Comment Why? (Score 1) 95
What is the point?
Comment Good idea (Score 2) 59
This is actually a really good idea and I can’t believe nobody thought of it before.
Submission + - Texas Instruments to Invest $60+ Billion to Make Semiconductors in the USA (ground.news)
walterbyrd writes: Texas Instruments will invest over $60 billion to expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint, according to the company.
The investment will build or expand seven chip-making facilities, creating 60,000 jobs, as stated by Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments aims to strengthen the domestic supply chain and increase U.S. chip production.
Construction for two new factories in Sherman will start based on business demand, as announced by Texas Instruments.
The investment will build or expand seven chip-making facilities, creating 60,000 jobs, as stated by Texas Instruments.
Texas Instruments aims to strengthen the domestic supply chain and increase U.S. chip production.
Construction for two new factories in Sherman will start based on business demand, as announced by Texas Instruments.
Comment Re:The real reason (Score 1) 183
Also origin stories. I think 4 out 5 fantastic four movies are their origin. Same with superman and spider, and probably all of them.
Comment Re:The problem is... (Score 1) 183
I think one reason for that is, those are the types of movies that people might prefer to watch in a theater. If the story takes place in homes and offices, and there is no magic or explosions, you might as watch it on TV.
Comment Why I stopped going to movies (Score 1) 183
I used to go the theaters all the time, no I hardly ever go.
In no particular order:
1. Way to expense for an experience that, at best, is marginally better than watching it on television.
2. Annoying people in theaters who talk non-stop and use their phones.
3. Movies are not very good. Uninteresting stories. Uninteresting characters. Rehashed woke crap. Nothing that is thought provoking in the least.
4. Time travel and parallel universes mean that nothing that happens actually happens, so who cares? Main character dies? No problem, some time travel will fix that right up.
5. It will be streaming soon enough anyway.
Comment Videos will not stream smoothly with Firefox (Score 1) 240
I used to be able to stream smoothly with Firefox, now I cannot. I don't know what changed. But I gave up on firefox for just this reason.
Comment Re:Digital Freedom (Score 1) 277
> What stops Microsoft from locking down Office?
Commercial interests. If MS betrayed the trust of the customers, that brazenly, it would not be good for business. MS is an international company, they do work for, or represent the USA.
BTW: I am no fan of MS. Far from it.
Comment Impress does not compare to PowerPoint (Score 2) 277
I hate to say it. I have used Linux as my primary desktop for 20+ years. I am using Linux now.
Most of LibreOffice is more than adequate for what I do, but Impress leaves a lot to be desired.
Comment Re:Paper strips (Score 0) 151
Because only Republicans have been in office for the last 50 years?
Comment Can I have the old floppy reading systems? (Score 1) 151
I have some old floppies I want to get date off (if I still can). I have some old floppy drives around, but they don't work, even on my ten year old desktop.
Submission + - World's first mass-producible nuclear reactor set for testing by US startup (interestingengineering.com)
walterbyrd writes: The reactor, known as Kaleidos, is a 1-megawatt microreactor engineered for modularity, rapid deployment, and diesel-generator replacement.
The size is basically a truck-trailer, and they hope to produce 50 per year.
Industry analysts view Kaleidos as a key player in the emerging field of tactical and off-grid nuclear energy, an area of strategic interest for national defense planners and climate-focused investors.
The size is basically a truck-trailer, and they hope to produce 50 per year.
Industry analysts view Kaleidos as a key player in the emerging field of tactical and off-grid nuclear energy, an area of strategic interest for national defense planners and climate-focused investors.
Comment Re:Adaptation (Score 1) 69
The article seems to agree with the guy on slashdot.
> “I’m an optimist, in the sense that I think we will build a sustainable future,” Wagner says. “But it’s going to take 30 or 40 years, and by then, it’s going to be too late for a lot of the creatures that I love.
Comment Re:A non-story really. (Score 1) 185
My fifth speed is an overdrive.
Comment Nobody wants cheap things. (Score 1) 185
Everyone keeps complaining that everything is too expensive, but almost no one is buying the low cost options anymore.
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