Oh…shit… what do I do with this confetti

Anything?

There is a line of sight, which is only slightly obstructed by very thin bushes/branches. Someone posted about some TP-Link type brand of bridges with a range in multiple miles; so much further than is needed but would certainly do the job. Though, I saw some single devices from the same brand, OMA…something?, with stated ranges of 300-600 ft.

So, as long as; the very sparse branches don’t impede that range much; I can place it outside or it reaches through the external wall of the house AND the external wall of the small desired building; then I may get away with just the one additional device and the original device (if the Google pod doesn’t fight the use of a non-google extender as it’s link to the main network, which I suppose isn’t a guarantee).

I’ve informed her the network speed at the secondary building would be slower than inside the house after linking through each connection, but the desire to keep it simple for her and whoever she has come by to troubleshoot it in the future is more of a preference for her.

After talking with her today she is also not interested in drilling holes in any walls. So, confirmation there.

I’m not sure about digging or running lines.

I mentioned to the owner that the straightforward simplest solution is to run a secondary line to the house from their service provider. But that it’s an additional monthly cost as that provider will bill for a separate line of service, not to mention the recurring or initial cost of a modem. They weren’t wanting that and I mentioned I wouldn’t usually recommend it either because of that extra cost of almost $100 a month.

She is also 80 years old so I’m trying to find something which is as basic, and serviceable/replaceable as possible for whoever might come out to help her with it in the future, with the assumption it may be a less than technologically familiar person.

And it’s unlikely she’ll agree to drilling a hole in a wall for a cable as she’s a widow and the house was her husband’s dream home project. So, limited in options and trying to find some electrically powered device[s] to keep it simple.

Thank you for the recommendation.

I’ve been looking into the Lenovo T14s since your comment. Was there a particular generation you were considering?

Thank you.

Those are very expensive machines, but certainly would be capable of the work. I’m not sure I can afford it.

NPUs are meant to offload specific tasks, those which CPUs do less well than GPUs, but while using less electricity than both. So far as manufacturers say.

Thanks for the tips!

That’s fair. I suppose I took their marketing statements for NPUs closer to face value than what feasibly works.

I was hoping for something entry level to work with/recreate/train smaller models to avoid additional investment in extra services. But, outside of simply running the apps the companies are pushing into their devices, and some other community ones, local maybe doesn’t have much use without massive hardware.

Wdyt?

From what I’ve seen, AMD only has compiling models on Linux, Intel has some OpenVINO or something which allows usage of models. But I might be wrong.

Otherwise, NPU use seems limited to mostly Windows currently.

Edit: I just found this. https://github.com/amd/gaia

Though, still limited. Just wanted to put it out there for people.

Sorry. I don’t have any idea how to get those. 😬

Could you clarify what type of instructions I should search for to direct me on that?

Thank you!