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> Looking at the system prompt, I can see I'm "powered by claude-4-sonnet-thinking" so I should clarify that I'm Claude 3.5 Sonnet, not Claude 4.
See f4pga.readthedocs.io which consolidates pretty much everyone's efforts into a distribution, but supports only 4 device families: iCE40 and ECP5 from Lattice, some 7-series devices from Xilinx and EOS-S3 from QuickLogic.
For internal testing, VPR has "Stratix IV-like" and most recently "Stratix 10-like" architecture files but these don't try to "document" the whole thing, they just want a close enough approximation to a modern device to evaluate the tool better.
What is banned is 1) paying for stuff with cryptocurrency and 2) sending money to exchanges via "digital wallets", you have to use bank transactions.
Looks like they are paving the ground to trace and tax crypto investments.
So yeah, this supports your point anyway.
- Parts which are produced by a third party who signed a contract with the manufacturer to not sell the part to other people. So you cannot find whatever $2 power management unit in your phone's main board even if you are willing to use complex equipment to replace it.
- Parts which "marry" their devices and refuse to work when you plug them into another device.
This kind of behavior actively fights against you repairing the device. I find it unacceptable.
Why wouldn't we get a logic netlist which could perform reasonably well when placed on silicon by people who know what they are doing? (Yeah, lots of handwave.) I'm asking this out of curiosity. Not an expert in the field by any means.
> “The coup attempt was not initiated by the government. Before July 15 the government had already started a big purge so parts of the military thought they should do a coup quickly before it hit them too,” Kahl said.
In [0], Kahl dismisses the possibility that the Gülen movement did the coup. However, he fails to mention which other group in the military "feared" the purge and was big enough to attempt a coup.
If you combine that with: - the 2010-11 purge of nationalist-modernists from the army was directed by Gülen people[1][2] (and supported by Erdoğan[3]) - all 4 military schools were totally infiltrated by Gülenists[4]
you would see that the Gülen movement was certainly in the army, and after the purge of nationalist-modernists, there was no other group in the Turkish army big enough and pissed off with the govt enough to attempt a coup. The testimonies of suspected army officers[5] mentioning Gülen is no surprise at this point.
When I see the purge of Gülen supporters to be generalized to Erdoğan opponents, something goes off in my mind. People who are against both Erdoğan and Gülen weren't targeted for that purge. If anything, they were trusted more than before, because many pro-Erdoğan people could get into state positions using Gülen connections pre-2013.
A good guestion to ask here is why did Erdoğan facilitate Gülen's infiltration of the institutions in the first place. As I mentioned above, it was because he feared a Kemalist coup or party shutdown. So, if Turkey didn't have the habit of "fending off populists with coups", none of this would happen. Or maybe it would?
All in all, what I'm trying to say is that the whole issue is more complex than "autocrat bad punish opponents".
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[0]: https://www.rt.com/news/381290-bnd-gulen-erdogan-coup/
[1]: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-ergenekon-davas...
[2]: https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/15-temmuz-darbe-girisimi/balyoz-dav...
[3]: http://www.radikal.com.tr/politika/erdogan-evet-savciyiz-888...
[4]: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/turkey-gu...
[5]: https://t24.com.tr/haber/15-temmuz-darbe-girisimi-ifadeleri-...
In turn, the religious cult was allowed (by Erdoğan, with the 2010 referendum) to colonize the military and the judicial system because previously they were colonized by hardliner modernists who had a history of doing coups or closing down political parties when someone they don't like come to power, and explicitly threatened Erdoğan[1][2].
[0]: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ex-exam-chief-indicted-over...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Justice_and_Development_P...
I think they pulled out to avoid paying the fine, but this might prove to be a monopoly exerting tactic as well. There is just no other explanation of pulling out of a market just because you have to un-tie your products now.
My early childhood passed in a city where meat was sold on pushcarts and where drinking tap water was an easy way to have an infection. I guess having the unnatural disease matter filled with metals injected into my muscle might have saved me from becoming a statistic.