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ploek··on AMD Discloses Initial Zen 2 Details
I have ECC working on an AB350M Pro4. See also https://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-revie... The 'edac_mce_amd' module needs to be loaded on Linux.
ploek··on AMD Discloses Initial Zen 2 Details
There is nothing analog about the IO die. It interfaces the memory, and the system's busses like PCIe. They are all digital.
ploek··on Nasa to test ‘quiet’ supersonic flights over Texas
Am I understanding correctly that in the tests not the actual prototype will fly, but rather F/A-18s that somehow mimic the wave patterns generated by the X-59? How does that work?
ploek··on A collection of things that are Turing-complete by accident (2013)
If you watch the video you'll see that one of the first things he does is to make the coin counter show Mario's x-position in the level. But up until that point yes, he has to do a lot of pixel-perfect actions. Extremely impressive.
ploek··on Apple reminds the FCC that it can’t activate imaginary iPhone FM radios
Genuine question, because I know little to nothing about SDR: Even with SDR, don't you need an antenna that fits the wavelength? WiFi and cellular frequencies are far from FM frequencies. And I think most other phones use the headphones as antenna, rather than inbuilt antennas.
ploek··on Ransomware developers ask for help with CryptoAPI from security researcher
The currently tremendous success of their business model relies on their reputation being that if you pay, you actually get your data back. Once that reputation is destroyed, their market is going to crash. So I say: don't help them, let them destroy their reputation and be their own undoing. Good riddance.
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