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Comment Re:Reaping what they sow during the Wintel era (Score 1) 15

by drinkypoo (#65493480) Attached to: Intel's New CEO Explores Big Shift In Chip Manufacturing Business

I'm surprised that x86 is still a thing. It is pretty clear that ARM chips now able to run circles around Intel chips both on the portable and the server market, especially when you consider the compute per watts.

Square footage still matters and per thread performance still matters. ARM is way behind on both, to get the same performance you need more machines and that means more management and real estate costs.

Now, I got some Intel shares last month because, just like the big banks and the Detroit car manufacturers, I believe they are Too Big To Fail and will likely get bailed out by our tax dollars when it comes to it.

Probably true, but I hope you lose that bet.

Comment Re:Reality 101 (Score 1) 54

by gweihir (#65493462) Attached to: Recent Droughts Are 'Slow-Moving Global Catastrophe' - UN Report

I'll point to how the UK wanted to invest in electricity production in Morocco in order to have a portion of that electricity shipped to the UK by undersea cables. That would have meant bringing jobs, education, and wealth to help Morocco with droughts. Then the politics got to be too much for the UK so they backed out. That's unfortunate, in my opinion at least, as that could have helped Moroccans so much.

I do not know what your "news" source is, but the actual reason was that producing renewable electiricity in the UK was found to be cheaper. That may have included some risk-costs.

Submission + - Nearly 1,000 Britons will keep shorter working week after trial (theguardian.com)

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: Nearly 1,000 British workers will keep a shorter working week after the latest trial of a four-day week and similar changes to traditional working patterns. All 17 British businesses in a six-month trial of the four-day week said they would continue with an arrangement consisting of either four days a week or nine days a fortnight. All the employees remained on their full salary. The trial was organised by the 4 Day Week Foundation, a group campaigning for more businesses to take up shorter working weeks. The latest test follows a larger six-month pilot in 2022, involving almost 3,000 employees, which ended in 56 of 61 companies cutting down their hours from a five-day working week.

The 4 Day Week Foundation is hoping to build on the shift around the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, when campaigns led by trade unions gave birth to the two-day weekend. The previous norm for many people in Britain and other traditionally Christian countries had been a six-day working week, with time off only on Sundays.

Comment Re:So the USB usage violates standards? That' ille (Score 1) 68

That raises an interesting point. DVDs are encrypted, but for all intents and purposes are DRM-free these days because the code to decrypt them was released decades ago. Bluray is somewhere in the middle, the encryption being crackable but still needing some effort when a new disc with new keys is released.

From a right to repair standpoint, is it allowed to have some encryption that might prevent casual copying or cheating, but is also easily bypassed by repairers and archivists?

Submission + - FaceTime in iOS 26 will freeze your call if someone starts undressing (9to5mac.com)

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: iOS 26 is a packed update for iPhone users thanks to the new Liquid Glass design and major updates for Messages, Wallet, CarPlay, and more. But another new feature was just discovered in the iOS 26 beta: FaceTime will now freeze your call’s video and audio if someone starts undressing.

When Apple unveiled iOS 26 last month, it mentioned a variety of new family tools coming for child accounts. One of those announcements involved a change coming to FaceTime to block nudity. "Communication Safety expands to intervene when nudity is detected in FaceTime video calls, and to blur out nudity in Shared Albums in Photos."

However, at least in the iOS 26 beta, it seems that a similar feature may be in place for all users—adults included.

Comment Re:And yet the Africans are breeding like crazy (Score 1) 54

by Uberbah (#65493142) Attached to: Recent Droughts Are 'Slow-Moving Global Catastrophe' - UN Report

USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) plays a significant role in global family planning and reproductive health, providing contraceptive supplies and support to developing countries.

Only as an infinitesimally tiny side hustle. Their first, second.....hundredth priorities are subverting and overthrowing foreign governments for American hegemony. Do you pretend the CIA and Pentagon are humanitarian agencies?

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