Comment What a waste of taxpayer dollars (Score 0) 123
we didn't need any investigation like this. much less a months long one.
everyone knows by now the corners cut, the console joystick, no redundancies.
ofc it was preventable.
Comment Re: Yeah it kind of is. (Score 2) 87
"That means a DEI hire is almost always better than a non-DEI hire"
maybe in your dreams.
you have two candidates for a job, a qualified one and one you are hiring for marketing and quota.
and you are saying that the one hired for marketing an quota is almost always better.
yeah sure.
Comment Re:Optional kernel feature? (Score -1, Flamebait) 40
what a stupid pedantic distinction
Submission + - TikTok is censoring anti-Trump content (newsweek.com)
smooth wombat writes: After going dark for 12 hours in response to a U.S. law saying it must divest from Chinese ownership, TikTok came back on line when the new administration took office. However, once up and running, users found one unexpected change. Anti-Trump content is now being censored. Words, phrases, and videos which were readily accessible pre-blackout were now unavailable or being removed entirely.
A post on X, formerly Twitter, which has received 4.5 million views at the time of reporting, claims that "TikTok is now region locking Americans from looking up things like "fascism" and "Donald Trump rigged election"."
The post includes two screenshots of the TikTok app. The screenshot is of the search page, and in both the search term is "Donald Trump rigged election." The post states that: "On the left are results from a device in America, and on the right are results from one in the UK."
The post on the left shows a results page stating "No results found," while on the left it shows two videos of the President.
Another post from the account Dustin Genereux said that, "Censorship on TikTok is at an all time high with accounts being deleted, posts going back years being flagged, people losing access to the creator fund for saying anything Anti-Trump, MAGA, Elon, etc. But free speech and all that right?"
A post on X, formerly Twitter, which has received 4.5 million views at the time of reporting, claims that "TikTok is now region locking Americans from looking up things like "fascism" and "Donald Trump rigged election"."
The post includes two screenshots of the TikTok app. The screenshot is of the search page, and in both the search term is "Donald Trump rigged election." The post states that: "On the left are results from a device in America, and on the right are results from one in the UK."
The post on the left shows a results page stating "No results found," while on the left it shows two videos of the President.
Another post from the account Dustin Genereux said that, "Censorship on TikTok is at an all time high with accounts being deleted, posts going back years being flagged, people losing access to the creator fund for saying anything Anti-Trump, MAGA, Elon, etc. But free speech and all that right?"
Comment Re:Who, indeed? (Score 1) 67
you mean like apple with Mac OS ? apple being the pinnacle of closed source, and last I checked went from x86 to ARM.
yeah a really silly premise.
Comment Re:Sorry Elon, that's not how it works. (Score 1) 163
no, no they don't
closing their offices essentialy means they do not operate in that country.
if the country wants to block access to it they are free to do so, but the onus of doing so is on them
Submission + - Robert Dennard, Inventor of DRAM, Dies at 91
necro81 writes: Robert Dennard was working at IBM in the 1960s when he invented a way to store one bit using a single transistor and capacitor. The technology became dynamic random access memory (DRAM), which when implemented using the emerging technology of silicon integrated circuits, helped catapult computing by leaps and bounds. The first commercial DRAM chips in the late 1960s held just 1024 bits; today's DDR5 modules hold hundreds of billions.
Dr. Robert H. Dennard passed away last month at age 91. (alternate link)
In the 1970s he helped guide technology roadmaps for the ever-shrinking feature size of lithography, enabling the early years of Moore's Law. He wrote a seminal paper in 1974 relating feature size and power consumption that is now referred to as Dennard Scaling. His technological contributions earned him numerous awards, and accolades from the National Academy of Engineering, IEEE, and the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
Dr. Robert H. Dennard passed away last month at age 91. (alternate link)
In the 1970s he helped guide technology roadmaps for the ever-shrinking feature size of lithography, enabling the early years of Moore's Law. He wrote a seminal paper in 1974 relating feature size and power consumption that is now referred to as Dennard Scaling. His technological contributions earned him numerous awards, and accolades from the National Academy of Engineering, IEEE, and the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
Comment Re:The EU needs to come down hard on Apple over th (Score 1) 81
there are exactly 0 rules being flouted here.
this is simply the classic malicious compliance route.
Comment Re:Seems highly qualified comparison, M3 Air only (Score 1) 147
wouldnt that by definition be unfair competition for Apple ?
this sound like "we recognize we don't want massive monopolies and won't allow anymore. but we'll keep the ones we have now cos we like our idevices"
Comment Re:Seems highly qualified comparison, M3 Air only (Score 1) 147
wtf are you talking about? my old surface 3 is still going strong, recieving updates to this date. my xbox 360 is still totally usable and so is my xbox one.
this is WAY more than I can say for my MBP 17 Retina, which apple decided it wouldnt run more modern versions for intel years ago (OFC said OSX/MacOS worked flawlessly when sideloaded as a hackintosh)
Comment Re:Now Boarding: The Hype Train (Score 1) 147
I think they are just targeting the M3 Air because it's priced at the price the Snapdragon Surface will sit at.
Is there a CPU difference between the M3 Air and the M3 macbook (non Pro / Max chip) ?
Comment Re:Predictable (Score 5, Insightful) 231
this is not only in the Airline industry.
it's happen all over, it's just more visible when a brand new 737 Max 9 falls out of the sky because of this. (or a supposedly bolted down bulkhead door)
Submission + - Florida Man Sues G.M. and LexisNexis Over Sale of His Cadillac Data (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader writes: When Romeo Chicco tried to get auto insurance in December, seven different companies rejected him. When he eventually obtained insurance, it was nearly double the rate he was previously paying. According to a federal complaint filed this week seeking class-action status, it was because his 2021 Cadillac XT6 had been spying on him. Modern cars have been called “smartphones with wheels,” because they are connected to the internet and packed with sensors and cameras. According to the complaint, an agent at Liberty Mutual told Mr. Chicco that he had been rejected because of information in his “LexisNexis report.” LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a data broker, has traditionally kept tabs for insurers on drivers’ moving violations, prior insurance coverage and accidents.
When Mr. Chicco requested his LexisNexis file, it contained details about 258 trips he had taken in his Cadillac over the past six months. His file included the distance he had driven, when the trips started and ended, and an accounting of any speeding and hard braking or accelerating. The data had been provided by General Motors — the manufacturer of his Cadillac. In a complaint against General Motors and LexisNexis Risk Solutions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Chicco accused the companies of violation of privacy and consumer protection laws. The lawsuit followsa report by The New York Timesthat, unknown to consumers, automakers have been sharing information on their driving behavior with the insurance industry, resulting in increased insurance rates for some drivers. LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and another data broker called Verisk, claim to have real-world driving behavior from millions of cars.
When Mr. Chicco requested his LexisNexis file, it contained details about 258 trips he had taken in his Cadillac over the past six months. His file included the distance he had driven, when the trips started and ended, and an accounting of any speeding and hard braking or accelerating. The data had been provided by General Motors — the manufacturer of his Cadillac. In a complaint against General Motors and LexisNexis Risk Solutions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Chicco accused the companies of violation of privacy and consumer protection laws. The lawsuit followsa report by The New York Timesthat, unknown to consumers, automakers have been sharing information on their driving behavior with the insurance industry, resulting in increased insurance rates for some drivers. LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and another data broker called Verisk, claim to have real-world driving behavior from millions of cars.
Comment Re:Yes this is exactly what the environment needs (Score 1) 143
meant everyone IN OFFICE, but idk maybe i meant everyone everyone
Comment Yes this is exactly what the environment needs (Score 1) 143
Let's make up shit and declare it toxic to the environment so we can clean that and feel that we did something positive.
Let's also make it carcinogenous and declare that it contains peanuts.
Idk exactly when it started but suddenly everyone feels so much stupider than they used to.
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