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Comment Re:Fine (Score 2) 32

Someone on the email list said it can give a 6-8% performance boost because the pointers are half the size so you get better cache utilization. For some uses that's going to be a noticeable win.

That said, I've never heard of any software using it rather than just requiring a faster CPU.

Comment Weird (Score 2) 83

> As evidence has grown that inflammation, metabolism and mental health may be far more connected than scientists once believed,

I remember some bloogers talking about how many of our health problems were caused by persistent inflammation years ago. But The Science said they were cranks.

Weird.

Comment Re:Lithium isn't rare, and it is important (Score 3, Informative) 51

LiFePO4 is much safer, but has a lower energy density. It's great for in-house battery backup, less so for verhicles and probably a non-starter for planes.

Where traditional lithium batteries spout flames if punctured and lead to thermal runaway, LiFePO4 mostly just spew noxious gases which can be vented and don't cause nearby cells to ignite.

Comment Re:Meta has an AI? (Score 1) 51

With the growing ability to run local models at home on your own hardware, especially if you have Apple Silicon computers....I'm wondering if soon we'll see a LARGE drop in subscriptions to the Frontier models?

From what I'm seeing these local models can do what about 98% of the populace needs....and you aren't sharing your data with a corporation that is just sucking up all your data into their AI?

Comment Re:eh (Score 1) 47

NATO literally puts weapons on trains and trucks and ships them into Ukraine. If things get spicy, China will blockade Taiwan on day one and no ship or plane will get through.

Also, Ukraine had the most powerful military in Europe when Russia invaded. Taiwan's military is weak and notoriously corrupt.

Comment Re:At what point will they get a private army? (Score 1) 47

There's nothing they can buy which can compete with Chinese factories churning out missiles and launching them from the parking lot outside the factory. All these fantasies about the Super-Dumper American Navy protecting Plucky Taiwan from Hitler Xi area complete nonsense because China can massively out-produce the US in weaponry and they'd be fighting on their own doorstep rather than thousands of miles away.

Comment Re:They must not think China is going to take Taiw (Score -1) 47

1. The US can't defend Taiwan from China without attacking the Chinese mainland. Which leads to a collapse of the global economy and nuclear war.
2. Taiwan will join China sooner or later because their future is with China, not the US. Xi is well aware of this, which is why he's in no hurry to invade.

Comment Re:Life? (Score 1) 197

It's not because you were born different than me. Your body adapts to however you eat. It responds well to your typical diet because that's what it's used to. If you switch to a different diet there will be a short period of your body being confused and telling you to go back to what it knows. Then it will adapt to the new diet, and you'll find eating healthy food feels great.

I consider my regular diet to be for the most part Healthy!!

My blood work numbers verify this...

I like veggies, I try to eat what's in season, I mix this in with a very LOW carb diet...ditching most all grains and leaning Keto towards the carnivore side of things.

I like to cook and most all I consume is cooked from scratch.

Comment Re:What is it with surveillance? (Score 1) 95

Someone rapes your mother, and the police know who it was (and thus his license), but they don't know where he is.

Are you seriously going to argue "it doesn't matter if we could catch your mother's rapist using new technology"?

No..what matters is they get a fucking warrant to then access any information they want.

They should not just have dragnet type data to they can just look through to find a crime.....they should need probably cause, and get warrants....you know, like the US Constitution says?

Comment Re:It's not the government (Score -1, Troll) 95

It's owned and operated by private companies in the US because US laws make it difficult for the government to introduce the surveillance state directly. All across Europe these cameras are just owned directly by the government.

> This is what happens when you let a handful of people have too much power.

Yes. This is why we need to get rid of 99% of government.

Without which, the billionaire oligarchs couldn't function.

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