Readit Newshttps://austinsnerdythings.com/2021/04/19/microsecond-accura...
(not usb though -- uses pps)
https://austinsnerdythings.com/2024/04/06/adding-track-follo...
and the first post in the series -
https://austinsnerdythings.com/2021/10/15/creating-an-autopi...
Just took a quick look- appears t730 is of DDR3 era and may only have a single slot.
t740 definitely has two slots https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c06393061.pdf
An old PC draws easily 5-10 times more energy.
Depending on your location, the yearly cost of running a Pi is around ~10$. The big machine then 50-100$. So energy wise, a small power efficient machine might be more expensive but the running cost could be lower.
I have a full on Dell Optiplex 3070 (i5-9500, 1x16GB memory, 512GB NVMe) running windows 10 that idles at 8W.
I have a lenovo m92p tiny (i5-3570s, released 2012) that idles at 6W.
That said, the model numbers don't really match up - which is explored a bit in the original post. Don't think a 200GB drive exists in this lineup.
Love HGST drives. Also have a SSD400S 200GB that has 18 PB of endurance.
That said: it's 100% our intention to add local models. This is just our v1.
Dead Comment
It's funny when one encounters serious real-world discussion on something previously seen as sci-fi technobabble.
In this case, I'm thinking of the Destiny universe, such as this apocalyptic alert from a military AI. [0]
> Multiple distributed ISR assets report a TRANSIENT NEAR EXTRASOLAR EVENT. Event duration ZERO POINT THREE SECONDS. Event footprint includes sterile neutrino scattering and gravity waves. Omnibus analysis detects deep structure information content (nine sigma) and internal teleonomy. No hypothesis on event mechanism (FLAG ACAUSAL). Bootstrap simulation suggests event is DIRECTED and INIMICABLE (convergent q-Bayes/Monte Carlo probability approaches 1). No hypothesis on deep structure encoding (TCC/NP-HARD).
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> In the lab that houses the BEST experiment, fish serve as an early warning system about any leaking radiation.
I'm curious how this works, it looks as if there's one central underwater valve and two above-water valves, perhaps supposedly-breathable air is getting bubbled up through the tank?
> SAGE used a tank of 57 metric tons of gallium.
Some napkin-math [egregious mistake corrected] to visualize how much that is, and I get "45 oil drums".
Line item Amt Units
Gallium Mass 5.70E+01 metric tons
Gallium Mass 5.70E+04 kg
Gallium Mass 5.70E+07 grams
Liq. Gallium Density 6.10E+00 grams/cm3
Gallium Vol 9.35E+06 cm3
Oil Drum Volume 5.50E+01 gallons
Vol Ratio 3.79E+03 gallons/cm3
Oil Drum Volume 2.08E+05 cm3
Gallium Volume 4.49E+01 oil drums
[0] https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/ghost-fragment-darkn...
57000000g / 5.9 g/cc = 9661017 cc = 9.661m3
In the author's latest post he also sets up a pi as PTP grandmaster: https://austinsnerdythings.com/2025/02/18/nanosecond-accurat...
Top hits from the past 30 days -
* 3441 hits - https://austinsnerdythings.com/2021/04/19/microsecond-accura...
* 2415 hits - https://austinsnerdythings.com/2021/09/01/how-to-deploy-vms-...
* 1990 hits - https://austinsnerdythings.com/2021/08/30/how-to-create-a-pr...
* 1870 hits - https://austinsnerdythings.com/2025/02/14/revisiting-microse...
so with the combined original post and the revisit post, easily the top topic