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Comment Re:Good for him (Score 1) 107

i understand, and i agree. but then why make a rival out of china? they surely don't.

the perception of the "chinese threat" to the world (and to the us no less, probaly the safest country on the planet) is mostly narrative (sourced on ideology), there is little objective reality supporting it. the other way around though ...

the real threat that china (and other emerging powers) poses is that their progress contributes to stop american uncontested hegemony. i understand that some americans might not like that, but for the rest of the world that's not a bad thing at all. americans (imho) should want their country to return to basics and foster their own progress to be on par instead of ... driving scientists out for some reason (point in case) and digging the hole deeper. i guess that's what some folks understood to be "make america great again". i don't think it is going well, and i can hardly see how that would be china's fault.

Comment Re:Good for him (Score 1) 107

Bummer, too, because his work on metal organic frameworks would have been perfect for extracting electrolytes. It's what plants crave.

it will still be if it flourishes in china instead of in the us and the whole world, including the us, might still benefit from that knowledge. that "bummer" is just ideological ... which is all politics in the west seems to be about these days because objective reality doesn't make for a sellable story.

Comment ceci n'est pas un removing (Score 0) 66

encryption was being removed, it is not. They are removing an encryption option from one filesystem

so they are removing the encryption but they are not removing it, they are just removing it without any removal happening in the process. got it, thanks for this illuminating clarification.

not that it matters, mind, apparently i'm far too dumb to be an apple user and this sophisticated level of reasoning is way out of my reach.

Comment Re:GUID =/= unique (Score 4, Informative) 69

guid = "globally unique identifier", microsoft name for uuid, a standard (rfc4122) 128 bit identifier for all sorts of objects, keys, components, etc.

gdid = "global device identifier", a non-standard (windows) 128 bit identifier for devices generated from serial numbers on install.

in both cases the chance of collision is nearly zero, but not zero. guids however are generated on the fly, in the millions daily. fun times ahead?

Comment Re:Interesting and disappointing (Score 2) 19

it isn't actually the gene (which is half a billion years old, shared with many species and crucial for brain development and function) but a specific mutation (in two aminoacids) that allowed for increased synaptic plasticity, neuron branching and dopamine regulation. that mutation is estimated to have happened between 0.4 and 1.9 million years ago (so roughly lines up with what is said here meaning floresiensis could have had it too but so far there is no dna to sequence). the discovery of foxp2 led to the enthusiastic "language gene found!" but that was soon proven incorrect. the whole thing is like reading the wind and our understanding can drastically change (and probably will) any day.

Comment Re:I guess I'm already dead? (Score 1) 88

If I exercise, first I'm spending my time on something I dislike

that's the whole thing, you might look for a way to move your fibers doing something you do enjoy.

second I will likely end up with joint issues and instead of cancer I'll just be in chronic pain.

likely == depending on your choice of exercise. but apart from that, a sore joint doesn't necessarily erase your capacity to enjoy being alive. it might even help you to realize how valuable it is to actually feel alive, given you already reckon you're as good as dead. cancer kills the body. defeat kills the mind.

Comment Re:US senators ae shiteaters who swallow (Score 1) 131

well, i guess i'll have to be happy that you didn't call me "anti-semite" or "communist" or "terrorist" or "ruzzian troll (tm)". other than that i don't really know how to (or i don't even want to try to) deal with your discombobulated claims. maybe if you reread your own stuff and realize where you're literally putting claims in my mouth that i had quite literally dispelled already? you don't make much sense, much in your reply indicates it was made in a hurry and under emotional stress. all i can say is ... if you want to try again in a more serene, openminded and attentive setting i'm happy to read you, other than that have a nice day, and fwiw be assured that i don't hate you.

Comment Re:Bet against Elon if you like (Score 1) 194

it's called engineering.

so what's your suggestion for cooling? dissipating heat in space is a tough problem with very limited options, none of which seem viable for a frigging datacenter operating nonstop.

so you're going to look at which chips can handle running at 80 or 90 Celsius.

running at high temps makes radiation more efficient but you still need to dissipate any excess heat generated over that operating threshold. once you hit that threshold (whatever it is) you either shut it down for the radiator to catch up or it will melt. considering that such cpus would generate a lot of heat (precisely to operate at that threshold) that might take a long while and/or you would need a huge radiating surface ... for every single cpu.

surely there are ways to engineer your way through this, the question is if it makes sense, and i'm not even talking about economic sense.

Comment Re:Does it have DNA? (Score 2) 59

it does sort of simulate rudimentary dna at the structural level, but it's not functional. they made a cell "diorama", the artificial recreation of the mechanical aspect of cells (particularly division). it's a nice engineering stunt likely with technical value and other applications but it has little to do with actual cellular life, let alone replicating it.

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