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Comment Re:Was anyone looking to build there anyway? (Score 4, Informative) 32

Was anyone looking to build a data center in Seattle in the first place?

Yes.

According to the Seattle Times, in April "four companies approached Seattle City Light about building five large data centers with a combined maximum demand of 369 megawatts — roughly one-third of what the city uses on an average day".

Comment What I heard is (Score 2, Funny) 119

I heard that the Chinese Embassy on Monday accused the U.S. of "overstretching the concept of national security and making discriminatory lists to go after Chinese companies." It said Chinese companies observe the laws and regulations of the countries where they do business. "The U.S. should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies," the embassy said in a statement.

I also heard that the Chinese Embassy on Monday accused the U.S. of "overstretching the concept of national security and making discriminatory lists to go after Chinese companies." It said Chinese companies observe the laws and regulations of the countries where they do business. "The U.S. should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies," the embassy said in a statement.

Comment Re:If Russia can, they would... (Score 2) 152

the war was won on the Eastern Front where millions of Soviet soldiers died wiping out most of Germany's best forces.

While there is truth in that, you might also want to look further into where much of that "Soviet" weaponry came from.

Stalin thought they would have lost the war if it wasn't for US weapons manufacturing and Lend-Lease.

Comment Re:THIS is what we want from Mozilla/Firefox!! (Score 1) 8

>"This, the PDF handling and the screenshot features is what I want to see from Firefox."

Well, we have had the PDF handling and screenshot features in Firefox for a long time. And I do like them both.

Having Vulkan support is very welcome. Although I admit I dumped NVidia a long time ago. All my machines are either AMD GPU or Intel, and both work fine with VA-API. I think only mostly NVidia being an issue with using VA-API (and maybe some ARM systems).

Submission + - Apple Announces macOS Golden Gate 27, Drops Support For Intel Macs (appleinsider.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Apple has unveiled its next Mac operating system, macOS Golden Gate, with Apple promising better performance, the improved Siri, and more. The new macOS 27 has been revealed during the WWDC 2026 opening keynote, and while not as substantial a new release as macOS Tahoe, it does bring some key new features to the Mac. It also continues Apple's edging of its platforms closer together, with more iPhone features making their way to macOS.

Specifically, the Mac is part of the Apple ecosystem-wide child protection features, such as having parents limiting access to apps. But it also means that the Mac gains Siri AI, the new cross-platform update to Siri that promises to radically improve it. Instead of the old "Type to Siri" feature, users can now enter prompts into Spotlight. [...] Nonetheless, other than Siri AI, this release is refinement more than a departure. That means it does of course retain the Liquid Glass design look that was introduced in 2025.

On the surface, macOS Golden Gate is not as significant an upgrade as macOS Big Sur, or even macOS Tahoe with its Liquid Glass redesign. But under the surface, it is much more significant than it seems. Apple has chosen this release to draw a line in the sand. For the first time, the new macOS Golden Gate will not support Macs that have Intel processors. [...] Nonetheless, as of when this is released to the public in September or October, no Intel Macs will ever be supported again.

Comment Re:Easy way to go to prison (Score 2) 97

>"It requires, for example, that when you record a conversation, at least one party involved has given consent."

With one party consent, the person participating and recording knows it is being recorded so that is the single consent needed. I believe the law you are talking about is a third party recording multiple others who do not know they are being recorded. Like you recording a phone conversation between me and my friend, neither of us knowing you are doing it.

Now, a few states have two party consent laws, essentially meaning that everyone has to know they are being recorded.

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