Comment You'd almost think... (Score 2) 87
Flock being misused or abused; a botched execution in Tennessee; Trump continuing to block CNN despite a court order... you might almost think there's something wrong with the American legal system.
Comment Re:Uah no (Score 1) 128
I would not. But then again, I'm old-school and retired, so I get to develop the way I want, not the way some corporate bean-counter wants.
Comment Re: If they are thermally efficient enough (Score 1) 118
The ISS is a closer example of how you can build something large with brute force. It's actually a smidge over 100m on the longest dimension, and it took 40 dedicated individual launches and cost $60bn to assemble.
For comparison, Starlink V3 satellites have a solar array wingspan of 70 meters.
https://www.cctvmanuals.com/20...
See also https://grokipedia.com/page/St...
They are, of course, technology that is about 40 years later than the ISS design
Comment Re:Uah no (Score 0) 128
Yep. The announcement had the smell of "vibe-coded" and the GitHub repo confirms it.
No thanks.
Comment Re:Hopefully Sam Altman has ... (Score 1) 52
So can I say: "I did not shoot him, my gun only ejected the bullet at high speed when the trigger was pulled, which is what the thing is made for."
Submission + - Google tests AI processor in space (npr.org)
Geoffrey.landis writes: Google just put a satellite testing AI chips into space. The refrigerator-sized satellite is part of a research project, "Suncatcher," the company hopes can pave the way for orbiting AI data centers powered by the sun. The prototype satellite has four specialty chips in it called Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs, that Google designed for machine learning and has already deployed in data centers on Earth. The chips will run a version of the company's Gemma AI model for 15 minutes at a time due to heat management constraints, using the open weight model to answer simple queries. In a blog post, Google said the mission will gauge how the TPUs handle "the physical stress of spaceflight and the radiation and thermal extremes of space." The satellite launched October 1 is a prototype that Travis Beals, senior director and lead of Project Suncatcher, called "a very minimal test" to make sure the chips can run in space. A SpaceX rocket carried it into orbit, and Planet will get it up and running. Beal said Google will then fire up and test the TPUs. The goal is for the mission to be operational for a year.
Comment Re: A small remote... (Score 1) 30
The Kobo remote has a wrist strap you can use, so you won't lose it.
And it takes a standard AAA battery, so you can have one on standby if it's really important. I use rechargeable AAA batteries to keep the cost down.
Comment Hopefully Sam Altman has ... (Score 1) 52
turned himself in at a local police station saying that he is the head of a criminal hacking organisation and that he should be arrested and the rest of Open AI shut down with immediate effect.
No ? If your are rich enough the normal rules increasingly do not apply to you.
Comment Re:Sure, why not (Score 1) 30
I have a Kobo Clara too and I love it, despite the lack of physical buttons. However, I finally caved and bought the remote and I'm surprised by how much it improves the experience. I stand the Kobo up and can read while I eat breakfast or supper and not worry about getting food on the e-reader.
I want nothing to do with Amazon, so a Kindle for me is out of the question.
Comment Well, I suppose that compared to Trump ... (Score 3, Insightful) 66
most AI is Super Intelligent.
Comment Re:Taste matters. (Score 1) 159
So the answer is: If you want to sell a product that contains fresh peeled bananas, don't expose them to oxygen. Fill the packaging with nitrogen, as is done for potato chips to slow down the oil from going rancid.
Comment Re:But why? (Score 1) 159
They could vacuum-pack the product or fill it the package with nitrogen. No oxygen = no browning.
They already fill potato chip bags with nitrogen to stop the oil from going rancid.
Comment Re:Worse. Rounded VIEWPORT (Score 1) 163
I'm not seeing that. Lots of rounded GUI elements, but the viewport (meaning where the actual web content is displayed) is still a rectangle for me.
I kind of like the new look, but it's
Comment What is the need for "AI" in this ? (Score 2) 161
Price comparison has been going on for years; just send someone round to nearby stores with a pen & clipboard; collate the results and set prices.
"AI" is just the latest type of magic pixie dust that is used to wow people that something great is going on.
Comment But why? (Score 1) 159
When I buy bananas, I don't peel them until I'm ready to eat them. And when I do peel a banana, I eat it in one sitting.
If they're a little bit brown, it's no big deal... they're still fine for eating. And if they're very brown and mushy, they're still usable for making banana bread. I don't understand the phobia against a little bit of browning.
