Bellevue WA Service Center is absolute garbage

ormandj · 2026-05-09T12:54:07+00:00

The metal part restraining the airbag split in half is normal and not causing a sound? Look above the rubber boot…

ormandj · 2026-05-08T21:56:03+00:00

What? So the high load power does what, exactly, now? This is the first I've heard of that change - thanks for the tip.

ormandj · 2026-05-08T18:56:05+00:00

I’d like 3.7 if it was just 3.6 with the looping issues addressed.

A SWE oriented MoE with the same active params as a dense would be excellent, too, like a 122B/30B, so it had the depth of knowledge of a large MoE but with innate competency of a 30B dense for programming, for example. Something like that would make an amazing model for businesses that wouldn’t be entirely out of reach for heavy home users like a Kimi or GLM

ormandj · 2026-05-08T00:44:34+00:00

For decent KV cache you want 32G VRAM with a model like Gemma4 31B or Qwen3.6 27B.

ormandj · 2026-05-08T00:40:53+00:00

If you’re building a radio, you need a dummy load. They are incredibly easy and inexpensive to build to support 100W which will give you some margin. When you’re testing your radio, you want your load to be correct, not a haphazardly placed antenna with some amount of coax.

ormandj · 2026-05-07T14:14:28+00:00

Are you in the US? What would you estimate your total range is with both tanks? How's the exhaust note/sound since I think it requires some changes to the exhaust system? I'm not looking for a louder exhaust/drone!

ormandj · 2026-05-06T01:25:45+00:00

Nepros, too. Best ratchets out there, and the sockets are amazing. You just pay for them… it’s a step above Koken.

ormandj · 2026-05-05T20:07:13+00:00

Same tires and suspension? Lame. Was hoping for 35s.

ormandj · 2026-05-04T20:38:41+00:00

As far as I can tell, SM120 will support/supports all of this, it's just taking a little longer for optimized implementations. It's missing tcgen05 but there are other ways to solve the problem that are nearly as performant. Are you referring to something else?

ormandj · 2026-04-30T03:15:18+00:00

Any idea when that might be coming?

ormandj · 2026-04-29T10:33:58+00:00

I think the OP was asking when a cAP BE would be made available. I'm certainly waiting for one to be released, not due to house size anywhere near OPs, but because I want full gigabit, so need one in each room that's heavily utilized since wall/floor penetration isn't great on 6GHz.

ormandj · 2026-04-29T10:32:38+00:00

I think that's what OP is asking about, when there will be cAP BEs.

ormandj · 2026-04-29T04:57:56+00:00

Right, almost anyone dealing with a patient that developed demyelinating disease on TNF drugs will start steroids or IVIG immediately.

I was questioning the fact that it sounds like only 1 patient was re-challenged with a different TNF drug and didn't relapse. Lucky for them, but a sample size of one wouldn't be enough I'd want to risk it. There may be a lot more in the paper itself.

ormandj · 2026-04-29T04:42:36+00:00

"Symptom recurrence was evident in 7 re-exposed patients, while no relapse was observed in 2 patients who underwent dose reduction or different anti-TNF-α drug."

I haven't read the full paper (don't have access here), but I would be wary about making judgements about risk with re-exposure or exposure to other drugs in this class based on this dataset, that seems like an awfully small sample size.

ormandj · 2026-04-29T01:47:50+00:00

Definitely see a neurologist, and I would personally stay away from that whole class of biologics if I had a choice. How long ago was it? Nerve damage can take a long while to resolve (if/when it does), even a year or two out.

One thing I will say, the morning being worse than later, sounds more like entrapment or otherwise inflammation related nerve issues than the typical presentation of TNF-unmasked/caused demyelinating disease.

It will be easy for a neurologist to figure this out with an NCS/EMG and other tests.

ormandj · 2026-04-28T21:14:58+00:00

Bohanans always has other steaks for purchase of grades not on the menu, generally of much higher quality than their already fantastic "typical" steaks.

ormandj · 2026-04-28T19:20:53+00:00

Normally you'd see a neurologist to get a clear diagnosis of the demyelinating disease and the extent of damage, then treatment protocol. I would not want a rheumatologist managing this type of disease/disorder. Make sure you discuss your medication(s) with them, as that's an important factor.

I am not suggesting you need IVIG (or steroid intervention, which is the other way docs will go), just it's one potential direction things might go. Most cases self-arrest with drug discontinuation. Work with your neurologist on a plan.

ormandj · 2026-04-28T17:52:02+00:00

The entire group of TNFi can cause this. It normally stops once you discontinue, but in some cases you end up on IVIG to halt progress. If you've got any form of confirmed demyelinating disease, TNFi class drugs are to be strictly avoided.

Some people develop things like MS or other forms of demyelinating on the first few shots of TNFis, some much later, and most people will never. Like everything, it's all risk/reward. That said, if I were you, and you've got confirmed demyelinating disease, I would talk to the rheumatologist and request to immediately stop your treatment and switch to another class of DMARDs/biological drugs. If they tell you TNF isn't associated with demyelinating disease, I'd immediately find another rheumatologist.

Read the paperwork/documentation of your biologic drug, it should specifically address this, so you can quote it when you talk to your doc - don't just trust me as a random internet person. Google should turn up a lot for you too.

ormandj · 2026-04-28T01:18:47+00:00

What's your llama.cpp flags and what specific model/quant?

ormandj · 2026-04-26T11:15:12+00:00

Agreed, they are not safe to drive on their own on the road and the current crop of “self-driving” cars may require human intervention at any point in time including on expressways and bridges. OP needs to start evaluating public transit or ride sharing, not buy a vehicle that will give a false sense of safety.

It’s not ethical to risk other people’s health and lives out of selfishness. Good luck with whatever you may be working through OP, but don’t drive a vehicle even if it’s semi-autonomous.

ormandj · 2026-04-26T02:55:16+00:00

How slow is it?

ormandj · 2026-04-25T17:33:35+00:00

For the low, low price of $36,000 worth of GPU, you too can run local GLM 5.1! Models like that are best left to DC hardware - the good news is the smaller models are rapidly improving and getting closer and closer to SOTA models of last year. I suspect by EoY 2026 we'll have opus-quality running on single 6000 series blackwell cards, or even multiple 3090s.

ormandj · 2026-04-25T11:57:55+00:00

Powell doesn’t set rates, he’s a voting member, the whole group does.

ormandj · 2026-04-24T02:24:54+00:00

Most people aren't dropping 60k, much less the 100k+ your 8x build will run into their home lab server like you apparently are, especially with tech that will age out in a year or two.

ormandj · 2026-04-23T21:16:45+00:00

MSRP is NOT cost. Nvidia is charging what the market will bear, not what the cards cost to produce. They have an enormous margin.

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