Comment Re: You need to go easy on the Fox News (Score 1) 92
I hope I'm not the only one who scoffed at "tried to teach them morals."
The only people who ever tried to teach me morals are the ones who say gays shouldn't marry and PoCs deserve it.
Comment Not just any vendor. . . (Score 2) 23
. . . But a ROGUE vendor!
Comment Anyone else think it's weird. . . (Score 1) 20
. . . that a cloning magnate has "twin" children?
Comment Re:I see why It takes 20 seconds to start VLC. (Score 3, Informative) 53
It takes under 2 seconds to start on my SATA-3, 3570k system with 16 GB DDR3. I think your problem is elsewhere.
Submission + - Robinhood places 1 share buy limit on AMD (hothardware.com) 1
SpankiMonki writes: No, that's not a typo. It's not AMC the theater chain, it's AMD the chipmaker. AMD, the company whose profits are up 52% over the last year, and who is looking at a very bright future according to most analysts.
From a HotHardware report:
From a HotHardware report:
AMD Caught In WallStreetBets Drama As Shady Robinhood Dares To Limit Trading
On Thursday and Friday, Robinhood limited its users to purchasing just a single share of AMD. As you might expect, there was an immediate outcry about this turn of events. Unlike GameStop, or many of the other companies that were targeted by Robinhood, AMD actually has solid financial footing and is on a significant organic growth trajectory.
In fact, AMD witnessed a 45 percent uplift in revenue year-over-year for 2020, and a 52 percent uplift in full-year profit to $4.35 billion. All of AMD's business units were on fire, from standalone Ryzen and Radeon GPUs, to its semi-custom chips used in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X, to its EPYC data center processors. Despite the big earnings win, AMD was greeted with a dramatic drop in its share price last week, and what appears to be subsequent interference from Robinhood.
Submission + - New fusion rocket thruster concept uses magnetic fields (sky.com)
schwit1 writes: Dr Fatima Ebrahimi from the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has invented a new fusion rocket thruster concept that performs much better than existing plasma thrusters in computer simulations — generating exhaust with velocities of hundreds of kilometres per second, 10 times faster than those of other thrusters.
While current space-proven plasma propulsion engines use electric fields to propel the particles, the new rocket design would accelerate them using magnetic reconnection.
This process is found throughout the universe but is most observable on the surface of the sun. When magnetic field lines converge there, before separating and then reconnect again, they produce an enormous amount of energy.
While current space-proven plasma propulsion engines use electric fields to propel the particles, the new rocket design would accelerate them using magnetic reconnection.
This process is found throughout the universe but is most observable on the surface of the sun. When magnetic field lines converge there, before separating and then reconnect again, they produce an enormous amount of energy.
Comment Re: Yeah but what age were they? (Score 1) 294
My undergrad university (Northern Kentucky University) was hiring PhDs as associate professors into the chemistry department at US$48,000 about ten years ago.
Comment Re: Says bloomberg (Score 3, Insightful) 497
Red states also have fewer cities and lower population density, which is what people need to survive if they're going to be homeless, whether it be through panhandling or shelters and other support structures. Not many homeless people can survive in the Rockies. It's not about red government vs. blue government, it's about urban environments being blue and so more urban environment means you are a "blue state."
Comment Re:Firefox (Score 1) 253
8 GB, 2.50 GHz i5-6500T. WEI is 5.5. POWWWWWWEEEERRRRRRR!
This thing can't even run Teams correctly.
Comment Re:John Wick (Score 1) 340
"Legacy, legacy, legacy."
"Ghostbusters was ruined because they made the legacy white guys into chicks!"
Asshat.
Journal Journal: The old camera... 1
A while back I discovered that they’re selling photographic film again, so I bought a package of three rolls of 35mm Kodak color film. Not sure what I’ll photograph, but the Minolta 35 mm SLR takes a hell of a lot better pictures than my phone. Actually, than any phone—and any digital camera.
I got home, set the film aside (it’s a lot more expensive than the last time I used film) and looked for my camera, which hadn’t been use
Comment Re:His name comes up less than others (Score 1) 3
I certainly hope you're right.
Odd, but yours is the only comment. I posted the same thing at S/N and got a ton of responses. Is slashdot dying?
Comment Re:Teh Google! (Score 1) 6
Again, it's giving me wingnut sites from both wings. I'd far rather get it from mainstream sites that have proven their validity over time so I didn't have to check Snopes or Politifact.
Journal Journal: The Motive 3
All the cops and newspapers are searching for a motive in the horrific mass murder in Las Vegas last week. No connection to any terrorist groups, no indication at all that it would happen, and the newspapers are all asking “Why??”
The answer is simple and I can’t figure out why nobody else can figure it out.
Comment Teh Google! (Score 1) 6
I always referred to the earlier engine as "Infosuck" but damn, Google's getting bad. When I open Google News in Firefox on my tablet, I get a blank page unless I click "request desktop site" and then it still goes nuts. But then, it might be my crappy tablet that I'll probably write about.
The answer is Google broke Google. I've been getting served a misandrist site from there, Breitbart (famous for its fake news) and wingnut sites from both wings. Did Sergey retire or something?
