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Comment Re:Reaping what they sow during the Wintel era (Score 1) 16

In sports it is a paradigm that there is no substitute for speed.

Same thing for computers. More wide receivers doesn't solve the speed problem for American football, it just spends resources elsewhere on the field with different results. In the CPU, not-as-fast just means, as pointed out elsewhere, even more instances are necessary, and so more resources are needed for that.

And if you are not paying attention, you may not see the light coming down the tunnel that is RISC-V. It will be optimized, enhanced, improved, and so long as the ISA is open source it will improve at a pace sufficient, I think, to be competitive.

Comment Re: Talking about the weather (Score 1) 146

Sure, itâ(TM)s quite possible for two people to exchange offhand remarks about the local weather apropos of nothing, with no broader point in mind. It happens all the time, even, I suppose, right in the middle of a discussion of the impact of climate change on the very parameters they were discussing.

Comment Re: If Trump can't see the climate change science. (Score 1) 52

These 'secret police' aren't very secret. The people they are 'disappearing' are being sent elsewhere. Not a lot is secret. But there are many people who, having escaped from true leftist nations, can tell you more about secret police', disappeared family members, concentration camps, imprisonment for political beliefs, and death. You're trying, but not winning.

Comment Re:Who buys CDs these days? (Score 1) 91

Damn right. I rip in .WAV, 320k .mp3, and ATRAC, which is a bitch.

And keep them online, offline, hard storage, and the original disc in above average storage. I like owning the media, and not arguing where the hell my library went if some corporate weasel instituted new licensing. Or ended the old. If you can't hold it you don't own it.

Comment Except... (Score 1) 123

...basically, the earth should be warmer.

The bulk of its history it's been a great deal warmer, with higher levels of CO2.
https://earthscience.stackexch...

The fact is that that the deep carbon cycle is not at equilibrium, with more carbon coming out of the mantle (through volcanic activity) than carbon going back to the mantle (through subduction).
This is good, because at 150ppm CO2, vegetation fails and everything dies.
https://www.frontiersin.org/jo...

Comment Re:If Trump can't see the climate change science.. (Score 1) 52

I expect better from a 5-digit. Though I also have to consider your birthdate. Derangement isn't caused by dementia, it's amplified.

Seriously, you've got over the edge. No rescue party is forthcoming. Enjoy your fellow deranged souls, your days will be spent in anger, pain, and delusion. If that serves you, so be it. I pray for you.

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