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Comment Re:Antitrust klaxons (Score 1) 66

And what if I want to use Firefox for my System Webview instead of Chrome? Or Chromium for that matter?

Yes, that's a problem, but you're acting like it's a new problem, and it's not. Also, if you get a rootable device, you can do that on Android. I'd like it to be generally possible for everyone of course, but at least it's possible.

Comment Re: Well there are lots of ways to stop trains (Score 1) 60

The idea is not to count on a wire.

What if there is a clog (e.g. from a failed hose liner) or a crimped hose and brake pressure doesn't release when it is supposed to? It used to be the job of the man in the caboose to know that. Now it's FRED's. It's also his job to detect over pressure or failing pressure that will stop the train at a potentially inconvenient time if not addressed.

It would be nice to have both a wire and a wireless connection, but one of the ideas was clearly to avoid needing another connection between cars.

Comment Re:But (Score 1) 50

I have it on good authority that Ferraris are faster than Civics, and therefore there is no market for the Civic.

That is an offtopic response, because the discussion is not about whether anyone will buy Chinese GPUs. It's about whether Chinese GPUs can be competitive for scientific computing. Whether they will ever will be or not, they are not now, which we know because they are still hungry for our hardware. And we can reasonably believe that to be true and not merely propaganda both because of sales, and effort spent redirecting purchases through other nations.

In the really real world, efficiency matters. If you need more nodes then both your up front and ongoing costs are higher as your system takes up more space and uses more power. Even if China can design a GPU as well as Nvidia (let's go ahead and assume that they can; I think they probably can soon, if not already) that won't make their performance per watt as good unless they have it fabbed by someone with superior process technology.

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