Moreover, we still calll "programming a TV remote", well, programming! :)

(Not that I am very good at this particular programming task, mind you... )

Paul B.

Such as icon of modern Left FDR, who did so much good, and was a great admirer of (and admired by) both?

Google, say, "FDR Mussolini" or read, e.g., http://dailycaller.com/2016/12...

So, what were you saying again?

At my previous place of employment my (paper) cheques were made by that guy's company who knew a thing or two about cheque counterfeiting...

Just saying, and great movie (and book) too!

Paul B.

Or a radar running continuously and when there is a blip on the screen alerting someone? I would imagine that a rogue sub willing to attack the navy ship is not going to be broadcasting its coordinates...

Paul B.

Govt did. When they introduced wage caps in New Deal age, employers had to compete for workers on *something*, and figured out that paying for health insurance was a good benefit to add.

Paul B.

Nope, I mean to the scientific paper in Nature Photonics, not press-release...

Like this: http://www.nature.com/nphoton/...

Paul B.

Just curious to read...

Paul B.

Yep, that was what I was hinting at -- of course one can not securely interoperate with other services using plain old STMP, but I hoped they would add secure link between any two of their internal customers, with plausible deniability that they ever communicated.

As to "innocence" of metadata, a required (and educational!) read that I am sure you have seen, but others might have not: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/a...

Paul B.

That would still leave metadata behind -- depending on how exactly this ProtonMail works, it is plausible that metadata between two recipients both using this service would be obscured as well.

Paul B.

And its descendant is used everyday by everyone who prints out a PostScript/PDF document! :)

Paul B.

Because 0.1 exaflops is still "exascale", but not "exaflops"... :)

Paul B.

TFA is a bit light on details, but (having heard of GaN before), it is good at handling large voltages/currents, and they are probably talking about more efficient power supplies (saving 20%, apparently), not replacing Si in logic chips. Or maybe integrating power conversion onto processor die itself, but the latter is still made of good old CMOS. Currently, from what I've heard, a good chunk of pins on your processor are used to supply power -- if you think of it, 30W processor with 3V bias needs to get 10A of current.

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For a change, his were not... He is basically Russian Zuckerberg, made his fortunes on Internet businesses...

Paul B.

Agreed, I think that we are saying the same thing -- measured in time or in silver prices stay the same (after all, someone has to spend time to mine that silver).

The real question is, where did productivity gains go? Probably "regressively redistributed" to top 1% and away from you and me... Too bad!

Paul B.