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pftbest

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  • The US government is trying to make coal seem cute. It isn't. | Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then “Coalie” showed up.

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  • Not even that, it's more expensive than natural gas and you can't even use it in a combined cycle plant. So you pay more and get less energy for it. You don't even need to mention pollution to show it is a terrible fuel.

  • RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components

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  • So what was the original saying? As I see it, this phrase is wrong no matter how you look at it. Because all ram is used at all times, for example if you have 32GB of free ram, the kernel will use all of it as a page cache to speed up the file system. The more free ram you have the more files can be cached, avoiding access to the disk when you read them.

  • RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components

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  • This phrase is just plain wrong. Unused ram is used for the page cache by the kernel. You must always have some ram free or else the whole system will not operate without a page cache. Larger page cache allows to cache more files from the file system.

  • GNU Linux-libre 6.18 Neuters More Functionality Due To Blobs With Intel Xe, NVIDIA Nova

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  • I think you missed the point. Imagine 2 devices, device A has a chip with flash memory that contains a binary blob with firmware. Device B doesn't have built-in flash storage so it requires the driver to load the same binary blob during boot. Both devices are reprogrammable and both contain the same closed source firmware. However device A would be allowed but device B would not. From my point of view they are the same device. The fact that you don't know how to reprogram device A doesn't make it more or less proprietary.

  • Any day now

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  • We don't use them in my project, I only added an exception for ©®™ and such. You can easily whitelist any character range you need. My command looks like this:

     
            - (! grep -r -I -P '[^\x{00}-\x{7f}©®™°]' src)

  • Any day now

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  • I just made a CI pass to forbid non ASCII characters in the code. Found a lot of em dashes :(

  • My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space

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  • I agree, we should push more to get the open and standardized API for these accelerators, better drivers and better third party software support. As long as the manufacturers keep them locked and proprietary, we won't be able to use them outside of niche copilot features no one wants anyway.

  • My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space

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  • No, it will not save any power at all. The power is only consumed during switching, so when some module is properly clock gated, it will not consume any power. There are many parts of the chip that are dark, for example the full CPU core could be disabled for various reasons and it does not affect power consumption when it's dark. Maybe you know the Steam Deck, it is a battery operated device with the best power efficiency in its class. But what people don't know is that it has more than 20% of its chip area disabled, as it relates to stereoscopic displays, because the same exact chip is also used by some AR or VR goggles, I forgot the name.

    Also in general the modern chips are more limited by thermal rather than space. So realistically, even if you remove the NPU, you won't be able to place anything high power there anyways, maybe you can put a couple hundred K of sram for cache in its place, but it won't matter much in the end.

  • Good old 2013...

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  • We can already fully simulate ringworms and other small organisms, this is only a question of compute power. Even if you don't believe we can make a better architecture for the conventional neural networks, in the future we will have enough power to straight up simulate a normal biological brain.

  • Microsoft admits under oath it can't protect French data from US government access.

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  • I like Hetzner, what kind of issues did you have with them?

  • xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier

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  • But he is right though, you should be using your air conditioner not dehumidifier for climate control, it works better for that purpose. Watch this video to learn why

    https://youtu.be/j_QfX0SYCE8

  • Who remembers this?

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  • No, but it doesn't mean the other answer is invalid too. If there is no reference in the picture to tell what kind of light condition it was shot at, both answers could be possible.

  • Who remembers this?

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  • The yellow background could be lit by another window or a different light source, so one could argue we don't have a good reference to tell. But the point is that the "picture of a thing" is not "the thing" itself, and there is always a possibility that they are different.

  • Who remembers this?

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  • You missed the whole point. If I take a white dress and then shine a blue lamp on it, then take a photo.The pixels will be 100% blue, but would that mean the dress itself is blue?

  • My N=1 SUV

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  • But it makes it harder to roll, so you spend more energy pedaling. Especially in the city on a pavement you can roll much easier with higher pressure.

  • Britain struck by unusual power activity hours before blackouts in Spain and Portugal

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  • The frequency changes to adjust for the load, this is completely normal. When you lose a large power source the whole grid runs a bit slower to compensate for it. The question is why was Britain affected, I thought it's not synchronized to the european grid.

  • Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening

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  • I think the idea is they are too lazy to work for rent. If they really wanted they would go to work and not be homeless anymore. And if they are not able to find any job, they can always do forced labor in a prison system. That's how it was in the USSR. People in power really like this kind of a system

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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 GOG version on Linux

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  • I am using heroic laucher with the gog account and the game runs great.

  • Kremlin says hypersonic missile strike on Ukraine was warning to the west

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  • There is no threat at all, russia is just trying to bluff a stronger position ahead of inevitable negotiation rounds. To claim more benefits and more territory. They won't be doing anything against the US no matter what. Maximum cut some underwater cables and tell more nuclear threats like they always do.