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I think it would depend on what paint is used. Although I would strongly suspect exposed porous surfaces like plaster, masonry, drywall to have a large reservoir capacity due to their surface area at the microscopic level


This is actually a topic I'm interested in

What bugs me is that plastics manufacturers advertise "BPA-free", which is technically correct, but then add a very similar chemical from the same family that has the same effect on the plastic - which is good - but also has the same effect on your endocrine system


Realtime AI generated video games do exist, and they're as... "interesting" as you might think. Search YouTube for AI Minecraft


Firefox android doesn't allow opening local file:// HTML files due to their poor sandboxing / security (I don't remember the specifics)

I like the browsing experience a lot but there are a few rough edges for sure.


Just serve them through any http server on termux! Works as you'd expect, but on FF you need to manually add the http:// prefix in the URL bar if you navigate to an IP address like 127.0.0.1. Not sure why it doesn't figure that out by itself.


I especially like this:

GUIs for everything

The objective is that everything in Easy be configured by simple GUIs, without having to fiddle about on the commandline. This includes management of SFS files, BootManager, VersionControl, EasyContainers, pup_event, BluePup, EasyShare., MSCW (Multiple Sound Card Wizard), EasyApps, EasySetup and EasyJWM.


The issue was, if I recall correctly, that the Microsoft CDC driver was quite buggy. This led to the situation where CDC device vendors were unwilling to produce CDC compatible devices, because the default Microsoft driver would be used and, of course, the blame for any bugginess gets pinned on the hardware vendor.

Hence the current situation of many CDC-type devices that are intentionally incompatible enough with the standard, in order to require the device vendor's own drivers which they can ensure meet their quality expectations


In general, the Microchip CDC driver was free to use.

"The CDC class has been implemented in Windows (since Windows 98), macOS and most Linux distributions. Since Windows 10, no extra information has to be given in the start-up sequence as the operating system now has a generic driver that will be used for CDC. To support older versions of Windows (Windows 7 and earlier), provide an .inf file that associates with the correct driver."

However, these will not support the high-speed bit-banged JTAG mode FTDI chips can perform with the right driver. =3


I watch a GPU repair guy and its interesting to see the different failure modes...

* memory IC failure

* power delivery component failure

* dead core

* cracked BGA solder joints on core

* damaged PCB due to sag

These issues are compounded by

* huge power consumption and heat output of core and memory, compared to system CPU/memory

* physical size of core leads to more potential for solder joint fracture due to thermal expansion/contraction

* everything needs to fit in PCIe card form factor

* memory and core not socketed, if one fails (or supporting circuitry on the PCB fails) then either expensive repair or the card becomes scrap

* some vendors have cards with design flaws which lead to early failure

* sometimes poor application of thermal paste/pads at factory (eg, only half of core making contact

* and, in my experience in aquiring 4-5 year old GPUs to build gaming PCs with (to sell), almost without fail the thermal paste has dried up and the card is thermal throttling


These failures of consumer GPUs may be not applicable to datacenter GPUs, as the datacenter ones are used differently, in a controlled environment, have completely different PCBs, different cooling, different power delivery, and are designed for reliability under constant max load.


Yeah you're right. Definitely not applicable at all. Especially since nvidia often supplies them tied into the dgx units with cooling etc. Ie a controlled environment.

Consuker gpu you have no idea if they've shoved it into a hotbox of a case or not


So, if anything,maybe were underestimating the lifetime of these datacenter GPUs?


And? Part of the toxicity is coming from a misunderstanding that for some reason the company is morally obligated to keep offering you employment ad infinitum.

If the work runs out, find another job. Nothing wrong with that.


It is not toxicity if they are expressing pragmatic reality of how employment works. It is just being respectful and direct.


qu'ils mangent de la brioche?


> And?

It's not a self-fulfilling prophecy like claimed above.


An interesting writeup about one of the last Unix workstations from 2006.


I definitely didn't expect something called an "AIX workstation" to have been released in 2006.


The accepted wisdom in the audiophile community is you get what you pay for, i.e. a good implementation of any given amp topology remains a good implementation regardless of the topology. Once you get to a certain $$$ range, the sound of tube amps and transistor amps (and class D amps I might add) begins to converge.


Maybe but plenty of AB tests have shown that they can't actually hear the difference they talk about. Those who are aware of this and objective save a lot of money by buying quality - still a lot of dollars but not the most you can spend.


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