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  1. What if you could see the 2008 bankers that caused the crash around you?

  2. Wow. Its Black Mirror happening right now...

  3. Re:Why not let the actual users decide how long? on Mark Shuttleworth Reveals Ubuntu 18.04 Will Get a 10-Year Support Lifespan (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This is about corporate. I have upward of 2000+ servers and $1.5billion in spend. All i need is one vendor/partner to cry foul and say that their platform depends on unsupported technology that is subject to a zero day flaw resulting in me having to spend stupid cash for one vendor not having an upgrade strategy. Awesome from Ubuntu.

    Whats important to recognize is that they understand their needs of their fellow sysadmins and teams and they are willing to commit engineers and r&d to support. They should be rewarded for this.

  4. Re:I love Intel performance per/clock, but... on Intel Debuts 9th-Gen Core Chips, Including Core i9 and X-Series Parts, With a Few Twists (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They left off the security checks. Of course they're quicker.

  5. Recurring Trips on Tesla Files Patent For Automatic Turn Signals (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they will use recurring trips / timing to calculate likely destination.

    Home -> School
    School -> Work
    Work -> Shop | Work -> Home
    [Shop -> Home]

  6. As bad as you think it could be, this is the future for most countries.

    Just as telescopes are lenses that look into the past, China/India are lenses into the future of eventual overpopulated countries. Granted that this one of many futures as China/India are different. ...however... its coming. Prepare for it.

    Just as you've got the war on cash to get everyone into a system that can be tracked, this will force more people into a future fully monitored society.

  7. Re:More likely AMD is f'd on China Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup. This is very very sad indeed. Market forces as a result of intel marketing and a couple of bad runs from AMD push AMD to sell their goose to china.

    Even worse... Intel short changing customers with poor security within their chips sacrifice chip integrity for quick wins over AMD.

    USA wins the short game, loose the war.

  8. When roaming, all data goes to your country of origin and breaks out from that point of origin.

    For China Mobile, the users will be restricted by the great firewall because its as if they are in China.

  9. No wonder... on Another Day, Another Intel CPU Security Hole: Lazy State (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    No wonder intel is so much faster... they skipped all the fking checks. I've now got $100m of virtualised hardware which can be hacked.

    Nice..

  10. Re:Reduce bugs + Retain performance on Four Years On, Developers Ponder The Real Purpose of Apple's Swift Programming Language (monkeydom.de) · · Score: 1

    Again, iOS apps crashed 47% more than Android apps - That is a relatively HUGE difference in experience.

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    Android 2.3 'Gingerbread' had a crash rate of 1.7%, for example, while iOS 6 apps crashed 2.5% of the time.

    (1) iOS apps crashed more than android apps. Apple would have noticed the common causes for application crashes on iOS and that the majority of crashes are based on poor coding due to legacy syntax which can be corrected. Shown below are some extracts from 2016.

  11. Reduce bugs + Retain performance on Four Years On, Developers Ponder The Real Purpose of Apple's Swift Programming Language (monkeydom.de) · · Score: 2

    Reduce bugs + Retain performance... Quite often those two are not aligned.

    Apple live in a world where the real value of their product is dependent on 3rd party developers.

    (1) iOS apps crashed more than android apps. The common causes for application crashes on iOS and noticed that the majority of crashes are based on poor coding due to legacy syntax which can be corrected. Shown below are some extracts from 2016.

    (2) Typical of any virtual machine is the initialization cost of the VM. This means that you need to take a fully compiled approach otherwise you lose perceived performance advantages. JVM code is often more performant than a typical C, written at the same skill level, once the VM is warm/hot and great for server workloads however initialization costs are unavoidable.

    Everyone forgets history.

    FYI - ios apps crash more than android apps: https://www.techspot.com/news/...

    FYI - some infoq: 47% of apps crash more than 1% of the time: https://www.infoq.com/news/201...

    Android 2.3 'Gingerbread' had a crash rate of 1.7%, for example, while iOS 6 apps crashed 2.5% of the time.

    FYI - AppCoda: https://www.appcoda.com/apteli...

    3 Most Frequent iOS Crashes , 23rd May 2016

    SIGSEGV (50%) - This signal occurs when your app attempts to access memory that has not been allocated by the program.
    NSInvalidArgumentException - This crash occurs when a method is being called on an object that can’t respond to it.
    SIGABRT - You’ll see this in your debugger when there is an unhandled exception (see #2). However, in a deployed app SIGABRT appears when there is an assertion failure or abort method called within the app or the operating system. Often raised during asynchronous system method calls (CoreData, accessing files, NSUserDefaults, and other multithreaded system functions).

  12. Multiple whitenoise generators / ultrasound generators - Wasnt that the verdict discovered a while back? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

    Wasnt that being used in Cuba? Two different teams setting up protection equipment in the same office sending off inaudible sounds. Since there were two they created worse interference that was undetectable to the ear.

    Sounds like the same two idiots.

  13. Supply vs Demand on ZTE Shuts Down Main Business Operations After US Ban (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Demand will be fulfilled by other suppliers that follow the rules.

    Plain and simple. Unfortunately this is overdue.

    There are obviously some good people in the company but they have to take responsibility for allowing a bunch of pirates run around.

  14. We fear everything! on AIs Have Replaced Aliens As Our Greatest World Destroying Fear (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    We fear everything that does not look exactly like us.

    Our greatest fears have not reduced they are just less likely.

  15. Room temperature quantum computing on Intel Unveils 'Breakthrough' 49 Qubit Quantum Computer (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm certain this will be one of the first tasks of the first quantum computers once the teams figure out how to ask the question.

  16. The intel team must have worked long and hard to find some fud for that one.

    SPECTRE can be exploited through javascript!

  17. Re:I know how this ends on Human Mini-Brains Growing Inside Rat Bodies Are Starting To Integrate (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    I was thinking more along the lines of:

    http://kaiju.wdfiles.com/local...

  18. The Scientific Method Applies... on We're Not Living in a Computer Simulation, New Research Shows (cosmosmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    1. There are certainly physical mechanisms that we do not understand.
    2. Therefore there are certainly machines that we could not comprehend.
    3. Therefore there are certainly logical constructs that we can never think.
    4. Therefore there are theories we can never test.

    Simulations are likely one of them. We cannot currently imagine certain mechanical constructs that could perform the simulation.

    I can argue that continuing with our current scientific approach we will eventually explore and solve #1. This unlocks #2 and then will allow us to unlock #3 and therefore test theories supported by those logical constructs.

    If we continue along this path then one could assume that its a possibility that said simulation "masters" / "sysadmins" could influence theoretical physicists to try and disprove such possibilities. Their research may be sound based upon our current understanding but everything changes once you unlock the secrets of fundamental physics ... unless you're telling me we've solved everything.

  19. Huh on Apple Releases macOS High Sierra; Ex-NSA Hacker Publishes Zero-Day · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Huh?

  20. Re:It doesn't matter actually ... on Why the Bitcoin Network Just Split In Half and Why It Matters (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The original bitcoin had no blocksize limit. Bitcoin Cash simply increased the blocksize from 1MB to 8MB. Bitcoin Cash is the real bitcoin. Bitcoin Segwit changes the way the formula works and should actually be considered an altcoin.

    The crux of the politics comes down to the future revenue streams from transactions. 81% of current hashing power is Chinese and that online wallets/exchanges/gateways do not want to send future transaction fees to china. The Bitcoin name is being usurped by an altcoin and a media campaign is supporting this.

    Look, I'm not happy with chinese getting 81% of hashing power and subsequent control, i'm also not happy with the wallets and exchanges getting control. I might-as-well stick with VISA for my banking settlement as it is regulated and protects me. The crux about cash in your hand is that you can spend it however you want without regard. The future BTC will not be able to transact as it will become a settlement layer with all real business transactions moving off the chain.

    I'll stick with VISA instead of moving to LN.

  21. They should have just created a method to donate 1$ per month subscription.

    The fact is that if you like sound cloud there is no easy way to donate unless you become a pro user.

  22. User Interface on While Chrome Dominates, Microsoft Edge Struggles To Attract New Users (neowin.net) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It all comes down to the user interface.

    I'd still be with firefox if they didnt butcher the interface trying to copy windows ribbon with a shytty alternative.

  23. Gaming counts... on 'You're Doing Your Weekend Wrong' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    So refining your gaming skillz counts...

  24. If lexmark win this then every car manufacturer will be able to create their own fuel and shut out generic petrol alternatives.

    Hell... You could make a toaster that must only run on your specific brand of bread.

    Or even better... A toothbrush that is only licensed to use one brand of toothpaste.

    Hell, a glass that may only use a specific brand of sparkling water.

    FFS!!

  25. I guess, approximately 12 years after unlimited energy and unlimited manufacturing capability across all segments of the economy, we will have the first generation of kids with zero ability to compete and therefore the possibility economic collapse. It is also likely that the economic implications will not be fully comprehended and incorporated into the world economic system which means that specific corporates are competing. Multiple system shocks will likely put the worlds economic system at a breaking point, after which, based on mankind's ability to work together, it will be a choice between (a) nirvana / star trek / culture, or (b) dystopian future / enslavement by the few, (c) the apocalypse / terminator .

    Personally I prefer (a). Our ability to work together has not been proven. Consider Kim/Bob/ with unlimited energy and unlimited manufacturing.