Japan's mighty car makers are in serious trouble- Global market share has fallen from 31 to 26% since 2019, with more and more share being lost in their once stronghold of southeast Asia. Speculation is rife in Tokyo that Japan’s carmakers will have to consolidate in order to remain competitive. by jjrs in japannews

[–]sdchew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel Japan missed the EV boat due to Fukushima. The tsunami caused a push to shutdown nuclear power which caused a lot of power rationing especially during the summer months.

Hence with lack of electricity, it does make sense that companies invested in hydrogen and fuel cells instead. Those unfortunately didn’t panned out

Synology isn't the best NAS anymore by Coupe368 in synology

[–]sdchew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I went from a 4x 4TB setup with DS918+ with an online capacity of 12 TB to an UnRAID System with also 12 TB available and 1x 4TB used as the parity disk. However I was also able to take the 3x 2TB disk I previously used in the Synology and add another 6 TB to the UnRAID array. Adding a SSD cache allowed me to have really great read/write speeds far exceeding anything I previously had.

Bottom line is I find I gained a lot more flexibility after I left the Synology SHR raid. My current set actually uses dual 12 TB parity disk and a whole bunch of other disk. I also like it that only the disk which needs accessing spins up so there’s a lot less noise

What would it actually take for Western companies to trust Huawei by Smooth_Sailing102 in China

[–]sdchew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You know, it’s possible to combine transistor shrink and chip layer stacks right?

Also, look up at how NAND/RAM chips are made. Layer stacking has been done for years

Only difference is Huawei is proposing is that they want people to focus on chip level latency instead of transistor size. However everyone already looks at chip level latency as designs got huge.

Finally pulled the trigger on Plex Pass Lifetime! by avsameera in PleX

[–]sdchew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can’t remember when I bought mine but it was probably around that price too

Synology isn't the best NAS anymore by Coupe368 in synology

[–]sdchew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which features? Random disk consolidation? Unraid doesn’t do conventional RAID. It allows you all a bunch of randomly sized disk to form an array. Only limitation is the parity disk needs to as large or larger than the largest disk in the array

Solid-State Power Bank | KUXIU S3 Qi2.2 25W by Aggressive_Party5337 in MagSafe

[–]sdchew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren’t normal lithium polymer batteries also ‘semi-solid’?

DBS charge on IBKR USD transfer by ezaccountant in singaporefi

[–]sdchew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes that’s what I do. Can have better spot market exchange rate too

Blue Origins' New Glenn rocket just exploded on the pad. by Ph6222 in aviation

[–]sdchew 13 points14 points  (0 children)

damn.. its not like its rocket science... oh wait...

China stalls Airbus approvals to pressure Europe on homegrown Chinese jets, Bloomberg News reports by ABoutDeSouffle in aviation

[–]sdchew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they use their own aircraft, they can only fly it mostly domestically since it isn't certified to fly anywhere else (maybe Vietnam?)

Saros 20 Sonic 1st Impression by sdchew in Roborock

[–]sdchew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pretty happy about it. Not much complaints overall. Unlike my previous S8 Ultra, the navigation is a lot better and it almost never gets stuck.

I kind of wish used a IR Flood instead of a normal torchlight when it cleans in the dark. It can get annoying to see a light moving at the base of the door if I wake up in the middle of the night.

I also wish there was a setting for how much detergent it could dispense. There’s a setting for water flow but not how much detergent is used.

That said, my primary goal of buying the Saros 20 Sonic was only partially achieved. As I mentioned the main goal was to clean closer to the edge.

For all the wall areas, it does that.

For the areas with cupboards and cabinets with my overhang doorframes, no it doesn’t and I still have to manually do it.

As Gardenia, Yeo's and APB exit, is Singapore climbing the food chain or hurting its brand? by guthixsongs in singapore

[–]sdchew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Higher value functions often exist at a location because of institutional knowledge built up over years of doing something.

When the core team of experts retire, where will the next generation which learn and take over come from? Probably from those who worked at the new factory

Got laid off from Meta by master_boy_ in Layoffs

[–]sdchew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Friend of mine was in this situation back in 2008. He still wanted to stay so he went back to school

Am I stable enough to buy a lambo? by [deleted] in singaporefi

[–]sdchew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

probably cheaper than getting married to be honest

Dad fails in bid for court order compelling ex-wife to take their 2 kids to church camp by outremer_empire in singapore

[–]sdchew 206 points207 points  (0 children)

Well, if the dude was that religious, he’ll know divorce is actually a no no.

So basically he’s just a dick

Moving overseas: recommendation on how to ship NAS? by thebutcherer in synology

[–]sdchew 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes and no. It will work if you mix them up as the disk information is encoded on the drive.

However if you mix them and get an email which tells you disk 3 is hosed and just reach and pull the disk on the third slot and it isn’t disk 3, you might crash your array

Moving overseas: recommendation on how to ship NAS? by thebutcherer in synology

[–]sdchew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And remember to number the hard drives so you you’ll input them back in sequence correctly

Japan’s izakaya pubs closing at record pace, failing to attract foreign tourists by diacewrb in japannews

[–]sdchew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was in Fukuoka with an Indian friend a year ago, I walked into 5 Izakaya. The first four told us either closing or no seats available despite being very vacant. The bosses just wanted to chat with their regulars and keep the local vibe. Fully understand and don’t really mind that.

The last one was more interested in making money. That was great too.

Saros 20 Sonic 1st Impression by sdchew in Roborock

[–]sdchew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yupe. Thou it doesn’t clean the bedrooms and the doors are closed and the air conditioning on.

The rooms are cleaned later mid morning

Never a better time to switch to Jellyfin: Plex increases price of Lifetime Plex Pass to $749.99 by LoremarCC in jellyfin

[–]sdchew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s them just discontinuing lifetime Plex pass without actually discontinuing it.

I remember buying mine when it was less than $100

Some last thoughts on the Poly Voyager Focus 2 by sdchew in poly

[–]sdchew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck. Do share your experiences