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by dougmwne 4y ago
Given that mortgage rates recently rose past 6%, seems to me this latest rate increase is going to put strong pressure on house prices. The rate has a huge impact on the monthly payment required to service a loan, more so than is immediatel
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Yes, US companies tend to price a bit higher in non-USD in order to hedge against currency risk. Their profits are reported in USD.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
The tax is literally the problem with quoting the price in Euros. As far as the price, the equivalent card from the 3 series was the 3090 RTX, which released at $1499 msrp 2 years ago. Given the inflation over past few years, $100 increase
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by dougmwne 4y ago
For ML work you can rent a cloud GPU easily enough. Most people use Google Colab and get a bucket of free credits that last then awhile.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
It’s actually a 2x performance per watt increase. The 450w power consumption of the top card is the same as the previous generation’s top card, 3090ti. Why decrease overall power consumption of the top of the line cards? PSUs and cooling c
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by dougmwne 4y ago
You do realize that it’s about 350 euro in added 22% VAT, right? That makes it about $/€50 different. You expecting a massive discount or something? I’m not saying euro pricing isn’t usual higher, but everyone always forgets the tax.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Wow! 389k for a very small trailer/prefab!? The CA housing market must have truly detached from all reality. It really looks like it’s something you would set on a cinder block foundation. A trailer about this size would go for maybe 7
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I mean it’s getting there. Add this to a best in class desktop processor at 300W and add in all the other power consumption and you are close to the wattage of a hot plate, kettle or small space heater.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
How many images do you need to get a good textual inversion? If you were to draw a custom character in a few poses, could you then generate infinite new styles and poses of that character? Or does it have to be something already common in t
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Exactly, and plenty of people like the ego boost of an unrealized gain going up and up, even if they plan to never realize it. The homeowners I know only talk about their property values every chance they get and every other breath.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Here is some primate art, for reference: https://www.sarah-brosnan.com/primate-art I’m not just poking fun. Art is a measure of cognitive development in humans and there are very typical representations people use at certai
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I would say that it seemed you were aiming a cannon at a mosquito. So what that Alexander showed us some slightly more coherent cherry picked images from some rather vague prompts. Not only did I not take that post as anything resembling sc
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by dougmwne 4y ago
The NIMBYism is one of the reasons US cities suck. The primary aim of NIMBY is to lower density because less supply=higher prices. All these efforts to block new construction and multi-use development yield sprawl and car culture.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
This site is such an Old Internet gem.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Oh please, they could slap “tasteful ads” on it tomorrow and pay for the critical operations without breaking a sweat. Wikipedia isn’t going anywhere.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I think this is insightful. It’s more reflective of the current moment of DEIJ hyperactivity than anything else. And there is a good reason it is happening, even if it is unsettling sometimes. https://zeihan.com/wp-content&#
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Yes, that is a good image. I don't think litteral seppuku is called for (though it is a helpful reminder of what shame has looked like in the past), just that people are getting a bit tired of executives saying "I take full respon
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Well, seeing as how saying that means nothing, adds nothing, and says nothing, then not saying it at all would be more meaningful. The non-corporate speak translation would be “I tried my best to make this company bigger and more valuable,
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by dougmwne 4y ago
That would be meaningless virtue signaling. Standard corporate speak.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
What is up with that Chinese debt load? I have been reading a bit about the recent Covid lockdowns in China and the situation there sounds insane and unbelievable. How long can a country survive that level of totalitarianism?
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by dougmwne 4y ago
You can also boil water for tea while you game!
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by dougmwne 4y ago
They are losing the process manufacturing game so need to make up the lost ground somewhere.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
These sound like nice words on paper, but how do you go to war with a nuclear power without triggering Armageddon? It’s a serious question. MAD is absolutely still a thing and nukes are the best protector of sovereignty ever devised.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I’ll assume you are talking about the average, which is a bit above $100k. You have probably seen plenty of eye-popping FAANG salaries, but those are basically outliers from monopoly companies in a top talent Cold War. There are some curren
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by dougmwne 4y ago
There could be a local sales tax there. I was referencing the state rates which is what most people would pay.
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Quite a lot of this has to do with VAT which is always advertised as part of the price. In most of these countries I know they have VAT rates over 20%. In the US, sales tax is between 0 and 7.25 percent and is never advertised as part of th
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by dougmwne 4y ago
I think this is very relevant to many people I’ve known who try to start their own business. A successful business is a reality test. You can’t profit if your customers all live in your fantasies. If you create products for those imaginary
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Oh I have a decent handle on that I think:) I mean if your mom is texting with SMS, she’s in North America. If she’s texting with a lot of iPhone users your family is in a certain economic position already. If you are on this site you are i
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Was the bicycle constructed out of every thought ever recorded and every image ever created?
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by dougmwne 4y ago
Oh how I wish the Airbnb had one! We will be taking our space heater with us on trips from now on.

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