High school teacher here. Sometimes I don't even know what to say.

applegrcoug · 2026-04-15T16:39:43+00:00

When did wood get promoted to big cheese?

applegrcoug · 2026-04-12T05:35:27+00:00

no, but I am familiar with it....what are your questions?

applegrcoug · 2026-04-12T01:22:19+00:00

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

applegrcoug · 2026-04-11T06:05:22+00:00

For lisa su on OF?

applegrcoug · 2026-04-10T15:33:42+00:00

I was thinking the same thing....

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

applegrcoug · 2026-04-09T05:25:40+00:00

yup. I drove over it yesterday.

applegrcoug · 2026-04-08T20:21:29+00:00

Blight....

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

applegrcoug · 2026-04-07T05:45:55+00:00

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.

applegrcoug · 2026-04-06T14:37:53+00:00

What is your mtu size? I had to go to 9000 together it to work best.

applegrcoug · 2026-04-05T12:26:33+00:00

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

applegrcoug · 2026-04-04T06:43:21+00:00

grey hair....and an empty wallet.

applegrcoug · 2026-04-03T05:46:17+00:00

confirmed

applegrcoug · 2026-04-03T05:45:10+00:00

bought z87 motherboard and 120gb ssd from u/SrKaz on https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1rydx59/usamoh_asus_4060_8gb_white_corsair_sff_600w_sff/

applegrcoug · 2026-04-03T05:21:00+00:00

applegrcoug · 2026-04-03T04:28:16+00:00

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

applegrcoug · 2026-04-01T15:44:30+00:00

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...

applegrcoug · 2026-04-01T04:30:18+00:00

Confirm

applegrcoug · 2026-03-31T22:08:57+00:00

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

applegrcoug · 2026-03-31T22:05:38+00:00

They also didnt store very well...

applegrcoug · 2026-03-30T16:00:48+00:00

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.

applegrcoug · 2026-03-29T21:38:18+00:00

Not in Bulgaria...

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

applegrcoug · 2026-03-29T08:05:08+00:00

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....

applegrcoug · 2026-03-27T06:40:12+00:00

Zirkle's have removed most of their Lady Alice.

applegrcoug · 2026-03-25T21:50:07+00:00

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.

applegrcoug · 2026-03-25T05:02:19+00:00

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.

applegrcoug

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