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Comment 2028 - No charger, no cable (Score 1) 55

by EvilSS (#65728226) Attached to: New MacBook Pro Does Not Include a Charger in the Box in Europe
Don't be surprised in 2028 when the EU bans bundling (vs. allowing selling units with or without, as long as without is an option) of not only the charger, but the cable as well:

By 28 December 2026, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the impact of the possibility to acquire radio equipment without any charging device and without cables, particularly with regard to consumer convenience, the reduction of environmental waste, behavioural changes and the development of market practices. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal to amend this Directive to introduce mandatory unbundling of the sale of charging devices and cables from the sale of radio equipment.’

Comment Re:Time to go back (Score 1) 68

by EvilSS (#65727772) Attached to: Reddit Cofounder Says 'Much of the Internet is Now Dead'
I sometimes wonder if going back to smaller enclaves with limited inter-connectivity (FidoNet/RelayNet for example) wouldn't be better for us than what we deal with today with global social media. Sure you would end up with lots of tiny echo chambers but at least their blast-radius on society at large would be greatly reduced. Sadly pretty sure that ship has sailed forever.

Comment EU Regulation (Score 1) 55

by EvilSS (#65726980) Attached to: New MacBook Pro Does Not Include a Charger in the Box in Europe
Here is the reason for the EU. As I understand it, the UK has a similar regulation in place or going in place:

https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/electrical-and-electronic-engineering-industries-eei/radio-equipment-directive-red/one-common-charging-solution-all_en

Unbundling the sale of a charger from the sale of the electronic device

Consumers are able to purchase a new electronic device without a new charger. This limits the number of chargers on the market or left unused. Reducing production and disposal of new chargers is estimated to reduce the amount of electronic waste by 980 tonnes yearly.

. Details can be found in this document: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/lega...

Comment Re:Is people really using notebooks for AI? (Score 2) 72

For coding Claude is still king but some LLMs like qwen-code are perfectly serviceable. For more general tasks they are getting pretty good. Not as good as the commercial models but you gain portability, offline use, privacy, and more flexibility (fewer guard rails to run into for example). As for real world, one use I have is a documentation script for cloud environments. I've added code to call out to a local LLM API endpoint to generate text blocks based on configuration sections. The config data can contain sensitive information about the environments so processing it with a local LLM was deemed the safest option.

Saves a ton of time even with error checking/corrections. Doing it in small chunks reduces errors but they still creep in so you do need to actually read the output.

Comment Re:My only complaint about AppleTV (Score 1) 42

by EvilSS (#65724320) Attached to: Apple Renames 'Apple TV+' To 'Apple TV'
Yea I hate the 8-10 episode seasons with huge gaps. I don't see the episode count changing anytime soon. 22+ episodes was part of the old-school first run then broadcast syndication model. Most of these shows will never see any syndication so they don't need to hit that 80 episode mark. Given the budget they are giving these shows, long seasons just are not coming back.

They are getting better at getting shows turned around faster. A few shows I watch are down to yearly releases this year. Hopefully that trend continues.

On Paramount....they're got Landman. Again, I'll probably be dead before the next season comes out.

I hope not. The new season starts Nov 16th.

Comment Re:I thought this could be good, until... (Score 1) 48

The have a non-screen connected version that will teach you all the solving algorithms and tricks. It's a normal cube with a BT connection to the app and can report back the panel positions (from a set starting point) as you move through the exercises. It's actually pretty slick.

Comment Re:The new closet. (Score 1) 82

They could however have mirrored the data in another location. Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket!

Heads will roll....

Heads will roll? Guess that depends on how many skeletons just burned up in that fire. Data centers are the new closet.

858TB? Might make someone wonder how big the Epstein video surveillance archive is. Or, was.

4 people have already been arrested for professional negligence: https://www.datacenterdynamics...

Comment Re:Cool, but .. (Score 0) 18

by EvilSS (#65709494) Attached to: Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

The three laureates conducted experiments with electrical circuits that demonstrated quantum mechanical tunneling and quantized energy levels in systems large enough to hold in the hand.

... you can hold a tunnel diode in your hand. And you can even buy them at Radio Shack.

So more science fraud in physics. Great.

Comment Re:The Itsukushima girl is an absolute Karen (Score 1) 96

by Tom (#65706482) Attached to: What Happens When AI Directs Tourists to Places That Don't Exist?

They had set out to descend after sunset, and I don't remember seeing any lights on the path. Even a paved road can be dangerous in pitch black.

This. I've had to descend a mountain as the sun was going down once (got stuck at the top due to weather for some time, and when it let up enough for a safe descent, it was late). It's absolutely not fun, even when there's still some light. Had it been dark, I think I would've taken my chances staying at the top rather than going down.

That said, anyone not a complete idiot checks things like "time of last cable car" a) in person, b) at the day, c) at the location. Because even there is an official website that is well-maintained (and that's already two big if's) things might change at the location due to weather, workers being ill, no tourists that day or whatever.

Also, checking in person means at least one other person knows that you're up there.

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