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Exposing double standards is not whataboutism.

Humanity has moved on from roman numerals 1000+ years ago. Talk about tech debt.

In accounting

Only in America.

Although the video is correct in the sense that AWS is vastly overpriced compared to most other cloud/VPS providers, the title is wrong: OP is not using a dedicated server (see 2:40 of the video) -- he is using a shared VPS. Hetzner sell proper dedicated servers, whether bare metal or virtualized.

I believe their bare metal servers should have even better price/perf ratio, but I don't have data to back that up.

filesystem snapshots may not lead to consistent DB backups

Only if your database files are split across multiple file systems, which is atypical.

Thank you for responding. How do you explain your CPU hitting 100C in that case? That should not have happened.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-ultra-9-285k/2... lists maximum temperature as 88.2C with the previous gen NH-D15 cooler.

Excellent point. A single case fan is highly atypical and concerning.

I also have a fractal define case with anti noise padding material and dust filters, but my temperatures are great and the computer is almost inaudible even when compiling code for hours with -j $(nproc). And my fans and cooler are much cheaper than his.

Yes, I have read the article and I agree Intel should be shamed (and even sued) for inaccurate statements. But it doesn't change the fact it has never been a good idea to run desktop processors at their throttling temperature -- it's not good for performance, it's not good for longevity and stability, and it's also terrible for efficiency (performance per watt).

Anyway, OP's cooler should be able to cool down 250W CPUs below 100C. He must have done something wrong for this to not happen. That's my point -- the motherboard likely overclocked the CPU and he failed to properly cool it down or set a power limit (PL1/PL2). He could have easily avoided all this trouble.

If OP's CPU cooler (Noctua NH-D15 G2) wasn't able to cool down his CPU below 100C, he must have been (intentionally or unintentionally with Asus multi core enhancement) overclocked his CPU. Or he didn't apply thermal paste properly or didn't remove the cooler plastic sticker?

I have followed his blog for years and hold him in high respect so I am surprised he has done that and expected stability at 100C regardless of what Intel claim is okay.

Not to mention that you rapidly hit diminishing returns pass 200W with current gen Intel CPUs, although he mentions caring able idle power usage. Why go from 150W to 300W for a 20% performance increase?

Looks like every single comment here is disagreeing with the article, yet it has a voting score of 61. Who is upvoting rage bait/poor quality content?

You don't need a special OS to have backups or even just btrfs/lvm snapshots.

Makes sense, thanks for clarifying!

That appears to cost $352. Wouldn't it be much better to get a used ThinkPad for that amount of money? The ThinkPad would have better build quality and a more powerful processor.

That's $550 on amazon/newegg. It's not in the same price range at all.

$2400/year is $200/month. He is correct.

How has Russia attacked the US since Putin came into power?

AFAIK the NVFBC patch is no longer required for new Sunshine versions thanks to https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/pull/2471.

However, NVIDIA say that "The NvFBC desktop capture library does not have native Wayland support and does not work with Xwayland" (https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/565.77/R...), so I guess it's of no use for Wayland users.

Thanks, but I did check that earlier as well. My private, static address is correctly labeled:

  privacy:
    vpn: false
    proxy: false
    tor: false
    relay: false
    hosting: false
    service: ""

FWIW I too am unable to access reddit using my home (residential) IP. I've never had an account there, so I have no idea why they would block my IP. I also haven't scraped anything, ever.

Previously I could access old.reddit.com, but now that's blocked too. I also can't create an account -- I get "403 forbidden", even if I specify an email address and clear my cookies.

I even created a support ticket about this a few weeks ago, which went unanswered (apart from an automated message which wasn't helpful or applicable at all).

I suspect it might be because I often use RedReader on my Android phone, which is still working somehow regardless of the IP ban.

Funnily enough I can access Reddit through a VPN.

What makes you say that? Outside of contracting and a few elite firms in London, being a developer in the UK is like being an accountant -- nothing special.

Makes sense. Thanks for elaborating and apologies for derailing your green card question.

pension

If you're OK with locking up your money for 30+ years, sure.

no property taxes in the UK

That's a bug, not a feature. There's little incentive for people to downsize, which leads to suboptimal use of resources on a societal level. Even if you leave the question of fairness aside ("eight of England's 10 cheapest areas for council tax are in the capital including Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Southwark, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets"), this leads to higher property prices, which negatively impacts you as a first-time buyer.

I'm looking at $1.8m-2m minimum in SF

You don't have to retire in the Bay Area.

Most startups in the UK are offering EMI share options

Most startups in the UK pay poorly, so I'm not sure this is a good point. Thanks for letting me know about EMI share options though, I didn't know that!

you can draw nearly 97.5k in income and pay only 3750 in tax

You can top that. People who have bought property in London 15+ years ago can easily realize a profit of £500-1500k, all tax free -- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-residence... .

A 100k GBP London salary can be as efficient as a $170k Salary in SF

The marginal tax on a £100-125k London salary is 62%. Also, VAT there is much higher than sales tax in CA. The savings from your ISA accounts will be negligible until your portfolio grows significantly. Just move to TX/FL/etc before realizing any gains and you'll end up paying just 15% long-term federal CGT.

Stock options for employees are often very tax efficient too

I don't know about options, but an acquaintance of mine had to pay ~75% marginal tax on AMZN RSUs (£100-125k bracket; income tax + employee NI + employer's NI + personal allowance tapering).

If you want to optimize your net worth, move to Switzerland or the US (CA, CO, TX, WA), not the UK.