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bigape911··on Amazon getting into PC components is the wrong answer to a serious problem
I hate Amazon more than most but this is a heatsink and fan; not rocket science. If they stole the design, I'm sure the lawyers will work that out. Competition is good, cm charging 3x more is not and they deserve to be undercut.
bigape911··on RISC-V Business: Testing StarFive's VisionFive 2 SBC
This is not the first riscv board and they have had plenty of time to learn from all the sbcs out there. This experience sounds horrible.
bigape911··on Boeing Engineers Set a New Record for Paper Plane Distance
Now they can str working on keeping their real airplanes in the air
bigape911··on Tell HN: Do not store any funds in PayPal or use them for anything critical
didnt know companies can just take money from your account. broken bankings system
bigape911··on AdNauseam – clicking ads so you don't have to
your comment pushed me to installing this
bigape911··on AdNauseam – clicking ads so you don't have to
So you just have a lot of time on your hands
bigape911··on AdNauseam – clicking ads so you don't have to
Curious how they can detect this. All the see is a GET request with your ip and ua. Perhaps if they see too many they can flag your ip.
bigape911··on Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
You get free email they get to advertise to you. Understand?
bigape911··on Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
It's 2023 and Firefox is absolute junk
bigape911··on Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
Google should modify thie license to exclude microsoft
bigape911··on Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website
id like to see video of this event please
bigape911··on Google Ran Out of Ideas
No they didn't. They failed to capitalize on existing ideas and past ideas.
bigape911··on Bret Fisher – Awesome-Swarm
just curious, who is using swarm?
bigape911··on Turning a TV set-top box into a Linux computer (2022)
Then when it's time to get rid of it, throw it back at their door step since it doesn't belong to you
bigape911··on Turning a TV set-top box into a Linux computer (2022)
Nice. Repurpose and reuse for when these things get thrown away next year.
bigape911··on DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks
It's sad to see the great minds at Google fail to capitalize on their tech
bigape911··on DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks
Depending on the problem, I expect it to be much much faster especially foor physics and math problems.
bigape911··on Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - turn-based survival game in post-apocalyptic world
Tried it. A little too complex or my simple little brain. Dungeon crawl stone soup is what I prefer. crawl.develz.org
bigape911··on Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to minimize pollution
That's a lot of risk for $100 in 5 to ten years.
bigape911··on Voice.ai: GPL Violations with a Side of DRM
Well, they are going to "fix" the problem by removing the FPL code. I don't trust that for a moment. They'll morr likely remove any identifying clues so no more gpl. Don't trust anyone
bigape911··on My employer is reneging on its remote-work promise
sounds like a contract to me. doesn't mean they can'fire you for a made-up reason though if you don't.
bigape911··on Repurposing Discarded Smartphones for Cloud Microservices to Minimize Carbon
You mean the locked devices that you can't install Linux on?