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 

Taking public transit to New York-area airports 
How to get to Manhattan from JFK Airport 
How to get to EWR Newark Airport on public transit 
Getting to NYC from LGA LaGuardia Airport 

Monday, August 19, 2024

Saturday, June 22, 2024

AI accelerator

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

Apple A10 2016 iPhone 7/iPad 6/7 A10X 2017 iPad Pro 2 
Apple A11 2017 iPhone 8/8 Plus/X ca, Neural Engine, 600 GOPS 
Apple A12 2018 iPhone XS/XR cw/iPad 8/iPad Air 3/A12X iPad Pro 3 ce/A12Z 2020 iPad Pro 4, Next-generation Neural Engine, 8 cores, 5 TOPS 
Apple A13 2019 iPhone 11/iPad 9 ks, 8-core, 6 TOPS 
Apple A14 2020 iPhone 12 mini jl/iPad 10 jl/iPad Air 4 cw, 4-6 GB, 16-core, 11 TOPS 
  Apple M1 2020 iPad Air 5/iPad Pro 5 ca, 8- GB, 16-core, 11 TOPS 
Apple A15 2021 iPhone 13/13 Pro/14 kt, 4-6GB, 16-core, 15.8 TOPS 
  Apple M2 iPad Air M2 kt/iPad Pro 6, 8- GB, 16-core, 15.8 TOPS 
Apple A16 2022 iPad A16/iPhone 14 Pro/15 ca, 6 GB, 16-core, 17 TOPS 
Apple A17 Pro 2023 iPhone 15 Pro, 8 GB, 16-core, 35 TOPS 
 Apple M3 2023 iPad Air M3/Mac 8GB, 16-core, 18 TOPS 
Apple A18 2024 iPhone 16 jl, 35 TOPS 
 Apple M4 2024 iPad Pro 7, 8GB, 38 TOPS 
Apple A19 2025 iPhone 17, ?? 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, 365/370/375 28W (15-54W) 50 TOPS, 375 55 TOPS 375 vs 258V 

Intel Core Ultra 2 200V Series Intel Core Ultra 17W (8-17-37W): 2x6V 16GB, 2x8V 32GB; Core Ultra 5 228V 238V 8MB cache 40 TOPS, Ultra 7 258V 268V 12 MB cache 47 TOPS, Ultra 9 288V 30W 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 

全球43大AI工具排行榜,Perplexity、Gamma⋯有哪些必收好用AI App? Perplexity, Claude Anthropic, ChatGPT OpenAI 

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 0.25% 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