LordVetinari

Dead wrong about hammers.
Some are small, some are large depending on what they are to be used for. You can go into a hardware store and pick the size hammer you need for a given job - You don't use a standard nail driver for driving iron rods into the ground for example, that takes a larger, heavier hammer (Sledgehammer) to do. By the same token you don't use a sledgehammer to drive nails into a wall but in reality you could....
It's just that one is suitable for one kind of work like the other is for what it's made to do.
I have a few that's different sized, from a small 2oz hammer for really light work and gasket making, a standard one for regular work, one being a "Claw" hammer for standard nail/carpentry work and the other a "Plum" hammer for medium metal work up to a 2 pounder for driving heavier stuff like small rods, doing heavier metal work and so on. I even have a long handled "Driver" that has a claw with a standard hammerhead on it but the handle is much longer, it's for doing roofing work and that's why it has the longer handle.

Yes, there are many types of hammers you can get so there really are forms of "Designer" hammers out there since they are made for different, specific kinds of work - Even my big orange "Plastic" hammer is a specialty piece, being what's called a "Dead-Blow" hammer for working with metal and heavier pieces but at the same time it doesn't rebound when you use it.
The head is filled with sand/sand like material that when you hit something, it gets the full force of the blow and that's why it doesn't rebound or bounce off of what you hit with it.
So yes, they do come in different styles and colors too.

Now:
I'm not doubting you on Musk sending production of Tesla's over to China, that is fact and understand: I too don't care for that, knowing what the Chinese could and probrably are doing with the electronics while in the process making them.
All that does is to take jobs away from us here and we sorely need them.
I can't really disagree with you, some really don't understand what it's for - Even I don't but that's because I have never used Twitter before nor have any plans to.
There are many ways to approach a buyout of a company, the example I experienced personally was just one and what I said is how it went.
Buffet's cronies did as they were told to do with us and that included largely dismantling the company as a whole, selling off what he didn't want to keep of it while keeping the rest for corporate use. 
Entire facilities were shutdown and these assets were sold off, even what used to be it's corporate headquarters was dismantled and sold off and it hurt the community it was based within causing an economic turndown for awhile. What did eventually happen was a few companies did buy the buildings and so on, opened up branches of their own businesses in them but the number of folks hired to fill these new jobs wasn't near what had been there before.
The same went for the employeees, some forced into early retirement or just fired/layed off.

The company I worked for was indeed working, it was all done to eliminate the corporate name since it had been a competitor before the buyout. By eliminating the name and then placing it all directly under the "Other" competitor's name, that effectively killed it off for good as planned while retaining the value of the assets, product lines we had and whatever else they wanted to keep.
 
Same could be said about Gates - He did the ground work for having something to start of with, all the rest that was done afterwards was done by others.
I'm not saying Musk literally created the tech but he did finance it and hire the "Right" people to make it happen, so he owns it and the owner of something is who gets credit for it.
May not be fair but that's how it goes and by financing it all, he took the risk of it failing too and losing his proverbial ass over it so some credit is due for that in itself. The others under him would have been out of a job - True, but woudn't have been held directly responsible for the monetary debt from the bankruptcy part of it as he surely would have been.

His name on the dotted line? (And it was)....
That means his ass was on it too.
Goes back to what I said about a certain truth - No one is perfect and I already know not to hold him up on a pedestal for myself get bonked on the head when he falls off.
He's made mistakes like anyone else has before and I'm not going to create or make excuses about it - He's done what he's done but at the same time, he's done what he's done too and I'll leave it at that.

There is just so much HATE being directed towards him for hate's sakes it seems......
He was once a hero, then was hated for proposing to buy Twitter for the reasons he stated, then said he was backing out of the deal. More hate followed, then changed his mind again and went through with it - MORE hate followed yet again.

It's like some are just determined to hate no matter what he does as the previously referred to "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" kind of thing.
If I were he, I'd say "To hell with it" and then do what I'm going to do anyway since there is obviously no pleasing some of you.
That's why I can't take any of this seriously - There is no sensible rational for such hatred.
Or as it's said: "Hater's gonna hate".

You know, you can simply use something like RAL for free. Nobody forces you to use Pantone.
 

I worry that this whole saga is just more evidence building that shows how out of touch the company (or maybe just the CEO) has become. I've felt this for quite a while now. Look, when it comes to reviewing computer components on a user level, I will consider LMG's results. It's a field that they know and have been trading in for a very long time now. Likewise, I've grown quite fond of the short circuit format and pretty much every one of the SC videos not hosted by Linus. That first look, first impression style works well as a substitute for products that you can no longer go and see in stores. I'm all for it. Likewise Mac Address. I'm not an Apple person at all. I just don't 'get' apple as a brand and don't see how their products are particularly desirable. That said, the way it's hosted and written makes for a lot of really engaging content.

Problem comes though that Linus started as 'one of us' for lack of a better term. A tech enthusiast working an ordinary job. At the point that LTT began the content was relatable because it felt almost a discussion with another person as interested in a subject as you are. The points of commonality between Linus and the audience members were quite numerous. 

The problem is as LTT and now LMG as a group of companies have begun to succeed in ways I doubt anyone would've forseen years ago...Linus is no longer just another person interested in tech. He's the CEO of a rather substantial company with international recognition. My assessment, such as anyone can ever really make an assessment based off a public persona...is that Linus still believes that he is just another person interested in technology. 

That is the ultimate downside, and why it appears that Linus seemed to be surprised by the backlash on this warranty issue. Though Linus' position has moved from 'I'm just a tech enthusiast' to 'CEO of a big company' his mindset might not have shifted. He isn't able to relate in the same way that he once could've to that 18 year old just trying to build a PC anymore. Social dynamics have shifted with time and the path once open to someone like Linus, isn't open to the 18 year old of today. 

Whatever the reason truly behind it. I actually do respect GN for their stance. I'd hope too that they'd also treat other techtubers in the same way (MKBHD, JayzTwoCents and the like). When looking at a backpack I chose Samsonite in part because of their customer service and proven reliability. I bought from a UK store known as John Lewis which has a fantastic customer and post sales support reputation and delivery. When asking the prices that LTTStore are asking for items...part of that equation really does become about the post-sales experience. 

 
I've got to disagree here. There was a recent video that kinda showed just how bad labs could get. The dash cam rundown was problematic. Fact is, that LMG is not the expert in the field of insurance, or collision investigations. The writers of that video fixated on what was the best camera quality for the money. And sure, the real point they were making is how most dash cams use the same sensors and other internal components.

As a writer and teacher myself, the approach I would've taken is to call up an insurance company, call up law enforcement and ask what their expert recommend that members of the public ought to look for in a good dash cam. That way, there is actual expertise based of real experience which sets the baseline for the exploration of dash cam quality. Instead, what we got was someone on the LMG team bringing their own ideas of what makes a good dashcam without having first established that said person has the level of expertise to comment on dashcams and what makes them good or bad. 

Floatplane too has this issue. There is an assumption based off senior LMG staff's biases (and I worry hunches) that have led to the solution for those wishing to use a roku or firestick to be 'go to this random person's app'. It's the metaphorical equivalent to going to dodgy website to find that one piece of software you want. Sure you could do it, but the risk of compromise, data misuse, malware, and other issues is a legitimate concern.

My concern then about labs, based off of what appears to be Linus' growing detachment from the majority of users' needs and preferences is that his detachment will cause Labs to churn out content that is so substandard as to be useless. If the criteria by which something is being assessed is shallow, the content and results will also be shallow.

breathes
 
A hobby
 
Is something you do
 
For Fun

Behold - a Man
 

What Spotty said. 
 
Do look at the income and tax implications of running your own business and the insurances it would be wise to get. (Can you pay to replace a 3090 if you accidently brick it?) 
 
Also - Dear God Man. Punctuation. 

What Spotty said. 
 
Do look at the income and tax implications of running your own business and the insurances it would be wise to get. (Can you pay to replace a 3090 if you accidently brick it?) 
 
Also - Dear God Man. Punctuation. 

Behold - a Man
 

On-site roads are more than one lane in each direction in most places (the sense of scale for the site is a bit screwey from Google maps) and designed to the same msa (millions of standard axels) as a DMRB motorway which isn’t that dissimilar to the AASHTO standard for a US interstate. 

The roads surrounding the plant were widened in more than a few locations and where necessary reinforced which did involve a fair bit of reconstruction. 
 

ummm.... That's not even true for semi auto which are restricted to .22lr - Section 1's will be granted on those for pest control, though the most common use is paper punching.
 
And you most certainly can get rifles larger than .22.... 

Picked this up today - its was featured at Shot Show so I had to get it and try.  New varmint gun.  Pellet gun, all the squirrels in muh belly!  (yes that is a working supressor)
 

This actually has a name: 
 
nominative determinism 

No. I would be absolutely stunned if 3d printed houses are outside a test bench at the end of my career in 30 years time, let alone a normalised thing outside of bespoke one off's in very unique markets. 
 
I work for a commercial housebuilder and trust me there is a huge amount of interest (and money) behind technologies that mean we could build houses faster, cheaper and safer with less skilled workers just because of good ol' capitalism.
 
Once you get past the press releases and crappy journalism 3d printed houses have only really achieved concrete wall construction using very specific concrete mixes, utilising expensive equipment. Unfortunately in the real world residential construction is far more that building walls and there are far quicker and cheaper options. The primary issues are: 
 
1) scalability - on the average commercial site we will be on superstructure on 10 - 12 units at once. The cost of running 10-12 of these bad boys per site will be huge. This needs to be weighed against the fact that wall construction is a tiny tiny part of the build cost of a house. The majority of the cost is in the ground.  
 
2) Time - yes they are 'fast', but the main advantage is in their run times rather than production speed per hour (which is ultimately limited by extruding concrete which is limited by the low slump you need to avoid formwork) as they don't get tired. Again in construction there are limits to working times so I can't have machines running 24 hours a day on a residential scheme. 
 
3) Curing/drying  and loading out. Walls need to be able to take a load/get water tight as soon as possible, not something that I have ever seen reasonably resolved with 3d printed walls. With concrete you are working  3 days/7 days/ 21 days/ 28 days for your curing and loading out - with a suitable formwork I can seal the house at 3 days with a roof. 3d printing requires longer waits. Timber construction really has an advantage here as once its up and braced you are good to go. Also concrete needs to be moist to cure, this means a ton of moisture in a house that needs to come out before dry lining/boarding or you are just baking in a mould problem. 
 
4) Reinforcement - you are limited to glass or metal fibre reinforcement. This limits the height you can achieve at sensible cost (and is also expensive compared to traditional bar anyway). It also generally means I need a thicker wall (and more concrete) than either traditional Reinforced Concrete or ICF (see below)
 
5) Health and safety - a failure of a 3d printed wall would be pretty catastrophic and sudden with no warning like you would get with formwork failure. Not to mention damage to other walls and potentially the very expensive machine. 
 
6) Reliability -  one of those machines goes pop or there is a print failure and that plot is doneski until an engineer can come out and resolve the issue. Or I spend a fortune and have an engineer sitting around per site. 
 
7) Repair and replacement - Solid walls have a lot of advantages however this isn't one of them. If a wall has significant voids/bubbles in the concrete (which may not be picked up by inspection) and a section need to be replaced then this is a significant (costly/time consuming) issue. 
 
Plus a whole host of others around regulations and building codes, however as that varies depending on where you are that's a huge subject to get into.    
 
The real alternative to 3d printing is ICF or insulating concrete formwork - all the benefits of 3d printing but faster, pre insulated, and pretty much none of the drawbacks. Plus is a well tried and tested method in Europe and importantly can get water tight much faster so we can get on with internal trades. Modular timber also look good (but you still need to get from tree to frame) but uses can be hampered by site conditions. 
 
3d printed houses are achievable sure, but as a commercial inevitability astoundingly unlikely to happen as there are better options out there. 
 
Any way this is very very OT .       

Actually to bring it back on topic - OP have you considered construction management/site management or related job? 
 
The work is steady, you generally don't need to be a registered/professionally qualified engineer, pay is decent. Good balance of indoor/outdoor work. Good job satisfaction. Good travel opportunities.  
 
You will need an aptitude towards maths/financial/legal/organisational subjects with excellent communication skills. The math is nowhere near what a professional engineer/ing degree or course will require though.  
 
I'm not in the US so my knowledge of the courses you would need and financial support is next to zilch. I'm sure someone here or at you local educational establishment will be able to help though. 

No. I would be absolutely stunned if 3d printed houses are outside a test bench at the end of my career in 30 years time, let alone a normalised thing outside of bespoke one off's in very unique markets. 
 
I work for a commercial housebuilder and trust me there is a huge amount of interest (and money) behind technologies that mean we could build houses faster, cheaper and safer with less skilled workers just because of good ol' capitalism.
 
Once you get past the press releases and crappy journalism 3d printed houses have only really achieved concrete wall construction using very specific concrete mixes, utilising expensive equipment. Unfortunately in the real world residential construction is far more that building walls and there are far quicker and cheaper options. The primary issues are: 
 
1) scalability - on the average commercial site we will be on superstructure on 10 - 12 units at once. The cost of running 10-12 of these bad boys per site will be huge. This needs to be weighed against the fact that wall construction is a tiny tiny part of the build cost of a house. The majority of the cost is in the ground.  
 
2) Time - yes they are 'fast', but the main advantage is in their run times rather than production speed per hour (which is ultimately limited by extruding concrete which is limited by the low slump you need to avoid formwork) as they don't get tired. Again in construction there are limits to working times so I can't have machines running 24 hours a day on a residential scheme. 
 
3) Curing/drying  and loading out. Walls need to be able to take a load/get water tight as soon as possible, not something that I have ever seen reasonably resolved with 3d printed walls. With concrete you are working  3 days/7 days/ 21 days/ 28 days for your curing and loading out - with a suitable formwork I can seal the house at 3 days with a roof. 3d printing requires longer waits. Timber construction really has an advantage here as once its up and braced you are good to go. Also concrete needs to be moist to cure, this means a ton of moisture in a house that needs to come out before dry lining/boarding or you are just baking in a mould problem. 
 
4) Reinforcement - you are limited to glass or metal fibre reinforcement. This limits the height you can achieve at sensible cost (and is also expensive compared to traditional bar anyway). It also generally means I need a thicker wall (and more concrete) than either traditional Reinforced Concrete or ICF (see below)
 
5) Health and safety - a failure of a 3d printed wall would be pretty catastrophic and sudden with no warning like you would get with formwork failure. Not to mention damage to other walls and potentially the very expensive machine. 
 
6) Reliability -  one of those machines goes pop or there is a print failure and that plot is doneski until an engineer can come out and resolve the issue. Or I spend a fortune and have an engineer sitting around per site. 
 
7) Repair and replacement - Solid walls have a lot of advantages however this isn't one of them. If a wall has significant voids/bubbles in the concrete (which may not be picked up by inspection) and a section need to be replaced then this is a significant (costly/time consuming) issue. 
 
Plus a whole host of others around regulations and building codes, however as that varies depending on where you are that's a huge subject to get into.    
 
The real alternative to 3d printing is ICF or insulating concrete formwork - all the benefits of 3d printing but faster, pre insulated, and pretty much none of the drawbacks. Plus is a well tried and tested method in Europe and importantly can get water tight much faster so we can get on with internal trades. Modular timber also look good (but you still need to get from tree to frame) but uses can be hampered by site conditions. 
 
3d printed houses are achievable sure, but as a commercial inevitability astoundingly unlikely to happen as there are better options out there. 
 
Any way this is very very OT .       

No. I would be absolutely stunned if 3d printed houses are outside a test bench at the end of my career in 30 years time, let alone a normalised thing outside of bespoke one off's in very unique markets. 
 
I work for a commercial housebuilder and trust me there is a huge amount of interest (and money) behind technologies that mean we could build houses faster, cheaper and safer with less skilled workers just because of good ol' capitalism.
 
Once you get past the press releases and crappy journalism 3d printed houses have only really achieved concrete wall construction using very specific concrete mixes, utilising expensive equipment. Unfortunately in the real world residential construction is far more that building walls and there are far quicker and cheaper options. The primary issues are: 
 
1) scalability - on the average commercial site we will be on superstructure on 10 - 12 units at once. The cost of running 10-12 of these bad boys per site will be huge. This needs to be weighed against the fact that wall construction is a tiny tiny part of the build cost of a house. The majority of the cost is in the ground.  
 
2) Time - yes they are 'fast', but the main advantage is in their run times rather than production speed per hour (which is ultimately limited by extruding concrete which is limited by the low slump you need to avoid formwork) as they don't get tired. Again in construction there are limits to working times so I can't have machines running 24 hours a day on a residential scheme. 
 
3) Curing/drying  and loading out. Walls need to be able to take a load/get water tight as soon as possible, not something that I have ever seen reasonably resolved with 3d printed walls. With concrete you are working  3 days/7 days/ 21 days/ 28 days for your curing and loading out - with a suitable formwork I can seal the house at 3 days with a roof. 3d printing requires longer waits. Timber construction really has an advantage here as once its up and braced you are good to go. Also concrete needs to be moist to cure, this means a ton of moisture in a house that needs to come out before dry lining/boarding or you are just baking in a mould problem. 
 
4) Reinforcement - you are limited to glass or metal fibre reinforcement. This limits the height you can achieve at sensible cost (and is also expensive compared to traditional bar anyway). It also generally means I need a thicker wall (and more concrete) than either traditional Reinforced Concrete or ICF (see below)
 
5) Health and safety - a failure of a 3d printed wall would be pretty catastrophic and sudden with no warning like you would get with formwork failure. Not to mention damage to other walls and potentially the very expensive machine. 
 
6) Reliability -  one of those machines goes pop or there is a print failure and that plot is doneski until an engineer can come out and resolve the issue. Or I spend a fortune and have an engineer sitting around per site. 
 
7) Repair and replacement - Solid walls have a lot of advantages however this isn't one of them. If a wall has significant voids/bubbles in the concrete (which may not be picked up by inspection) and a section need to be replaced then this is a significant (costly/time consuming) issue. 
 
Plus a whole host of others around regulations and building codes, however as that varies depending on where you are that's a huge subject to get into.    
 
The real alternative to 3d printing is ICF or insulating concrete formwork - all the benefits of 3d printing but faster, pre insulated, and pretty much none of the drawbacks. Plus is a well tried and tested method in Europe and importantly can get water tight much faster so we can get on with internal trades. Modular timber also look good (but you still need to get from tree to frame) but uses can be hampered by site conditions. 
 
3d printed houses are achievable sure, but as a commercial inevitability astoundingly unlikely to happen as there are better options out there. 
 
Any way this is very very OT .       

This actually has a name: 
 
nominative determinism 

Again, you have no idea what you're talking about.
 
 
I can't see the first like but I saw that it was about Codex. Yes, that is an AI that can write code, but:
1) It's very basic. It's like saying chefs will go out of business because you saw a demo of a robot that could flip burgers once in your Facebook feed.
2) Codex (and by extension, GitHub's Copilot) doesn't just write create a program for you. You have to guide it and tell it what to write. What you're saying is basically like saying "This is called a nail gun. Do you still think construction worker is a viable career? We got tools to hammer in nails these days"
 
 
It's like saying power steering is "self driving", and let me tell you, power steering was not the end of people driving as their job.
 
Not sure why you are bringing up virtual agents for tech support. That's for things like "basic troubleshooting steps like resetting devices". It's not something a person with a college degree will be working on anyway. It even says right on the page you linked that what it can automate is "tier 1 tech support". IF OP went to college and got a degree in computer science or IT he would probably be working with things such as developing or implementing those chat bots. His job wouldn't be replaced by one.
 
The story about Samsung and Google developing chips with AI doesn't really matter either. Like with the programming article you linked, the AI's that design chips are tools used by their chip engineers. They don't replace the engineers in the same way a nail gun didn't replace construction workers. It makes the jobs faster and easier by aiding the engineers. You still need human engineers though to make high level decisions, operate and guide the AI as well as validate the work done by the AI.
 
 
 
Also, if you think 3D printing will kill the construction job market then I think you should actually look into 3D printed houses a bit. It won't. Right now it's extremely basic what it can do (like lay concrete for a wall) but even when it could potentially do more advanced stuff it will still require people to operate it, move it around, and do all those things that require dexterity and precision like plumbing, installing cabinets, wire electricity, mount things like windows and doors, paint, and the list goes on.  Not to mention that a lot of construction is not just 1 story houses. Do you think someone will 3D print a skyscraper anytime soon?
 
The rise of "modular houses" or other prefabricated homes, where entire segments are mass-produced with already installed wiring, windows etc, is a much bigger blow to the construction segment than 3D printed homes are, and modular houses has been a thing for like a century already.

Wow. Never thought I would see this on LTT. I actually collect and restore these machines! I have many different mechanical calculators including a Friden STW-10, CW-10, and an older D10 with the chrome styling. I am also lucky enough to have my favorite mechanical calculator, an electric Millionaire machine, 1 of only 236 ever made. In case anyone is interested in learning more or seeing some more of my calculators and reading about them, you can here on my blog:

https://starwarsfan2099.github.io/2021/02/23/millionaire-calculator.html
 
And I have a quick video of the electric Millionaire calculator here:
 

I have a few others quick videos too, such as a Marchant ACR8M performing division:
 

I need to get around to uploading more videos of my machines, however, I attached some pictures of some of my other machines, including a wooden Comptometer made in 1896!

Given the use of the £ sign I am guessing you are UK : 
 
Check the Honeywell EvoHome - although do make sure it is compatible with your boiler as you may need an ABV. The base unit and a about 4 TRV's will set you back around £400. A full wifi/control pack with TRV's is around £800. Its worth considering the location of your TRV's as the Honeywell ones are thicc ol' boys. 
 
We use these extensively on new build houses - never any complaints, although the base unit is a bit..... early 2000's.  
 
Likewise Hive will do a similar thing but I'm unsure on prices, they aren't far different as far as I'm aware.  
 
Vailant do a similar vSmart sytem, although I don't know much about that one. 

Ngaio Marsh, Colin Dexter, Margery Allingham and Elizabeth George are all decent to good with large back catalogues of work.
 
 
 

Have you run any benchmarks to compare scores? 
 
tbh I have the same card and the visual difference between it and my old 1070ti isn't huge other than I can crank all the settings in a game to 11 (with the exception of MSFS) and still get over 60fps at 1440. There are obviously some benefits but the returns are diminishing. The most obvious benefit is that I can achieve all this at cooler temps. 
 
My panel only has a 95Hz refresh rate so I have a limit there.  
 
Many things to consider when looking at GPU performance. 

After liking my last Marloe so much I have purchase another. This time the automatic Morar in deep blue. 
 
It's a very nice watch again, fit and finish are tight and unusually for a 'dive' watch quite small (40mm excluding crown and 47mm lug to lug). I was worried that it would wear small but it's actually pretty much bang on. 
 
The case is a plated 316l and will be interesting to see how the brushed 'gun metal' plate wears. The movement is the Miyota 9039 so no complaints there. The bezel movement has more spring back than I would like but it's fine. The watch came with both the leather and rubber straps, both of which are very good quality. I think Marloe nailed it with these and how the watch wears. With the leather it's a good 'smart casual' look where as the rubber does wear as more a 'tool' watch.
 
The watch is actually being discontinued so it was a bit of a bargain - £299 for the watch and the leather and rubber straps. At that price absolutely nothing to complain about. 

Button battery swollowings are a thing with small children and the effects are really freaking horrific. I don't recommend googling it but the TLDR, mucus is conductive and as a result it can setup an electrically driven reaction that can burn a hole through the lining of the throat. There was a story about them in the UK a couple of years back and there where several children featured in the story that now had to be fed via a tube years later because of the permanent throat damage. 
 
They're far worse than just a choking hazard.

Per the article above they installed 40,000 terminals, presumably the majority of those where intended to be used by individual postmasters and mistresses. Even the full 700 odd people caught up in this only amounts to 2-3% of all individuals, and thats spread over a long period of time and in the aftermath of a time when there wasn't really a way to detect such fraud easily.
 
 
As someone with modding experiance once i grasped what was being described it made me want to punch kittens. When your modding a game and you mess with somthing in the files, (say the rate of fire on a gun in an FPS), if you enter an invalid value, (say 4.2%A when you meant to enter 4.25A), the game when it tried to read it will do one of two things. A) scream and then perform an unexpected immediate controlled exit, (it crashes), usually with an error log telling you what you screwed up. Or B) It reverts to the core files ignoring your edit in the mod file area and prints an error about this to a log.
 
What this software was doing was looking at that and either ignoring it, or reading it as 4.20A, and then proceeding on without throwing the slightest sign something went wrong up.
 
Now imagine that value is the value in 1000's of pounds of money handed out from the till to pensioners collecting pensions. Depending on how it screws up reading that it reports the value handed out as being between £50 and £4250 less than was actually given out. Which to the post office means someone took that money out of the register and ran off with it.