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Comment Re:The RAM monopoly isn't the scariest part (Score 1) 74

Telcos and shareholders of Telcos may not like it if a substantial part of the population can't afford a decent phone with net connectivity.

Same for ISPs, if a substantial part of the population can't afford decent internet connected / IoT / laptops / PCs / gaming consoles / smart TVs, etc.

Comment Re:Ew (Score 1) 224

Never heard of this distro either.

I just looked it up on distrowatch.

It's ranked around 20, depending if you check within the last week, last 6 months or last 12 months. Wonder which is the top distro used by 1P's userbase as well the number 3.

And the % for the top 3, to get an idea of whats the difference like. And does 1P sponsor the top distro which uses their software?

Comment China probably loveing it. (Score 1) 166

China is probably very happy with this development.

Good way to kneecap all your industries in one go. Pretty much every new modern microwave to your TV to your automobile have at least 1 or more chips in them.

Only things which may not have a chip are things which dont use power. Maybe your bed (assuming not one of the "smart beds"), chair, baseball bat, etc.

Comment Re:The benefits of the surveillance state (Score 1) 63

I got a bunch of Hikvision cameras with SD cards connected to the net to enable remote access and have stored videos for a couple of days if I need to download something. This is for some cameras facing public places.

And if you dont trust hikvision, you can always firewall it so that it can only do limited things on the internet.

Or restrict whatever(hikvision or otherwise) cameras you get to record to a local NAS without internet access. Thats what I do for cameras in more sensitive locations.

Comment Cheaper cryonics? (Score 1) 38

So all those paying large sums of money to preserve their heads or bodies in the hope of reviving in the future, maybe this can be a cheaper way to do it?

Especially if it can work throughout the body and not just the brain. Assume there will be some work done to see if its possible for the whole body.

Comment Good luck with that (Score 1) 19

Summary says
"capable of hosting hundreds of researchers and facilitating international conferences and workshops" and I thought alot of international conferences, etc is moving out of the US cos of the problems of visiting US.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scidev.net%2Fglobal%2F...

So, good luck with getting international events held within the US.

Comment Re:Excuses excuses (Score 1) 245

It could be the cost of the various CPUs, DSPs etc (basically anything made from a chip fab) is going up as well, and not just ram.

But then again, I understand most chips in cars tend to use older nodes, so maybe they are not affected too much. Unless it's packaging related.

Am not in the car industry, so am just speculating.

Comment Re:Not sure I disagree (Score 1) 153

Your car has a top speed of 180km/h but you usually travel at 120 km/h, so you dont really notice the top speed.

But on the rare occasions when you need to travel faster (and the law allows), it's always good to have the extra speed.

Same for me, I got 1gbps up/down, most of the time my household is barely using 100mbps. But on occasions I want to download something large / do a bunch of data transfer, the 1gbps is always nice to have.

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