Comment Wallet, keys, phone, Glock* (Score 1) 139
*RKBA not valid in California...
which is why I retired in Tucson.
which is why I retired in Tucson.
Comment hope I'm wrong (Score 0) 23
I have a bad feeling about this one.
Comment I use a mail client and IMAP... (Score 1) 46
Hoping to escape this for as long as possible.
Comment Before they try to fix this (Score 2) 25
They'd better read all of Asimov's fiction.
(I have, and he never imagined building a robot without the Second Law).
(I have, and he never imagined building a robot without the Second Law).
Comment Facebook has ads? Huh. (Score 5, Informative) 54
I avoid both Facebook ads and their algorithm by going to this link:
https://www.facebook.com/?filt...
This displays only friends and accounts I follow, in reverse chronological order.
To completely avoid ads, I report every "sponsored" link as sexually inappropriate... triggering a human review each time
After I do this about half a dozen times, FB stops inserting ads in my reverse chron feed for several months.
When I see another "Sponsored" item, I just start reporting them again..
https://www.facebook.com/?filt...
This displays only friends and accounts I follow, in reverse chronological order.
To completely avoid ads, I report every "sponsored" link as sexually inappropriate... triggering a human review each time
After I do this about half a dozen times, FB stops inserting ads in my reverse chron feed for several months.
When I see another "Sponsored" item, I just start reporting them again..
Submission + - US Researcher Proposes Detonating Massive Nuclear Bomb Under Ocean To Save Earth (ndtv.com) 1
fjo3 writes: The study claimed that every year, 36 gigatons of carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere every year. Using a nuclear explosion yield of 81 gigatons, scientists can sequester 30 years' worth of carbon dioxide emissions, the study claimed. The explosion would be well over a thousand times bigger than the 50-megaton 'Tsar Bomba' test, conducted in 1961 by the Soviet Union in 1961.
Submission + - DOJ Arrests U.S. Citizens and Chinese Nationals for Exporting AI Tech to China (pjmedia.com)
schwit1 writes: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a statement that it has arrested two U.S. citizens and two Chinese nationals and charged them with conspiracy to illegally export to China advanced NVIDIA microchips called Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). GPUs are used in a wide range of critical artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
The two American citizens who were arrested are Hon Ning Ho, also known as “Mathew Ho,” a Tampa resident who was born in Hong Kong, and Brian Curtis Raymond from Huntsville, Alabama. The two Chinese nationals arrested by the DOJ are Cham Li, also known as “Tony Li,” a resident of San Leandro, California, and Jing Chen, also known as “Harry Chen,” a 45-year-old who was living in Tampa under an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa.
All four were arrested and appeared in courtrooms in their respective jurisdictions on Nov. 19.
“The indictment unsealed yesterday alleges a deliberate and deceptive effort to transship controlled NVIDIA GPUs to China by falsifying paperwork, creating fake contracts, and misleading U.S. authorities,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “The National Security Division is committed to disrupting these kinds of black markets of sensitive U.S. technologies and holding accountable those who participate in this illicit trade.”
The charges the defendants face include multiple counts of conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA); ECRA violations; smuggling; conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. Each defendant faces a possible 20-year prison sentence for each ECRA violation, 10 years per smuggling count, and 20 years per money laundering count. Given the number of counts they face, it’s possible they could spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The defendants will be tried in federal court in Florida.
Earlier this year, a report from the Financial Times revealed that at least $1 billion worth of Nvidia’s chips were shipped to China after the Trump administration began to intensify the restrictions on microchips to China.
The two American citizens who were arrested are Hon Ning Ho, also known as “Mathew Ho,” a Tampa resident who was born in Hong Kong, and Brian Curtis Raymond from Huntsville, Alabama. The two Chinese nationals arrested by the DOJ are Cham Li, also known as “Tony Li,” a resident of San Leandro, California, and Jing Chen, also known as “Harry Chen,” a 45-year-old who was living in Tampa under an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa.
All four were arrested and appeared in courtrooms in their respective jurisdictions on Nov. 19.
“The indictment unsealed yesterday alleges a deliberate and deceptive effort to transship controlled NVIDIA GPUs to China by falsifying paperwork, creating fake contracts, and misleading U.S. authorities,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “The National Security Division is committed to disrupting these kinds of black markets of sensitive U.S. technologies and holding accountable those who participate in this illicit trade.”
The charges the defendants face include multiple counts of conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA); ECRA violations; smuggling; conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. Each defendant faces a possible 20-year prison sentence for each ECRA violation, 10 years per smuggling count, and 20 years per money laundering count. Given the number of counts they face, it’s possible they could spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The defendants will be tried in federal court in Florida.
Earlier this year, a report from the Financial Times revealed that at least $1 billion worth of Nvidia’s chips were shipped to China after the Trump administration began to intensify the restrictions on microchips to China.
Comment I don't see ads on Facebook (Score 2) 24
Two things help me avoid the algorithm and sponsored posts on Facebook:
1. I look at only my feed by adding ?filter=all&sk=h_chr at the end of Facebook's URL
2. On the rare occasions (twice a year) that FB starts sneaking in "Sponsored" ads, I report every one as sexually inappropriate.
1. I look at only my feed by adding ?filter=all&sk=h_chr at the end of Facebook's URL
2. On the rare occasions (twice a year) that FB starts sneaking in "Sponsored" ads, I report every one as sexually inappropriate.
Comment Wrong nation (Score 3, Interesting) 405
Absent an order of magnitude improvement in battery capacity and charging rate, Canada is a terrible country for this.
A good example: the Alaska Highway. "Major" cities and gas stations are very far apart, and the infrastructure to deliver enough power for car (let alone truck) charging does not yet exist.
Key highways to remote areas are much more sparsely populated, and the cold makes matters much worse.
A good example: the Alaska Highway. "Major" cities and gas stations are very far apart, and the infrastructure to deliver enough power for car (let alone truck) charging does not yet exist.
Key highways to remote areas are much more sparsely populated, and the cold makes matters much worse.
Comment Unaffected (Score 1) 72
Still not installing Chrome.
Comment Talent skips a generation (Score 2) 265
Q.E.D.
Comment Meanwhile, just north of Tucson (Score 5, Funny) 54
Biosphere 2 is still vacant.
Comment We got what we paid for, and more (Score 5, Interesting) 95
A classmate gave us a bootleg copy of the full version of DOOM (3 diskettes).
My roommates and I installed it, played it for a while... and then called ID Software at the number in the credits.
"Hi, someone gave us a bootleg copy of DOOM, and we want to pay you. Where do we send the check?"
I sent a check.
A few weeks later, a box showed up with an official copy of DOOM and a bunch of DOOM & Castle Wolfenstein swag!
My roommates and I installed it, played it for a while... and then called ID Software at the number in the credits.
"Hi, someone gave us a bootleg copy of DOOM, and we want to pay you. Where do we send the check?"
I sent a check.
A few weeks later, a box showed up with an official copy of DOOM and a bunch of DOOM & Castle Wolfenstein swag!
Comment "Late" bloomer (Score 2) 523
I bought my first PC in the fall of '93 at a computer show, knowing very little, guided by my roommate. It had a Cyrix Cx486DX2-66 processor, 8 MB of RAM, and Windows 3.11 on a 250 MB hard drive. No sound card or CD-ROM. Connectivity: a 96/24 modem (9600 baud for faxing, 2400 for everything else).
Most desktops at the show came with 2-4 MB of RAM; my roommate had pushed me to get more.
His first evaluation: "Gawd, this thing's fast."
Most desktops at the show came with 2-4 MB of RAM; my roommate had pushed me to get more.
His first evaluation: "Gawd, this thing's fast."
Comment smart gun owners won't buy them (Score 1) 333
I've done enough carrying, shooting, and training to know. These "smart guns" might attract a few new gun owners, but nobody who is serious about guns will buy one.
It's all about reliability. I carry a Glock because it just works, with an incredibly tiny chance of malfunctions. My ex-wife preferred a huge 8-shot .357 Magnum revolver, because she didn't want to train to clear malfunctions.
Seriously, my carry gun is a Glock 19, my rifle is a M1A, and my shotgun is a Saiga 12... you're not selling me anything less reliable, which any "smart gun" would surely be.
It's all about reliability. I carry a Glock because it just works, with an incredibly tiny chance of malfunctions. My ex-wife preferred a huge 8-shot
Seriously, my carry gun is a Glock 19, my rifle is a M1A, and my shotgun is a Saiga 12... you're not selling me anything less reliable, which any "smart gun" would surely be.
