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Comment So complex there are no obvious problems... (Score 2) 83

... Or so simple there are obviously no problems. It seems we have lost the ability to do the latter.

I mean, a computers Bios should be an exceedingly simple thing, with only enough smarts to initialise storage, copy bytes into ram, check that those bytes are properly signed and then pass execution to them. Instead it is a full environment that never gets patched. This means that no one can build a secure system, because it's built on series cheese.

Comment Re:Orca Slicer is not shutting down (Score 1) 107

Bambu Studio (from which Orca Slicer is forked, and which is itself forked from PrusaSlicer, which is forked from Slic3r) itself is likely in violation of the AGPL due to not releasing the source code for the "BambuStudio Network Plugin" that is used for communicating with their printers, which is a "plugin" purely in an attempt to avoid the AGPL, but may not actually qualify for such an exclusion due to its nature (as a required component to use the software for its intended purpose) and how its loaded (DLL files that are loaded into the program's memory space just like the rest of the program's code, which also lives in DLLs)

Comment Re: I Wonder Why? (Score 3, Insightful) 95

Reasons vary. I know someone working in HR at a famous Japanese company. Rotating employees to offices around the world generally falls into 3 categories- 1. Giving experience, or rewarding good workers the company would like to develop into management. 2. Temporarily getting rid of useless or unliked employees without needing to fire them, which is very difficult in Japan. 3. Specialists for specific projects where hiring US citizens would be too much of a hassle. Employees in category 2 tend to be assigned to developing or undesirable countries, but some do come to the US too.

Comment Re:amazing ^H^H^H fixed it (Score 1) 36

Fixed it for you "A Robot^H^H^H Dummy that can slam luggage against wall, dent it, and steal my laptop. Technology is a marvel." sometimes I feel like they have been parading the same automaton for the last 10 years.

After seeing the capabilities of the Boston Dynamics model/style of robots and with AI's apparent learn rate one some engineer would have figured out by now how to connect the wires (no disrespect to the field) but these marketing events are doing more to diminish the perception of progress.

Comment Re: When I hear Climate Tech (Score 1) 37

Geothermal developments are legit. Essentially, most of the US geothermal sites were built/drilled back in the 70s and 80s. Hydraulic fracturing and some of the other oil and gas drilling advancements of the past 30 years have yet to be applied to geothermal. There is room for a new player to tie these things together, especially if they can build turnkey plants or sell steam to existing sites on long term contracts (they plan for both). However, they aren't worth anywhere near $3B.

Comment Re:4 modules (Score 1) 41

There's more than just USB-C and HDMI and ethernet, though. There's SD card slots, microSD card slots, SSDs, USB-C cards (technically also thunderbolt), USB-A cards, audio cards, DisplayPort cards, HDMI cards, GigE cards, and 10GigE cards. I believe there's also a wireless mouse dongle garage card coming. The whole point of these is so that you don't need to carry any dongles, and for most people on the go (because if you're at home, use a dock), they're unlikely to need to plug in more than four things to a laptop at the same time.

That said, it'd be nice if the Framework 13 had six card slots instead of four like the 16.

Comment Re: paying the bills (Score 1) 152

The fundamental issue is that theaters need to generate a certain amount of revenue per square foot to be profitable. People "rent" small amounts of space for a couple hours then they leave. But theaters are massive buildings, the desirable time slots are finite, and even on a good day it's a struggle to pack a theater. Somebody has to pay for everything and it seemes to be a figure that requires high gross profits and extensive upselling to get to that number.

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