I'm saying that any company that is dependent on a single supplier, unable to innovate, and ultimately left bidding against wealthier companies for scrap time on increasingly leveraged production lines is fucked.
So I am not saying that they kill themselves. I am saying that if they don't solve this problem they're already dead and just don't know it.
And when you're in that position... possibly some risk taking is warranted.
I repeat... fatalism is for losers. If you're between a rock and a hard place, then you can either sit there like a bug and get crushed. Or you can find a way out of that situation. Telling me it is hard etc is what losers say. They get crushed. You get out of that bind or die.
Good game for amd then. Guess they should just stick a shot gun in their mouths and pull the trigger with a toe.
Or man up and find a solution to the problem.
What you are saying is that given the current status quo, AMD cannot climb out of this box. This I agree to and understand.
However, the whole history of technological development as well as inter industrial gamesmanship is rife with examples of various companies leapfrogging the status quo by doing things differently.
AMD already tried something by going with this fabless model. The problem with outsourcing however as we all know is that you lose control. Control is probably the most underrated feature period in the 21st century. Very few people seem to grasp how critical control is to the stability and sustainability of nearly any enterprise.
You note that a big fab of the kind Intel builds costs too much for AMD to afford. Granted. Do something else. Possibly invest in a new fab with some other investors that likewise want more fab time. Or possibly consider alternative manufacturing models or systems.
The alternative appears to be biting down on the barrel of the shotgun, closing their eyes, and spraying raspberry jam all over the walls.
I find that option to be distasteful. So any other option should be considered.
Just one. Nothing out of control. Intel has something like a dozen of them. Just build one. Then you have the ability to expand your own capacity using Intel's model of "EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE SAME" where in Intel copies their fabs exactly down to the furniture.
... on geopolitical rivals. If you want a real space program, it is going to have to be private.
The billionaires are trying, chaps. Beyond that, nothing we can do unless we free up money in the budget by both making the US less responsible for global military matters OR shut down the welfare state.
Absent either of those things there is no money left for space.
... It is scientists will agree with whomever pays them.
And least we forget... Someone is always paying the scientist. There is no side that can be trusted sight unseen.
Science has earned the credibility it has today because when push came to shove it created a framework by which bullshit could be told from truth.
Some scientists tell lies. Some do not. This is true of scientists from all factions and sides.
How do you tell the difference? Personally evaluate the results. Short of that you're getting it all second or third hand... and somewhere in there you could have some misplaced trust.
I have a program I like better. It just needs the files split to be useful. And the point of my post was that there is no such program in android yet. They exist on windows, Linux, and MacOS. But not on either iOS or Android.
It is worse then that, the interface doesn't handle large files well. it is really easy to browse around in a file under about an hour. But over that the little slider bar becomes very imprecise for dialing in a a given minute you want to get to.
So it has to be split.
Again, I have programs on my PC that do that. On the android, no such thing exists.
No, I just read the summary. I don't even remember reading the professor's name.
As to assuming a gender... the language is unusable unless you assign a gender to the person you're referring to. And that means I have to choose one or the other.
Flip a coin and 50 percent of the time you're going to be wrong.
Your presumption that you can impose political correctness horseshit upon me or anyone else over that kind of comment is disgusting. Unless you know the person you presume to judge, you have no basis to judge them.
You are effectively suggesting that from a little slip like that you can get far more insight into my character and values then is possible. The argument is fallacious, presumptuous, and stupid.
Kindly do not do that to anyone else. It literally annoys everyone. Even people like yourself that do that sort of thing hate it when people serve them a dose of your own medicine. So just don't.
For example, just the other day I wanted to listen to a sound file on my phone and it was a really long file. Something like 12 hours long. And generally when I am dealing with these files, I split them into 10 minute segments so they can be listened to easily without having to remember where in the giant file I was last time. I just remember I was on file 25 at 3 minutes. Most sound listening programs also don't deal with really large sound files very well. So it makes everything more manageable when they're split up.
Anyway, long story short, I looked for such a program on android and it apparently doesn't exist. Lots of stuff for making ringtones but that isn't what I'm after.
You can't really compete with the wealth of software on desktop OS's They've been around too long and the bars for entry are non-existent.
That said, if someone knows of such a program, then please let me know.
I don't have especially poor eye sight. I have worn glasses since I was a small child. But my prescription hasn't changed since I was 8. My eyes aren't that bad and these glasses are just part of my face at this point.
My understanding is that he's setting this up for his dad that probably doesn't want to deal with all that. The wants this to execute quickly and easily.
Really, I don't think this is terribly practical. Chromebook is badly set up for this sort of thing.
I'd dump the chromebook and give him a cheap 2 in 1 laptop/tablet that has a more flexible OS on it.
Don't give your family admin access. They're apparently messing with settings.
Do you know how often I have to fix a problem on my windows laptop? Maybe once a month.
So I lose 12 nights a year maybe. But that is misleading because I have many things I can do and gain all the time because the systems are more flexible.
Take this poor fellow trying to print but he can't because of the stupid limitations of the chromebook.
I can plug a printer with a USB OTG cable directly into my phone and print. And yet the chromebook can't. That is fucking stupid. That isn't my opinion that it is fucking stupid. It is fucking stupid and it is fucking inexcusable for a phone to be more flexible and powerful when managing desktop peripherals then this chromebook that costs what?... 150-250 dollars? Complete waste of money.
A cheap android tablet will set you back 70 dollars. Add another 30 to 60 to buy a keyboard, mouse, OTG cable (currently $1.5 on amazon) and you're set.
Even assuming you're giving the machine to people that can't help but mess it up on a regular basis, I would never get people a chromebook. I was much sooner give them an android tablet with either bluetooth peripherals or linked up through an OTG cable.
There is more software for the android then there probably ever will be for the chrome book. The chrome book is a dead end. I don't get the point of it. It makes no sense on so many levels. An android laptop would give you all the pros with far fewer cons.
Actually they've generally failed everywhere and every economy that has really tried them has found them to be ineffective and impractical to manage.
Ultimately what starts happening is that you discourage people from having traceable assets. Cash becomes more common as well as putting money into things that are difficult to track. You get lots of off shore accounts etc. It is a dumb practice and pretty much every economy knows it.
In regards to the US, apparently the practice is literally against the constitution. So we're protected from this foolishness at least.
the difference is one system is locked down and Google ultimately controls it. with any proper OS - I control it. chrome does whatever Google says it can do. I am not paying without control.
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I'm saying that any company that is dependent on a single supplier, unable to innovate, and ultimately left bidding against wealthier companies for scrap time on increasingly leveraged production lines is fucked.
So I am not saying that they kill themselves. I am saying that if they don't solve this problem they're already dead and just don't know it.
And when you're in that position... possibly some risk taking is warranted.
I repeat... fatalism is for losers. If you're between a rock and a hard place, then you can either sit there like a bug and get crushed. Or you can find a way out of that situation. Telling me it is hard etc is what losers say. They get crushed. You get out of that bind or die.
Kindly do not suggest to the public that you're just screwing around on the public dime. What you do on your own time is your own business.
Fatalism is for losers.
Exactly how is Intel not playing fair?
Good game for amd then. Guess they should just stick a shot gun in their mouths and pull the trigger with a toe.
Or man up and find a solution to the problem.
What you are saying is that given the current status quo, AMD cannot climb out of this box. This I agree to and understand.
However, the whole history of technological development as well as inter industrial gamesmanship is rife with examples of various companies leapfrogging the status quo by doing things differently.
AMD already tried something by going with this fabless model. The problem with outsourcing however as we all know is that you lose control. Control is probably the most underrated feature period in the 21st century. Very few people seem to grasp how critical control is to the stability and sustainability of nearly any enterprise.
You note that a big fab of the kind Intel builds costs too much for AMD to afford. Granted. Do something else. Possibly invest in a new fab with some other investors that likewise want more fab time. Or possibly consider alternative manufacturing models or systems.
The alternative appears to be biting down on the barrel of the shotgun, closing their eyes, and spraying raspberry jam all over the walls.
I find that option to be distasteful. So any other option should be considered.
I'm not suggesting that they rely on a their own fab but rather keep it operational so they have some logistical flexibility.
If global foundries are not giving them enough time in their fabs they can instead invest more in their own.
They're a multi billion dollar corporation that used to have their own fabs... not a collection of bag ladies.
Give me a motherfucking break.
That's fine. Have ONE fab. Don't sell literally every single one of them.
Intel maintains many of them. AMD is perfectly capable of maintaining ONE.
Just one. Nothing out of control. Intel has something like a dozen of them. Just build one. Then you have the ability to expand your own capacity using Intel's model of "EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE SAME" where in Intel copies their fabs exactly down to the furniture.
... on geopolitical rivals. If you want a real space program, it is going to have to be private.
The billionaires are trying, chaps. Beyond that, nothing we can do unless we free up money in the budget by both making the US less responsible for global military matters OR shut down the welfare state.
Absent either of those things there is no money left for space.
... It is scientists will agree with whomever pays them.
And least we forget... Someone is always paying the scientist. There is no side that can be trusted sight unseen.
Science has earned the credibility it has today because when push came to shove it created a framework by which bullshit could be told from truth.
Some scientists tell lies. Some do not. This is true of scientists from all factions and sides.
How do you tell the difference? Personally evaluate the results. Short of that you're getting it all second or third hand... and somewhere in there you could have some misplaced trust.
I have a program I like better. It just needs the files split to be useful. And the point of my post was that there is no such program in android yet. They exist on windows, Linux, and MacOS. But not on either iOS or Android.
It is worse then that, the interface doesn't handle large files well. it is really easy to browse around in a file under about an hour. But over that the little slider bar becomes very imprecise for dialing in a a given minute you want to get to.
So it has to be split.
Again, I have programs on my PC that do that. On the android, no such thing exists.
No, I just read the summary. I don't even remember reading the professor's name.
As to assuming a gender... the language is unusable unless you assign a gender to the person you're referring to. And that means I have to choose one or the other.
Flip a coin and 50 percent of the time you're going to be wrong.
Your presumption that you can impose political correctness horseshit upon me or anyone else over that kind of comment is disgusting. Unless you know the person you presume to judge, you have no basis to judge them.
You are effectively suggesting that from a little slip like that you can get far more insight into my character and values then is possible. The argument is fallacious, presumptuous, and stupid.
Kindly do not do that to anyone else. It literally annoys everyone. Even people like yourself that do that sort of thing hate it when people serve them a dose of your own medicine. So just don't.
Ever again.
This guy is clueless. Large portions of every generation were useless at repairing things.
For example, just the other day I wanted to listen to a sound file on my phone and it was a really long file. Something like 12 hours long. And generally when I am dealing with these files, I split them into 10 minute segments so they can be listened to easily without having to remember where in the giant file I was last time. I just remember I was on file 25 at 3 minutes. Most sound listening programs also don't deal with really large sound files very well. So it makes everything more manageable when they're split up.
Anyway, long story short, I looked for such a program on android and it apparently doesn't exist. Lots of stuff for making ringtones but that isn't what I'm after.
You can't really compete with the wealth of software on desktop OS's They've been around too long and the bars for entry are non-existent.
That said, if someone knows of such a program, then please let me know.
best of both worlds
I don't have especially poor eye sight. I have worn glasses since I was a small child. But my prescription hasn't changed since I was 8. My eyes aren't that bad and these glasses are just part of my face at this point.
My understanding is that he's setting this up for his dad that probably doesn't want to deal with all that. The wants this to execute quickly and easily.
Really, I don't think this is terribly practical. Chromebook is badly set up for this sort of thing.
I'd dump the chromebook and give him a cheap 2 in 1 laptop/tablet that has a more flexible OS on it.
Don't give your family admin access. They're apparently messing with settings.
Do you know how often I have to fix a problem on my windows laptop? Maybe once a month.
So I lose 12 nights a year maybe. But that is misleading because I have many things I can do and gain all the time because the systems are more flexible.
Take this poor fellow trying to print but he can't because of the stupid limitations of the chromebook.
I can plug a printer with a USB OTG cable directly into my phone and print. And yet the chromebook can't. That is fucking stupid. That isn't my opinion that it is fucking stupid. It is fucking stupid and it is fucking inexcusable for a phone to be more flexible and powerful when managing desktop peripherals then this chromebook that costs what?... 150-250 dollars? Complete waste of money.
A cheap android tablet will set you back 70 dollars. Add another 30 to 60 to buy a keyboard, mouse, OTG cable (currently $1.5 on amazon) and you're set.
Even assuming you're giving the machine to people that can't help but mess it up on a regular basis, I would never get people a chromebook. I was much sooner give them an android tablet with either bluetooth peripherals or linked up through an OTG cable.
There is more software for the android then there probably ever will be for the chrome book. The chrome book is a dead end. I don't get the point of it. It makes no sense on so many levels. An android laptop would give you all the pros with far fewer cons.
The US is not ultra fascist. There are some fascists in the US but the US itself is not fascist.
How do you define the term?
As to regulation and safety... what are you talking about?
As to the war on poverty, all the wars on abstract concepts fail because they're not wars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
Actually they've generally failed everywhere and every economy that has really tried them has found them to be ineffective and impractical to manage.
Ultimately what starts happening is that you discourage people from having traceable assets. Cash becomes more common as well as putting money into things that are difficult to track. You get lots of off shore accounts etc. It is a dumb practice and pretty much every economy knows it.
In regards to the US, apparently the practice is literally against the constitution. So we're protected from this foolishness at least.
the difference is one system is locked down and Google ultimately controls it. with any proper OS - I control it. chrome does whatever Google says it can do. I am not paying without control.
taxes do not exist on wealth and likely never will.