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  1. Re:Chromebook is Intel, not ARM. on Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Acer and Lenovo both make ARM powered Chromebooks.
    There's probably others too.

  2. Re:Throttle access to data on Equifax Breach Included 10 Million US Driving Licenses (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless the amount of data you have is eclipsed by the number of times it's accessed.

  3. Re:There is none on Equifax Breach Included 10 Million US Driving Licenses (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You go AC! I have faith you're going to honor your statements!

  4. Re:Get's worse by the day on Equifax Breach Included 10 Million US Driving Licenses (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Yet they're still in the system, because they got a mortgage.
    or rented a house/apartment
    or a power bill
    or a phone account
    or pretty much any service that runs as a "pay in arrears" service. They all run credit checks on their customers.

  5. Re:Punishment? on Equifax Breach Included 10 Million US Driving Licenses (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It is by the people, for the people.

    No one really defined who "the people" are though.

  6. Re: I still don't care on Equifax Breach Included 10 Million US Driving Licenses (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    What about Windows Defender? You're already running Microsoft software, a little more won't hurt much more.

  7. Re:It has always been true on PornHub Uses Computer Vision To ID Actors, Acts In Its Videos (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    and the shaft.

  8. Re:Who cares? It's better than advertising. on Pirate Bay is Mining Cryptocurrency Again, No Opt Out (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Pirate Bay doesn't require Javascript to function. Turn it off and the ads are less intrusive too.

  9. Re:Target: Fully opensource on Security, Privacy Focused Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Successfully Crowdfunded (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    i.MX 6 is not low to mid performance, it's low to extra low.
    i.MX 8M is midrange
    i.MX 8 is decent.

    Most of their advertising is saying "i.MX 8", which is a really good 6 core A73/A53 chip. What they're actually targeting is the i.MX 8M, which is an average quad core A53. The 8 has a better GPU compared to the 8M as well.
    It's a little misleading.

    There is one key point though, as you said about Intel not targeting tablet/smartphone form factor, the i.MX8 range also do not target that form factor. They're designed for automotive use. NXP don't have anything designed for use in a phone.

    Due to MX8 being so new it's hard to find more detailed information, but going by the i.MX6's, NXP won't be offering a PMIC designed for battery power use either. Infotainment unit's don't have batteries. Car dashboards don't have batteries. There isn't a single use case for the i.MX8 series where the SoC is the biggest consumer of power in the system.

  10. Fair enough on Symantec CEO: Source Code Reviews Pose Unacceptable Risk (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If I was a government reviewing a security product like that, I wouldn't tell them about any vulnerabilities I find. They would be much more useful to use against all of their customers.

  11. No thanks, that's a seriously old SoC.
    i.MX 8, sure 2x A73 + 4x A53.
    i.MX 8M. which is their goal... average. 4x A53 @ 1.5GHz is a low to mid range phone.

  12. Re:Titles are adding in words for the hell of it on Half the Universe's Missing Matter Has Just Been Finally Found (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    When I lose the TV remote, it's missing.
    Sure, it may be under the couch cushion, but I can't see it because the wavelengths my eyes are sensitive to don't penetrate couch cushions.

    Doesn't mean the remote isn't missing.

    If the wavelengths my telescope is sensitive to can't pick up this type of matter, means it appears to be missing.

  13. Re:Less Talk, Have a Safe and Consistent Record on Alphabet's Waymo and Intel Are Launching Public Campaigns To Build Trust In Self-Driving Cars (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Advertising is a powerful thing. You obviously underestimate it.

    It's like saying "Trumps chances of being elected will go out the window as soon as he opens his mouth"

    How'd that turn out?

  14. Re:Why? on Windows 10 Update Removes Windows Media Player (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you try to open a file that has no associated application, Windows suggests you go to the Windows Store to download an app to open it.

    Regardless of this, there is already other media plays preinstalled in Windows 10. Windows Media Player wasn't the only one.

    It wasn't just a shell linking audio and video codecs to a UI, it was an attack vector that has been exploited in the past with malicious media files. Files that aren't supposed to be executable.
    Here's a list of 52 known vulnerabilities https://www.cvedetails.com/vul...
    Some of them are remote code execution just by visiting a website: "The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if Windows Media Player opens specially crafted media content that is hosted on a malicious website"

  15. Re:Enough on Windows 10 Update Removes Windows Media Player (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    Boohoo, they've done something that doesn't impact you at all.

    That is, unless you're actually using Windows 10?

  16. Titles are adding in words for the hell of it on Half the Universe's Missing Matter Has Just Been Finally Found (newscientist.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Just been finally found"?

    How about "Just been found" or "Finally been found"?

  17. Re:Time for a 6 Day Week. on Mondays Are the Worst, Data Science Proves (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    How does the length of a week have anything to do with the number of days in a month?

    The Islamic calendar has 7 days a week, how does making weeks 6 days better match up with the Muslim religious days?

    The 7 day week has been around for over 2600 years.

  18. Re:Time to switch to a 4 day week on Mondays Are the Worst, Data Science Proves (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    working 3/4 days means working more days a year.
    If you want more productive employees, don't over-work them.

  19. Old news. Study already done. on Mondays Are the Worst, Data Science Proves (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Garfield did it, he hates Mondays

  20. Re:Those cars are fast on 42 Solar-Powered Cars Race in 31st Annual 'Solar Challenge' Race (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    They never have to stop to refuel and the speed limits are between 68 and 81 mph (more 81 than 68) for pretty much the whole way.

    10 years ago most of the highway they use had no speed limit at all.

  21. Re:More more more! on Intel's Just Launched 8th Gen 'Coffee Lake' Processors Bring the Heat To AMD's Ryzen · · Score: 1

    Buy washing machines and cars.

  22. It appears to consume 20% more power than an 1800x, while producing 50% higher benchmark scores. Sounds like better performance per watt to me.

    But what does anything I said before have to do with an AMD CPU? All the numbers I put up are comparing two Intel CPU's

  23. More instructions per cycle?
    Through the different Core generations they've been refining/tweaking the number of ports and the execution units behind them.

    don't know what they've done with Coffee lake by skylake/kaby lake is here:
    https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/i...

  24. Re:More more more! on Intel's Just Launched 8th Gen 'Coffee Lake' Processors Bring the Heat To AMD's Ryzen · · Score: 1

    Buy xeon?

  25. It's about 50% faster in both single and multi-threaded benchmarks with only 20% higher clock speed.
    It's 95W instead of 130W TDP. That 95W TDP includes a GPU as well, the 3960X doesn't have one.
    And it's being released at less than half the price the 3960x was. (3960k was RRP of $1059, 8700k is RRP of $359)

    50% faster, 60% cheaper with 30% less power isn't single-digit. But then that is 6 years.
    You're also comparing an "extreme" edition with k-series CPU. Even though the 3960X had quad channel memory (so despite memory speed doubling, it has similar bandwidth) and more cache, it still got pantsed.