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threshold··on First Portless Ultrabook
Looks really nice actually. Shame it’s 13 inch just like framework. That’s just irritating to me I could never use it.

The other issue is Windows. Talk about putting lipstick on a pig. Ubuntu should be the default these days.

But, really nice all the same.

threshold··on Ask HN: Why is GCP not as used as AWS/Azure?
I won’t touch GCP, even after they gave us 2k credits. Their customer service reps have “well that’s just too bad” on the tip of their tongue. AWS is #1 for good reason
threshold··on Man found guilty of ‘grossly offensive’ tweet
This is why I could never live or do business in the UK. The people and their government are primitive and don’t understand what freedom means. If you study parliament it quickly becomes clear that the UK operates under a dictatorship and the license of democracy it claims for it’s citizens is fraudulent. Witch hunts over tweets and attacks on common cryptography only prove that further. We need to start correcting UK citizens when they claim to be free and remind them the ‘special exceptions’ they allowed their government to include totally and obviously undermine and break their freedom.

And this man. Like the rest of his generation he was out with a machine gun in the fields. He’s beyond criticism? Because he’s old? Because he walked in his garden for charity? Because he was on the English side and all English soldiers get a pass, wink wink? He probably blew 30 young soldiers brains out on tour.

threshold··on The impact of hardware specifications on reaching quantum advantage
No, it’s perfectly valid for an AI break an algorithm where a human cannot. You’ll see
threshold··on The impact of hardware specifications on reaching quantum advantage
Yes, but the problem becomes who can evaluate it? Inevitably another AI system because of the complexity. And who has the most powerful AI? And what is their agenda? Ah! another backdoored algorithm. But the real issue is the loss of confidence in the “blockchain technology”. If bitcoin is cracked the cryptomania scam will be done for a generation.
threshold··on Two weeks later David Bennett is alive, his pig’s heart beating soundly
He won’t. Although I’d love to be proven wrong. Similar experiments lasted weeks
threshold··on The impact of hardware specifications on reaching quantum advantage
AI will break SHA256. It’s probably backdoored already look who made it.

But crypto won’t last long enough for that to be meaningful. I give bitcoin 3 months to the floor.

threshold··on Two weeks later David Bennett is alive, his pig’s heart beating soundly
Is this compassionate use or experimentation on a dying patient for the future benefit of the rest of us? I’m fine with the latter, if consensual. But only if we call it what it is.
threshold··on Ask HN: What is your strongest contrarian opinion?
RISC-V’s success won’t benefit the end user, only spare designers a licensing fee they can well afford. After recompiling everyone’s software and dividing a huge unified ecosystem the end result will be some political victory with no material value.
threshold··on Video streaming battery life improved from 12h (12 Pro Max) to 25h (13 Pro Max)
No
threshold··on Video streaming battery life improved from 12h (12 Pro Max) to 25h (13 Pro Max)
I don’t understand how you came to that compromise.
threshold··on Video streaming battery life improved from 12h (12 Pro Max) to 25h (13 Pro Max)
I don’t think that’s the type of streaming video they optimized the IP on the SoC for. It’s clever, but not really useful. And who does it help exactly? Because the implication if you’re reduced to watching on a small screen is that you’re mobile, and on 5G. So the addicted user is now paying big $ for high speed data. Like giving a gambler a new line of credit.
threshold··on Video streaming battery life improved from 12h (12 Pro Max) to 25h (13 Pro Max)
I’m sorry but who watches video on a 6 inch phone today?
threshold··on iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max announced with high refresh rate 120Hz displays
I’ve sat for hours comparing the screens. No difference to me. To each his own. I guess
threshold··on AI Recognises Race in Medical Images
You want AI reviewing medical imaging to recognize race because the likelihood of certain diseases is higher for some races than others.
threshold··on iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max announced with high refresh rate 120Hz displays
I’m on the 12 Pro Max and I have the M1 iPad Pro. There’s -no perceivable difference- in scrolling effect. Seems to me just like the Pixel line real features couldn’t be added because of Covid this year. So just throw in a bigger battery and hype the marketing and hopefully they’ll keep buying. Whatever. And what happened to the sat phone feature? Are we going to make a hall of shame for those clickbait bullshitters? Because they wasted plenty of people’s time with nonsense rumors and made a fortune in ad revenue. Let’s call them on it already
threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
Nope. You’ve wasted $400 and that’s a fact.
threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
Ok here’s a list of the features; “GPS, fitness tracking, music, calls, text if I'm out on a run (LTE required), 2-factor auth, Apple Pay.“

Now why would you need them running on an Apple watch when you have an iPhone in your pocket? Justify the $400+ expense and charging hassle to me. I’ll give you heart rate tracking although a good heart rate tracker is $80 w/bluetooth and an app. You don’t need the watch for any of it is the answer. You’ll get there. Think about it

threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
In principle I would agree. But even if we put aside the battery life issue, using those features on that tiny device is totally impractical. It reminds me of those Casio calculators with tiny buttons you needed to press with a pin. And no I won’t get one. I can go buy something useful instead.
threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
That’s so sad. Trying to picture a grown man/woman dictate an email to a watch looking at that tiny screen with an iPhone in his/her pocket. The lengths of denial people go through to avoid the realization they’ve been had.
threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
Must have! Nobody will ever use those features and besides you need to have a powered iPhone in your pocket for them to work, and the iPhone does all that and more. I’ll tell you what the Apple watch is; a status symbol. So the wealthy can display expendable income in order to attract a mate. Might as well be a gold chain. Sad. Very, very sad.
threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
Pointless? That’s what a watch is for. To tell the time. Or were you thinking of composing email on that tiny screen? What exactly else would you do with it?
threshold··on Apple Watch Series 7
This product has a huge flaw. I’m not charging my watch every day. I just won’t. My $13 Casio has been running for 9 years without a charge and hasn’t lost 1 minute. No, Apple, you can’t have $400 for that.
threshold··on Howard Stern 9/11 Broadcast [audio]
Mixed feelings about this. What a tragic, tragic day. I’ve only watched through that video one time and it’s awful. Can you hold it against Stern for calling the terrorists towelheads and advocating for nuclear war and genocide? Considering the circumstances? I don’t know. But I had no interest in him as a person or an entertainer after listening to that clip. It’s also puzzling to see someone watching such a disaster unfold on their city, whilst merrily advocating for the same and then some for another city. Many born after 9/11 don’t get it. There’s better versions of that clip with visuals which unfortunately add necessary shock context.
threshold··on Apple fires engineering manager for allegedly leaking information
Ok fair
threshold··on HiFive Unmatched – A RISC-V Linux development platform
The GPIO is broken out all over the PCB for the NAND. It doesn’t get easier than that
threshold··on HiFive Unmatched – A RISC-V Linux development platform
That’s a Spartan 6 but you really want the larger fabric parts. If you go to Digikey they will quote starting at 20k, but on ebay a few hundred will do assuming you have a Vivado license capable of building a bitstream. It is possible to commandeer a board as in that post but often not worth the time vs just making your own. Rarely prototypes with only the power distribution and JTAG appear. Those are a bit easier. Like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/114784061306?hash=item1ab9a9c77a:g:...
threshold··on Apple fires engineering manager for allegedly leaking information
Well someone at Employee Relations had a slot at 10.30PT filled on the company calendar. So it’s doxxing.
threshold··on HiFive Unmatched – A RISC-V Linux development platform
Hundreds of millions? 180 billion.
threshold··on HiFive Unmatched – A RISC-V Linux development platform
Get a large fabric Xilinx FPGA from ebay, reball it and make a simple PCB with Altium auto routing with JTAG, SPI flash, some memory. And find a license for Vivado.
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