I used Far manager(https://www.farmanager.com/screenshots.php) a lot back in the days, clone of norton commander. Got hooked to it, after joining the se-nse.net forum (https://www.facebook.com/sensedotnet). Sadly it's been disbanded now
Readit Newsglax commented on I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains · Posted by u/cesargstn
There were 6 domains that were bought by me in the last 12 years.
side project, business partnership, personal music streaming site, serverless blog.
It's hard to do if you have a regular 9 to 5 and also some other hobby(I'm into motorcycles :D).
Only remaining domain is of my name pusparaj.com (but it's in auction mode)
I have also lost ownership 2 times or more i think, because i tend to rotate registrars and forgot to renew it.
now 3 domains are remaining, will let them expire.
glax commented on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell · Posted by u/cvbox
I help people mod their motorcycles. I wanted to do something not related to tech or coding in general.
People consult me for doing performace mods, parts sourcing. The sports bike scene is emerging in my country.
I'm planning to build a dyno from scratch, if it's a success. I'm hoping to recoup the cost from proving it as a service.
glax commented on Ask HN: Can a 5 year old i7 laptop compete with one made today? · Posted by u/WheelsAtLarge
It depends on what you are doing and what compromises you are willing to take.
I'm still using my dell M6800 and t430 for work, they are decade old laptops.Ubuntu for Os and it's been working great. It's an i7 system and i work on php projects and sometimes dabble in python and some ml projects. Never ever disaapaointed me.
It's been showing it's age when some ml projects throw that the current cuda library is not supported by the nvdia graphics that i currently have.
I buy and sell used laptops and computers parts as my side hustle. There afew points that you should keep in mind, while buying used laptop. 1.Don't buy U variants or any other low power variants of the i7 processor. 2.Don't buy dual core i7 variants. 3.Try to buy 8th gen or above. Better battery life and performance ratio. 4.If you are not everyday carrying or portablity is a must , stay away from slim and designer ones, that do not have adequate cooling. 5.Check if the display is TN or an IPS panel. TN is a straight no no. 6.Do not buy the models that are targeted towards students and home users, buy something that for professional users. They are more durable and tend to last long. Example lenovo T-series, W-series, HP also has some, Dell M-series, Precision-series. 7.Check the number of output ports. 8.Physical condition of the laptop, if it is kept clean or not. The fans might be clogged, hinghes are loose, some keys might not be working. Some usb ports might not be working or loose, etc etc 9.Reapply thermal paste , even if it's running fine. Factory ones dry out quickly, so you will get the chance to clean up the fans as well
The impressive thing to me is the level of traction needed to do something like this. It seems they're taking old tricks and building a "sucker car".
https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a32350/jim-hall-cha...
Still neat stuff.
Race sanctioning bodies will need to update their rules or these will just be one off bragging rights.
Had the same thought, 0-100kmph in 3sec gives so much wheel spin.
Must be a whole lot of electronic trickery ever invented from launch control, traction control to power management plus the mechanical stuff sticky tyres, down force.
It amazes me how much faster we have got the last 6-7 years.
glax commented on Pine retail stores vs. community stores pine64.org/2020/12/02/pin... · Posted by u/rathboma
does anyone know if pine stuff is being sold in india by any local retailer? does the pine team has some third party seller or do i have to order from US and pay for shipping and exorbitant import fees?
Here
https://www.fabtolab.com/boards/pine-64/pine64-pinephone
If you buy from there, and they are not just drop shipping. Can you drop me message i would also like to buy one.
glax commented on A 60 GHz phased array for $10 hscott.net/a-60-ghz-phase... · Posted by u/blueintegral
1) [I thought] The page is blocking cut & paste. Super annoying!
2) The exact mainboard is not specified exactly. There are 4 different boards called "ASUS ROG Strix X670E Gaming" and some of them only have one PCIe x16 slot. None of them can do PCIe x8 when using two GPUs.
3) The shopping link for the mainboard leads to the "ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming" model. This model can use the 2nd PCIe 5.0 port at only x4 speeds. The RTX 3090 can only do PCIe 4.0 of course so it will run at PCIe 4.0 x4. If you choose a desktop mainboard for having two GPUs, make sure it can run at PCIe x8 speeds when using both GPU slots! Having NVLink between the GPUs is not a replacement for having a fast connection between the CPU+RAM and the GPU and its VRAM.
4) Despite having a last-modified date of September 22nd, he is using his rig mostly with rather outdated or small LLMs and his benchmarks do not mention their quantization, which makes them useless. Also they seem not to be benchmarks at all, but "estimates". Perhaps the headline should be changed to reflect this?
I'm thinking about a low budget system, which will be using
1.X99 D8 MAX LGA2011-3 Motherboard - It has 4 pcie 3.0 x16 slots, dual cpu socket. They are priced around $260 with both the cpu
2. 4X AMD MI50 32G cards - They are old now, but they have 32 gigs of vram and also can be sources at $110 each
The whole setup would not cost more than $1000, is it a right build ? or something more performant can be built within this budget ?