TomVDB

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by TomVDB 5y ago
You’re wrong in many different ways: - Long term vs short term - different rates - state capital gains taxes In this case, with the receiver being a CA resident, he pays almost certainly more than 50% in taxes on this bounty.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Making a car that has the highest crash safety rating has nothing to do with the safety of their FSD solution.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I’m switching back from Ruby to Python out of necessity, and I loath things like len(my_list) vs my_list.len(). I just don’t understand why Python thinks it necessary to define global functions for something that naturally should exist as a
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I’ve driven 15000 miles in the past year on my Model Y, a large part of it shuttling between the Bay Area and Reno, so mostly I-80. And many miles of autopilot. So for, not a single phantom break. So I wonder what it is that makes it not ha
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by TomVDB 5y ago
The suspension arm of my colleague’s Tesla broke. He showed me the broken part. It was something that should never break. My other colleague’s Tesla had multiple major issues, including one that requires an engine to be replaced. They both
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I’m subscribed to some CUDA email list with weekly updates. One thing that strikes me is how it evolves with new features. Not just higher level libraries, but also more fundamental, low level stuff, such as virtual memory, standard memory
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I certainly can not taste the difference between any of them (and so do most others according to the article), but after Sideways there was definitely something in my subconscious that steered me away from ordering a Merlot. I don’t think i
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by TomVDB 5y ago
If you're interested in the implementation details of a home made GPS receiver, check out this fantastic writeup: http://www.aholme.co.uk/GPS/Main.htm .
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I’ve done the roommating thing, and paid my dues living in small apartments. But at some point I wanted the comfort of a house with a garage, a hobby room, and a yard where the kids can run around. So, yeah, different expectations.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Finding a job that’s fun and fulling and finding one that is very well paid doesn’t have to be a contradiction. But there are multiple reasons why money is a bigger focus: - less long term job security. And that lower paid fulfilling job mi
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by TomVDB 5y ago
You’re right of course. When I’m at a full stop in a never ending traffic jam on I-80, I’m totally a danger for not paying attention to the brake lights of the car in front also not moving.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Maybe hyperbole.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Yeah, if I’m standing completely still in a traffic jam, I’ll be glancing at my phone every once in a while, and nobody is going to convince me that this guy is doing a public service.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I once went to opening night of Il Trovatore at the NYC Met opera. I thought it was great. At the end of the performance, singers for the usual ovations but when the director appeared on stage, the audience started booing. They apparently
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Apple has a perpetual ARM architecture license. Nvidia wouldn’t be able to force chips on Apple at all.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
But what if iBuyer calls the Wallstreet Chronicle and tells them that Blue Horseshoe is buying 742 Evergreen Terrace?
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by TomVDB 5y ago
$500M should be sufficient to buy out the little guy who registered the Impossible trademark way before Impossible Foods existed as a company. https://impossiblehq.com/impossible-foods-lawsuit-statement/
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Similarly, if my aunt had wheels, she’d be a bike. I don’t see the point in discussing lala land hypotheticals.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Your claim about running Vmare into the ground deserves a bit more explanation.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Apply this to software, and everybody will be forced to pay the Office Pro price when they only need Office Home features. For a certain price, you can buy an Intel CPU with certain known features. For a higher price, you get more features.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
I can’t stand the dumb faces either. And yet… I catch myself being more likely to click on them when it has a face on it. It’s the weirdest thing.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Nobody claimed that future outlook isn’t part of the analysis.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
That's one of those classic disingenuous gotcha comments. The fact that there's a pretty common way to value public companies doesn't mean that you can make a fortune with it, because it sweeps aside the importance of time. H
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by TomVDB 5y ago
It won't do well. Compare that 50 GB/s of the M1 Max to 760 GB/s of an RTX 3080. Then check prices. Even after ridiculous scalping markups, the RTX 3080 will still be cheaper.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Ethereum mining performance relies on memory bandwidth. Designing a GDDR6 or GDDR6X memory controller is hard.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
You’re exactly right. Somebody at a major chip company told me that they went looking for, and found, new customers after the automotive customers canceled their orders. So not only did the car companies ordered more than before after they
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by TomVDB 5y ago
This is not a memorial thread. And the fact that he shot himself a day after being judged a domestic abuser adds a lot of relevant context that readers on this forum deserve to know.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Who am I to deny somebody the opportunity to feel superior? It’s a form of community service.
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Same here. I get ridiculous uptimes on mine. (And, yes, I defer SW updates…)
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by TomVDB 5y ago
Find me one laptop with a trackpad that works as well as a MacBook and we can talk. I use a MacBook trackpad to make diagrams, for 3D modeling using Blender and FreeCAD, to draw schematics and route PCBs with KiCAD, and whatever else you’d

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