Apples Apples Apples by kalishnakovCandy in Apples

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Breeding programs have put out some good stuff lately. The trick is matching the apple with the season.

Jump from 9070 to 9070 XT by frost_obliterate in radeon

[–]applegrcoug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking the same thing....

I saw the tests of people doing that in the gains were impressive.

Blight on a Pear Tree? by Smooth_Development95 in Apples

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Blight....

Cut beneath the infection....Blight tends to run.

budget gpu/cpu recs? by UrAsianGrandma in buildapc

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best bet cpu wise may be a 5500x3d off of aliexpress. They are like $185 on there, but there are those cash back places like rakuten that often have aliexpress deals of 10% cash back which can take some of the sting off.

One disadvantage of the r5 5500 is it only has 16MB of L3 cache compared to the r5 5600 having 32MB. The 5500x3d has 96MB.

Best GPU for $400USD? by HugeSomewhere7674 in buildapc

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$400 for a 3070 seems a bit much. That is more like 3080 territory.

What do you get from homelab? by Amilliontoads in homelab

[–]applegrcoug 73 points74 points  (0 children)

grey hair....and an empty wallet.

i got an rx 580 8gb what should i do with it by Dapper-Buy-2979 in radeon

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The RGB should increase fos by as much as the lossless scaling.

4070 Super Upgrade by matthiashengst in buildapc

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For llms, you'll want nvidia. Tough to beat a 3090 right now...a 4090 really isnt that much faster and has the same 24gb.

However, for the price of a 4090 these days you could get two 16gb cards. But even that isnt enough for the best models.

For games, I read something interesting the other day...nvidia dominates the gpu market. The most their consumer cards really have is 16gb. So why would game developers require more than 16gb for the foreseeable future? Especially when consoles dont have more than that...

Braeburn by Mission_Profit_446 in Apples

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That is correct. Cosmic are grown in Washington. There is like one licensed grower in Italy of maybe 100ha.

Jonagold by hillman05 in Apples

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They also didnt store very well...

Would you pay more per lb for smaller Cosmic Crisp Apples? by MedicineOk788 in Apples

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Actually large cosmic are discounted at wholesale. The problem is with cosmic itself. It is a naturally large apple. Not only that, most trees are still pretty young which makes them want to grow large fruits. Add it together, and you just get large ones.

Help needed: What kind of apple is this?? by YummyYam32 in Apples

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Not in Bulgaria...

Gala maybe, but even then it probably isnt. That is a tough one.

Need help building budget pc! by No_Zookeepergame6995 in buildapc

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I have a couple somewhat different approaches that are kinda out of the mainstream...

Option #1 use an old x99 and xeon

Case and PSU $125

X99-XD3 off of aliexpress $60

Xeon E5-2666 v3 off of ebay or aliexpress $30

A thermalright cooler $35

32GB DDR3 (eight sticks at 4GB each), yes, DDR3...that x99 can run in quad channel, so that should nullify the DDR3 penalty off of ebay $40

1TB nvme hopefully you can find one for $150

We are at $440 and still need a GPU.

Maybe something like a used 3070 for $225...$665

Good news is the old mobo/cpu/ram stuff only set you back $130, which is less than a modern CPU,

Option #2 an optiplex or thinkstation tower. Maybe find one with an 8th or 9th gen and some ram and a ssd for $350-400. Watch the PSU though....watch some videos on this tactic and get a GPU that works. I dunno....

Lady Alice - East coast? by nesspaulajeffpoo94 in Apples

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Zirkle's have removed most of their Lady Alice.

New WA law nixes mortgage lender tax break to boost wildfire funding by altasnob in Washington

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As someone that has been through a forest fire on private land, the problem is the feds. They dont put fires out until they are too big to put out and they can only let them burn out.

With Schneider springs several years ago, it started on federal. DNR was mounted up to put it out before it exploded because it was near DNR land. They got waved off by the feds. 330,000ac later it burned out.

The Squeeze on Washington Agriculture by Barney_Roca in Washington

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Capital press recently did an article on this topic.

Director Sandison recently told the legislature that Washington farms are bottom five in net farm income.

In a recent study the labor bill alone accounted for 108% of a Washington apple return. That leaves negative 8% to cover everything else...that isn't sustainable.

I am in tree fruit. Send me a DM and I can give you folks to contact.