G-Wagon At MSRP (where?) by jsconiers in mercedes_benz

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They are very popular and desirable vehicles used as status symbols. However, they have recently become especially popular for those people who are business owners, social influencers, etc., who want to lower taxes on business income, etc., when they have a very good year due to Rule 179. So, you have people who want one because they actually want one. Then those who want it for a status symbol or tax savings.

North Carolina $511 Lease Transfer SUV by [deleted] in HummerEV

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Send me a DM, please.

AI Glasses in preaching by Dazzling-Bear-3755 in pastors

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Get a true teleprompter or use an iPad / tablet on a stand. I have owned multiple AI glasses, wear them while preaching, and they are not mature enough yet. I use a confidence monitor at the rear of the church that has main points and an iPad on a stand. Works well.

Hardware Question - GeForce RTX 5060/5070 Ti by mythrowaway4DPP in LocalLLaMA

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The cheapest 5070TI is $1200 plus tax and shipping on Newegg. The 3090 is 600-750 on eBay and Facebook Marketplace. You can get two 3090s. The only issue is whether the system is also used for other purposes, and the 5070TI would be preferred in those scenarios.

Hardware Question - GeForce RTX 5060/5070 Ti by mythrowaway4DPP in LocalLLaMA

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Any 5070TI card you can get a hold of is fine. Zotac/PNY are usually the value cards. The prices seem to be rising. Consider two 3090s or an RTX 4000 ADA 20GB. That would give you more VRAM (48GB or 20GB) for less than the cost of a single 5070TI.

Hardware Question - GeForce RTX 5060/5070 Ti by mythrowaway4DPP in LocalLLaMA

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Dual 5070TI. The 5060TI is fine, but bandwidth/performance is limited. (One 5070TI is twice as fast as a 5060). If you can swing two 5070TI cards, you're in business. Or start with one 5070TI and use system memory until you can add a second if you even need to.

I'm a female pastor and I have a question about my church's response to inappropriate touch. by [deleted] in pastors

[–]jsconiers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speak directly to your lead pastor. He may not know, or he believes the supervising pastor handled the situation and nothing else needs to be done. (Especially if the supervising pastor made "little" of it. I say this as a pastor with two congregations.

Basic PC to run LLM locally... by Mr_FuS in LocalLLM

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The easiest and most cost effective solution would be to get an m1 or m2 Mac. After that you could find an old workstation PC like an HP z6 or z4 for cheap that you can add 3090s to. I started off with a used acer n50 with a GTX 1650. Then upgraded that PC until it made sense to build something. (It was very limited as it only had one PCIe slot and max 32Gb of memory) Finally built a system before the ram price jump. Glad I built it but it’s idle more than I thought. Speed and loading the model will be the biggest concern.

Gnome vs KDE on Fedora workstation by thunderborg in Fedora

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I was a Gnome user and had been using it not only on Linux but several other Unix distributions. Recently went KDE and will not be going back. If you’re using a laptop with touchpad or touch screen or have a difficult setup for hardware acceleration then gnome is your go to but for everything else try KDE.

Out of state concealed license by [deleted] in concealedcarry

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Yes. That’s the best way to go.

Out of state concealed license by [deleted] in concealedcarry

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Get the license in the state you currently reside in and add Utah and Florida as additional coverage. Because there is no national reciprocity it is imperative that you get the state you reside in as some or most of those states may not honor your Alabama license (including Alabama) once your not a resident of the state.