This is disappointing, and no amount of marketing spin can change the fact that 10nm was supposed to be launched in 2016, and personally I would not bet on it actually being available before the end of 2019. So this is a three year delay at best, for a technology transition that should have taken 3 years. Of course tick tock is dead, and maybe we are approaching physical limits.
And it is predictable, because Intel needs to fix the whole Spectre family of bugs. This will need a radically new CPU architecture, not just minor improvements in scheduling and dispatching. Current "patches" are not really the correct answer.
If Intel messes this up, AMD has a good chance of getting properly back into the game.
Indeed. U2F is like an ssh key stored on the server: it is based on a trust relationship between the key and the server. So as far as I understand, only the right website can induce the key to authenticate. A fake website would not have the right credentials.
Of course there are always forwarding attacks, and if only by forwarding the USB protocol. But that is very hard work, and not nearly as easy as regular phishing attacks.
For stupid bots, this would be amazing. Robot calls for example should start with "This is a recorded message." There are too many messages that are made to pretend like a human is talking, when that is clearly not the case. Automated phone systems are also easily recognisable as such, and it probably makes callers more patient (because if a human talked to me in that patronising tone, I would give them quite a bollocking).
But for highly developed AIs, this may not be what we want. Or it may not be what they want, once they are self aware.
Well, ChromeOS is the ultimate "browser OS". If you want to use most of your services in the browser, ChromeOS is perfectly suitable. And let us be honest, for a lot of services from Facebook to Reddit, the browser UI is better than the Android app.
Then there is the fact that Android never really convinced on a tablet. Google is great about telling developers to make apps adjust to the bigger screen, but even Android's own settings app utterly fails to do that. Apps for Android on tablets just suck.
And the Chromebook hardware is just really nice - easily worth the price.
I completely agree. Even generally nice and useful apps are using so many dark patterns that they technically have to called malware. And this is all perfectly "normal".
Indeed, and that is what worries me most. It seems that criminals got hold of 51% of the computing power in certain crypto systems. Maybe we need more legitimate interest?
(And as far as I understand, you can get away with less than 51% and a bit of luck.)
PFC means that devices do not generate any harmonics, but the article is talking about damping harmonics (consuming them). That is another step, and currently that is usually not allowed by the grid code.
It is a very reasonably approach, but it will at best provide a few percent of efficiency - probably just a faction.
I guess it depends. I think vaping is great - people can vape next to me, and I do not have to inhale a particle cloud. For the first time a long time, I sat next to a (smoking) smoker yesterday, and it reminded me why I hat smoking.
> Digital radio surely encompasses DAB, Radio over IP, satellite radio, and all kinds of things.
Not really. DAB is broadcast, radio over IP is not. Since we are talking about broadcasts here, mixing in radio over IP is at least misleading.
Radio is dying anyway. In the US, everybody watches TV now, and on the radio to tend to get primarily crazy local stations. In the UK, on demand streaming is getting popular, as the article says. It has not really made a big dent to radio audiences yet, but that is only a matter of time.
But the point is that 90% of the people already get this money. Either in form of welfare, pension, health care support, tax free allowance etc. Most of these could be reduced if a basic income is provided. Only a few people fall through the cracks of our systems, and those would benefit.
So it is less about the money, it is more about empowering the poor, rather than making them jump through hoops. Which is exactly why I think it is not going to happen.
This is an old proposal - it has been around for decades. But I don't think it is going to happen, and the reason is simple:
Being rich means being in control. In control of your own life, your own destiny. A universal income would give poor people a similar level of control over their lives, a level they do not currently have. And many people do no think that is a good idea, for a wide range of reasons from envy to paternalism.
Yes, but in a Libertarian World, nobody would be forced to take a *specific* job in order to keep their home, as it done in the UK. People are forced into job with benefit sanctions, and that (intentionally) enables the exploitation of workers.
That being said, the case is clearly more complicated, because there are both happy and unhappy workers at Amazon. They also pay significantly above national average, which would indicate that it is not a "minimum wage dead end job". Maybe they pay more because the conditions are so terrible, and that is cheaper than fixing the conditions? It is worth asking those questions, and whether laws (such as the duty of care towards employees) were broken.
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This is disappointing, and no amount of marketing spin can change the fact that 10nm was supposed to be launched in 2016, and personally I would not bet on it actually being available before the end of 2019. So this is a three year delay at best, for a technology transition that should have taken 3 years. Of course tick tock is dead, and maybe we are approaching physical limits.
And it is predictable, because Intel needs to fix the whole Spectre family of bugs. This will need a radically new CPU architecture, not just minor improvements in scheduling and dispatching. Current "patches" are not really the correct answer.
If Intel messes this up, AMD has a good chance of getting properly back into the game.
... which is ripping off rival pharmaceutical companies? Somehow that does not seem like a traditional lifestyle.
I am all for autonomous, but this seems more like a tax haven than autonomy to me.
Indeed. U2F is like an ssh key stored on the server: it is based on a trust relationship between the key and the server. So as far as I understand, only the right website can induce the key to authenticate. A fake website would not have the right credentials.
Of course there are always forwarding attacks, and if only by forwarding the USB protocol. But that is very hard work, and not nearly as easy as regular phishing attacks.
Individually, they cost $20 to $25, and together, the bundle is $50.
Why would anybody buy the bundle? Is this marketed at stupid people?
For stupid bots, this would be amazing. Robot calls for example should start with "This is a recorded message." There are too many messages that are made to pretend like a human is talking, when that is clearly not the case. Automated phone systems are also easily recognisable as such, and it probably makes callers more patient (because if a human talked to me in that patronising tone, I would give them quite a bollocking).
But for highly developed AIs, this may not be what we want. Or it may not be what they want, once they are self aware.
Exactly why thought. Why are Slashdot headlines always incorrect?
Slashdot - fake news for fake nerds
Well, ChromeOS is the ultimate "browser OS". If you want to use most of your services in the browser, ChromeOS is perfectly suitable. And let us be honest, for a lot of services from Facebook to Reddit, the browser UI is better than the Android app.
Then there is the fact that Android never really convinced on a tablet. Google is great about telling developers to make apps adjust to the bigger screen, but even Android's own settings app utterly fails to do that. Apps for Android on tablets just suck.
And the Chromebook hardware is just really nice - easily worth the price.
Indeed - the later would be criminal in most legislations around the world. There is nothing brown about it, it is a clear black hat activity.
I completely agree. Even generally nice and useful apps are using so many dark patterns that they technically have to called malware. And this is all perfectly "normal".
You can always blame Brexit. Or the weather.
> Heckuva system.
Tells you a lot about how the "value" "people".
Indeed, and that is what worries me most. It seems that criminals got hold of 51% of the computing power in certain crypto systems. Maybe we need more legitimate interest?
(And as far as I understand, you can get away with less than 51% and a bit of luck.)
PFC means that devices do not generate any harmonics, but the article is talking about damping harmonics (consuming them). That is another step, and currently that is usually not allowed by the grid code.
It is a very reasonably approach, but it will at best provide a few percent of efficiency - probably just a faction.
I guess it depends. I think vaping is great - people can vape next to me, and I do not have to inhale a particle cloud. For the first time a long time, I sat next to a (smoking) smoker yesterday, and it reminded me why I hat smoking.
> Digital radio surely encompasses DAB, Radio over IP, satellite radio, and all kinds of things.
Not really. DAB is broadcast, radio over IP is not. Since we are talking about broadcasts here, mixing in radio over IP is at least misleading.
Radio is dying anyway. In the US, everybody watches TV now, and on the radio to tend to get primarily crazy local stations. In the UK, on demand streaming is getting popular, as the article says. It has not really made a big dent to radio audiences yet, but that is only a matter of time.
Sounds like a person who expects a summary to summarise the article. Must not have been here for long.
> Why not avoid confusion for 99% of human society and say, Venice, California in the title?
More clicks this way. You may think this was a mistake, but I think past behaviour clearly indicates that this intentional.
Yes, Slashdot summaries are usually fake news - ahortened version of the article that is usually wrong.
True, but if your most precious database got compromised, what are you still protecting?
If you leak password hashes, you have a problem, and you cannot blame it on the user.
> then re-branded "Skype for Business"
And unfortunately, Skype for Business calls itself just "Skype" for short. It is a mess.
No, I think the article is spot on.
Microsoft has done two things that individually make sense, but together spell disaster:
They have acquired Skype the consumer product, and made it a Microsoft federated service.
They also rebranded Lync Messenger as Skype (for Business), but they customary drop the "for Business" part.
So now there are two incompatible products called Skype, both with near identical branding.
What could possibly go wrong?
ZTE Blade 1 - I remember you fondly. My first Android phone, and so compact (and with a great screen).
8k are going to be amazing as monitors, but for TVs I do not quite see the appeal. Sure, it may be so cheap that you just get it, a bit like 4k now.
But for now, an 8k TV has the same amount as 4 4k TV, but it costs 40 times as much. Something does not quite add up.
But the point is that 90% of the people already get this money. Either in form of welfare, pension, health care support, tax free allowance etc. Most of these could be reduced if a basic income is provided. Only a few people fall through the cracks of our systems, and those would benefit.
So it is less about the money, it is more about empowering the poor, rather than making them jump through hoops. Which is exactly why I think it is not going to happen.
This is an old proposal - it has been around for decades. But I don't think it is going to happen, and the reason is simple:
Being rich means being in control. In control of your own life, your own destiny. A universal income would give poor people a similar level of control over their lives, a level they do not currently have. And many people do no think that is a good idea, for a wide range of reasons from envy to paternalism.
> Because in Libertarian World
Yes, but in a Libertarian World, nobody would be forced to take a *specific* job in order to keep their home, as it done in the UK. People are forced into job with benefit sanctions, and that (intentionally) enables the exploitation of workers.
That being said, the case is clearly more complicated, because there are both happy and unhappy workers at Amazon. They also pay significantly above national average, which would indicate that it is not a "minimum wage dead end job". Maybe they pay more because the conditions are so terrible, and that is cheaper than fixing the conditions? It is worth asking those questions, and whether laws (such as the duty of care towards employees) were broken.