Comment Re: Meanwhile on Debian.. (Score 1) 102
+1 Exactly right.
Comment Re: The cancer-causing risk is acetaldehyde (Score 1) 96
In what form do you take the magnesium? That's a lot of pumpkin seeds to get to your recommended level.
Comment Toyota knows their customers.., (Score 1) 137
and their customers aren't the EV crowd, and there's nothing wrong with that. People buy Toyotas for reliability, it's why I own one. My Toyota is 16 years old and has 250k miles. In 16 years, I've never had to repair anything, outside the standard maintenance services (oil changes, brakes, and tires). I'm gonna drive it to 300k and then buy the same thing that I have now but the hybrid version. After this experience, it would stupid to buy anything else.
Comment Re: Astonishing one company can do this (Score 2) 157
Is that the Dell XPS P31F with the 15inch screen? I have that laptop, it's from 2015, it's an absolute workhorse, it even has an Nvidia graphics chipset, though the power cord is a pain. No Windows 11 for that model as it only supports TPM 1.2 with no option to upgrade. Earlier this year I put Debian 12 with XFCE on it and never been happier. Much snappier user interface and no more Wifi dropouts with the improved linux drivers. My son reports that minecraft runs at double the frame rate versus running it under Windows. Many more years of usage for this perfectly good hardware.
Comment Re: It's going the way of RS232 (Score 1) 243
I continue to be surprised by this, but all of the IT issued desktops (but not laptops) at my company have one RS232 port with the DB9 connector. I never see the IT people use them so not sure why they are there, and I sometimes ask the young engineers whether they know what that DB9 connector is used for and they never do. I personally use them a lot for work with embedded software. Of course, one port is never enough, so USB-A to RS-232/UART converters are obligatory.
Comment Re: Critical Systems? (Score 1) 69
So that the control operators can WFH.
Submission + - Chinese PhD student arrested smuggling biological materials, deleting evidence (foxnews.com)
schwit1 writes: Federal authorities expose Chinese national's attempt to bring concealed worm specimens to American laboratory
"The alleged smuggling of biological materials by this alien from a science and technology university in Wuhan, China—to be used at a University of Michigan laboratory—is part of an alarming pattern that threatens our security," U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. said. "The American taxpayer should not be underwriting a PRC-based smuggling operation at one of our crucial public institutions."
This is less than a week after two Chinese nationals were arrested on federal charges for bringing 'head blight' fungus into US.
"The alleged smuggling of biological materials by this alien from a science and technology university in Wuhan, China—to be used at a University of Michigan laboratory—is part of an alarming pattern that threatens our security," U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. said. "The American taxpayer should not be underwriting a PRC-based smuggling operation at one of our crucial public institutions."
This is less than a week after two Chinese nationals were arrested on federal charges for bringing 'head blight' fungus into US.
Submission + - Caffeine Has a Weird Effect on Your Brain While You're Asleep (sciencealert.com) 1
alternative_right writes: Caffeine was shown to increase brain signal complexity, and shift the brain closer to a state of 'criticality', in tests run by researchers from the University of Montreal in Canada. This criticality refers to the brain being balanced between structure and flexibility, thought to be the most efficient state for processing information, learning, and making decisions.
Submission + - Your Brain Wrinkles Are Way More Important Than We Ever Realized (sciencealert.com) 2
alternative_right writes: The folds and ridges of the human brain are more complex than any other in the animal kingdom, and a new study shows that this complexity may be linked to the brain's level of connectivity and our reasoning abilities.
Comment Re: Write once, runs everywhere painfully (Score 5, Insightful) 100
No. Perl is the ultimate write once work everywhere tool. Especially for those who work in the embedded space who know that across all the diverse environments encountered when working with embedded devices over many decades, finding a Python interpreter is a rarity, while old reliable Perl is ubiquitous.
Comment Re: underperformers (Score 1) 55
+1, I think you just about nailed it on all points. wish I had mod points.
Comment texas instruments... (Score 1) 105
why not? they're big into (arm) processors, they could branch into intel arch and maybe gain some fab capacity for their existing arm products.
Submission + - China's EV sales set to overtake traditional cars years ahead of west (ft.com)
AmiMoJo writes: Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year, in a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western rivals.
China is set to smash international forecasts and Beijing’s official targets with domestic EV sales — including pure battery and plug-in hybrids — growing about 20 per cent year on year to more than 12mn cars in 2025, according to the latest estimates supplied to the Financial Times by four investment banks and research groups. The figure would be more than double the 5.9mn sold in 2022.
At the same time, sales of traditionally powered cars are expected to fall by more than 10 per cent next year to less than 11mn, reflecting a near 30 per cent plunge from 14.8mn in 2022.
China is set to smash international forecasts and Beijing’s official targets with domestic EV sales — including pure battery and plug-in hybrids — growing about 20 per cent year on year to more than 12mn cars in 2025, according to the latest estimates supplied to the Financial Times by four investment banks and research groups. The figure would be more than double the 5.9mn sold in 2022.
At the same time, sales of traditionally powered cars are expected to fall by more than 10 per cent next year to less than 11mn, reflecting a near 30 per cent plunge from 14.8mn in 2022.
Comment that's fine... (Score 1) 52
Russians, like everyone else, would be better off reading books, socializing with friends, or enjoying the outdoors than playing video games inside...
Submission + - China Tested Novel Stealth Jets, Launched New Class Amphibious Assault Ship (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Blurry images [and videos] of two seemingly new Chinese military aircraft with stealthy characteristics appeared online, with defense experts saying they were clearly advanced designs, but there was not enough detail for definitive conclusions. The larger of the two [tail-less] designs is roughly diamond-shaped, with three air intakes for its engines — two alongside the fuselage and one on top — an extremely unusual configuration. The smaller one has a more conventional layout. Both have the lack of 90-degree angles typical of stealth shaping, which is designed to reduce radar detection. Reuters confirmed a video showing the larger of the two new Chinese aircraft flying over Chengdu by matching nearby buildings, signage, logos and trees to satellite imagery and file images. The date could not be verified independently. Neither Chinese jet has an official designation that has been made public. Although the designs are novel relative to the rest of China's fleet, it is not possible to tell how stealthy they are, how maneuverable or fast they are, or what sort of "under the hood" avionics they carry — the sorts of detail needed to determine whether they are truly "next-generation" designs, five defense experts said. Separately, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua reported the People's Liberation Army Navy had launched its newest amphibious assault ship which has a full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons, features a double island superstructure, a full-length flight deck, and an electromagnetic catapult system allowing it to launch fixed-wing aircraft,
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