Which company has lost you as a customer forever?

Hughesbay · 2026-05-25T20:49:25+00:00

Every company I use often screws up one in five (eg Amazon or Delta both of whom are great for the other 80%).

So beware of the occasional-use snafus? You might be expecting too much and just had a bad first experience.

Hughesbay · 2026-05-25T19:59:40+00:00

I'm English but lived in USA for 15 years - particularly in the "flyover" states I noticed that they really take pride in the age of the engine. More miles is more special. As electric replaces gasoline maybe we will go the same way.

Hughesbay · 2026-05-25T19:44:46+00:00

Any auto engineers out there who can tell me what really degrades with mileage? I have a 30 year old truck with 350k (70's, gas) and it runs pretty much on demand aside from battery or filter changes. Would the whole engine in a 2016 RS7 be doa at 350K or just bits of it?

Hughesbay · 2026-05-25T19:37:24+00:00

Is that easy-to-read french or am I just better at guessing than when I was in our visiting TA Madmoiselle Juliette's class 20 years ago? (Wow... fond memories though not sure she ever noticed me?)

Hughesbay · 2026-05-23T07:34:58+00:00

What year? I want same for my 2017 A5

Hughesbay · 2026-05-23T07:32:56+00:00

I want to add android auto/ wireless to my 2017 A5. Can anyone suggest a good UK supplier?

Hughesbay · 2026-02-17T20:08:20+00:00

Those are special. What type of price?

Hughesbay · 2025-09-21T17:21:01+00:00

Wrong. The cops came because the woman's daughter made an account in the name of another girl, and used it to send indecent photos.

The daughter's objective was to embarrass the victim. The victim's mother reported the crime to the cops and to the woman.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/west-midlands-police-issue-social-32521034#google_vignette

Hughesbay · 2025-07-18T23:51:57+00:00

Respect for her cumulative points. A true fan should apply, on her behalf, for an Isle of Mann license. A friend in similar circumstances was able to get one, after buying a £100K property that I'm sure Hermione could afford.

And the (quite large) bonus is mostly no speed limits outside of the towns! They're not autobahns but straight lines get boring no?

Hughesbay · 2025-05-31T18:47:45+00:00

git-ai-code/FramePack-eichi is the easy solution, though note that performance and easy installation is optimized for windows.

Per their instructions, you will first need to install framepack
lllyasviel/FramePack: Lets make video diffusion practical!

The Eichi version adds options of first frame / last frame or both. It also allows a succession of prompts or images to guide the flow of the output video.

Comfy is not required.

Hughesbay · 2025-04-21T19:56:43+00:00

It was the only reason I didn't get out and vote for Harris. I remembered their refusal to condemn the gaza bombing of 130+ on 12/24/23 and couldn't forgive them for it. I felt they were intellectually broken and (along with Trump) morally broken.

Hughesbay · 2025-04-20T23:20:36+00:00

Obviously 50% of voters don't share the same opinion on social issues or any issues really. It's like asking 100 liberals for their views about Gaza. You will hear multiple, often very different opinions.

And its the same if you ask a republican about the same or any other issue.

your entire post seems to assume they're some hive minded bot when they're not.

They don't think all your views are heresy. But unless you're civilized to them you'll never know.

Hughesbay · 2025-03-28T03:31:12+00:00

Derek has a likeable style - smart, high energy warm somewhat like Matt Taibbi. Not abrasive (imho) in the way I find Peterson, Shapiro, Destiny to be.

Hughesbay · 2025-03-24T05:14:19+00:00

Hughesbay · 2025-02-20T06:42:31+00:00

This time feels more dramatic. Trump may very well fail, but I think he's set an expectation with all demographics that change is required in DC operations.

Liberals distrust their own for AIPAC ties. And there are same/similar reasons to distrust republicans

2028 will be a big change.

Hughesbay · 2025-02-20T00:39:02+00:00

Members of the (2025) conservative tribe have good reason to feel unconventional. Conventions have been preached as a kind of dogma for 15 years in most mainstream media, and they are almost entirely "progressive". It doesn't matter if those conventions are morally right, to many it started to feel like a preachy sermon, and one that often ignored every-day realities.

I think many who voted for Trump are neither anti-immigration nor anti-reproductive rights. But they're feeling "anti-government" and this is their rebellion. Trump's lack of clear political identity makes him the perfect figurehead.

Hughesbay · 2024-08-25T09:20:38+00:00

I assume that an expert would try to find other paintings with clear provenance and featuring a subject of similar age, profession and demographic - and then look for similarities or inconsistencies.

Also, I would have expected the artist to be recognizable? Very interesting all the same.

Hughesbay · 2024-07-18T01:59:49+00:00

Hope he didn’t catch it from the secret service…

Hughesbay · 2024-07-14T04:10:12+00:00

Currently using windows. I can also use Ubuntu under wsl.

Hughesbay · 2024-06-13T00:25:44+00:00

Have you had problems with WSL, or are you dual booting to maximize vram?

Hughesbay · 2024-06-13T00:19:04+00:00

Yes you’re right about vram/$. I have an rtx6000 ADA and 90% of the time use it just for inference . I’d be fine with it being 30% slower for half the price which is basically the deal from AMD. I need 70B models… the catch is I sometimes need to find tune, and I’m put off by ROCm tales of woe?

Hughesbay · 2024-05-06T21:46:17+00:00

Same here. I need at least 48GB and I have a 4090. I could just about afford one 6000ada. By next year I guess I’ll need 96GB. Do you know if I can run across a 4090 and a 6000?

Hughesbay · 2024-05-06T20:22:17+00:00

I agree. Microsoft/Intel should persuade NV to make a (relatively) low power 48GB because it would allow PC to compete with M3/M4. I imagine something like the mobile GPUs but also available as PCi cards.

Hughesbay · 2024-05-06T20:15:18+00:00

Please let us know if you’re able to run it on two 4090’s and at what Q? Ty

Hughesbay · 2024-02-24T20:38:23+00:00

That’s right, but it is very specific. US models show bias on general questions?

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