I would imagine there are already many encrypted password repositories, acquired through breaches, just waiting to be cracked when the quantum hardware is up to the task. There's not much that the new encryption algorithms can do about that particular issue.

Who said anything about this being a watershed moment? It's just one of many signs of cognitive decline exhibited by this administration in the past 12 months.

The PAEA mandate on the postal service was lifted 3 years ago.

Your larger point remains though. The GOP is determined to kill the postal service. The GOP's obsession with the postal service being profitable is stupid. It's right there in the name: it's a service provided by government. You don't see anybody insisting your local fire department show a profit at the end of the year.

The fact that somebody in the white house thought this was a good idea is a sign of severe cognitive decline on the part of the people in charge.

You can bet this US administration is taking careful notes. Where Putin goes, Trump follows.

Ok. Let us know when you've calculated 314 trillion digits with your hand calculator.

I just checked it on my TI calculator and confirmed the digits are correct.

Are you saying Apple didn't contact to you learn what your needs are when they designed the Neo? You're right, I can see how that means they've made a terrible mistake.

So, you're arguing that it's bad that a computer does a good job of doing the things you want it to do?

I've seen estimates of the cost of the most recent AWS outage of hundreds of millions of dollars. It's going to be a very long time before the benefits of AI in Amazon's operations outweigh the costs.

The number of international exhibitors were down at both NAMM and CES in January. It was especially striking at NAMM in Anaheim. This is looking like a distinct trend.

Let me get this straight. You think Trump is funneling all that money into the pockets of his cronies out of the goodness of his heart, and not because that money will find its way back to him?

Personal enrichment is the primary purpose of this presidency (staying out of jail is a close second).

The A18 Pro would have been considered a supercomputer-class processor not too long ago.

The government is completely incompetent for letting petty personal grievances by the DOD negotiator subvert the Anthropic deal. (NYT has a good article about what happened).

OpenAI is also completely incompetent. Somebody who rushes into sloppy decisions like this is not the kind of person you want in charge of important technology like this.