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Comment Re: USB-C (Score 1) 101

by Sprotch (#63845214) Attached to: Apple Launches iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max Featuring Titanium Bodies
The whole thing dates back to 2009, feel free to read about the history here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik... The adoption of USB C was foreshadowed in 2014 by the Radio Equipment Directive which âoeencouragedâ its use. But the writing was on the wall. And here are articles from 2018 about it: https://www.zdnet.com/article/... https://www.cultofmac.com/5682...

Comment That design was remarkable (Score 1) 127

by Sprotch (#56574504) Attached to: Apple's iMac Turns 20 Years Old
Will the specs were flawed, that design was amazing. Looking at it today, it still looks good. Those things look colourful, modern, and desirable (well if you ignore the CRT screen). I'd argue it aged even better than the very first Macintosh design, and will certainly look better in a few years time than the current iteration.

Submission + - SPAM: 'Spooky Action' Has Been Demonstrated on a Massive Scale For The First Time

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: For the first time, scientists have managed to show quantum entanglement – which Einstein famously described as "spooky action at a distance" – happening between macroscopic objects, a major step forward in our understanding of quantum physics.

Quantum entanglement links particles in a way that they instantly affect each other, even over vast distances. On the surface, this powerful bond defies classical physics and, generally, our understanding of reality, which is why Einstein found it so spooky. But the phenomenon has since become a cornerstone of modern technology.

Still, up until now quantum entanglement has only been demonstrated to work at the smallest of scales, in systems based on light and atoms, for example.

Any attempt to increase the sizes has caused problems with stability, with the slightest of environmental disturbances breaking the connection.

But new research changes all of this, by demonstrating that this 'spooky action' can indeed be a reality between massive objects.

We're not talking massive in the black hole sense but in the macroscopic sense – two 15-micrometre-wide vibrating drum heads.

And the next step will be to test whether those vibrations are being teleported between the two objects.
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Submission + - Facebook "archiving" all groups (facebook.com)

Submitted by Sprotch
Sprotch writes: The following message has appeared over the first page of all groups:
"Over the next few months, Facebook will be archiving all groups created using the old groups format. Moving forward, you can create groups using the new groups format, which makes it easy to share with the important groups in your life."
As part of the archiving process, members of the old group get deleted. In other words, "archived" groups are destroyed.
While facebook claims that it is possible to upgrade to the new groups, this option is not available for larger groups, which are most at need of it.

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