AMD CPUs have a processor inside of the processor as well, in everything after the FX line. You certainly shouldn't trust Intel, but who can you trust?

Beta had superior quality but for years it had inferior time per tape, so even on a purely technical basis it was a mixed bag.

"When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth"

That's a funny way to spell "stupid and ignorant people" but it makes sense he'd spin it that way to avoid saying that his investors are idiots.

Why would the French need to steal inferior technology?

The latter. However China has gotten more interested in enforcing IP law as they have developed some of their own brands that customers recognize. For example they have killed off Foakleys. I'm sure they still exist somewhere, but they aren't on AliExpress and last time I tried to find them at a flea market they weren't available there either so clearly the people who were selling them before are having a hard time getting them now. This is a bummer to be because I have a big head, and normal sunglasses give me a headache. Somehow Luxottica has failed to ruin them yet like they have the other glasses I used to wear* but they are a hundred dollars for fifty cents' worth of plastic.

* I used to wear gargoyles because they had metal arms and looked less stupid than the M2 XLs I wear now, but were large enough to not pinch my temples. But those fuckers shrunk the hinges and now they are fragile trash. I bought a pair before a vacation to Panama and got there to find out they had broken before I ever got to wear them. I contacted those Lux fux and they told me to get fucked rather than honoring their warranty. I sure wish I still had other options.

"Finally, security, yeah... Remember Firewire? PCMCIA? Massively insecure and PCI is right in there with them."

Remember that was before we all got IOMMUs?

There's no reason why not, both SATA and PCI-E support hot swap.

You're thinking of it like you would software without a well-defined license.

Anyone can try to become the next Linus, but no one can force one on us because of the license.

Worst case we get a bunch of forks, then some number of them between 1 and more than 1 become[s] dominant and life goes on.

It might even be a net win if there's more than one winner.

I'm pretty sure even the somewhat-ancient Romans had that one figured out. The fact that certain world leaders (well, one really) might be confused about it today doesn't really change that. All the people who are in a decision-making process which could affect Africa know this already. They are smart enough to look it up.

Go let all of the air out of your tires and try to drive somewhere. Let us know how it goes.

There's Slime, and then there's more hardcore compounds, like the stuff they put into military tires to seal bullet holes. Tire shops hate Slime, let alone anything thicker and more voluminous. Slime will seal nail punctures and the like. The thicker stuff will seal almost anything, but a) you will still need to add air in some cases, which is normally done with CTIS on relevant vehicles in the field, and b) it is a balance issue so it can only be done with large vehicles on large tires and at low speeds.

They should. We all should. Don't be a class traitor.

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So China would have just continued buying everyone else's chips forever and ever amen without these policies?

I've been thinking about this and what I came up with is barbs on the spikes. Once they penetrate the treadwall the whole strip can stick and fuck the whole wheel area all up. I've read that some of them are barbed but the pictures I've seen were involved more conical shapes. Still, perhaps some will be good for this already.

I wasn't even talking about that part, I meant the menus and such on the camera. But since you mention it, that was bad too :D