 much allergy-causing dirt is hidden underneath, where you can't see it or clean it up, but your sinuses will know it's there.
Pro: Vacuuming one consistent surface is easier than switching between smooth surface and area rugs.
Con: Unless you get 'trackless' carpet, you and everyone else will see the impressions of feet and traffic patterns as soon as you put away the vacuum cleaner.
Pro: A tip an estimator told me - even cheap carpet will feel better underfoot and last longer, if you pay for a good padding. He was right.
Pro: Easier to keep genuinely clean....
Con:.....BUT conversely you need to spend some time Swiffering dust up, either wet or dry, or both (I do both, in addition to vacuuming).
Con: No matter what smooth flooring you pick, installation is the major cost and quality of your installer is critical. The majority of complaints here are from poor quality installs. Underlayments, transitions, layout design, picking the wrong flooring for your specific environmental conditions - if it can go wrong, somewhere and somebody has experienced that problem!
Pro: A smooth surface flooring can show off a beautiful rug, or by itself be an important part of a room's decor, in a way a bland W2W can't do. The difference in the look of our MBR, when we changed from beige W2W to an LVP with a golden oak pattern, was actually a shock. We thought it would be nice, but it was SPECTACULARLY, noticeably better.
Con: Even LVP is cool under foot, the way wood or sheet vinyl is, but not as bad as tile or stone. In summer it's great....not so much so in winter, LOL.
I hadn't thought about the looped carpets being snagged by cats but that's definitely a huge consideration :( They seem to leave our living room rug (which is an antique wool rug with looped pile) alone, but maybe that's because they have an entire floor of frieze to dig their claws into!
I don't think I've ever seen velvet cut carpet... Anyone have examples of what it looks like? I would love something low pile but with a little texture.
With proper upkeep carpeting can be fine. I have low pile carpet, dyson vacuum that I use twice a week and a professional carpet steamer that I own, that is used twice a year and for touch ups after parties or whatnot. I really can't stand a dirty looking floor. We don't have a dog, so many that is part of the ick factor? The dog hair? I have very bad allergies and with this cleaning schedule I don't have any issue and the Dyson is very powerful, if you don't have one you will be shocked what comes up when you first get it. I have carpet upstairs and hardwood and travertine on the main floor. We live in cold climate and I really dislike walking on cold floors, even with my carpets it's inevitable on the main floor.
A vote for hardwood here. Plenty of experience with both. I like that I can actually see that my floors are clean. If you could see what a Swiffer can pick up on a daily basis, this decision would be easy.
Hardwood with area rug under bed so your feet hit that when jumping out of bed. I keep my slippers just off the rug.
Warmth, hygiene,....I'm a fan of both so quite a dilemma! :) I chose HW for our bedroom simply bc I think it looks better! I've always been a form over function gal so there ya go!
Hardwoods all the way. I have carpet in my bedroom now and it is a beast to keep clean. Our new house will be all hardwoods. We have a rhoomba and it's amazing on the hardwoods.
I told my husband that when we have the wood floors installed downstairs, the latest rhoomba is part of the deal!
Recently I checked the post that says the carpet can make your warm warmer.. it just sounds weird but there should be some truth about that. Maybe it's caused because the floor is causing cold, in case it's true, it would be worth it investing it in a long term.
Living room layout: thoughts, ideas?
What does this wall need?As I type, I have an iso of Ubuntu 9.10 mounted (I think). Problem is I don't see anything other than the Furius ISO Mount gui. I thought it would mount the iso and my computer would regard it as a CD in the drive. Am I supposed to do restart, or what?
I installed some more GNOME stuff yesterday; and then after that did a dup, following which some new (?) stuff appeared on the the menu and the Yast control center. Well, okay.
Amongst the new stuff was FACTORY Update. So earlier today I opened that up to take a look arount. Factory update wanted to do a whole lot like add scores of new packages and a whole lot of upgrades plus the resolving of dependencies involved well over a hundred upgrades, downgrades, uninstallations, and more installations -- it scared me and I aborted (remembering the PCLOS repository fiasco a month or so ago). But after giving it some thought, I decided to give it a go. So far, I have to so say it was a success. It's certainly (at least on my computer) made some good strides towards rectifying what was decidedly a step down from 11.1. Screen resolution, for example, became better defined and with better coloring even as the updating process was happening.
Why to go!
One of the new packages is Furius ISO Mount, which I'd never heard of before and had to google it. Funny thing was, though, it was listed in the menu under Recently Installed, but it wasn't actually installed; just the gui. I had to do Yast>configuration>search packages on web to get it and Fuse ISO Mount Module, even though I'd already had the Packman repository enabled. I assume the other dependencies are covered since Yast didn't mention any.
Anyway, what do I need to do now to get Furius to to play the iso like a live CD?
BookmarksWhat’s better than testing your artificial intelligence (AI) application on virtualized hardware? Testing on real hardware.
Intel® DevCloud™ provides access to real world hardware platforms hosted by Intel. In a few clicks, developers are able to gain remote access to physical systems in order to benchmark their deep learning and artificial intelligence applications.
Now developers are able to optimize their applications and benchmark them on OnLogic industrial hardware with Intel DevCloud. Choose from our popular Helix 500 system or the latest addition to our ML series, the ML100G-53.
One of our most popular systems, the Helix 500, is available in two configurations on DevCloud. The first features an Intel Core i9-10900T processor, while the second system offers an Intel Core i7-10700T. Both systems feature Intel UHD Graphics 630 and 32GB of RAM.
The ability to test two similar systems highlights one of the primary benefits of DevCloud; Right-sizing your hardware and application performance. An AI developer can run their application on real world hardware with similar specs in order to determine whether the features offered by the more costly Core i9 processor are beneficial. They might discover that the Core i7 processor is capable of meeting their performance requirements.
An AI developer may also make the decision to refine their application based on the performance of a specific system. Modifying the application to perform well on lower-cost hardware could have a significant impact on the overall cost of launching their solution. Especially if looking to deploy devices at a large scale.
The ML100G-53 features the 11th generation of Intel Core processors, formerly known as Tiger Lake. This new generation offers a substantial increase in performance through powerful Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics. However, when utilizing Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit the ML100G-53 is really able to shine in AI applications.
An AI Developer is able to run their workloads on a CPU equipped with Intel Xe Integrated Graphics. This brings the similar horsepower of a discrete GPU for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications. By combining their processing power, OpenVINO can significantly increase the speed at which an application processes data. DevCloud includes access to the OpenVINO toolkit. You can really dig into the details by visiting Intel’s Artificial Intelligence blog post.
When combined with fanless thermal management, the ML100G-53 offers the ability to perform Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in challenging environments that may cause traditional fanned systems to fail. The fanless and ventless design prevents the ingress of dust and debris into the system, increasing reliability.
We’ve reviewed a few of the high level benefits of Intel DevCloud and introduced you to the OnLogic hardware that is now available on the platform. So how can you take advantage of this valuable service?
Start by enrolling as a user on the DevCloud website. Once you’re signed up and logged in, you can visit the OnLogic DevCloud page to select the system you’d like to run your application on. Upload your model or data and begin testing your models online.
If you’re seeking additional guidance on how to get started, DevCloud offers written tutorials to begin your journey with the platform. Referred to as “Jupyter notebooks,” they include helpful tips on coding and navigating the platform.
When your application is ready to leave the cloud and deploy in the real world