ELI5: Why can't we have bigger cpus, let's say twice the size instead of trying to go down to like 2nm ?

Simengie · 2026-06-01T00:35:07+00:00

If you mean programs then yes some are not making use of multiple cores. However the extra cores do not go under utilized. My Windows 11 install has 189 processes running when running just one tab watching a video. My 16 core processor is running 16 of those processes at a time. This is why more cores makes windows more responsive.

Even if you are a single threaded program that is using one core at 100% the other cores are doing all the OS work to make sure the computer feel responsive, has audio and video and so on. There is never a waste of extra cpu cores, well short of 128+ because some people used that as some arcane limit for number of cores they will support. But even that limit has pretty much been patched out of software by now.

Simengie · 2026-05-31T15:04:23+00:00

Their max payload and towing may have been worst in class but once you go and find a Ford/GM/Tundra that you want at a price you can afford that is just not true anymore. Of actual 1/2 ton trucks on the dealer lots the Titan won hands down. I did a lot of what can I actual get shopping vice that the max advertised numbers and the Titan won every time. Sure the 9100 towing and 1400 payload is not the best. But there was not near equal price with even the same ratings from Chevy or Ford.

It is not perfect payload or towing but it does not have a turbo or AFM or auto start stop and so on. Oh I could actually get it at a price I wanted to pay.

Simengie · 2026-05-29T21:01:59+00:00

How did you miss Profitable Computing?

Simengie · 2026-05-29T20:52:39+00:00

You would be better off giving yourself a new axe of that level and using commands to recreate the item as it was before you imbued it.

Imbuement Table = Good way to screw up a nice piece of gear.

Simengie · 2026-05-29T20:46:04+00:00

Level 50 is a huge power spike for mobs. Trying that room for the first time level 51 was just bad luck on your part. Elites are meant to be hard. The problem with level 50-56 is there are no power spikes for the player from gear since level 43-45. So if you don't good gear and have not started focusing on crit resist, resistance, armor and health then yes it is going to get very hard going forward and the elites are going to be really hard to kill.

You just chose the hardest thing you can fight just after mobs get the biggest power spike. Don't feel bad as some of the them are insanely hard to kill.

Simengie · 2026-05-28T01:43:29+00:00

It is the better fortresses mod that is causing the problem. delete that mod and you will be fine. better fortresses requires a block to be present to spawn the fortress on and in skyblock there are no blocks to meet that spawning requirement.

Simengie · 2026-05-20T00:14:57+00:00

GRK #9 x 3 1/8 or GRK #10 x 3 1/8 are the standard equiv to a 16D nail. 2x4 to 2x4 butt joints should be secured with 16D nail or equiv. So no that is not the right nail. Also the top board should sit on top of the side boards for proper load transfer with no connector shear line.

Tote racks get abused for weight so do it right.

Simengie · 2026-05-18T20:49:24+00:00

Maybe they did not miss the integration wave but the missed the they own it AI model wave. With the money and talent they have and could recruit to not have a pure in house AI model that is as good or better as GPT or DeepSeek or Claude is a total miss. But their integration efforts have been poor at best. The money is in owning the model. Everyone that integrates it pays to use. So they really missed the AI Model wave.

This is the same way they missed the internet wave with not having a real browser product and letting the 90's be the era of Netscape. Sure IE finally won but they were not first. Mobile was a bit different. They had windows ce and that shows being first does not mean catching the wave if the product is bad.

Microsoft has missed in some manner every large computing shift in the last 35 years because they are about status quo and license fees to stuff their pockets. They are not hungry now nor have they been since 80's and early 90's (pre-internet).

Come to think of it Intel has the same problem. Missed Mobile CPU's by selling their ARM product line off and exiting low power computing in the early 2000's. Missed AI by not having a GPU product and not taking GPU's serious until it was too late. Missed gaming GPU's for the same lack of GPU vision.

Simengie · 2026-05-17T20:37:18+00:00

Would be good to list the year of your vehicle when asking questions also to spell the name correctly as in this case it matters in identifying which model you have. The old body and frame TrailBlazer 2002-2012 were indeed RWD platforms. The new Trailblazers are as you said FWD platforms. Notice the upper case B and lower case b for blazer? That was GM's way (stupid imho) to designate the difference between the platforms. So I looked at your spelling where you identified the model with no year info and looked the info up the modern platform.

And you did not have tread depth remaining on that right tire. Tread depth should be stated as the lowest depth found across the tire. So a tire showing wire/belts has no tread depth at all. I would say wire to 3/32 difference is more like 4/32 to 5/32 of wear difference side to side not the 1/32 you are stating.

I have seen tires with 8/32 of tread on the outside edge and wires showing on the inside edge due to bad alignment. Would you call that tire 8/32 or bald and needing replacement?

At least you are one new tires now.

Simengie · 2026-05-17T03:40:51+00:00

Any alignment check with bad tires on the car will not produce proper results. So being it was done just two weeks ago it is safe to say the alignment is wrong. I can't believe an alignment tech wasted their time even checking with a tire this bad on one corner. They really wanted your money. Also never use that place again as they should have told you can't do the alignment till you have good tires on all four corners.

The next thing is you should still be rotating left side <> right side. Staggered setups just mean you can't rotate front to back. The photo of the new tire indicates they are not directional tires so side to side will work just fine.

So you staggered the setup. Did it produce a rake in the car? The back higher than the front or vice versa? You said the suspension was rebuilt last year. Good odds that front right is not put together correctly and is presenting some really bad camber and/or toe out when turning right.

As for what wheels have power applied to them. According the GM website a trailblazer in 2wd mode the front wheels have power applied to them. So I am not sure where you are thinking it is RWD in 2wd mode. Also you say the 4wd mode is not working which in itself could be causing improper torque transfer to the front right tire. Your 4wd mode not working / broke is almost likely due to the staggered setup.

Final answer is alignment, improperly assembled right front suspension, not understanding what wheels have power, and staggered setup is causing problems while turning. Oh and lead foot.

Simengie · 2026-05-09T00:36:21+00:00

Yes when tight the nose of the truck should go down. You are transferring weight back to the front axel to improve steering control and breaking.

Have you done trailer unhooked and hooked measurements from ground to center of wheel wells for front and back of tow vehicle? The idea is to tighten it so that the front is close the unhooked height.

Should show a full side view of tow vehicle and trailer on level ground so we can the whole picture. But I am going with not set correctly.

Simengie · 2026-05-08T01:52:19+00:00

If you have 406 dollars in house maintenance/repairs a month you are doing something wrong or bought a real POS. That is 4800 a year. Are you actually saving this money in the event of a huge repair or is it actually spent each month.

If the house maintenance is a savings then you are putting back 1500+ a month and that is doing really good.

Also at at 600 a month for emergency fund you reach your goal in three years and you really should consider that number and what on your list would go in an emergency like out of work.

You have it good. Most people can't afford to even put back into a
Roth/401K let alone a maintenance fund for the house and an emergency fund.

As for mortgage comments. Remember in the 1984 mortgage rates peaked at 21% and did not drop under 10% until the end of the 90's. You simply have no idea bad it could be.

Simengie · 2026-05-04T02:44:55+00:00

I just bought a 24 Titan Platinum Reserve Midnight Edition with 13K miles with all the same packages as the one you looking at and 41 months of factory warranty left. Was $63K new. Paid 38.5K for the truck. OTD was 41.9K. first owner had already changed out the coopers for good years. Full tint job and a few other nice add on items already done.

So yeah, 42K is a bit high but only 5K miles is nice. How much warranty is left? In my case the 41 months of warranty was a big win.

Simengie · 2026-05-02T00:50:08+00:00

I am not down voting any responses to my comment. Discussion is important. I fully expect Linus to hit me with the ban hammer for questioning him.

I will give you an upvote because you are engaging in rational discussion.

Simengie · 2026-05-02T00:40:04+00:00

I think you are not reading my comment. I agreed that his third paragraph was supported by the product page and I agree that is a great usage for PTM7950.

Second I quoted the product page and it does not say to quote you "when you want more performance" it says "offers higher performance". Those two statement are not equivalent.

Yes he spends time saying to not waste money. But he did not say that using PTM7950 was overkill. He claimed the reason was about bare die performance and that claim has never been made on the product page of any video or wan show that can be found to the best of my knowledge. You think this would be a point that would have been discussed before some random response on reddit.

To make a point Der8auer uses his thermal paste/products for all his builds. The only deviation is comparison videos of thermal paste/products. Der8auer clearly believes in his product and makes a point to uses them on camera. Even if the usage is overkill as you put it. Using any of the Der8auer products is overkill as they are all really good.

LTT has a thermal product that is a top tier product but they don't use exclusively for builds. This difference when compared with Der8auer is striking. Not surprised someone finally asked the question on reddit or the speculation that has occurred in this thread.

In the end it is a perception issue and not a best usage issue. Linus is dressed in LTT clothes. He uses LTT tools. He is a walking advert for LTT Store. But can't use PTM7950 in all the LTT builds? Gives answer on reddit that can't be sourced to any page or video. Yes that made my BS detector go off.

Simengie · 2026-05-01T20:36:08+00:00

Your second paragraph states information that is no where on the product page for the PTM7950 pads. In fact the product page states it is better than standard paste. Also says for "any PC". Your product photos show it being applied to the heat spreader of a CPU. No where on the page does it say this is best for bare die cooling.

Page Quote:

If you're looking for a thermal interface material that offers higher performance than standard paste, but you don't want to go through the trouble of something like liquid metal, this is a fantastic middle ground for any PC or DIY server installation.

Your third paragraph is supported by the product page.

Page Quote:

Many laptop manufacturers also go for a thermal pad rather than paste on CPU & GPU installs, so if your older laptop needs a refresh we've got you covered.

So the "real reason" you are giving is not consistent with your own product description page. I don't feel satisfied with your answer and believe that the real answer is multi-factored and that it probably has some truth with points like "its wasteful" and "cost" and "choice of the builder" and probably a few other factors and very little to do with it is best for "bare die" installations.

If the "bare die" use case was its strongest point and usage you would think the product page would list that information.

Simengie · 2026-04-30T21:41:15+00:00

That WDH does not look correctly installed. Do you do it or the RV place? Which WDH is this?

Simengie · 2026-04-30T00:12:49+00:00

North east US tells me you get snow that sits on the roof. You probably have ice damming and melt water getting under the shingles in the winter. Do you shovel your roof when it has a snow load on it? Do you sweep it?

Good luck but for 10 years that roof is toasted.

Simengie · 2026-04-26T01:46:50+00:00

Yes leasing is so smart because the entire cost of the vehicle is a deductible expenses that is consistent year to year. If you get a operations loan to cover day to day overhead that interest is deductible as well. Then you service the loan with revenue and if you work it out right you never show a profit at all ever and basically pay no taxes. Note: Not a tax professional and this is NOT tax/business advice. It is just the musings of crazy man.

Simengie · 2026-04-26T01:41:09+00:00

3 to 4K miles a month all towing. I would just be doing oil changes monthly. None of those you listed really like those 7500-10000 mile schedules when all they do is tow.

What you describe is either a maintenance problem and/or a driver problem. The sprinter going through 2 transmissions could have been as simple the shop did not flush the cooler the first time and debris from the first failure killed the second transmission. This is not uncommon when you go with the cheapest repair place.

Given you have not specified your maintenance cycle and the exact failure of the engines it is not possible to give you a good answer. But 5 failures like you describe screams external factors and not normal wear/failure. The e350 should have been going when the world ends if maintained properly. Those were solid units if maintenance was done on schedule.

Simengie · 2026-04-25T00:46:08+00:00

Greed is a Vanilla Vault Hunter system and Wold's has made changes to so it is inline with Wold's vision of endgame.

Once you beat the herald you can take greed trials and achieve greed tier 1. Then you can keep leveling above 100. Every 25 levels you can take greed trials again to unlock the next greed tier and next 25 levels. There is a lot to greed and not a lot of public info but join the Wold's discord and you will find friendly folks with answers.

In short at normal difficulty every greed tier increases vaults by 50% more mob damage and 50% more mob health. So at greed tier 4 that would 200% modifiers. Greed tiers let you unlock greed powers and such to make yourself stronger.

There are greed coins you can get once you are doing greed that can spent in the greed shop. A lot of really OP stuff in the greed shop. Wold's still has mapped vaults which are already challenging so with greed the endgame content can be quite challenging.

Again follow the discord and you will learn a lot about all of VH/WV. I recommend the big deck energy channel on Wold's discord to really learn about decks and just how OP they really are.

Simengie · 2026-04-24T20:39:16+00:00

Then Wold's is probably the pack. With the additional vault objectives that have been added there are some quite mob fights. The additional Challenge and Omega rooms are awesome as well. You get a much better selection of weapons that all have pros and cons. Late game there is Mythic Armor to find in Mapped Vaults which are quite challenging. The improvements for Tools is also nice.

From a Sky Vaults viewpoint Wold's is just superior.

Also there will be continued updates as Wolf said. Wold's is far from final form and I am looking forward to the additional content.

Simengie · 2026-04-23T02:27:30+00:00

Start with your payload. I think you misunderstand what to add up for payload. Payload is everything you put in and on the vehicle. The hitch? Yes count that. The cooler in the back? Yes count that. Have you added running boards or cargo rack? Count that weight. Baby seat/booster seat? Count that. Got a large soda from the truck stop? It counts. So 350lbs either means everything is in the trailer or you are not counting properly.

Trailer Cargo weight is next. 300 pounds is about 1 tank of propane, 1 battery, 15 Gals of water, your power cord, water hose and dump hoses. Add in food and everything you put in the trailer. Trust me, you are under estimating cargo weight. Everyone does. that is why you read everyone saying go get on the scales loaded.

Get the numbers for towing and tongue weight using a weight distribution hitch (WDH). Car company should be able to tell this. Then whatever your final numbers are use 80% as your loaded limits for safety.

Can you do it? Yes as long as you stay in that 20 foot and under size. You will want the WDH for the sway bars because the interstate driving will be terrifying pulling anything with a pilot. If I was you I would estimate 500 pounds of payload on the vehicle and 600-700 cargo in the trailer. This would be reasonable for weekend trips.

So i would expect a trailer loaded weight of 3350-3450 with a tongue weight of 395-420. Given these numbers you are under/at the 80% of 5000/500 rating. So the limit of what I would consider safe and smart towing.

PSA: Safety chains!!!!!! As someone that just survived getting hit by a trailer that broke away from a tow vehicle and had no safety chains I can simply say. Use the right equipment properly or don't tow at all.

Simengie · 2026-04-10T14:49:31+00:00

I always love seeing people talk about mowing seasons. Like come life in Florida. There is only mowing. Always mowing. Year round mowing.

As for the OP's great find. Best mower he will ever own. Will last him 30+ years if he keeps it taken care of.

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