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Comment Re: And people wonder (Score 2) 80

They used to say this about gay people too, but in fact in both cases there is a biological cause.

In fact it would be odd if transgender people didn't exist, given that conditions where part of the body develops as the opposite sex to the rest of it are far from unheard of in humans. The idea that the brain would somehow be excluded has no scientific basis.

Submission + - Google tests AI processor in space (npr.org)

Geoffrey.landis writes: Google just put a satellite testing AI chips into space. The refrigerator-sized satellite is part of a research project, "Suncatcher," the company hopes can pave the way for orbiting AI data centers powered by the sun. The prototype satellite has four specialty chips in it called Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, that Google designed for machine learning and has already deployed in data centers on Earth. The chips will run a version of the company's Gemma AI model for 15 minutes at a time due to heat management constraints, using the open weight model to answer simple queries. In a blog post, Google said the mission will gauge how the TPUs handle "the physical stress of spaceflight and the radiation and thermal extremes of space." The satellite launched October 1 is a prototype that Travis Beals, senior director and lead of Project Suncatcher, called "a very minimal test" to make sure the chips can run in space. A SpaceX rocket carried it into orbit, and Planet will get it up and running. Beal said Google will then fire up and test the TPUs. The goal is for the mission to be operational for a year.

Submission + - Used processor leads to game ban (heise.de) 2

AmiMoJo writes: Anyone buying used hardware for a gaming PC needs to be careful: not just whether the components are still in order but also what the previous owner did with them. A case on Reddit shows this. Someone installed a used AMD processor, a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, in their PC. Because the previous owner was caught cheating, the new owner cannot start several online games.

The problem was noticed in the first-person shooter “Valorant” from the development studio Riot. Right from the first start, the new owner was kicked out directly, according to their statement. Riot support confirmed that the previous owner had cheated. The processor is therefore on an internal blacklist – and, with its installation in the PC, now apparently also some other components like the mainboard. Riot support does not remove such entries manually.

In addition to “Valorant,” all other PC games from Riot are affected: the strategy game “League of Legends,” the auto-battler “Teamfight Tactics,” the card game “Legends of Runeterra,” the fighting game “2XKO,” and likely future titles as well.

Comment Well above the ocean [Re:Uh HUH] (Score 1) 71

Gotta admit, it was pretty funny when Obama bought a multi-million dollar mansion on the coast just three feet above seal level.

Here's a photo of Obama's home (from People magazine). It's on a hill overlooking the Ocean:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fhome%2Fbarack...

A lot higher than "three feet above sea level."

Comment Subprime [Re:Uh HUH] (Score 1) 71

Not exactly. The sub-prime mortgage thing happened when banks discovered that they could pump money out of poor people.

Basically, they make housing loans to people who really couldn't afford it, and charge them higher rates, making a ton of money as long as they keep getting paid. When the people who can't afford it run out of money and can't pay, they repossess the house and sell it. Since house prices keep rising, they get their original money back, and do the very same thing again.

Nice racket, and it works great as long as housing prices keep rising.

Comment Sea level rise [Re:Uh HUH] (Score 1) 71

Ill believe this when Insurance companies stop insuring coastal properties, celebrities stop buying coastal houses,

I will point out that celebrities typically buy coastal houses on bluffs overlooking the ocean . Don't worry about the celebrities; they'll be fine when sea level rises by a meter in 2100.

and when banks stop mortgaging coastal properties

Even thirty-year mortgages don't go to 2100.

* That's right. The IPCC prediction for global mean sea levels is 0.28 to 1.01 meters by the year 2100. Yeah, the IPCC: the organization that the deniers keep telling us is "alarmist". https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipcc.ch%2Fsrocc%2Fchap...

Comment Re: Reinstate Brendan Eich NOW!!! (Score 1) 156

Interesting. That is the opposite of my experience. Chrome is noticeably faster than Firefox on every machine (desktops, laptops, Android phone). Even with the limited uBlock Lite on Chrome.

From a technical point of view that makes sense. Chrome has some performance features that Firefox lacks. Execution of Javascript while it is also being compiled is one example.

I stick with Firefox for other reasons, but speed is not one of them. Then again, although I rarely use Chrome these days, it never crashes, and certainly never did back when I was using it as my main browser.

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