Comment Internet2 (Score 1) 62
What happened to that?
Submission + - Tech-Brah Sam Altman Wants All RAM For AI (tomshardware.com)
Gilmoure writes: Looks like OpenAI CEO wants to own all the computing resources and rent out terminals to the world, as a way of propping up his business plan now that debt ridden AI companies are teetering on the edge.
Altman's talk suggests that the company would prefer that more RAM go to OpenAI's data centers rather than home computers, which also sparks enthusiast fears of not being able to own your own hardware or software, but rather rent an agent and a computer in the cloud.
Comment Re:Software QA is hard... (Score 1) 12
MS doesn't even have QA testers anymore. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Micr...
Comment Re:$1,999 for a phone? (Score 1) 68
Isn't SE limited like slow speed, low memory, etc.? I had to replace my 12 mini because of them. Some games really are killers.
Comment Re:$1,999 for a phone? (Score 2) 68
Bring back the smaller and lighter iPhones like minis and SEs!
Submission + - 25 Years Later, a Palm OS Developer Opens His Development Archive (github.com)
ardiri writes: Palm OS developer Aaron Ardiri (slashdot.org/~ardiri) has released approximately 1 GB of historical Palm OS development resources, accumulated during the early days of handheld computing and preserved on hard drive backups for more than 25 years. The collection includes historical SDKs, developer conference presentations, technical documentation, programming examples, limited source code, and development utilities. ROM images, commercial applications, and simulator binaries have deliberately been excluded.
Ardiri previously published the source code for his Palm OS and VTOS projects, including work exploring the capabilities of early handheld devices. This latest release expands those preservation efforts beyond his own software, making a broader collection of development resources available to the retrocomputing community. The archive is available at https://github.com/ardiri/dev-... and is intended for historical preservation, education, and research, particularly as enthusiasts continue working to maintain, emulate, and revive the platform (available at https://www.ardiri.com./
Ardiri has also written an auto-biography and shas started explored the engineering principles behind these systems in his books, including Inside the Machine, which examines computer architecture from fundamental logic through modern computing systems. At a time when much of the early mobile development ecosystem has disappeared into defunct websites and aging backups, this collection offers another opportunity to preserve the tools and knowledge that helped define an important era of personal computing.
Ardiri previously published the source code for his Palm OS and VTOS projects, including work exploring the capabilities of early handheld devices. This latest release expands those preservation efforts beyond his own software, making a broader collection of development resources available to the retrocomputing community. The archive is available at https://github.com/ardiri/dev-... and is intended for historical preservation, education, and research, particularly as enthusiasts continue working to maintain, emulate, and revive the platform (available at https://www.ardiri.com./
Ardiri has also written an auto-biography and shas started explored the engineering principles behind these systems in his books, including Inside the Machine, which examines computer architecture from fundamental logic through modern computing systems. At a time when much of the early mobile development ecosystem has disappeared into defunct websites and aging backups, this collection offers another opportunity to preserve the tools and knowledge that helped define an important era of personal computing.
Submission + - IMF Warns of the real AI threat: Debt (imf.org)
databasecowgirl writes: Along with the dangers of continuing cyberattacks, the IMF reports that the threat of an AI market crash is putting the global markets at risk.
Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected.
Three salient risks could trigger a sharp tightening of financial conditions and market turmoil. Weaker or less durable investment and profitability in artificial intelligence could lead to a correction in AI-related asset prices, amplified by rising leverage and concentrated exposures. Resurgent inflation or fiscal concerns could drive a sharp rise in sovereign bond yields, with potentially broad repercussions across financial markets. Meanwhile, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats pose growing risks as finance becomes more digital and interconnected.
Comment Re:Mostly trash (Score 2) 56
I used to Discovery for its new MythBusters episodes. After the series ended, Discovery is useless. They used to have documentaries too back in its old days.
Comment Re:I quit stealing cars (Score 1) 90
So, steal parking. DUH!
Comment Kelvin timeline. (Score 4, Funny) 84
I hate this timeline.
Comment Re:Try this simple query (Score 1) 115
"I only help with official U.S. government information and services.
If you have a question about a federal benefit, agency, or how-to (passports, taxes, Social Security, veteransâ(TM) services, and similar), ask that and I can look it up."
I guess it got removed.
Comment Re:People still use reddit? (Score 2) 104
Nah, we went to back to usenet, FidoNet, etc.
Submission + - Trump hosts AI CEOs about safety standards and renames AI "super-intelligence"
hcs_$reboot writes: Trump hosted the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Nvidia and other tech companies at the White House. They agreed to voluntary AI-safety standards, including independent audits and safeguards against AI systems accessing or hacking technical systems in unintended ways. Trump also strongly backed continued rapid expansion of AI data centers, despite concerns over their electricity use and impact on local communities. He said he may create a 10-member board to oversee AI safety and plans to appoint a new White House AI-policy official.
The meeting comes amid growing concerns about AI agents behaving unpredictably and public pressure for stronger safeguards. A Reuters/Ipsos poll cited by Reuters found 73% of Americans felt AI companies had not done enough to prevent serious harm.
During the meeting, Trump also said he prefers to call AI “super-intelligence” rather than artificial intelligence.
The meeting comes amid growing concerns about AI agents behaving unpredictably and public pressure for stronger safeguards. A Reuters/Ipsos poll cited by Reuters found 73% of Americans felt AI companies had not done enough to prevent serious harm.
During the meeting, Trump also said he prefers to call AI “super-intelligence” rather than artificial intelligence.
Comment Re:Underestimated The Cost of A Life (Score 1) 125
One time $10K is low. How about $10K per day? I will take that!
Comment Re:Thanks for reminding me... (Score 1) 75
Ooh yeah. That's a good one. Remember THEM!?
