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Comment Embedded systems? (Score 1) 36

I thought it was still popular in embedded systems that don't need 16 and 32 bit architectures? Don't some MCU's run Z80 instructions? I guess the chip is different as it probably includes RAM and other goodies because that's cheaper than using separate chips.

What kind of CPU's and chipsets does one find in small and cheap gizmos?

Comment Re:TLDR (Score 1) 118

The price thing is important. What I suspect is that when companies can no longer subsidize bot use via investor funds and per market-share fights, users will balk at prices and look for cheaper alternatives, which may result in better model compression and/or overseas commodification, meaning the US data-centers won't be competitive, and those investors will get screwed, possibly triggering a Wallstreet crash.

Comment Re:Rip to a M-DISC for posterity (Score 0) 90

Not 100% sure about other countries, but in the US technically you don't have to ever play it or rip it from any disc. Owning the CD is proof you own a license to listen to the music on it. You can literally download or copy anyone else's copy.

This is because when you buy physical media, you are NOT purchasing the music, you are purchasing a license to listen to use the music for yourself. There doesn't have to be any music on the disc, but you do need a way to get it (you see this far more in software, like when buying Office at Best Buy gives you a license key and no software). If you want to play the music in public, you still need to get public performance license from the publisher (venues that pipe in music do this). There is a minor exception called fair use, but how many people you can play if under that before you violate copyright is a judges call. If you're just playing it for a few friends at home, you're probably in the clear.

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