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mike50··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
The transistor was funded by Bell Labs.
mike50··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
Spending money is not the solution. Spending money in a way that doesn't go to subcontractors is part of the solution. Building shelters beyond cots in a stadium is part of the solution. Building housing is a large part of actually solving the problem. People have tried just giving the money but without a way to convert cash to housing the money doesn't help. Also studies by people smarter then me suggest that without sufficient supply the money ends up going to landlords and pushing up housing costs anyway.
mike50··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
Basic research and mainframe support contracts. Also they bought RedHat.
mike50··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
Search was the only mostly original product. With the exception of YouTube which was a purchase, Android and ChromeOS all the other products were initially clones.
mike50··on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off
They were selling software as a service in the IBM 360 days. Relabeling a concept and buying Redhat don't count as investments.
mike50··on India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
Hindu Nationalist
mike50··on Electric vehicle sales are booming in South America – without Tesla
The Smart for Two existed with an internal combustion engine.
mike50··on Calculus for Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, and Physicists [pdf]
This is the reason that everyone at my university said to just take the Applied version of Calculus 1 and 2 t avoid the proofs.
mike50··on Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
Only over the air TV is regulated by the FCC. Films and non broadcast TV are only regulated if they contain obscene content. If anything there was more regulation of film production in the past. Hayes Code etc.
mike50··on Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
Exploring unsophisticated investors. Trading on margin used to be for extremely experienced and educated people working for a large financial institution. The risk of margin trading is extreme with unlimited losses.
mike50··on Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege
It wasn't inhaled in the way vapes are. The dose is higher and the exposure is chronic.
mike50··on You can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's facial recognition app, DHS document say
https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter...
mike50··on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea
That only applies to access to modern electronic tools and digital codebooks requiring accounts. Nothing prevented people in the past from buying the physical books used.
mike50··on US cities pay too much for buses
The New York Guard is not the New York Army National Guard (which were the personnel actually deployed). The New York Guard is less then 1000 personnel. The entire operation was a transparent psyop when some brainwashed tv news views saw a crime on the 6 o'clock news. The governor of New York might as well be from another planet when it comes to understanding New York City.
mike50··on US cities pay too much for buses
Sure that's why the Hummer was a great vehicle with all the institutional knowledge from GM. /s Also modern engines in tanks and planes are turbine engines with nothing in common to lighter vehicles (APCs trucks etc). Tanks don't have windshields either.
mike50··on An embarrassing failure of the US patent system: Nintendo's latest patents
There are three types of patents in the United States design utility and plant. This is probably the cause of the confusion.
mike50··on From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban
The rapid decline in writing quality caused by CNN and the death of print journalism and the quality book writers that used to come from that space has destroyed long form writing.
mike50··on A CT scanner reveals surprises inside the 386 processor's ceramic package
I'm just glad someone is putting hybrid packaging information in the public domain. The generalized background information is really helpful for engineers new to this very small area. This wiring is not as complex as the old military hybrids for sure. It may be six layers but there is only one monolithic.
mike50··on We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness
Internets have free internet and computers. And not all media is on bittorrent yet.
mike50··on We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness
This ignores many things. Legal requirements have pushed up home and lot sizes. In the suburbs of NYC a drive will take you from 1910 era suburbs with 800 square foot homes where 80% of the lot is building or useful infrastructure that are now illegal to build, to just built 4000 square foot mansions on lots large enough for apartment buildings with a mandated 20-30% lot coverage maximum. You are also ignoring the fact that even with modern power appliances and automation it takes a lot of time money and people to maintain those new lager homes.
mike50··on VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in
Of course they CAN but no one with better prospects and good command of English even if you pay a great salary.
mike50··on VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in
How many mainstream outlets are owned by Murdoch in the UK?
mike50··on US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders
The Vietnamese were being backed by the Soviet Union and China. The Taliban has piles of soviet era equipment and US military and intelligence training.
mike50··on Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March
The FBI does not perform immigration enforcement at entry points.
mike50··on If you get the chance, always run more extra network fiber cabling
In the us wiremold is the equivalent product.
mike50··on Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable
Dryers and microwave ovens do not require electronics. LED lamps with a wall wart that unplugs already exist.
mike50··on Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?
I remember this from stackexchange. Real answer is here. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/108154/how-is-q...
mike50··on When Professor Bryant Lin got cancer, he taught a class about it
Rates of second hand smoke exposure?
mike50··on US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Jiankui_affair
mike50··on 5G networks meet consumer needs as mobile data growth slows
Idiot author is a kindness. Data rates compared to an obsolete 1970s technology. Author is too old to write articles on the "newfanged internet". IEEE spectrum needs to kick this guy to the curb hard for writting crap and crossposting his book..
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