>"Could We Provide Better Cellphone Service With Fewer, Bigger Satellites?"

Define "better". Better than more smaller satellites? Better than land-based systems?

As an augmentation to land-based systems, satellite service can be a great boon. But it is also a scary "single point of failure" issue. Satellite service is easier to jam/block, will suffer from space-based radiation, requires more device power, has sky-visibility issues, and considering the apparent space hostility, easy to knock out a few targets and leave absolutely huge swaths of non-coverage. And replacing such a mega satellite will be very expensive and time-consuming.

Probably. But if they don't satisfy enough demand and prices go sky high for non-AI compute, it will spur intense pressure for others to compete. I do wish there were some competition to TSMC. Especially if there could be a few significant fabs in the USA.

Now you have to wait for a credit for your credit not working. But you have to ask for the second credit first, then complete that and then maybe the first credit will work by then.

You could accomplish the same thing by just requiring a reply to the text message (that can have terms or a link to terms) saying "yes."

>"The bubble bursts and all that memory comes on the market Surplus. TSMC will be using a piece of rope to hold up their pants."

This is why TSMC, and DRAM makers, too, should not shun too much of their "bread and butter" regular CPUs/GPU's and consumer memory production. That way they have something to fall back on. Unless they can switch production really fast.

Basic diversification- it is very important in volatile markets (even in non-so volatile markets).

>"If people have a right to their own image, the US should consider making nonconsensual photography illegal, even in public."

There is a huge difference between being casually photographed or videoed in public and kept original, and taking those and modifying them with AI (or other) tools to change what was seen/heard.

>"Here's a thought: Mandate that all AI tools include watermarks in their output."

Seems distasteful, but I am in full agreement at this point. Even if they can be removed, it will help and evidence of removal might be detectable as well.

>"First google's AI is down, then microsoft's, then openAI or whatever they are called. Then repeat. Why should even one residential customer in the country ever be inconvenienced for this monumental waste of public resources?"

I was thinking the same thing. They mention the risk of blackouts. Well, fine. But the priority for power should go to medical and emergency sites, then schools and such, regular business/homes, and way down the line, data centers. If they are the cause of grids being overloaded, they should carry most of the pain. Right? Isolate them on their own part of the grid and drop them FIRST. Let them test their expensive backups and fail-over procedures to some other grid less affected at the time.

>"Can you explain maybe the mindset of people who support the platform of a guy"

Has it occurred to you that most people don't care about who owns it? They just use X as a communication tool and don't follow him or his posts? (And no, I don't use any social networks).

>"who publicly sieg heils"

That was/is a bunch of nonsense.

>"and also very publicly, blatantly and unashamedly tries to sow political discord?"

I think he is on at least one "spectrum" :)

>"It's one thing to see the source code behind the recommendation engine. It's another to see the source code and training data that produce the AI models that are used by that engine. I wonder whether we're going to see the latter."

I was wondering the same thing. Open-sourcing the algorithm code is great. But if it relies more and more on some AI "black box" to make the decisions, then that open code isn't going to be but so revealing. Still, it could be useful, since you would see what queries are (and are not) going to the AI and when/how. And what actions are taken with the responses.

>"The only workaround requires users to hunt down YouTube tutorials that walk through the steps, as the relevant options are buried in menus and none clearly describe their function in plain English"

So what were those posts about Linux installs sometimes requiring users to seek help by looking up info on the Internet? At least Linux installations don't try to steal all your data...

I like the HP ProDesk Mini 1 liter PC's; I have/mange hundreds of them. They are nearly the perfect form-factor for modern lower-power desktops. Easy to service and upgrade. Opening is tool-less. Swap fan or RAM completely tool-less. Easy to manage. Work great in Linux (yes, we bought them without MS-Windows). They are a bit over-priced.

Keyboards are the #1 failure on computers. I would never want the computer to BE a keyboard. Much rather just swap in a new $15 Logitech. People like real keyboards and real/large monitors, so laptops are a drag. Laptops are also more expensive, don't last as long, are harder to repair, harder to maintain, often impossible to upgrade. I suppose if you need it portable, fine. But otherwise, 1 liter desktops for us.

>"Both GNOME and Firefox are considering disabling middle-click paste by default, arguing it's a confusing, accident-prone X11 relic that dumps clipboard contents without warning."

PLEASE DO NOT. How about having an environment variable and LETTING THE USER DECIDE. I use middle-click pasting all the time. PLEASE DO NOT use the stupid gsettings stuff. I don't use GNOME, and that stuff is annoying and confusing.

And this crap Firefox does with single clicking in the URL bar selecting the ENTIRE LINE is beyond annoying. PLEASE LET US CONTROL THAT AS WELL!!!

>>"We don't combat it, we die. That's why epidemiologists have been warning about the overuse of anti-biotics for decades."

>"Antibiotics do nothing against fungus"

Correct (and it is baffling why the article mentions "antibiotics") they are not used to treat fungi.

But what "sdinfoserv" was probably talking about is that bacteria often keep fungi in check. When antibiotics are used (and over used), it can wipe out all the "good" bacteria and the fungi start spreading out of control because they have free reign. This is a common problem for women with internal yeast infections after taking antibiotics, for example.

>"But what about the bedsheets and the chair cushions in the waiting room? Hmm...."

Yeah, that list, 100% of them are on "hard nonporus" surfaces. So apparently useless for carpet, clothing, bedding, curtains, etc... And then there are the spores which are probably in the air all the time, just waiting to re-establish colonies when conditions are right.