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infinityio··on Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
To be fair, this is not entirely the case in the linked article:

> Ivermectin is a deworming agent most commonly used on horses, livestock and occasionally dogs and cats. It is used in smaller doses in humans as an anti-parasitic, to treat conditions including skin problems and headlice.

infinityio··on Apple M1 Ultra Meanings and Consequences
> I have a vague memory that AMD has/had something similar

You are correct - AMD CPUs from 2016 onwards make use of a collection of up-to-8-core chiplets linked by what they call "Infinity Fabric"

infinityio··on Smart-TV blocklist for Pi-Hole
To my knowledge, almost all modern monitors sold today are HDCP compliant
infinityio··on Samsung and Omnivision Claim Smallest Camera Pixels
> Low light and DR depend solely on the quantity of light falling on the sensor.

To my understanding - If the pixels are smaller, the gaps between pixels are likely to make up a larger proportion of the sensor, so you do lose some light from this process, although there are definitely upsides to extra pixels if there is more detail to be resolved

infinityio··on Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Display
only 60hz though, which might be a dealbreaker for some
infinityio··on Apple Mac Studio
I think the main issue with the magic mouse 2 is that over time, as the batteries wear out, the effective life of the mouse risks dropping so much that you may eventually be unable to use it for a full work-day, whereas the previous solution of AA batteries had 'infinite' longevity - while it wouldn't be too much of an issue when new, it harms the resale value
infinityio··on Apple Mac Studio
I've seen projects online about converting 5k iMacs into external displays by essentially ripping out the insides and putting in a driver board instead - I wonder what the relative cost (/value proposition) of that is compared to these new displays if you don't need a webcam?
infinityio··on Apple Mac Studio
They don't have a desktop M1 Pro implementation yet afaik?
infinityio··on A new speed milestone for Chrome
> Use adblockers

To be fair, this is the same company pushing Manifest V3, which might kill adblocking as we know it

infinityio··on Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nuclear reactor
To be fair, even oil and gas are orders of magnitude more dangerous than nuclear per unit energy
infinityio··on Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze
It probably isn't quite what you are looking for, but have you ever tried Syncthing? It doesn't have enough features to be an actual backup solution, but it is nice if you just want another copy of your files somewhere else
infinityio··on What's the problem with old but excellent Mac apps?
VS Code is the standard example
infinityio··on No user accounts, by design
Out of interest, have you tested them on win11? One of the later win10 updates broke my Bluetooth headphones (actually, Bluetooth in general became pretty buggy), but they 'magically' unbroke after the upgrade
infinityio··on I have formally accepted the CEO job at Cruise once again
> You could also draw some faint dotted white lines leading right into a concrete barrier

To paraphrase XKCD [0] - if you want to cause accidents, there are other failure mechanisms that'd work on humans as well

[0] https://xkcd.com/1958/

infinityio··on US DOE to offer $6B to keep struggling nuclear reactors online
Estimates of nuclear put the carbon footprint between 15-50gCO2/KWh, compared to about 450gCO2/KWh for gas

Both uranium mining and renewables mining have issues - I'm not going to debate or compare them because I don't know enough about the topic but due to the energy density of uranium I wouldn't be surprised if nuclear was better overall

Cost is the real issue - the cost and timescales of nuclear reactors are massive issues, and they are significantly worse short-term investments than wind and solar.

However, energy storage is not a solved problem, so until it is nuclear is not competing with wind and solar - it is competing with gas and coal, to which it has advantages in almost every category (excluding cost)

infinityio··on US DOE to offer $6B to keep struggling nuclear reactors online
Based upon the UK's National Grid Data (https://grid.iamkate.com/) I would disagree with you - It seems that peak demand lies at about 6PM, and solar peaks about 11:30AM - This leads to a significant increase in fossil fuel consumption around this time
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