Comment Overpriced AI (Score 1) 93
3.7 character per token? No wonder theyâ(TM)re âoeburning throughâ them - that doesnâ(TM)t get you very farâ¦
Comment Re: USB-C (Score 1) 101
The whole thing dates back to 2009, feel free to read about the history here:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwik...
The adoption of USB C was foreshadowed in 2014 by the Radio Equipment Directive which âoeencouragedâ its use. But the writing was on the wall.
And here are articles from 2018 about it:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2F...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F5682...
Comment Re: USB-C (Score 1) 101
Appleâ(TM)s move to USB C - including in the iPad - came after the EU got involved.
Comment Re:God wants us to do it (Score 1) 104
That's not a very good argument given that the basic premise is that God gave you free will...
Comment Re: his ex wife says suicide by gun (Score -1) 165
Are you sure? The guy killed himself over the divorce ruling, and the ex-wife rants about losing her source of income (because he killed himself). If one takes a step back it is all quite monstrous.
Comment Re: his ex wife says suicide by gun (Score -1, Troll) 165
It was bad enough to push him over the edge.
Neither of us know what was in the actual judgeâ(TM)s ruling, so we can make stuff up all we like, but the tone of the ex-wifeâ(TM)s email combined with the suicide makes me think the worse.
Comment Re: his ex wife says suicide by gun (Score 1) 165
That $350 is what the got previously - if you read she became entitled to back payment and more money
Comment Re: his ex wife says suicide by gun (Score -1, Troll) 165
Divorce law need to be changed. His ex-wife is clearly only sad that she lost her meal-ticket. What world have we created where divorce is a road to making one person a slave to another.
Comment I must be getting old (Score 5, Insightful) 498
That sort of story was all the rage back in 1999, when startups were founded on similar statements, and then again 10 years ago when it was all about millennialsâ¦
Comment Missed opportunity (Score 1) 45
They should have called it the US Spacy. Minmay would have been proud.
Comment That design was remarkable (Score 1) 127
Will the specs were flawed, that design was amazing. Looking at it today, it still looks good. Those things look colourful, modern, and desirable (well if you ignore the CRT screen). I'd argue it aged even better than the very first Macintosh design, and will certainly look better in a few years time than the current iteration.
Submission + - SPAM: 'Spooky Action' Has Been Demonstrated on a Massive Scale For The First Time
schwit1 writes: For the first time, scientists have managed to show quantum entanglement – which Einstein famously described as "spooky action at a distance" – happening between macroscopic objects, a major step forward in our understanding of quantum physics.
Quantum entanglement links particles in a way that they instantly affect each other, even over vast distances. On the surface, this powerful bond defies classical physics and, generally, our understanding of reality, which is why Einstein found it so spooky. But the phenomenon has since become a cornerstone of modern technology.
Still, up until now quantum entanglement has only been demonstrated to work at the smallest of scales, in systems based on light and atoms, for example.
Any attempt to increase the sizes has caused problems with stability, with the slightest of environmental disturbances breaking the connection.
But new research changes all of this, by demonstrating that this 'spooky action' can indeed be a reality between massive objects.
We're not talking massive in the black hole sense but in the macroscopic sense – two 15-micrometre-wide vibrating drum heads.
And the next step will be to test whether those vibrations are being teleported between the two objects.
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Quantum entanglement links particles in a way that they instantly affect each other, even over vast distances. On the surface, this powerful bond defies classical physics and, generally, our understanding of reality, which is why Einstein found it so spooky. But the phenomenon has since become a cornerstone of modern technology.
Still, up until now quantum entanglement has only been demonstrated to work at the smallest of scales, in systems based on light and atoms, for example.
Any attempt to increase the sizes has caused problems with stability, with the slightest of environmental disturbances breaking the connection.
But new research changes all of this, by demonstrating that this 'spooky action' can indeed be a reality between massive objects.
We're not talking massive in the black hole sense but in the macroscopic sense – two 15-micrometre-wide vibrating drum heads.
And the next step will be to test whether those vibrations are being teleported between the two objects.
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Comment Re:Swiss Francs baby (Score 1) 868
Again, care to back up any of these sweeping statements?
Comment Re:Swiss Francs baby (Score 1) 868
Care to back up any of these sweeping statements?
The Ecomonist itself is quite happy to acknowledge that is has opinions: http://www.economist.com/help/about-us#About_The_Economist
The Ecomonist itself is quite happy to acknowledge that is has opinions: http://www.economist.com/help/about-us#About_The_Economist
Comment Re:Swiss Francs baby (Score 1) 868
What source do you have for this "likelihood"?
Please explain to me why Greece going bankrupt would make the Euro fail. Your arrogance makes me suspect you don't know.
Please explain to me why Greece going bankrupt would make the Euro fail. Your arrogance makes me suspect you don't know.
