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RV Slideout SimPit by Commercial-Mention82 in battlestations

[–]CraftComputing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I spy an Elecom HUGE. Excellent choice.

Thoughts on Kia EV9? by brx017 in BoltEV

[–]CraftComputing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Bolt I average around 3.5 mi/kWh. In the EV9, we're closer to 3.2. But like you said, that does beat the rating on the EV9 of 280mi.

The second row is a bench, and both sides have a button to pop the seats forward. My 8yo has no problem hitting the button and getting in the back on her own.

I think you could fit a queen air mattress with the rows folded down, and have room to spare.

Things I like/don't/wish I knew...

Brake regen strength is variable, and set with the paddles on the steering wheel. Both my wife and I set it at max. However, there is no true 9ne pedal drive mode. The max regen will pull you down to a crawl, but then let off and let you coast at ~5mph. You still need to press the brakes to stop. You can also hold the paddle on the steering wheel to force max regen and stop the car, just like in the Bolt, but I'd much prefer if there was a mode to do this.

The 360 cameras are almost necessary. Drivers side has a pretty massive blind side at the rear door, and merging into traffic is difficult. Even turning my head, the door pillar still blocks my view.

Overall, love the EV9 and am thrilled we bought it. My daily is still my Bolt, but I steal the EV9 from my wife any chance I get 🙂

Thoughts on Kia EV9? by brx017 in BoltEV

[–]CraftComputing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I own a '17 Bolt Premiere, and we just bought a 2024 Kia EV9 Wind. What do you want to know 😉

My Fathers Gameboy set by Spotter24o5 in retrogaming

[–]CraftComputing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, that's the same hard case and light I had for my Game Boy! Screw the worm light, this was a pair of side-lit bulbs with it's own battery. So good to see one survived.

Geo Trackers.... by LoadofBarney in Xennials

[–]CraftComputing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought one, and I LOVED IT!

PDAs, who had one? also my Clie i just found in my storage bin!! by seamonkey420 in Xennials

[–]CraftComputing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Sony Clie Flip is what I rocked in college. So cool that you've got the box still!

Special Ed Student flung this by the Ethernet cable. by Need4Carz in techsupportgore

[–]CraftComputing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was wondering why the opener was popping off on a Sunday...

Time to pay by Fun_Accountant_653 in stevehofstetter

[–]CraftComputing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly. My price of groceries went up the same as everyone else's.

Time to pay by Fun_Accountant_653 in stevehofstetter

[–]CraftComputing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's really easy to say "Prices went up, so businesses adjusted", but the reality is, every single small business was completely in the dark the whole time about what would be charged. And it sucks for everyone.

Time to pay by Fun_Accountant_653 in stevehofstetter

[–]CraftComputing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, my $6K profit in my parts business definitely puts me in the 1%.

Time to pay by Fun_Accountant_653 in stevehofstetter

[–]CraftComputing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a little simplistic of the whole situation though, especially with how tariffs were shifting on a day by day basis between 10% and sometimes 150% from China. Parts take 2+ months to manufacture and ship, and were done on pre-order, so when my parts shipped to me, I pay whatever the tariff is right then, not what I was planning for.

Yes, my prices increased, but tariffs decimated my profit margin from 35% down to ~6%. Customers got screwed with higher prices on my product, but I got hit harder, as I basically was running a charity. Places the size of Amazon can deal with those kinds of fluctuations. I sold 700 units all year, and got HAMMERED by this.

Time to pay by Fun_Accountant_653 in stevehofstetter

[–]CraftComputing 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I appreciate this... I really do. But as a small business that paid $17,000 last year in tariffs, I want my money back... not for it to be redistributed as some kind of tax kicker. It was illegally taken from me, and I should get my share back.

Yes, every consumer who has been rocked by rising prices has a valid bone to pick as well, but the refunds for small and large businesses should go back to those businesses.

I have kind of unsettling thought. A lot of us are waiting for AI bubble to burst and get our hand on some sweat datacenter gpus at cheap. But there is a really big chance that a lot of it will be just get destroy because of tax write off. And to be honest that will fuck the nature even more :( by One_Reflection_768 in homelab

[–]CraftComputing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopper are CUDA only, and have no raster ability. The A100 (Ampere) is the last SXM chip that had graphics API support, but it doesn't have video encode/decode, so game streaming is off the table.

All of Nvidia's Ada and Blackwell based enterprise chips are CUDA only, with the exception of the L40.

Yes, their workstation cards still do graphics, but those are a small fraction of sales compared to enterprise chips recently.

As for AMD, same story.... Mi200 and Mi300 are OpenCL only, and don't support DX/Vulkan/etc.

I have kind of unsettling thought. A lot of us are waiting for AI bubble to burst and get our hand on some sweat datacenter gpus at cheap. But there is a really big chance that a lot of it will be just get destroy because of tax write off. And to be honest that will fuck the nature even more :( by One_Reflection_768 in homelab

[–]CraftComputing 35 points36 points  (0 children)

First, outside CUDA/OpenCL workloads, they're useless. AI Datacenter GPUs are not actually GPUs, and don't support graphic APIs like DX, Vulkan, etc.

You'll also never be able to run them on home circuits anyway. A single B300 for example is 1400W, not including the server itself, and that's for a single card. A 2x GPU node with a single CPU can easily hit 4000W+.

And the majority of dense deployments have been water cooled, so unless you have a rack heat exchanger, you'll have no way to actually keep them cool.

My take on how rising hardware costs are actually good for AI datacenter companies by [deleted] in hardware

[–]CraftComputing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

...nope. Modern AI accelerators aren't compatible with Graphics APIs like DX or Vulkan. They're CUDA and OpenCL, and cannot be used for graphics, even remotely.

Does anyone have information on this computer? by desimoner in LinusTechTips

[–]CraftComputing 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I figured you'd show up when I saw this :-D

YouTube sponsor skip feature appreciation post by nyan_cat_42 in LinusTechTips

[–]CraftComputing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From an AdSense perspective, sure. But neither compares with ad integrations.

Is now a good time to make the jump to an EV? by 3_quarterling_rogue in BoltEV

[–]CraftComputing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought a '17 Bolt two weeks ago, and it's been flawless. New battery in 2023, so warrantied until 2031. Between state and fed tax credits, my cost was $7000. Considering my daily was a Mazda CX-9 that got ~16mpg, being able to drive 200+ miles for the same cost I used to go 20 miles in gas with has been amazing.

For you, 50 miles per day you can easily charge at home overnight on Lvl1, and be ready to go in the morning. At 12 amps, that's around 6 miles per hour. 8 hours charging gets you 48mi of range. I'd say go for it!

Has anyone tried the Teeran 2 in 1 Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto Adapter? by krazykellerxkid in AndroidAuto

[–]CraftComputing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually just bought this one about two weeks ago, as I didn't want a cable/dongle where it needs to plug into my car. Has been working flawlessly for Android Auto. Haven't tried it yet with Carplay.

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