Strix Halo uses a 256bit memory interface, the normal desktop processors only have a 128bit interface, that's the biggest difference in bandwidth. For more bandwidth you need to go to a Threadripper.

Strix Halo seems to use LPDDR with 8000 MT/s, which is a bit faster than the usual 5600 MT/s-6400 MT/s "normal" DDR5-DIMMs (Albeit (expensive) faster ones seem to exist), so there's a slight edge towards soldered memory (not sure about LPCAMM2 and similar tech).

GDDR7 is a different league, a 5070 Ti also has a 256bit memory interface, but has 896GB/s bandwidth, compared to strix halo with 256GB/s

It's really hard to push DDR5 past 6000MT/s on 4+ DIMMs it seems.

I had to get everything top spec to fit 4 channels of 6000MT/s on my 9950x (asus proArt motherboard and the top tier trident neo RAM sticks) -- otherwise it's reportedly unstable.

9950X is dual channel, running 4 DIMMs runs them interleaved, with two DIMMs sharing one physical connection, impacting signal integrity severely. AFAIK this has gotten worse with DDR5 to the point that it's generally recommended to avoid 4 DIMMs unless you really can't get enough RAM otherwise. For maximum bandwidth you need to avoid interleaving.

Strix Halo simply has more memory controllers. Threadrippers are also quad channel, and should be able to run 4 DIMMs at rated speeds, but the cheapest Zen 5 Threadripper seems to be almost double the price of a 9950X3D.

And I presume that doubled price is before you look at the workstation class motherboards, which also tend to be much more expensive.

Thanks for the info on the hardware quirks, useful to know!

We seem to be arriving at a cambrian explosion of viable hardware these days between ARM and x86, soldered vs DIMM, etc.

It's refreshing coming from 20 years of x86 being all that matters.

Politco makes it sound much bigger than it actually is. Only two things are now secured in the constitution:

- The franc is the national currency - The swiss national bank is responsible for the supply of cash.

This doesn't have any effect in practice, since this is straight up copy and paste from the law about currency. This change only means that a change requires a mandatory referendum rather than having to launch a referendum.

It does nothing about acceptance of cash, afaik that initiative failed to reach the neccesary support to be voted on.

> This change only means that a change requires a mandatory referendum rather than having to launch a referendum.

This seems a way of making sure that a future with Switzerland being part of the EU requires a vote to adopt the Euro. I do not see many other situations in which Switzerland changes its central bank or currency.

Switzerland can't join the EU without a referendum anyway, I don't think that's realistic anyway. The prevailing juristic opinion seems to be that changing away from the franc would have required a referendum because while it wasn't explicitly defined it was referenced a bunch of times.

The concern was about CBDC and "cashless", the original initiative comes from a conspiracy-adjecent group. They just kind of failed of doing anything major about it, the initiative was worded badly. The counter proposal was explicitly a symbolic copy paste with no real effect.

Assuming you have the yellowish, metal tracks (M-Track) it should work more or less.

Electrically the tracks with the connectors for power might have capacitors for radio interference reasons, they're unnecessary for and cause problems with the digital signals.

With regards to the wheel-track geometry, Märklin hasn't changed that much and most modern rolling stock compatible with the "Märklin system" (commonly referred to as "3L"/"AC") should work on M-track. Only the small "industrial radius" tracks might be a bit problematic in general and longer cars can hit turnout signals (mostly a problem with long passenger cars that aren't shortened to 1/100 or 1/93.5 scale). Some manufacturers have created "universal" wheelsets, those might be prone to derailments.

Digital trains need clean rails for proper operation, m-track is more vulnerable to rust and really needs proper rust removal, especially after not being used for a while.|

AFAIK it's not that rare to use m-track for storage yards and "non-visible" track rather than throwing it away.

GP mentioned Märklin H0, so Y-Loops aren't a Problem anyway because both wheels have the same potential, it's a modified 3rail system with a bunch of studs in the middle as a 3rd rail.

And that would violate both BMWs Trademark and Patent, which at least in Switzerland could mean having to pay BMW damages and get fined for importing counterfeit goods.

good thing that it would be a chinese copy, and thus, not subject to switzerland law. So i wonder if chinese law recognize this patent/trademark for a screw?

Their point is that there's a possibility that Swiss customs fines them and confiscates the "counterfeit."

Maybe, the problem is that customs are not opening every package and as long as manufacturer won't name the copy as "screwdriver for patented BMW screw" but something more like screwdriver SN-2249 then how customs would know what that screwdriver is for?

What would they found? I have ordered screwdriver SN-2249. Customs sees screwdriver SN-2249 on manifest and on invoice. What that screwdriver is used for? For tightening and loosing screws, duh. In no step of the process I have lied.

What's the reality of that happening though? I feel like they have bigger fish to fry than going after people for buying one screwdriver bit.

IANAL, but as fas as I know when you're importing it from China, you are subject to local laws (and may pay the fine for importing a ccopy of a trademarked product).

Anyone with a mill could fabricate something to fit that in a short space of time.

ASP.NET could mean a bunch of programming languages and I'm assuming that a ASP.NET Server doesn't disclose that. It's probably safe to guess mostly C#, but that requires a different metric.

'Tis true. I used to know an absolute ton of big sites that were written in 100% VB.NET ASP.NET. I'd still be writing all my backend in VB.NET if it wasn't a second tier .Net language these days.

Doesn't Brave disable WebBluetooth by default via a flag?

Brave indeed does block WebBluetooth by default, but it can be turned on by the user using flags.

It's by no means a new feature, but the privacy concerns outlined in this post are still valid 10 years later: https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/w3c-web-bluetooth-api-privacy...

For me it's a bottle opener, a corkscrew and a knife that's good enough.

More picnic less camping in the wild.

STM32 MCUs are 3V3, not 5V right?

Arduino really isn't great with naming, a Uno can be an AVR or ARM based board, now either 3V3 or 5V based and also a SBC rather than just a MCU.

I think to Arduino, Uno just means 'Uno form factor, with shield pins in the same place'

Which is kind of sad, since the Uno pinout is horrible for high-speed signals

FYI the new Q has two 'high speed connectors' on the bottom side, for signals like CSI, HDMI, USB 3.1, etc.

Haven't seen any examples of bottom 'high speed' shields yet, though. They said there would be some made available.

Well, if all the interesting signals are on the mezzanine, what's the point of the Arduino form factor and pinout? Just to claim that they're supporting a widely used platform? Engineers can see through it.

The more I look at it, the more it sounds like a platform designed by M&A team

Depends on the MCU, but generally STM32 is 1.7-3.6V

STM32 is 3v3 logic.

Not necessarily; see above (Or a datasheet)

Yes, but many (most?) of them are 5V-tolerant.

I'd like to argue that electric Rechauds are superior anyway. Fuel paste or gas always seems to run out just before you're finished, everything cools down while refilling and then you have to get the fluid up to temperature again. Safety around children or tipsy people is just the bonus on top.