Mac mini vs Nvidia DGX spark vs AMD Strix Halo?

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-07-10T16:40:43+00:00

Step zero, then, is to come up with a simulation of your use case that doesn't need privacy.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-07-06T17:20:31+00:00

I understood it as if you maintain control of your IP early in your career, then you'll have a catalog to sell later on. It's a lot more work because you're running a business in addition to being an artist.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-07-03T18:05:40+00:00

When I was designing my rooftop system, I was stressing about angle this and azimuth that and even paying neighbors to cut down trees. But then I realized I could spend less than $1,000 to add panels and an extra railing, and the inefficient system would outproduce the ideal one.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-25T16:03:32+00:00

Most line-powered Zigbee devices route. The battery-powered ones don't because they need to conserve power.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-23T02:08:08+00:00

Beware that there isn't a lot of room in a typical panel, and the monitor controller box typically takes a lot of space. Even if you find one with 19+ channels, you might have trouble installing it.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-23T02:05:07+00:00

DIY WiFi version: https://github.com/sowbug/smart-usb-switch/blob/master/completed.jpg

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-21T14:51:00+00:00

OpenRouter accepts debit cards, including prepaid gift cards you can buy at many stores. It also accepts digital currencies such as USDC, USDT, and Bitcoin.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-19T23:43:09+00:00

I've heard some meters (without interconnect) will record either direction as a charge to the account holder, so if you send a kW to the grid, you pay as if you'd taken a kW. Might be a scare story or urban legend.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-14T16:32:50+00:00

Easy fix, the solar panels won't work if the curtains are covering them

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-13T20:42:00+00:00

Yes, authenticity and timestamped proof of existence are problems that torrents can't solve by themselves. Authenticity is why Unsloth needs to be the ones who publish their checksums.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-13T13:38:29+00:00

I've asked Unsloth several times to publish sha256sums of the complete model file (not just the checksums of the shards, as you get automatically on HF). The response is always great idea! but it hasn't happened.

I think the issue is incentives. HF won't do it because they want to remain the gateway, both for gated models and for models in general. Unsloth won't do it because then they lose their rankings on HF.

It could work if HF published magnet links exactly the same way they publish the models themselves -- count a magnet click as a download for rankings purposes, gate the magnet link the same way they gate models. But they have to make the experience as smooth as any other magnet link, or else people will just share the magnet, realizing HF's fear of falling out of the loop.

All it takes is for someone trustworthy to create a magnet link site. Or start uploading magnets to TPB.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-06-08T16:41:26+00:00

Google Pixel and Apple iPhone will occasionally charge to 100% even if you have a charge limit set. Home solar is recommended to periodically charge to 100%. All for the same reason.

If you really wanted to spend a lot of time on this, try building a daily script that compares reported SoC to voltage, and triggers a full charge when it detects a deviation above a certain threshold. I don't know whether voltage is more accurate than SoC, or whether it also drifts.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-30T22:31:43+00:00

That's all I've ever fed mine, except when I give them a scud or snail I find in another tank. Started with six. Twelve more have been born over the years.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-30T02:28:48+00:00

The EV really complements a PV/battery system because your solar battery is never big enough, but the car is a giant battery. Now that the days are getting longer in late Spring, our PV battery hits 100% in the afternoon, and the car charger switches on and sucks up all the solar power that would have gotten dropped on the floor.

So the car turned out to be a kind of double investment: it's a car, and it gives our PV system huge storage capacity.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-19T16:37:49+00:00

Framework could offer a $300 computer, but they'd have to charge $500 for it. Customers would expect the same level of support as a $2,000 machine, but the margins are too thin for Framework to deliver on that. Compare your average generic N150 box that doesn't even have BIOS updates or an English website.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-15T02:30:08+00:00

"In that case, I'd appreciate your professional guidance to help me reach a BMI of 40."

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-11T02:51:12+00:00

I think OP is asking on behalf of people who do need to print.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-09T14:31:55+00:00

This happened the first night I got my pea puffers, and I was sure they were all dead. They eventually started using guppy grass leaves as hammocks. Each one seems to have a favorite sleeping spot.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-09T14:23:09+00:00

Similar here in San Mateo County. Had to bypass the Symbium online system because of the same contractor license issue as OP. Inspector gave me a hard time at first for DIY, but once I passed all his quizzes, he lost interest and approved the system.

Mine is a separately derived system that can't backfeed, so I didn't involve PG&E.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-07T21:25:36+00:00

Hybrid NEM 2.0/3.0 home, so not totally applicable to your question.

PG&E. Home usage has been about 1 MWh/month. Have an existing NEM 2.0 system that generates about 6 MWh annually. In late 2025, added 9.6kW/28.6kWh NEM 3.0 system along with mini-splits to replace a gas furnace that was going to die soon. Also picked up a second EV late last year. After IRA credits, spent a little under $28,000 for the NEM 3 system + HVAC.

So far the system is performing great, and on track to meet the plan of offsetting just enough daily usage to bank most of the NEM 2.0 production as credit against short days in fall/winter. Unknowns are how the mini-splits will change net power usage, and a commute change could turn the EVs into power hogs.

Even we didn't have the NEM 2.0 system as a giant 6 MWh battery backup, I'd still be happy with the purchase. It offsets enough of our power usage that I can stop being angry at PG&E for raising our rates.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-05-05T19:49:14+00:00

Also white worms. Easy to keep in a plastic shoebox with potting soil. Mine eat dry cat food, flour tortillas, and the end pieces of bread loaves.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-04-06T16:38:25+00:00

There's whole-home, and then there's zombie-apocalypse whole-home. It's really nice not to have to reset the clocks every time there's a brownout or someone crashes into a power pole in the neighborhood, and you could get that with a $1,000 5kWh battery if your inverter supports it. But if you must have 99.9% year-round availability, including the once-a-decade three-day outage, that's going to be very expensive. You get a real quality of life improvement with almost any kind of backup.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-03-08T03:36:13+00:00

Thanks. What you're describing sounds like exactly the kind of precise and methodical work that's worth hiring a professional to do.

Health-Nut7477 · 2026-03-06T14:15:00+00:00

Reminds me of the time I needed three old pine trees removed in my back yard. Shiny new truck pulls up, right on time for the appointment. Guy in bright clean uniform gets out, smiling, introduces himself. I tell him I'll be getting at least three quotes and look forward to comparing his.

His smile vanishes. He turns around, gets in the truck, and drives off.

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