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Comment Re: Slowpoke (Score 0) 52

There is no shortage of fabs, no shortage of RAM. There is a shortage of RAM available for purchase at reasonable prices. That's a very different thing.

All it requires is 3 manufacturers deciding, jointly, that the price should rise. They have a documented history of doing this for no reason. But when you give them an excuse - like OpenAI has - to expect anything else would be very strange.

Comment Re:So did it get into any distribution? (Score 1) 13

I would forgive anyone who assumed, because it definitely looks like a random scam site from 2006 when you visit it. Even when it's working normally.

I guess it's possible all the fake download links you have to dodge to get to the real one don't contain viruses, but I assume they do, simply because of the deceptive aspect.

Comment Re:High Regulations Favor Large Companies (Score 1) 118

That would depend on the regulation. Some are specifically designed only to apply to large or established companies. (Although you're not likely to find this type of regulation in the US, or anywhere else subject to regulatory capture.)

Rather than the typical industry regulations, what OpenAI is advocating for sounds more like a total rewrite of the social contract. They need to have something to point at and say "We're a responsible company." It's also more aggrandizement: "Our tech will single-handedly save society"

We know that behind closed doors - though they increasingly don't even bother to close them - the bros are materially supporting politicians they know will give us the exact opposite of short workweeks and an overhauled tax system.

The calls for regulation are not serious. (Like most of what else comes from over there.)

Comment Re:Samsung apps are all like this (Score 1) 81

I had, I believe it was a Galaxy A01 for a brief period, due to a job that required mobile Microsoft Teams. Their crapware was the only thing I didn't like about it. On their low-end phones it seems to serve the purpose of sequestering disk space, to make you think you need to upgrade to a higher-end model. They had it engineered so that you can install two or three apps you actually want on it, then you start getting disk space warnings from the OS.

The strangest thing was that, for all the crapware apps loaded, two basic applications (calculator and FM radio) were nowhere to be found, neither the vanilla Android version, nor a Samsungized version.

Comment Re: They were expecting what exactly? (Score 1) 112

It's more like a battered wife. Most of them are suffering from his actions, and they just keep coming back for more. "But he really loves me..."

Marjorie Taylor Greene compared herself to a battered wife during her exit speech. I guess she's the one who found some trace of inner strength and self-respect and filed for divorce. (Imagine getting shown up by MTG...)

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