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Comment Re:The Lawsuit Should Fail (Score 1) 102

by Gravis Zero (#65856259) Attached to: Ukrainians Sue US Chip Firms For Powering Russian Drones, Missiles

Gun manufacturers are often sued on similar grounds, and those lawsuits always fail because Republicans specifically made a law to protect them, not because it's a case without merit. There is an significant nexus between the reckless manufacture and sale of firearms and instances of misuse of firearms. Chip manufacturers, likewise, can reasonably foresee and prevent third parties from diverting chips to Russia much like gun manufacturer can statistically prevent people who will misuse a gun by following strict sale/export guidelines. Furthermore, Ukraine incited Russia's entry into the Ukrainian civil war by first overthrowing a corrupt and Russian-controlled government and then by defending themselves from Russian-backed separatists that seized government buildings and committed literal treason. Why didn't Ukraine just roll over and take it? Russia had no right nor a duty to intervene on behalf of their Russian assets. I have no sympathy for the people who want to stop Russia's Neo-Nazi Wagner Group because I'm a useful idiot.

It took a a lot but I fixed that for you.

Comment Linux Rust-C transpiler needed (Score 3, Insightful) 47

by Gravis Zero (#65856159) Attached to: Rust in Linux's Kernel 'is No Longer Experimental'

If people want to use Rust (technically "Linux Rust") in the Linux kernel, that's OK. However, requiring two toolchains to compile the kernel is a roadblock for platforms that are not fully supported, let alone new unsupported platforms. The logical answer is to make a Linux Rust to C transpiler which would enable code development in Rust while ensuring 100% compatibility with poorly supported and unsupported platforms.

Comment Just don't require it (Score 2) 47

by Gravis Zero (#65856139) Attached to: Rust in Linux's Kernel 'is No Longer Experimental'

I'm OK with people having rust modules and the like but I don't want it to become part of the core kernel because if it does...

1) It may negatively impact several platforms because the Rust toolchain is only fully supported on ARM64, i686, and x86_64.
2) It will require multiple multiple toolchains just to build the kernel which will significantly raise the requirements for bootstrapping.
3) SIGNIFICANTLY raises the difficulty to port Linux to a new architecture. Making GCC for a new target is bad enough, consider if you have to also make a new target for Rust before you can even get Linux to boot.

So, celebrate all you want, just don't break working platforms, or hinder new platforms because of an ideological desire to use Rust.

Comment Re:Poor choice. (Score 1) 81

by Gravis Zero (#65851785) Attached to: Operation Bluebird Wants To Relaunch 'Twitter' For a New Social Network

At best, X could contest the cancellation and registration request with the USPTO, but it's again going to be hard as X/Musk have done a lot of disavow Twitter.

Did you not read my post?

“Many users continue to refer to X as ‘Twitter’ and posts on X as ‘tweets,’ which demonstrates continued association and strengthens the case for residual goodwill,” [Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University School of Law] says.

But just for you, I'll throw in this:

Intellectual property attorney Douglas Masters says he is doubtful that Operation Bluebird’s claims will be successful. “I don’t know that the record ultimately will show that even though they [X Corp.] switched to X, that they intended to give up all of their commercial use and rights in the word Twitter,” Masters tells The Verge.

But hey, I'm sure you know more about trademark law than some legal professor or a practicing lawyer. /s

Comment Poor choice. (Score 5, Informative) 81

by Gravis Zero (#65850115) Attached to: Operation Bluebird Wants To Relaunch 'Twitter' For a New Social Network

“Many users continue to refer to X as ‘Twitter’ and posts on X as ‘tweets,’ which demonstrates continued association and strengthens the case for residual goodwill,” [Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University School of Law] says. She points to a 2020 case where a party attempted to register “Aunt Jemima” for breakfast foods, but was rejected “based on a likelihood of confusion” with Quaker Oats’ Aunt Jemima marks, even though the company had announced earlier that year that it was discontinuing the name and logo.

Beyond this, X has the resources to keep Operation Bluebird in court longer than Operation Bluebird can afford legal representation.

Comment Re:Sounds like an export tax. (Score 1) 95

by Gravis Zero (#65847259) Attached to: Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut

Only if NVidia chooses to make such a case.

Greed is never satiated.

But they won't, because 1) NVidia gets to sell stuff that previously they couldn't,

After exports start, they will have established the basis that their product is not a threat to national security. This will give them all the leverage they need to file a suit against the US government.

2) Huang (like the whole tech sector) is such best buds with the President these days.

No because greed is never satiated.

Comment Sounds like an export tax. (Score 5, Interesting) 95

by Gravis Zero (#65844815) Attached to: Nvidia Can Sell H200 Chips To China For 25% US Cut

I'm no lawyer but this sounds suspiciously like an export tax. I think Nvidia now has a solid case that A) it's illegal (only congress can tax stuff, right?) and that B) a ban is unwarranted because of the attempted illegal export tax.

Kinda seems like the grifter just shot himself in the foot again.

Submission + - Fish-inspired filter removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine wastewate (techxplore.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Some fish feed by means of filtration; these include, for example, mackerel, sardines, and anchovies. They swim through the water with their mouths open and sift out the plankton with their gill arch system. "We took a closer look at the construction of this system and used it as the model for developing a filter that can be used in washing machines," says Blanke, who is a member of the transdisciplinary research areas Life & Health and Sustainable Futures at the University of Bonn.

During their evolution, these fish have developed a technique similar to cross-flow filtration. Their gill arch system is shaped like a funnel that is widest at the fish's mouth and tapers towards their gullet. The walls of the funnel are shaped by the branchial arches. These feature comb-like structures, the arches, which are themselves covered in small teeth. This creates a kind of mesh that is stretched by the branchial arches.

The filter element in the center imitates the gill arch system of the fish. The filter housing enables periodic cleaning and installation in washing machines.

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then released back into the environment via the gills," explains Blanke. "However, the plankton is too big for this; it is held back by the natural sieve structure. Thanks to the funnel shape, it then rolls toward the gullet, where it is collected until the fish swallows, which empties and cleans the system."

This principle prevents the filter from being blocked—instead of hitting the filter head-on, the fibers roll along it toward the gullet. The process is also highly effective, as it removes almost all of the plankton from the water. Both are aspects that a microplastic filter must also be able to deliver. The researchers thus replicated the gill arch system. In doing so, they varied both the mesh size of the sieve structure and the opening angle of the funnel.

"We have thus found a combination of parameters that enable our filter to separate more than 99% of the microplastics out of the water but not become blocked," says Hamann. To achieve this, the team used not only experiments but also computer simulations. The filter modeled on nature does not contain any elaborate mechanics and should thus be very inexpensive to manufacture.

The microplastics that it filters out of the washing water collect in the filter outlet and are then suctioned away several times a minute. According to the researcher, who has now moved to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, they could then, for example, be pressed in the machine to remove the remaining water. The plastic pellet created in this manner could then be removed every few dozen washes and disposed of with general waste.

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