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  1. Re:An insanely clever solution, Microsoft-style. on Developer Explains Why All Windows Drivers Are Dated June 21, 2006 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    But the MSI driver is more likely not to be the latest version. If the reference driver doesn't create any issues, I always suggest to use that. This is more true as you get into off-brand hardware, where the standard driver for the chipset works just as well and doesn't have any crap ware attatched.

  2. Re:Actually there's 5 chipsets on AMD Announces X300 and X370 AM4 Motherboards For Ryzen, All CPUs Unlocked (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really, considering the processor give you 24 3.0 lanes. That lets you do graphics (or a bridge for crossfire/sli enabled boards) and NVMe at full speed, and leaves 4 lanes (4000MBps each way) to communicate with the chip-set (which can talk to other peripherals via 8 pci-e gen 2.0 lanes. It really should be plenty for most use cases. The i5-6700 only has 16 lanes coming off the chip directly, and and the DMI equivalent fo 8 lanes talking to the chipset. The z270 chipset adds another 4 lanes, but the DMI is the same speed. Amd having lanes dedicated to the nvme drive could help in some benchmarks. All in all you can hook more things onto the Intel chip-set, but raw communication speed isn't much better, if you assume that 1/2 of the transfer is going to be to/from an nvme drive. I think it's a good strategy as even though the x370 is the premium chip-set, it should be quite a bit cheaper than the Intel z or x series, while still delivering the features that enthusiasts like.

  3. Not sure, it's exactly the same sort of sore as their upcoming Naples chip, but a slightly different socket. My guess though would be yes.

  4. A little better metric is frame time and standard deviation, and # of outliers in the data

  5. Re:Dear AMD..... on AMD Declares Ryzen Will Be a Four-Year Architecture (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, zen does have full fpu's in each core (2x 128 bit add and mul), or can be scheduled as a single 256 bit FMA operation. A good micro-op cache, and two threads per core possible when SMT is enabled. (should be unless you turn it off, as some unusual chache intensive and context sensitive processes perform better with it disabled. )

  6. Re:512TB of address space means nothing on AMD Unveils Vega GPU Architecture With 512 Terabytes of Memory Address Space (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe custom super-computers, a lat HP's "The Machine", with gobs and gobs on non-volatile system memory (persistent RAM), or some other configuration where the Vega chip can access a lot of other memory over a dedicated fast fabric.

  7. Re:Why would you buy linksys? on Linksys Latest Company To Unveil a Wi-Fi Mesh System (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I know they're pretty popular among professional installers, but popularity is low because the setup is a bit technical (and required running a wire through the wall of ceiling)l, and because they aren't carried at mainstream box stores.

  8. Re:Why would you buy linksys? on Linksys Latest Company To Unveil a Wi-Fi Mesh System (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Also have an Ubiquity AC. Loaded Open-WRT on it (scary to do because there are no physical bottoms with which to initiate recovery mode). Works great.

  9. Re:Init alternatives on Devuan's Systemd-Free Linux Hits Beta 2 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It's a potential issue, admitted right in the configuration file.

    From Gentoo's rc. conf >>
    # Set to "YES" if you want the rc system to try and start services
    # in parallel for a slight speed improvement. When running in parallel we
    # prefix the service output with its name as the output will get
    # jumbled up.
    # WARNING: whilst we have improved parallel, it can still potentially lock
    # the boot process. Don't file bugs about this unless you can supply
    # patches that fix it without breaking other things!
    #rc_parallel="NO"

  10. Re:Init alternatives on Devuan's Systemd-Free Linux Hits Beta 2 (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Race conditions are a bi+ch.

  11. Re: Going to be dead on arrival on Nikola Motor Company Reveals Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck With Range of 1,200 Miles (valuewalk.com) · · Score: 1

    Silly me, I flipped fusion and fission in my head.

  12. Re:Asus UX305CA on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Linux Laptop? · · Score: 1

    I have a UX301 and like. However day one Linux support was spotty. Models in the UX line tend to be hit and miss.

  13. Re: Going to be dead on arrival on Nikola Motor Company Reveals Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck With Range of 1,200 Miles (valuewalk.com) · · Score: 1

    1. One option for mitigation, even in the worse-case scenario is planetary albedo modification via nano-engineered particulates injected into the upper atmosphere. Best case scenario is 0.5-1.0 C, which isn't catastrophic. Food production may slack 10% in the middle case, which a shift to more efficient protein could overcome.
    2. Yes, there and many sorts of costs, one of which is opportunity costs. Driving the market to a dead-end is silly. 3. Fission is still 30 years of so off. Gen IV Fusion reactors are viable and could be build in scale in the next 10-15. And the high-temp of some of the designs can be used to efficiently synthesize transportation fuels that are easy to use and drop into current infrastructure. Hydrogen is difficult to store and transport reliably in large quantities dues to low density, small molecule size, and metal embrittlement. The best thing going for it are fuel cells, but the cells aren't all that durable and are quite expensive. CNG could be a lower Carbon bridge, but it suffers many of the same infrastructure and density issues.
    4. In terms of density and Return on energy invested, they definitely are. They are also not "on demand", which brings a plethora of challenges and added cost to the infrastructure.

  14. Re: Going to be dead on arrival on Nikola Motor Company Reveals Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck With Range of 1,200 Miles (valuewalk.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Planet destruction is hyperbole. There is literally nothing than man knows how to do than can destroy the planet. It will warm some, the amount is contested, but even granted that, there is every indication that the cost of mitigation and adaption are less than the cost of a move to non-nuclear renewable.
    2. Right now the cheapest source of hydrogen is to strip it from natural gas. In practice it's still a fossil fuel.
    3. Using the heat from high-temp nuclear would let you synthesis fuels with higher energy densities, that are much easier to transport and store, and can be run in conventional engines with little modification. Methanol, Dimethel ether, and ammonia are potential candidates. Heck the navy is even has some success with JP8.
    4. Moving from fossil fuels to wind and solar is a step backwards. Nuclear is the way forward for reliable energy and property. If the U.S doesn't do it, India and China certainly will.

  15. Re: Going to be dead on arrival on Nikola Motor Company Reveals Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck With Range of 1,200 Miles (valuewalk.com) · · Score: 1

    But you can only release that with a matter + anti-matter reaction. The above is energy released via oxidation.

  16. Re: Going to be dead on arrival on Nikola Motor Company Reveals Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck With Range of 1,200 Miles (valuewalk.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Still Bull. Energy density of hydrogen is 120 MJ/kg, Propane has 49.6 MJ/kg However the density of liquid hydrogen is 70.8 kg/m^3, while propane is 493 kg/m^3 at STP. Propane wins at 24.5 GJ/m^3, and liquid hyroden is only 8.5 GJ/m^3. Deisel for reference is 35.8 GJ/m^3

  17. If anything, I would way it's more the Ritalin of the masses. A way to create greater communities and bind them to a common purpose. An interesting follow-up would be to take new-athiest SJW types and do a corollary experiment.

  18. Re:Religion: opiate of the masses. on Religious Experiences Have Similar Effect On Brain As Taking Drugs, Study Finds (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And Socialism is the opiate of the intelligentsia. If Marxist, you can always say it's the fault of class structure, if cultural Marxist then blame racism. Either way you get to ignore the vast majority of philosophy, evolutionary ethics, game theory, economics, and history, and take pleasure in you're self-declared intellectual and moral superiority.

  19. Most people arrested for DUI are significantly over the limit. Signs of intoxication on the roadside is enough for an arrest while a blood test is run. And beside that there is no real magic number for THC. Secondly borderline cases for THC intoxication don't seem to be particularly dangerous, and it tends to induce behaviors that counteract the intoxication.

  20. Re:No Problem... on New Study Shows Marijuana Users Have Low Blood Flow To the Brain (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    Actually, just the opposite, the study found nicotine increased the effect. " Individuals who use both marijuana and nicotine also have lower hippocampal volumes and lower immediate/delayed story recall compared to non-users [29]. Addition- ally, cannabis use is thought to interfere with memory formation by inhibiting long-term potentiation [30]."

    It may be the smoke the blame rather than the cannabanoids. Also keep in mind the marijuana group had a psychiatric diagnosis of Cannabis use disorder, meaning most smoked a lot and regularly.

  21. But what does the fox say?

  22. Re:This is why I don't contribute to many foreign on Schools Funded By Gates and Zuckerberg Ordered Closed In Uganda (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    "The maxims of law are these: to live honestly, to hurt no one, to give every one his due."

  23. Re:This is why I don't contribute to many foreign on Schools Funded By Gates and Zuckerberg Ordered Closed In Uganda (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Agora! Action! Anarchy!

  24. Re:This is why I don't contribute to many foreign on Schools Funded By Gates and Zuckerberg Ordered Closed In Uganda (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It may be that they tried to get these things, but soon figured out they'd get nowhere without paying bribes, which while common there, will get you in a lot of hot water back in the states. "Will you pay this bribe or not" isn't exactly rule of law.

  25. Re:Not the only criticism on Schools Funded By Gates and Zuckerberg Ordered Closed In Uganda (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Underpaid by what standard. Are there a bunch of alternative jobs out there that the average teacher is qualified for that pay much better? And given that pay is not related to performance, by corollary there must be many dismal teachesr which are over-paid. And this is at the same time that administrative costs are soaring.