Comment Great idea (Score 1) 33
Pan-and-scan like it's 1985
Comment Thank you! (Score 1) 96
Thank you for posting this. I was using Consolas and didn't pay it much mind, other than bumping the font size from 10 to 12 the other day out of necessity.
I tried the IntelOne Mono font and must say works great! Definitely does what they set out to do, and I have no problem with the curly brackets -- they sure are curly, which is, I guess, the point.
Bringing the font size down again proved no problem. Nice one! And, I for one am glad it works on my AMD CPU.
The World's Relentless Demand for Chips Turns Deadly in Malaysia (bloomberg.com) 30
Before this year, no one worried too much about the global supply chain, beyond specialists in the field. The role of developing nations like Malaysia or the Philippines warranted little attention. From a report: But the coronavirus outbreak has been a wake-up call for chief executives, prime ministers and consumers around the world, as shortages disrupted production of everything from iPhones and F-150 pickups to Nike sneakers. The tragedy in Muar shows the little-understood human cost of keeping supply chains running in a pandemic. While politicians in Washington and Paris urge suppliers to step up production of semiconductors and government officials in countries like Malaysia give special exemptions to powerful corporations, employees like Hani put their lives at risk.
The duty of the government is to look after the workers' interest more than the country's or the companies' interest," said Zaid Ibrahim, a former law minister in Malaysia. "Of the three -- the government, companies and workers -- the most vulnerable are the workers. I wish we could have avoided these tragedies." Malaysia is a case study in the conflict between people and profit. The government spent decades attracting foreign investment and diversifying its economy beyond rubber and tin. The country now accounts for 13% of the world's chip testing and packaging, a key step in producing the semiconductors that go into automobiles, smartphones and other devices. Some 575,000 people were employed in the electrical and electronics industry in 2020, working with global chipmakers such as STMicro, Infineon Technologies AG, Intel Corp. and Renesas Electronics.
The duty of the government is to look after the workers' interest more than the country's or the companies' interest," said Zaid Ibrahim, a former law minister in Malaysia. "Of the three -- the government, companies and workers -- the most vulnerable are the workers. I wish we could have avoided these tragedies." Malaysia is a case study in the conflict between people and profit. The government spent decades attracting foreign investment and diversifying its economy beyond rubber and tin. The country now accounts for 13% of the world's chip testing and packaging, a key step in producing the semiconductors that go into automobiles, smartphones and other devices. Some 575,000 people were employed in the electrical and electronics industry in 2020, working with global chipmakers such as STMicro, Infineon Technologies AG, Intel Corp. and Renesas Electronics.
Comment No windows updates? (Score 3, Funny) 226
Sounds good to me!
Comment Re:The Bullet Train is a running joke (Score 1) 199
The problem with building transit, always, comes down to NIMBY/Property rights. In less democratic countries, the state just eminent domain's the property they want for the line, damn the consequences.
I'm not sure this only happens where there's "less" democracy. Is not collectivism vs individualism an equally good answer?
Cultures that leain more towards collectivism and less towards individualism would also be more likely to be successful. The state could seize property for the common good, attempting to fairly compensate the land owner, while it not being seen as controversial.
The dicussion would be about the level and nature of the compensation. Not whether individual land owners should block mass transit options that would benefit the plebs and potentially assist in saving the environment.
Comment Direct connect charging? Scalextric, anyone? :) (Score 1) 150
I'm sure there won't be any problems at all with scaling that technology right up.
Comment Is Waymo for real? (Score 1) 185
There isn't really any proof that Waymo vehicles are driverless, only that the driver isn't in the vehicle. If you compare a dozen dubiously driverless vehicles to a million collecting data every moment and already doing a pretty good job at autonomy, which do you think will succeed?
Comment Remote driver != "no driver" (Score 1) 185
The fact that the driver is not in the vehicle does not mean that there is no driver.
Comment Came from Amateur Observers first. (Score 3, Insightful) 31
I believe that this was figured out in the amateur observer community before NASA confirmed it. I saw it go by in my twitter feed. Not sure I can find it now...
Comment This is no longer a problem in Asia (Score 1) 287
I am disappointed to hear this is still a problem in the US, but in less affluent countries, where nobody bought ink cartridges because they simply didn't have the money to spend, everyone who frequently prints (including smaller offices) had aftermarket ink tanks fitted, or bought printers pre-fitted with aftermarket ink tanks.
Some companies actually embraced it and started selling printers with ink tanks! Look up the Epson L1455. It has large ink tanks -- about 100ml for CMY and easily 250ml for black! I've had mine for two years. I print a lot including photos and drawings and it has been excellent! It prints and scans A3.
Before that, I had an Epson L210 that I donated to a school when I replaced it with the L1455 because I needed A3 printing. It was excellent as well.
Alas, these printers are not sold in the US, and they won't be -- until the companies are forced to, either by market forces or legislation.. Companies will do anything the law allows to maximize revenue. This applies to "right to repair" as well.
Comment Re: Radioactive soil (Score 4, Informative) 180
Comment Re:Radioactive soil (Score 2, Informative) 180
It's not radioactive. When high-energy particles strike it, they break apart into lower-energy particles that are more harmful. So, you need enough shielding to catch the particles that break apart in the top layer of your shielding.
Comment Re:It's NOT remastered. (Score 1) 70
If your ears aren't telling you (ignorance is bliss!) then you can use an oscilloscope. The waveform isn't supposed to be lopped off at the top and bottom, it's supposed to have peaks and valleys. Google "loudness war" for more information -- it's unfortunately been going on since the 1990s. The cleanest, most dynamic popular music CD releases were made 1985-1992. That's a very, very long time ago at this point.
Comment It's NOT remastered. (Score 1) 70
I just tried four random songs claiming to be Ultra HD, including Lady Gaga who is specifically mentioned. It's overcompressed (dynamic compression) loudness war squarewave garbage just like the original releases. There is nothing remastered about this. Do not waste your time.
I wasn't expecting greatness but I was hoping maybe it would be what it says on the tin.. alas not.
Comment Re:Radiation? (Score 2) 71
While radiation mostly results in transient errors, it can also cause latch-ups that blow a gate off of the die. For rad-hard equipment in space this is mitigated by silicon-on-insulator fabrication, so that you can't have a latch-up between the substrate and a silicon feature.
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