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Comment Re:Trump kills windmill projects (Score 1) 184

Lord Trumpkin just killed another windmill program off Maryland that was ready to go live. The project was built, partially with Dutch energy company investors, and was in the process of plugging into the grid when killed by POTUS.

That's not correct. I live in MD, and the offshore wind farm has not broken ground (water) . They may have built some infrastructure on land, but the actual turbines have not begun construction. Perhaps there is a different project that was about to connect to the grid and was cancelled, but it is NOT the MD one.

Comment Re:Radio shop (Score 1) 64

I currently work in a radio shop. Modern 2-way radios are software defined radios (SDR's), not the old crystal oscillator technology. Encryption is just another feature you can buy and install in the radio. Encrypted and un-encrypted radios are the same hardware now, so they are no harder to repair and they operate exactly the same. There is no delay when using encryption.

This would be like making an assessment of today's computing technology by using experiences from the 1990's.

Yes, there are old and insecure encryption schemes available for LMR (Land Mobile Radio), but they are not in use by competent operators.

Comment Re:How does youtube benefit from this scam? (Score 1) 98

The problem is youtube/google is claiming they practice moderation but they don't. Even after content is reported for being illegal like in this case it gets to stay. Instead google is using moderation as an excuse for practicing editorializing instead which wasn't the intent of 230.

I'm curious what you think "unaffiliated" means, since whatever nefarious party is stealing Steve's likeness is definitely posting content on youtube.

Comment Re:Wasn't an offensive joke (Score 2) 162

The AP article added the context of the joke, which didn't make it funny but subjectively I would agree that it was non-serious. One does not passively say "kill all x" after accused of being one of x in a group chat with friends because she is serious.

A manual review and some minor counseling would have solved this problem, but apparently nobody in a position of leadership understood the point of this software.

Comment Re:Forget the AI! (Score 1) 162

Better yet throw them in jail without an opportunity to speak to their lawyer or friends/family. It's too optimistic to think that these cockroaches will be removed from positions of authority, but we can at least give them a dose of their own medicine so they can see how harmful it is.

Comment Re:bully comeuppance AI software (Score 3, Interesting) 162

Just as likely that she was the one being bullied. IDK why you would assume that an incompetent software package being implemented wrongly by a public district would have been correct. This claim that it was all done automatically without any human intervention is also just wrong. There's no way to perform an arrest without the officers involved making a determination of probable cause.

"Hurr durr, computer said you're guilty" isn't a defense.

Comment Re:Why does Microsoft want your data so bad? (Score 2) 70

They likely are stealing personal data and selling it to marketing companies, but the absurdly overpriced cloud storage is free money too. You could buy a 10TB HDD for $100 and use it for 5 years for an annual cost of $20/yr plus about $20 power cost, or you could pay MS for 1TB of cloud storage for $100/yr or $500 for 1/10th the storage and significantly worse performance.

It's pretty likely that if you use your storage for an encrypted container you're going to get banned too, so the cost is even higher when you realize everything is duplicated with other users.

Comment Re: FTFY (Score 2) 70

The requirements are arbitrary. Windows 11 doesn't require memory protection unless it's on an intel processor, and it doesn't matter if the implementation is broken. Windows 11 also requires these security features to be available but doesn't require signed drivers to be compatible with them so it's highly likely that even if your system meets all the enhanced security requirements, they'll need to be disabled due to bad hardware or incompatible drivers.

None of this rules out malicious or fraudulent intent. It's possible that the arbitrary requirements are being driven because some beancounter has guessed that new computer sales kickbacks will earn them more than direct retail license sales.

Comment Re: "COURAGE" and all that (Score 1) 21

They got to collect 30% of developers money for 20 years and will likely only be required to refund a tiny fraction. This isn't a mistake its weaponized disregard for what's right. Apple is only starting to follow the rules now after they were threatened with criminal contempt, that's how little their cost is of flaunting the law.

Comment wrong assumption leads to wrong conclusion (Score 1) 115

Meat and Dairy aren't being overproduced or overconsumed, even if they have risks, they are standing against the biggest problems facing world health. Dieticians might be asking people to replace meat and dairy with asparagus and quinoa but people are fat and malnourished because they're eating too much corn and other low nutrition density, high calorie foods.

This stands as a good reminder that if your assumption is that everyone else is wrong there's a good chance it's actually you.

Comment 5045M (Score 1) 30

Given the 5090 has over 21000 cuda cores this is more like a 5045 with half the compute capacity, a quarter of the power limits and around 70% the memory/bus.

I guess on the plus side there's no 12v high fire connector to worry about because these chips are mb integrated and wouldn't draw enough power to worry about anyway.

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