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Comment This is what Toyota learned (Score 4, Informative) 47

This is what Toyota learned and implemented in their Georgetown, KY assembly plant over 30 years ago. Every device has a musical piece that it will play when something goes wrong, with some having different songs for different events. You can tell exactly how the plant is operating without even having to look - and there is a LOT going on there in a large space. Beeps would echo.

Comment Re:Very simple reason: (Score 2) 236

I have been running two 8-drive raidz2 arrays for 15 years without data loss, across MacZFS, Linux, Windows through a VM with physical device passthrough and several iterations of ARM. It works completely fine with a 1gb RAM total limit with 30TB of data. It works completely fine when the devices are attached via eSATA with PMP and even with USB3. You just need to tune the limits.

Comment Connecting with Enthusiasts? (Score 4, Informative) 92

Maybe he can get them to stop the confusing mess of which features are enabled and disabled across the lines of chips. I hate having to dig through the Intel Ark to find out which used sku's have ECC memory support, which ones have IOMMU support, which ones have vPro, which ones have AES-NI, etc. Especially galling is the ECC support, as it's enabled and disabled seemingly at random throughout the consumer space (where AMD has it across the board.)

Comment Re:Question for someone who actually knows ARM (Score 1) 54

Set-tops, TVs and SBCs .. Fire TVs, tablets, Android phones ..

Keep in mind that e.g. the ARM Cortex A53 is just a standard. The implementations/manufacturers are pushing bounds on clock speeds, bandwidth, power optimization for incremental improvements between standards.

I just finished moving to a Rock64 (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pine64.org%2F%3Fpage_id%3D7147) as my main desktop machine. 4GB RAM, 4x cores, 4k LXLE desktop, media/TV server and 16x drives in two 16TB RAIDZ2 arrays.. and idling at a few watts.. for $50.

The next big thing that I'm looking forward to is the RK3399 series boards -- https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.96boards.org%2Fprodu... https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pine64.org%2F%3Fpage_i...

  -- 6 cores, PCIe, good graphics--fast enough for a great Linux desktop/portable experience. The end result is a build-your-own-Chromebook scenario where you can upgrade and control all aspects like the breakout days of DIY PC builds..

Comment Streetcar tech (Score 1) 102

This is actually really REALLY old technology. Streetcars used this at the dawn of American cities, and I'm somewhat curious if having a dual-use (Streetcar and electric automobile) network could propel a faster switch from IC engines and towards better public transit in one fell swoop. While the idea of trolleys and streetcars using overhead wiring is more common, plenty of US cities used in-road electric rails (most notably Washington DC see links) http://www.rypn.org/forums/vie... https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcpreservation.org...
Medicine

Baking Soda Shortage Has Hospitals Frantic, Delaying Treatments and Surgeries (arstechnica.com) 250

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amid a national shortage of a critical medicine, US hospitals are hoarding vials, delaying surgeries, and turning away patients, The New York Times reports. The medicine in short supply: solutions of sodium bicarbonate -- aka, baking soda. The simple drug is used in all sorts of treatments, from chemotherapies to those for organ failure. It can help correct the pH of blood and ease the pain of stitches. It is used in open-heart surgery, can help reverse poisonings, and is kept on emergency crash carts. But, however basic and life-saving, the drug has been in short supply since around February. The country's two suppliers, Pfizer and Amphastar, ran low following an issue with one of Pfizer's suppliers -- the issue was undisclosed due to confidentiality agreements. Amphastar's supplies took a hit with a spike in demand from desperate Pfizer customers. Both companies told the NYT that they don't know when exactly supplies will be restored. They speculate that it will be no earlier than June or August. With the shortage of sodium bicarbonate, hospitals are postponing surgeries and chemotherapy treatments. A hospital in Mobile, Alabama, for example, postponed seven open-heart surgeries and sent one critically ill patient to another hospital due to the shortage.

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