Cort

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 47 minutes ago

The I7 has hyper threading which is a ~50% perf boost over the i5

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Serious question, why haven't you upgraded to an i7 yet? They'd have to be super cheap at this point, right?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wow, that seems like a great price, almost too good to be true.

20/mo. x 120mo. + 695 =

$3100 over the 10 year (average) lifespan is cheaper than buying 25kwh yourself to diy.

Oh wait, there's a catch! You're still paying 9¢/kwh from the battery.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

They did on the Rav4 and compared to the Prius it's selling like hotcakes. Half of the ones sold in the US were hybrids last year, and nearly as many phev rav4s as the Prius

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Federal funding for road projects (among myriad others) is being cut, so funding will have to come from somewhere.

If they really wanted to target drivers passing through the state as that claim, they should exempt hoosiers entirely from the tolls. But I think they're just blowing smoke, so their constituents won't get mad.

The alternatives, as I see them, would be increasing registration fees or gas tax. Gas tax increase is obviously a no-go, because people will complain about fuel costs rising. Higher registration fees could be possible since they've done it before on electric vehicles, but would be argued against as: reducing the ability of poor families to afford a car.

If I had my way, I'd exempt anything below 2 tons, since the heavier vehicles do far more damage. Then use 50% of the revenue to build a cycleway parallel to Kentucky ave, and another at mass ave to 21st and/or 30th.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol the designed to be dull excuse always sounded like they were too cheap to pay for someone to sharpen it every 4-6 months.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Couple years ago I wouldn't have argued, but with graphics cards ballooning to 3+ slots, you have to be more careful about which slots on the motherboard have full enough lanes to support your cards. And you have to make sure your motherboard has the full x16 slot in the highest position which is less common on boards with m.2. otherwise there isn't room for expansion cards

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Jonsbo makes some decent compact nas cases with plenty of space for drives. Look at their N series N3/N4 etc.

matx would be more upgradable than itx, but nobody is making either of them with 10gb Ethernet. So I personally would be looking at full ATX boards so I could add in a nic.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It's not impossible, but first Gen Ryzen was surprisingly good after AMD shit the bed for a few years. Most major manufacturers weren't willing to take a chance, though you can find some 2nd Gen available on the used market.

If it were me, I'd look for a motherboard/CPU combo and assemble it into your case of choice. That way you aren't stuck with the weird form-factors of pre-built office computers.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

When the premium for double the memory is so small it doesn't make sense to buy the 8gb model. I'd bet it is 90% forward looking gamers to 10% stable diff/AI.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah, this isn't even that bad, just a little harmless mold. It's not like this is the one filled with live wriggling maggots

 

Up to 1200w can be back-fed into the 120v sockets in normal homes. No net metering or other permission required, as long as it meets UL/NEC standards.

 

Is there a way to post gifs? When I try to use gboards gifs it says I can't put an image in the post

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