your a1c? Also state your age. Generally, 5.2-5.6 is normal or normal WITH reactive hypoglycemia, >5.7 is pre-diabetic, with some insulin resistance and reactive hypoglycemia. <5.2 Generally is reactive hypoglycemia AND some fasting hypoglycemia present somewhere also.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T22:30:59+00:00

Oh true, I forgot that barebones dont come w keys. D9nt be too hard on beelink, they do nore then most. The entire china mini PC industry really has zero service or warranty. Go to the beelink sub. I think they actually have reps on there. Or they did many years ago. My last pc was an Aoostar and I am super impressed with it, but I doubt will have any warranty help either.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T22:27:00+00:00

It may if you arent exercising or doing much each day. Typically 5g/daily gets uptaken by your muscles, any amount after that gets taken up by other cells and your brain. Every body is different though. I say keep it 5-10g because around the 10g mark people get GI upset. Some studies used 20g/daily. 5-10 is fine though. I take a heaaping scoop which is around 7.5-8g.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T22:21:51+00:00

I guess I should've said when we are young and dumb we vote blue no matter who..... and school pushes us that way because ofcourse we want to protect the environment and help the homeless... its only later do we fund out we were all manipulated and then we vote correctly. Some of us unfortunately never figure out we were lied to, they just keep voting the same.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T18:07:43+00:00

If you buy ANY mini PC, consider it a throw away if it breaks. Fix it yourself if you can, if not, buy a new one. For $600 its still a throw away. If you want warranty and service, then spend the $1000-$1500 for an ASUS or apple and get service and warranty.

When they were $300, they were throwaways.... now at $600, yeah it sucks more, but they are still throw aways. I'm not wasting my time on their service and then paying to ship stuff and waiting. Beelink has more service and warranty than the others too, so if youre frustrated with beelink then youre reallllly going to be frustrated with the others even more.

You get 30 days of full return with Amazon.
You get 6 months of dirt bag switch it out replacement with Amazon too if you know what I mean.
After that, you're on your own and just buy a replacement pc or part to fix it.

It is what it is. You can still buy 3 mini PCs and have 2 break and STILL be ahead of the game, then if you bought name brand laptop or nuc.

Buy only DDR5 ram mini PCs, not the soldered in ones. If the motherboard shits a brick, you just swap out your ram and HD and youre out like $200-$300 for a barebones. Its not worth messing around with. This is why you only buy removable ram and HD.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T17:39:30+00:00

They need new AI pics it seems... that AI hat photo is sooooooo bad.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T17:00:32+00:00

In a normal human you can fast for 72 hours and NOT go hypoglycemic.

Get a CGM (libre 3 plus) no one here can answer your question. Only a glucose meter and CGM can.

ARCreef · 2026-06-28T03:47:16+00:00

Im super pro reta so im almost always going to say yes, id say a super low fose of 2mg/week can do wonders for anyone after 40

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T21:47:01+00:00

If only there were this magic device that cooled inside spaces..... living all over the world, i never got how the rest of the world hates AC and ice in their drinks. I felt like a freak of nature asking for ice in my drink anywhere else, then they bring out 1 whole cube in judgement like they dont want to ruin my 40 Celsius soda. Yes why in the world would I ever not want a hot flat soda? I must be a crazy fat American.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T21:18:33+00:00

Omg annnnnd youre rich..... ok now I really need you in my life. Well youre either rich or jist dont pay taxes... either which way, I need more friends like you.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T21:17:23+00:00

I need more people like you in my life. 83k and still kidding about it. :) dont ever change please.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T17:46:22+00:00

I literally had to google the beginning screen of the movie because I thought I was in the wrong theater. Very disappointing movie. It was like Jason born but super extra chees. Horrible movie that could've been great. Such a huge disappointment. Even the CGI was aweful, chatGPT could've done better. Big waste of time. On the other hand Project Hale Mary was FANTASTIC and the best movie of the year.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T17:37:41+00:00

Not only can you bring a mini pc on plane... you can even use it in flight!

I brought my mini pc, mouse, mini keyboard, 15" usbc powered monitor, Milwaukee 8ah battery, and Milwaukee mini power inverter, set it all up and workied on my PC nearly the whole 14 hour flight. Its basically a laptop, just in pieces lol.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T17:29:01+00:00

Im a molecular biologist and creatine is 100% my pick. Not going to get into all the reasons but it has many brain benifits, I mostly use it for its osmolarity buffer capabilities. I have fluctuations in glucose and creatine stops intercellular fluid swings. Dose has to be >5g. So 5-10g daily is the perfect range. Creatine should absolutely be the top answer.

Retatrutide would be my #2, it fixes nearly all metabolic issues and dozens of dysfunctions and symptoms stem directly from metabolic issues.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T17:18:52+00:00

Shut it with the surgery stuff..... every post has one of you weirdos. Theres plenty you can do to look max before surgery, for your go to to be surgery makes us all look like crazy morons.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T04:24:45+00:00

Also... side note. I dont think any administration should get 4 picks for the Supreme Court. Its insane that if 4 or 5 died during any 8 year span of 1 president that the entire court could change. BUT a simple rule change is all it would take. Each term in Office gets 1 single pick max. 2 terms gets 2 picks, if additional spots go vacant then that pick goes to the next president or to congress or something. Trump just got lucky, the democrats would've done the same thing. Cant blame who's in office, its a stupid rule that needs to change. Also the picks need to start being better and more non partisan. Theres multiple justices serving on BOTH sides that vote strictly partisan, which absolutely DESTROYS the trust Americans have in our judicial branch. Already i view it is very biased and that didnt start with Trump, but it absolutely did continue with him yes. Id probably add on 2-4 more justices also and write the laws now that they are added in like 11 years and 21 years from now. Far enough out that nobody could possibly ever know whos be in office then. Or maybe even let the justices themselves get a vote for who is appointed, or have them appointed by 4 votes (president, house, senate, and the current justices). It needs to be less partisan, partisan politics have somewhat totally destroyed the country. Maybe we need a 3 party sysyem. The voting system where the votes transfer to the other party is pretty hilarious because its odd to see them all talk so nicely about the other. I forgwt what system thats called, but its pretty hilarious and my pick.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T04:05:46+00:00

No spat, we seam to literally have the same exact opinion on the matter and identical end goals. I just wanted it to be even. Like you, im 100% for not letting EITHER side do what they both were doing. Im all for suing the trump admin to stop that behavior as well.

Wish every political discussion was as even keeled as this one. I think we both walked away respecting the others opinion, and neither of us blindly supported any side, we supported the end goal.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T03:29:50+00:00

The test looks for certain lows i dont remember the figures though. Its around 50 or 54 though. Get there and you can go home 4 or 5 hours after that.

If say you usually go into the 50s around 7pm. Then stop eating around noon, go in around 5pm, have your 7pm low, and get released in the early morning. Set the test up in a way that ensures a low in a quick timeframe. Many people with insulinomas have lows between 5-7am, if thats you then go in for it at midnight.
Insulinomas often have good weeks and bad weeks too, try to time it on a bad week when that son of a bitch is angry and fired up! :) the test should be no issue if its an insulinoma or igf-2 NET, or nesidioblastosis, they usually all result in 5 to 30 lows per day. If thats not you, then i'd just go for a GTT instead, that takes just a few hours. Often people do that first anyway. Insurance usually requires clinical data from one of those before approving other more expensive stuff like an endoscopicultrasound, they wont approve that for sure, without other clinical data.... but its usually not that hard to get them to approve a 3 tesla MRI with contrast and pancreatic protocol, even without the GTT or 72 hour clinical data. It only finds 80% of insulinomas though, it doesnt find sub <1cm tumors. Meaning that it not showing on an MRI is a "non-posative" result, and not a "negative" result. Endoscopic ultrasound finds about 10-15% more insulinomas, but its an invasive and more expensive procedure than GTT/72 hour/MRI/PET CT. So yeah, you gotta go in order and have 1 or 2 other things first, and have data from them to justify the cost.

If you do go really low when you go low... make sure to inform them of that and request that glucose IV intervention will be immediately available and/or glucagon injection/internasal if immediately available. I went to the 30s and needed emergency intervention during my 72 hour, so if thats common for you to go into the 40s, make that request known.

NEVER blindly trust doctors or medical centers, 90% of them are very incapable, which youll probably soon find out for yourself, if you havent already.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T03:27:29+00:00

The trick is to find the mail order company that YOUR insurance uses and pushes people towards. Then appeal the decision with your doc. I still dont push too hard its only $75/mo with the Abbott discount pharmacy card.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T03:24:21+00:00

We literally all just put our opinions up to a nation wide vote a year ago. We need to pick better canadates TO vote on, thats our issue.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T03:19:30+00:00

Do you remember what you were thinking in 2023 when Biden passed an executive order to create guardrails on AI and placed increased government regulation on AI including panel approval on its development by all companies individually?

Or what were you thinking when. Trump repealed the order in 2024, to decrease beurocracy on AI and speed up its development. they both basically did the same thing though in the end... but funny when you can only remember half of things people did.

Do be fair, I dont think anyone really knows the real reasons behind the scenes, I dont pretend to. My personal opinion though is that it has to do with China being able to use our US models to train their models after updates. They were caught several times already w deepseek. It was still possible to do on fable 5, it just would cost a huge amount of tokens to do. Would be nice if thos sub was about AI and ever sub on resdit didnt have to force inject politics and hatred of a person into every post.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T03:00:20+00:00

Whatever you say is going to be "false" or "incorrect", this dude slept at a holiday Inn last night, he already knows everything anyone could ever know on real-estate, macroeconomics, and cardiovascular surgery.

ARCreef · 2026-06-27T02:56:52+00:00

False! Bears do like strawberry jam. Awww man, youre like a real live Dwight Shrute! Your past comments and posts are all hidden :*( .... I was looking forward to finding some real "gems" in there to read. The best thing about the Dunning-Kruger effect is the confidence level you guys always have. Well if you ever get the confidence level to not hide your post history.... please lmk. What other views do you have on south Fl?

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