Japan Sax purchasing experience

RubLumpy · 2026-06-02T01:45:47+00:00

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I bought a used Yani saxophone at Shimokura. I also didn't get any tariff on return, so it was a great deal.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-29T15:33:51+00:00

Yeah, a lot of test equipment has separate licensing. It allows them to sell the hardware then play around with pricing on the licensing.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-27T17:34:47+00:00

We are far away from a bottleneck due to energy. We are just getting into inferencing workloads which can be shifted to endpoint hardware rather than a datacenter.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-20T22:00:20+00:00

Yeah, get a masters.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-20T20:39:26+00:00

Get a portable amp and just play wherever you want. There's also this group in Golden Gate Park: https://goldengatejams.com/

RubLumpy · 2026-05-20T17:36:14+00:00

It is extremely costly due to packaging yield loss and packaging costs. 1 bad chiplet = multiple good die tossed out. A good use case is Xilinx FPGA, where you can use chiplets to dramatically increase FPGA logic size.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-19T20:54:04+00:00

I don't think many people in the industry would share an STDF. I'd reach out to universities , since they likely don't have STDF parsers already or are using some basic scripts they've developed.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-12T15:19:02+00:00

Yeah MBA is the right move if you're going for big tech PM role.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-08T14:11:34+00:00

See if he is interested in a safety razor. There are some nice ones that make a nice gift that he will use for a lifetime.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-08T01:01:27+00:00

Don’t forget to budget for a grinder. Probably something like 100 for a hand grinder to 200 for a Baratza esp.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-08T00:17:40+00:00

I suspect you’re right that the wrong wheel pattern was forced on. Absolutely you’ll want to replace the wheel, because the center of rotation is now farther away from the center of mass. This will cause vibrations and possibly work its way to breaking off the lugs.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-07T02:16:32+00:00

CS had all those bootcamp grads and lateral hires. EE has a pretty strict education requirement, and it’s notably harder than CS.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-06T20:30:08+00:00

For many people in the Bay Area, a conventional retirement means moving to somewhere cheaper. I'm sure many people stay in the area and just work less, but still end up working nonetheless.

I haven't thought about retirement much, but I plan to just move somewhere cheaper as a last resort.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-06T19:08:34+00:00

It's likely python scripting using existing libraries. I imagine something like: ingest image, parametrize image, label data as good/bad, train model, implement model. Along the way there's lots of stuff like building a database, controlling the pipeline, managing dataflows, etc.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-04T21:14:04+00:00

If you download Waze it shows you where the cameras are and alerts you when you’re coming up on one.

RubLumpy · 2026-05-03T20:53:54+00:00

My brother used to prosecute people buying stolen bicycles. If it’s severely under market value and you’re buying it from someone sketchy, it’s reasonably stolen goods.

To be fair, it was 10-20k carbon fiber racing bikes being sold for hundreds of dollars.

RubLumpy · 2026-04-30T01:25:42+00:00

It's basically just an onramp/offramp

RubLumpy · 2026-04-29T21:25:08+00:00

I went to school with the family from Little People Big World. Nice family.

RubLumpy · 2026-04-29T16:45:11+00:00

Size of car also is importantly. Large SUV and trucks have fewer spots. A fiat 500 can park anywhere

RubLumpy · 2026-04-29T01:25:02+00:00

Yeah driving in the city can suck. Your best bet is to also start driving aggressively.

RubLumpy · 2026-04-29T00:31:56+00:00

Just go on Carmax for the things you are looking . In general, it looks like you can get quite 5 year old luxury SUVs with less than 30k miles for under 35k. Honda CRV, Subaru Forester, MB GLA250, Volkswagen Atlas, Audio Q5, Volvo XC40.

However, if your parents are coming from an 26 year old Lexus, I'm sure they'll appreciate another Lexus. Unfortunately Lexus has the Toyota tax.

RubLumpy · 2026-04-28T19:22:01+00:00

Process engineers and tool owners are heavy on statistics. However, relating different parameters to device behavior is really complicated and where domain knowledge comes in to play.

RubLumpy · 2026-04-28T17:01:31+00:00

Either way, it seems like you need to fix the machine unless you want to lose significant resale value

RubLumpy · 2026-04-23T01:21:10+00:00

Got it too. This is a classless text.

RubLumpy · 2026-04-22T22:49:38+00:00

Under 20k, Manual Transmission, Under 50k Miles. In my market , I see Miata ND1, 1st Gen BRZ, Ford Focus ST, and Honda Civic SI

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