You do realize there is a lot more exposure to electromagnetic radiation at 40,000 feet then there is at 1000 feet, yeah?

And you know that we've observed solar bursts causing bit-flips in RAM and SSD? Like, a lot?

So a solar flare causing additional EM and ionizing radiation, and increased exposure to it due to higher altitude might increase the probability of getting a few bit-flips in the systems, yeah?

No, they don't know for sure. But they have operational records that show higher exposure does cause these issues from time to time, and they correlate a higher blast of radiation at the time of the failure.

Producting plutonium isn't as much of a concerns as what particular isotope of plutonium they produce.

Produce Plutonium 240 or 241? No problem, 241 contaminates weapons because it spontaneously fissions and will cause a weapon with more than a single-digit percent of 241 to "fissile" and just make a localized mess.

Produce Plutonium 239 and no other Pu isotope? Weapons proliferation concerns, won't ever get built in the US.

For what it's worth, all commercial power reactors produce plutonium as part of their operation. That plutonium continues to capture neutrons the longer it's in the reactor and turns from what you want for weapons into something you really do not. The longer it's in there, the less suitable it is for weapons.

And there is no known way to perform isotope separation on Plutonium. Whatever you get, you get. And if the non-239 percentage is too high, you have just made more mixed-oxide reactor fuel.

Perhaps the board thinks the linear cable assets are worth more than the valuation that Paramount Skydance have given it, and the Netflix deal was accepted because they think they can get more for it as a separate entity?

You needed a handbook for that?

Anyone who ever went to a business meeting could've told you that.

By my experience, it takes only 4 things to make a meeting productive: a) someone is in charge of the meeting and moderation, b) that someone had time to prepare, c) everyone in the meeting has received an agenda with enough lead time to have read it and (if necessary) prepare their part, at least a bit and finally d) there is at least a simple protocol of the meeting for those who couldn't attend, those who dozed off in the middle, and those who claim next week that something else was agreed on.

We all know real programmers use butterflies.

seriously, slashdot? It's 2025 and you still can't do the Euro sign?

Even so the prices are excessive. If I want to upgrade the SSD in the current MBP from 512 GB to 2 TB that's +750 â

Meanwhile, a Western Digital Red SN700 with 2 TB I can get for a bit over 200 â.
A Samsung 990 PRO 2 - 245 â (was just rated the best M.2 SSD on the market by Tom's Hardware).

Whatever exact chips Apple is using, they're not 3x as expensive as other high-quality SSDs.

Even if "locked in place" is your underlying assumption, anyone who's even heard of the real world from their mom who has a friend whose father once visited it should know that there is no rule without exceptions and even if that is perfectly true, a small number of those particles will not be locked in perfectly.

Didn't all of these problems come up with Google Glass over ten years ago? In fact the term "Google Glasshole" was coined for people using Google Glass to record people who didn't want to be recorded. While it is legal to film in public, they did not seem to understand why people did not like it. This user seems to fit that mold.

No but they were experimenting with germanium. My understanding is that researched stopped because while they could get better results with germanium, the problem was how to use it germanium practically as it is 1.6ppm in the Earth's crust while silicon is 282,000 ppm.

That's like the situation where one of my neighbor's dogs pooped on my lawn. Which neighbor was it? Was it the one that I see conscientiously pick up their dog's poop every time on their walks. Or the neighbor that lets their dog roam around the neighborhood with no leash? Your argument would be the conscientious one did it to frame the other neighbor. Because . . .sympathy and support? I do not believe Europe needs any more justification for sympathy and support for Ukraine.

Consider Russia indiscriminately attacks civilian targets, I would bet Russia hitting it by accident or on purpose. It is hard to know at this point.

No what that means is higher production costs do not necessarily map 1:1 to higher price in the end product in every instance. Sometimes the cost is eaten by the manufacturer in terms of profit. Sometimes the manufacturer can change the product to offset the increased cost. For example, cheaper materials, cheaper labor, etc. Now I am not saying they are good changes but that would be one way higher production cost is not passed onto the consumer directly in terms of price.

While the article focuses specifically on memory prices, the AI boom could also cause PC CPU and GPU prices to go up which affects everyone. Currently fabrication at TSMC and Samsung are limited with companies like NVidia and AMD booking orders years in advance. To chase profits, NVidia and AMD will shift more of their orders to AI chips if they haven't already done so. That means fewer consumer CPUs and GPUs and thus higher prices for consumers as there may be shortages.

I don't see how it would help the situation to buy cheaper phones. The issue is RAM prices are going up. That affects expensive flagship and cheap phones alike. In fact, you may not be able to buy a cheap phone as manufacturers are going to prioritize selling the flagship phones first as that gains them the most profit.

I don't know where you live but where I live we have these things called "hills" where a Kei car might struggle. Especially when I have these other things called "friends" in the car with me. Back in high school, I had a Toyota Corolla which is larger than Kei cars. The first time I was driving with friends up a moderate hill, they were surprised when I turned off the AC so I could get enough HP to maintain speed up the hill. Because suddenly slowing down in lanes with 18 wheelers and huge ass trucks is what some would call "dangerous."