> The latter while clunky with a poor ioctl based interface and iirc only 1 process could access at a time at least did work consistently.

The one process limit was a flaw in the Linux implementation.

For example FreeBSD still uses it and it does not have an issue with multiple programs with sound and has not for a hell of a long time.

Honestly I would say these are more for people for who for some damn reason want to pretend they are that while not using one that is actually friendly to OSS, like the Pinephone, which is also significantly cheaper.

You will get this when disconnect/connect any high ampage or high voltage connector while it is live. Just a question of how visible it is.

Yup. And it is not like their is a shortage of better designs out there that do exactly this. My favorite being PP15 as it is rock solid, cheap, and simple. Deans Ultra, XT90, and XT120 are some other common good ones.

It's frustrating that the computer industry is stuck in hold-my-beer mode when it comes to power connectors this. They got away from it with ATX and then came back with P4, EPS-12V, and finally this one.

This is not a question of build quality here. But bad spec. Does not make nVidia blameless as they designed something using said bad spec and have been doing so for awhile. The EPS-12V is another spec that was fucked up in the exact same manner as this one.

Except that the spec was bad from day 1. So bad it should never have seen the light of day. EPS-12V and P4 are similarly bad designs. Only in the computer industry do you see this hold-my-beer school of bad design when it comes to power connectors with adding more pins for more amps.

And it is not like there is a shortage of better connectors that do handle this level of DC amps out there to choose from. PP15, Deans Ultra, XT90, and XT120 are some of the first that come to mind off hand.

They are. In fact this has nothing to do with those lawsuits or the like.

The government literally set them on this path under Obama with Operation Choke Point, where the FDIC began pressuring these banks to cut ties to stuff like the porn industry and firearms industry.

The banks were not at all reluctant. They jumped on this with glee.

Originally started under Operation Choke point under Obama, the banks loved it and have since just expanded it.

Actually the answer to that is no. If the person being dangerous does not make them a imminent threat to life. For that to be true, they have to be an active threat at that moment. If he is cornered in a parking garage not actively shooting at any one, he does not represent a imminent threat to life. Dangerous yes, but not a imminent threat.

Not really. ARM really leaves a lot to be desired tool wise and the like. For embedded boards, Atom was a fucking godsend. Also for small low power servers there is nothing that even comes close to it.

I believe the old saying is even a stuck clock is right twice a day.

The only systems I've ever seen that are like that are a very small handful targeted at over clockers or the like and those are really falling by the way side.

Nothing targeted at corporate or enterprise includes that at all.

Depends on the subject. They are very blatantly biased and actually act as a propaganda tool for the Democrats when it comes to 2nd amendment rights issues.

Really? I remember recently the really half assed article below was brought to my attention. This is so far from being unbiased or even vaguely researched it is funny. The author did no research into SBS and constantly describes something that is very federally illegal as if it was legal to do.

http://america.aljazeera.com/a...

That article is also far from the first time I've seen them do something like this.