Log position/lateral - left/right side, Fetal position, Supine position back, Prone position stomach
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Sleeping position
Log position/lateral - left/right side, Fetal position, Supine position back, Prone position stomach
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
Monday, August 05, 2024
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips: Snapdragon_8/8s Gen 3 (2024)
Google Tensor with Tensor Processing Unit (Edge_TPU) used in Pixel Phones
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
Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Internal combustion engine efficiency
Internal combustion engine ICE, Hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle drivetrain: Series hybrid , Range extender
BMW i3 Range extender option (i3 REx) 647cc parallel-two, 34hp 41lb-ft @4300 rpm vs 59hp @7500 / 49lb-ft @6000
Nissan HR engine 1.2L 1.4L e-power
Nissan Kicks e-Power 1.2L 2020-2024 Kick e-Power
Nissan Note 2017 model year update e-Power, Nissan Note Third generation (E13; 2020) 1.2L 3-cylinder
Nissan KR engine Second Generation 1.5L turbo e-power
Nissan X-Trail T33 1.5L 3-cyl X-Trail e-Power 2022-
Nissan e-POWER's internal combustion engine achieves 50% thermal efficiency
Nissan e-POWER control technology
Nissan The further evolution of e-POWER control technology
Mazda MX-30 single-rotor Wankel rotary engine 830cc 74hp
馬自達為何在EV轉型大潮下讓轉子引擎復活?
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
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Burning Man Project
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
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, Panels, Catalogs - Vine 414 12'10" x 32'2"
* prefabADU panelized kits - dealers: PlusADU 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