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bradyd··on Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA
At the very top of the article: "Achieving world-class AI inference performance through Japan-developed 2nm 3D-stacked CPU and server integrated, developed, and manufactured in Japan"
bradyd··on Most people prefer traditional architecture
That was all of history.
bradyd··on I Don't Have a Smartphone
I know at one point Vizio TVs required you to install the app and enable location to be able to setup a new TV out of the box.
bradyd··on Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results
Yeah, that loads right up for me.
bradyd··on Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results
> Reddit has recently blocked access to old reddit without an account

Old Reddit still works just fine without an account.

bradyd··on I'm Scared a Stranger Will Call My Novel AI, So I Built GitHub for Words
It's also possible to break the 50,000 lines up into multiple commits and fake the commit dates, so this does nothing to prove a human wrote them.
bradyd··on Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters
It was actually patent infringement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electron....

bradyd··on Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
The book came out in 1990, the same year Windows 3.0 was released. Windows 1.0 was released in 1985 and 2.0 was released in 1987.
bradyd··on Malware developers added nuclear and biological weapons text to to their spyware
It's on Wikipedia.
bradyd··on Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones
> And now there are detailed locations of our cities

That has already existed for decades.

bradyd··on The Case for Free Online Books (2014)
The authors are "the press". So they somehow pay themselves?
bradyd··on MacBook Neo Is So Popular That Apple Doubled Production
Apple definitely still has products that cross into the luxury brand category. For example the Apple Watch Hermès, which starts at $1249.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch-hermes

bradyd··on Instructure pays ransom to Canvas hackers
> For the ransom group, it is better for them to be perceived as trustworthy.

They've already proved themselves to be untrustworthy simply by ransoming you in the first place.

bradyd··on The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life (2013)
Veritasium just did a video on this.

https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg

bradyd··on Anthropic Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron
By that logic, Blender shouldn't exist because it devalues the skill of hand animated art.
bradyd··on Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
That setting is available for each individual app.
bradyd··on Backpacks got worse on purpose
I have an Osprey backpacking pack that's about 10 years old. I had a squirrel chew through the zipper on the removable pouch. I sent it off to Osprey to be repaired and they sent me a brand new pouch.
bradyd··on EFF is leaving X
This is the exact opposite of reaching out to a broader audience.
bradyd··on Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?
The PS5 controller (DualSense) has a built in microphone and a trackpad.
bradyd··on Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites
The mobile app definitely has mark as unread. It's the envelope icon next to the trashcan (the exact same icon as in the web interface). Never realized there was a report phishing option. I just mark those emails as spam, which is available in the app.
bradyd··on How will OpenAI compete?
> Absolutely no enduser knows what 'GPT' stands for

But there is no need to know what it stands for.

bradyd··on WiFi could become an invisible mass surveillance system
The Nest smoke detector microphone was never really secret. It was part of the monthly self test to determine if the alarm was working. It would send you a notification telling you it was going to sound the alarm and that it would be listening for the sound to confirm it was working.

It was listed in the features for the 2nd gen units. https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9229922#zippy=%...

Edit: That article isn't about the Nest Protect (smoke detector), it's about the Nest Secure, an alarm system.

bradyd··on MIT Living Wage Calculator
Organic food still uses pesticides.
bradyd··on European Alternatives
The UK is still in Europe. They didn't move from the continent.
bradyd··on BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive
That service interval is pretty common across all bike suspension forks (and dropper posts are usually only around 50 hours).

A SR Suntour fork has a 100 hour maintenance interval, for example.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/3730626/Sr-Suntour-Durolux...

bradyd··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Both Netflix and HBO already have ads.
bradyd··on My Truck Desk
A GMC Savannah is not a mini-van.
bradyd··on Replacing EBS and Rethinking Postgres Storage from First Principles
> EBS only lets you resize once every 6–24 hours

Is that even true? I've resized an EBS instance a few minutes after another resize before.

bradyd··on Sig Sauer citing national security to keep documents from public
They didn't actually do a recall for that. Instead it was a "voluntary upgrade" program. That is also not a less serious issue.
bradyd··on 4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The Europa Clipper mission saved $3B+ just by switching from SLS to Falcon Heavy.
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