Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Sleeping position

Sleeping positions , List of human positions: Sleeping positions 
Log position/lateral - left/right side, Fetal positionSupine position back, Prone position stomach 

The Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers soft/plush medium/firm 

Sunday, September 08, 2024

New York City Tours

21 Best Views In NYC At Night To Take In A Manhattan Skyline View 
* One World Trade Center
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center Top of the Rock
Hudson Yard The Edge
Columbus Circle
The High Line
Dear Irving on Hudson Rooftop
The Crown rooftop
Central Park Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
* Roosevelt Island Tram
Refinery Hotel bar rooftop
Randall's Island Park Bronx
Gantry Plaza State Park Queens
Hunter's Point South Park Long Island City
Queensbridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Domino Park Brooklyn
Harriet's Rooftop & Lounge Brooklyn
WNYC Transmitter Park
* Staten Island Ferry
* Liberty State Park, Liberty Statue Crown tour

Monday, August 19, 2024

Rubber gloves

 Rubber glove natural rubber, latex, nitrile, vinyl, neoprene, pvc

Saturday, June 22, 2024

AI accelerator

AI accelerator Neural Processing Unit NPU, Digital signal processor DSP trillion operations per second 

Apple A11 iPhone 8/8 Plus/X, Neural Engine, 600 GOPS 
Apple A12 iPhone XS/XR/iPad 8/iPad Air 3/A12X iPad Pro 3 ce/A12Z iPad Pro 4, Next-generation Neural Engine, 8 cores, 5 TOPS 
Apple A13 iPhone 11/iPad 9 ks, 8-core, 6 TOPS 
Apple A14 iPhone 12/iPad 10 hl/iPad Air 4 kh, 4-6 GB, 16-core, 11 TOPS 
  Apple M1 iPad Air 5/iPad Pro 5 ca, 8- GB, 16-core, 11 TOPS 
Apple A15 iPhone 13/13 Pro/14 kh, 4-6GB, 16-core, 15.8 TOPS 
  Apple M2 iPad Air 6 2024/iPad Pro 6, 8- GB, 16-core, 15.8 TOPS 
Apple A16 iPhone 14 Pro/15 ca, 6 GB, 16-core, 17 TOPS 
Apple A17 Pro iPhone 15 Pro, 8 GB, 16-core, 35 TOPS
 Apple M3 Mac 8 GB, 16-core, 18 TOPS 
Apple M4 iPad Pro 7, 8 GB, 38 TOPS 
Apple A18 Pro iPhone 16, 35 TOPS 

Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips: Snapdragon_8/8s Gen 3 (2024) 

Google Tensor with Tensor Processing Unit (Edge_TPU) used in Pixel Phones 

Microsoft Copilot+ PC Blog 

A guide to AI TOPS and NPU performance metrics 
Qualcomm Snapdragon X series Elite/Plus DSP 45 TOPS, GPU 3.8-4.6 TFLOPS 

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX Series 300, Ryzen AI 300 series, 365/370 28W (15-54W) 50 TOPS, 375 55 TOPS, 

Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Intel Core Ultra 7 17W (8-37W): 256V 16GB, 258V 32GB 47 TOPS, 266V 16GB, 268V 32GB 48 TOPS 

Intel AMX XMX Advanced Matrix Extensions in CPU, Xe Matrix Extensions in GPU 

Microsoft Copilot+ PC 40 TOPS, 16 GB memory, 256 GB storage 

Apple Intelligence ChatGPT-4o Code Completion 16GB 

Best chatbot ChatGPT alternatives Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini for live data, Microsoft Copilot creative, Perplexity research, Inflection Pi personal, xAI Grok social, Llama open source, MetaAI fun, Poe more choices comparison 

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Taiwan - United States Banks

富達投資(Fidelity Investments)實現零手續費匯款的新選擇, Fidelity > Charles Schwab, 7-11 中國信托 > 全家 台新/國泰世華 local currency/deferred conversion/delay conversion exchange rate 延遲/拒絕匯率轉換, foreign exchange Wire transfer 電匯匯款 

Charles Schwab 

Capital One 360, 全家 國泰世華, 兆豐、遠東 ATM, 延遲換匯 

CTBC Bank Chinatrust 中國信託商業銀行 中信銀 China Trust Financial Global Transfers 全球速匯
CTBC Bank USA locations 
中國信託全球速匯介紹(美國匯款到台灣篇) 

台灣帳戶設定為 beneficiary account, 再用 single wire 轉錢到台灣 

滙豐(台灣)商業銀行HSBC Bank USA Premier 

O-Bank 王道商業銀行 臺灣工業銀行EverTrust Bank 華信商業銀行 

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Artificial tear drops - lubricants

Artificial tears lubricant 
Artificial tears potpourri: a literature review Liquid Polyol-based outperforms methylcellulose 

CMC/HPMC/Hyaluronic acid 玻尿酸 -> PEG 400/PG/Glycerin ->  Gel/Lipid 

preservative-free PF 10 ml, 0.33 floz, 300 drops 

*** Liquid Polyol-based: PVA/povidone: Alcon preservative-free bottle contact-lens Systane Complete PF Propylene Glycol 0.6%; Systane Ultra/Systane Hydration longer lasting, Polyethylene Glycol 400 0.4% + Propylene Glycol 0.3%, iVizia contact-lens friendly long 8-hrs Povidone 0.5% hyaluronic; Optase Glycerin Intense 0.2%, Allegro 0.35%, contact-lens MGD 0.9%; Oasis Tears PF Glycerin 0.25%; Biotrue Glycerin 0.5% 

** Methylcellulose-based:
-> Carboxymethyl cellulose Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) Thera Tears single use, Allergan Refresh eyedrops, Refresh Relieva multidose bottle 0.5%+glycerin 0.9%  
-> Hypromellose hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) Alcon GenTeal Tears preservative-free single-use 36/$15 

OCuSOFT retaine MGD 

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Accessory dwelling units (ADUs)

Cupertino ADU no impact fee < 750 s.f. setback 4' from rear and sides, 5' from main principal unit 

Pre-approved ADU Plans qualify? search for a property - not qualified 

Santa Clara County ADU 

San Jose Preapproved ADU vendors

CityPaks Prefabricated flat-pack panels, pak0 455 17'x27', pak1 589 17x35', pak2 723 17'x43' 
Inspired ADUs Oakland prefab, PanelsCatalogs - Vine 414 12'10" x 32'2" 
prefabADU panelized kits - dealersPlusADU Castro Valley, Terra Home Oakland, 
 Micro 150 12'x12'6", Micro 200 12'6"x16', Micro 250 12'6"x20', Becky 288 14'x24', Elisabeth 300 15'x20', Jake 390 pre-approved 16'x24', Pete 451 14'x33' 

 Acton ADU full-service San Jose 
 SF Bay ADU - State-approved factory-built panels 
 GetADU Jennifer Kretschmer Architect 
 Mayberry Workshop full-service 
 Next Stage Design Pre-fabricated, pre-designed, full-custom 
 Blaine Architects Oak and Willow Construction 
 Open Remodel 
 Valley Home Builders custom 
 West Peak Construction with getADU 

 Abodu - Prefab, not feasible 
 Adore - Manufacturing, not feasible 
 Alto Housing - Manufactured home/modules, modular housing, large 1000 ft^2 
 Framework First - Factory built, delivery: Crane Carry & Installation 
 Modal Manufacuring, ADU built off-site 
 Symbihom pre-fabrication 
 Villa Homes manufacturing, delivery 

Redfin searches from the home GPS coordinate 1.2M 

Springwood Apartments Los Altos 1 bedroom 769 ft^2 
Foothill Heights 1 br 750 ft^2 $3000 
McClellan Terrace 1 br 850 ft^2 $2700