Comment Re:Wish someone would make a USB capability box (Score 1) 155
You mean like this one,
https://www.passmark.com/produ...
Comment IBM claim quantum supremacy never happened (Score 1) 9
Quote:
"The term “quantum supremacy,” as proposed by John Preskill in 2012, was to describe the point where quantum computers can do things that classical computers can’t, this threshold has not been met."
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/rese...
Comment Re:RIP (Score 2) 11
It's a shame that these days, we are focused on hyper-specialization and don't see these sort of polymaths.
Submission + - WebKit introduces new tracking prevention policy (webkit.org)
AmiMoJo writes: WebKit, the open source HTML engine used by Apple's Safari browser and a number of others, has created a new policy on tracking prevention. The short version is that many forms of tracking will now be treated the same way as security flaws, being blocked or mitigated with no exceptions.
While on-site tracking will still be allowed (and is practically impossible to prevent anyway), all forms of cross-site tracking and covert tracking will be actively and aggressively blocked.
While on-site tracking will still be allowed (and is practically impossible to prevent anyway), all forms of cross-site tracking and covert tracking will be actively and aggressively blocked.
Is Believing In Meritocracy Bad For You? (fastcompany.com) 480
An anonymous reader quotes Fast Company:
Although widely held, the belief that merit rather than luck determines success or failure in the world is demonstrably false. This is not least because merit itself is, in large part, the result of luck. Talent and the capacity for determined effort, sometimes called "grit," depend a great deal on one's genetic endowments and upbringing.
This is to say nothing of the fortuitous circumstances that figure into every success story. In his book Success and Luck, the U.S. economist Robert Frank recounts the long-shots and coincidences that led to Bill Gates's stellar rise as Microsoft's founder, as well as to Frank's own success as an academic. Luck intervenes by granting people merit, and again by furnishing circumstances in which merit can translate into success. This is not to deny the industry and talent of successful people. However, it does demonstrate that the link between merit and outcome is tenuous and indirect at best. According to Frank, this is especially true where the success in question is great, and where the context in which it is achieved is competitive. There are certainly programmers nearly as skilful as Gates who nonetheless failed to become the richest person on Earth. In competitive contexts, many have merit, but few succeed. What separates the two is luck.
In addition to being false, a growing body of research in psychology and neuroscience suggests that believing in meritocracy makes people more selfish, less self-critical, and even more prone to acting in discriminatory ways.
The article cites a pair of researchers who "found that, ironically, attempts to implement meritocracy leads to just the kinds of inequalities that it aims to eliminate.
"They suggest that this 'paradox of meritocracy' occurs because explicitly adopting meritocracy as a value convinces subjects of their own moral bona fides."
This is to say nothing of the fortuitous circumstances that figure into every success story. In his book Success and Luck, the U.S. economist Robert Frank recounts the long-shots and coincidences that led to Bill Gates's stellar rise as Microsoft's founder, as well as to Frank's own success as an academic. Luck intervenes by granting people merit, and again by furnishing circumstances in which merit can translate into success. This is not to deny the industry and talent of successful people. However, it does demonstrate that the link between merit and outcome is tenuous and indirect at best. According to Frank, this is especially true where the success in question is great, and where the context in which it is achieved is competitive. There are certainly programmers nearly as skilful as Gates who nonetheless failed to become the richest person on Earth. In competitive contexts, many have merit, but few succeed. What separates the two is luck.
In addition to being false, a growing body of research in psychology and neuroscience suggests that believing in meritocracy makes people more selfish, less self-critical, and even more prone to acting in discriminatory ways.
The article cites a pair of researchers who "found that, ironically, attempts to implement meritocracy leads to just the kinds of inequalities that it aims to eliminate.
"They suggest that this 'paradox of meritocracy' occurs because explicitly adopting meritocracy as a value convinces subjects of their own moral bona fides."
Submission + - AmigaOS 3.1.4 released for classic Amiga (hyperion-entertainment.com)
Mike Bouma writes:
The new, cleaned-up, polished Amiga operating system for your 68K machine fixes all the small annoyances that have piled up over the years. Originally intended as a bug-fix release, it also modernizes many system components previously upgraded in OS 3.9.
Contrary to its modest revision number, AmigaOS 3.1.4 is arguably as large an upgrade as OS 3.9 was, and surpasses it in stability and robustness. Over 320K of release notes cover almost every aspect of your favourite classic AmigaOS — from bootmenu to datatypes.
Comment The missing mass... (Score 1) 58
The missing mass...
Be honest...
It's all AOL CDROMs, isn't it?
Comment Re: ..very upset when... (Score 1) 233
I would be very surprised if you could demonstrate the existence of any modifiable software running on the internal processors of the inverters and the AND gates that has not been made freely available under extremely permissive licence.
I'd be surprised if you could demonstrate the same thing for embedded devices not designed to be modified or updated by users -- no matter their complexity.
Comment I was personally very upset when... (Score 2) 233
I was personally very upset when Motorola refused to provide me a software update for a device, designed for both long-term and short-term use!
It was an SN74LS139N Motorola Dual Decoder 2-4 Line Plastic TTL chip.
How dare they deny me software updates for this chip containing two inverters and four AND gates!
I don't give a damn that they designed it for embedded use, I should be able to update the software running on it!
Right?
Comment Re:Please for the love of god (Score 1) 726
I quote Rush too:
A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride
Obviously the band has other songs, but Tom Sawyer is just a classic.
Comment I blame increasing dental visits. (Score 1) 41
I blame increasing dental visits.
The NHS just had an anniversary that was highly publicized, and it's clear people are finally doing something about their manibles, maxilla, and teeth, all of which would throw this sort of thing off.
Comment We have 64 bits virtual. (Score 1) 123
We have 64 bits virtual.
Just don't put processes in intersecting address spaces; we already slide them arounbd with ASLR; adding negaffinity is not that hard a modification.
No TLB intersections, no issues.
Yes, performance will be reduced due to not having any page sharing whatsoever.
Alternate fix: stop using hypervisors.
Comment Re:Subcategories include... (Score 1) 159
Only three subcategories?
lol, psychology n00b.
Missing the "..."?
lol, punctuation n00b.
Comment Now if only... (Score 1) 383
Now if only they'd cut off Windows 10 support for newer computers...
Comment Not unless they fix ... (Score 1) 104
Not unless they fix
Their notoriously bad memory bandwidth in the redesign.
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