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Comment Poor choice. (Score 4, Informative) 44

by Gravis Zero (#65850115) Attached to: Operation Bluebird Wants To Relaunch 'Twitter' For a New Social Network

“Many users continue to refer to X as ‘Twitter’ and posts on X as ‘tweets,’ which demonstrates continued association and strengthens the case for residual goodwill,” [Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University School of Law] says. She points to a 2020 case where a party attempted to register “Aunt Jemima” for breakfast foods, but was rejected “based on a likelihood of confusion” with Quaker Oats’ Aunt Jemima marks, even though the company had announced earlier that year that it was discontinuing the name and logo.

Beyond this, X has the resources to keep Operation Bluebird in court longer than Operation Bluebird can afford legal representation.

Comment Re:Sounds like an export tax. (Score 1) 95

by Gravis Zero (#65847259) Attached to: Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut

Only if NVidia chooses to make such a case.

Greed is never satiated.

But they won't, because 1) NVidia gets to sell stuff that previously they couldn't,

After exports start, they will have established the basis that their product is not a threat to national security. This will give them all the leverage they need to file a suit against the US government.

2) Huang (like the whole tech sector) is such best buds with the President these days.

No because greed is never satiated.

Comment Sounds like an export tax. (Score 5, Interesting) 95

by Gravis Zero (#65844815) Attached to: Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut

I'm no lawyer but this sounds suspiciously like an export tax. I think Nvidia now has a solid case that A) it's illegal (only congress can tax stuff, right?) and that B) a ban is unwarranted because of the attempted illegal export tax.

Kinda seems like the grifter just shot himself in the foot again.

Submission + - Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewate (techxplore.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Some fish feed by means of filtration; these include, for example, mackerel, sardines, and anchovies. They swim through the water with their mouths open and sift out the plankton with their gill arch system. "We took a closer look at the construction of this system and used it as the model for developing a filter that can be used in washing machines," says Blanke, who is a member of the transdisciplinary research areas Life & Health and Sustainable Futures at the University of Bonn.

During their evolution, these fish have developed a technique similar to cross-flow filtration. Their gill arch system is shaped like a funnel that is widest at the fish's mouth and tapers towards their gullet. The walls of the funnel are shaped by the branchial arches. These feature comb-like structures, the arches, which are themselves covered in small teeth. This creates a kind of mesh that is stretched by the branchial arches.

The filter element in the center imitates the gill arch system of the fish. The filter housing enables periodic cleaning and installation in washing machines.

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then released back into the environment via the gills," explains Blanke. "However, the plankton is too big for this; it is held back by the natural sieve structure. Thanks to the funnel shape, it then rolls toward the gullet, where it is collected until the fish swallows, which empties and cleans the system."

This principle prevents the filter from being blocked—instead of hitting the filter head-on, the fibers roll along it toward the gullet. The process is also highly effective, as it removes almost all of the plankton from the water. Both are aspects that a microplastic filter must also be able to deliver. The researchers thus replicated the gill arch system. In doing so, they varied both the mesh size of the sieve structure and the opening angle of the funnel.

"We have thus found a combination of parameters that enable our filter to separate more than 99% of the microplastics out of the water but not become blocked," says Hamann. To achieve this, the team used not only experiments but also computer simulations. The filter modeled on nature does not contain any elaborate mechanics and should thus be very inexpensive to manufacture.

The microplastics that it filters out of the washing water collect in the filter outlet and are then suctioned away several times a minute. According to the researcher, who has now moved to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, they could then, for example, be pressed in the machine to remove the remaining water. The plastic pellet created in this manner could then be removed every few dozen washes and disposed of with general waste.

Comment Re:Singularity already happened long time ago (Score 1) 45

by Gravis Zero (#65839723) Attached to: The AI Boom Could Increase Prices for Phones and Tablets Next Year

and all the inefficiencies and bugs and chasing our tails and nobody being able to write software efficiently and securely is just the AI...

This is where the conspiracy theory falls apart. Specifically, you were expecting the cheapest programmers to make non-shitty code. It's effectively a proclamation that MBAs are not to blame for the shitshow we're in.

Counter-conspiracy theory: AI created the programs and material to make MBAs before astroturfing the internet to promote their effectiveness to dumbass executives. All of this so that MBAs would statistically sabotage software across all sectors to keep programmers from the truth.

Submission + - Idaho Lab Produces World's First Molten Salt Fuel For Nuclear Reactors (cowboystatedaily.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy announced this week that researchers at INL have successfully created the first batch of fuel salt.

Fuel salt is a molten salt mixture used as both a carrier for nuclear fuel and coolant in a molten salt reactor, a type of advanced nuclear reactor.

The fuel salt is critical for conducting the world’s first fast-spectrum, salt-fueled reactor test, known as the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE).

The test will help inform the future commercial deployment of a new class of advanced nuclear reactors, something a number of Wyoming-connected companies are proposing to build.

“There is a lot of push for this,” said James King, project lead for the Molten Chloride Experiment at INL. “We need to have a lot of different options so we can move away from less safe power generations methods.

“This is one of those technologies that can move us to better safety.”

The liquid form of the salt fuel means the fuel can’t melt. The technology would also offer another low-carbon alternative to generating power.

Submission + - USA will bar visa applicants who combat disinformation (npr.org) 1

Submitted by ClickOnThis
ClickOnThis writes: The Trump administration wants to bar visa applicants who combat disinformation and hate speech from entering the USA on work visas, on the grounds that they practice 'censorship.' From the article:

The directive, sent in an internal memo on Tuesday, is focused on applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, which are frequently used by tech companies, among other sectors. The memo was first reported by Reuters; NPR also obtained a copy.

"If you uncover evidence an applicant was responsible for, or complicit in, censorship or attempted censorship of protected expression in the United States, you should pursue a finding that the applicant is ineligible" for a visa, the memo says. It refers to a policy announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in May restricting visas from being issued to "foreign officials and persons who are complicit in censoring Americans."

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