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Comment How is RISC-V better than ARM? (Score 2) 17

I like you guys; you're almost like family. Ya know, your "weird cousing" types, but hey. I highly value your insight. So while I could probably look the answer up elsewhere, I'm looking to "family" to tell me truly, what does RISC-V have that would lead me away from ARM? I've been in a long, stable relationship with ARM; she's a charming gal. She's got all that uncle John needs. Why would I consider trashing all that for RISC-V hotness?

Are we talking speed? Speed per watt? Cost? It's kinda hard to beat Pico at ~$5. Development tools? Industry support? More cores per chip? What?

Comment Re:Perpetuating piracy, then (Score 1) 123

Hope springs eternal that "the next big thing" will keep people from recording stuff, and provide a one-way direct link to customers' wallets. Meanwhile, I just posted here, https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinux.slashdot.org%2Fcom..., and until Sony makes a camera that won't record a video on a TV screen, anyone can make a bootleg at any time, if they try hard enough.

Comment Re:HDMI is anti-consumer (Score 1) 123

On "IP rights": what's to stop me from renting a video, and then just pointing my 4K camera at it to record while playing? Assuming I have a tripod, and can get the ratio close enough, can't I make bootleg videos that way? Sure, it's more work, but it's probably less hassle than futzing with HDMI adapters, and such.

Comment Re:When CS was new it was the same (Score 2) 71

Way back in the dawn of CS - around late '80s - my compsci teacher was an EE that got roped into teaching an Intro to C class. How hard could it be? Ha. I'd already spent a year playing with Turbo C, copying programs from Dr. Dobb's - there's a blast from the past - so that when the prof occasionally slipped up while giving the lessons, I gently hopped in and said, "I think you mean $this," for whatever value of $this. He knew he wasn't an expert, so he welcomed the corrections.

Comment Re:Wrong major (Score 4, Insightful) 71

Nah, son, you need to encourage your kids to go into orthodontics. I don't know what the coursework is like, but I know people dumber than me that managed, and after entering practice, their biggest problems were what to do with all of the money. Not even exaggerating. I worked for a small outfit of three doctors, and I remember them doing fuck all for actual work - the assistants did the majority with the docs doing some tweaks and final pass - and spending more time worrying about their race horses, and how to balance their business losses against their gains to minimize taxes. If I'd gone into orthodontics 20 years ago, I'd be sitting on piles of cash about now.

Comment How does one do this? (Score 2, Interesting) 58

An anonymous group of "concerned feature film producers" sent an open letter to Congress

How does a group anonymously send a letter to "Congress"? Is there an address and mailbox for anonymous letters? Do you just let it slip out of your pocket while walking on the steps of the big building and a staffer picks it up to process? What are the mechanics of this?

Comment Re:Parents don't realize the power is in their han (Score 1) 48

Parents don't bother getting involved until there's an issue du jour. I served on a school board, and it was something of a surprise if we got anyone other than those being paid to be there - school officials and local news reporters. Then, we'd have a contentious issue, people would fill the room, a lot of shouting would ensue, the issue got "resolved" - or not, but we couldn't do anything more about it - and attendance dropped to zero again.

Parents could make a difference if they cared enough to show up to board meetings where these things are discussed before they're rolled out to classes.

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