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    Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: it’s a barn burner

    So Intel just threw a whole lot of power to the problem and it gained some performance... so much of the performance hype is basically just overclocking the living sheet out of it. I had hopes for a more efficient design from Intel, so I am quite disappointed. I see this CPU as somewhat of a...
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    Researchers demonstrate complete solar-powered hydrocarbon production

    Somewhere in the distant, the sound of drums playing the Green Hydrogen song ... Hydrogen has an energy density of about 120MJ/kg. Jet fuel has about 44MJ/kg [Citation included]. Sure, hydrogen probably needs a heavier storage tanks, but it has 3:1 advantage ... I guess it wont spend all that...
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    Viewing website HTML code is not illegal or “hacking,” prof. tells Missouri gov.

    There was probably no propper hash ... as proper hashing is one way. The page needed to decode the data so it could use it. So it was probably just Base64-encoded to preserve characters and letters properly during transmission. The put a huge chunck of data in ViewState and then Base64 encoded...
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    Microsoft prepares another major Windows update... for Windows 10

    RAM usage is hard to judge. I want my computer / OS to use a lot of RAM to cache stuff, index stuff and all that. I paid good money for that RAM; I want it used. I didn't buy it just for collecting zeros. On the other hand, I want the OS to be smart about it. If my applications wants more RAM...
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    Watch this wooden knife cut effortlessly through juicy, medium-well-done steak

    Because they were mostly interested in the cellulose, the actual tree fibers. The cellulose-bit of wood is mostly identical ... the difference in hardness comes from how the fibers are organized and how it is bound together (via lignin for example). Basically they disolved and cooked away the...
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    Attorney conflict could benefit Activision Blizzard in harassment suit

    That is technically correct, and as we all know, that's the best form of correct
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    SEC: Short squeeze wasn’t the “the main driver” of GameStop’s stock rise

    There were some large hedge funds (aka "those damn short sellers") that lost big time. At least one hedge fund actually had to close down due to the massive losses. Bringing down even one hedge fund would be seen as a great victory to activists and indeed it is. Forcing your nemesis to take...
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    Activision claims Call of Duty’s new anti-cheat system won’t look at your files

    I am not sure I understand their logic here. Their software is running with elevated permissions ... and those permissions do include "access to everything"? Do they make an extra user account on your computer that somehow ONLY have access to the install folder for CoD? If not, it surely must...
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    Missouri gov. calls journalist who found security flaw a “hacker,” threatens to sue

    Allthough this has a small hint of Republicanism, I don't think we can pull out the partisan card just yet. This kind of knee jerk reaction is common when someone has been caught witht their pants down. Some people, especially people of power, seems to think attack is the best defense no matter...
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    AMD RX 6600 GPU review: Smaller and less wattage—but not enough

    It probably wont matter, since you cant actually buy it anyway.
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    At the age of 90, Captain f’n Kirk is finally going to space today

    I was most surprised those people in red shirts made it back ...
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    Texas Governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses

    Texas ... (or the US for that matter) is NOT representative for the rest of the world. Texas is your responsibility, not ours.
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    Ted Cruz says bitcoin will stabilize Texas electric grid—here’s why he’s wrong

    That only shifts the "problem of trust" to some other place. Let's use property registry as a an example. Sure, a blockchain would be great for securing those records. No funny business able to go on there, when nobody can change the records, huh? Wrong. You have to trust those people adding...
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    Ted Cruz says bitcoin will stabilize Texas electric grid—here’s why he’s wrong

    He is from the same party as the president that called for storming his own parliament building ... so I guess ... its fine?
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    GM’s next driver-assist system will be hands-free in “95% of situations”

    She/He dont need to have a better idea to call out a bad one. Humans are absolutely useless to sit and keep a constant watch and be ready to take over for an extended amout of time. Its one of the things we're really really bad at. So building (and releasing) a system built around that IS a bad...
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    USB-IF is once again trying to logo its way out of USB-C confusion

    I am all for consumer choice and lots of options, but it has its limits. Its a god damn usb cable. They're not that expensive. I dont have the need to be able to downgrade a single feature to save 0.02$ while keeping the others. I just want it simple and simple means ONE. ONE connector ONE...
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    Tesla on Autopilot slammed into police cars despite flashing lights, lawsuit says

    As with most other claims about products, just look at what the manufacturer will cover. A product isnt really water tight until the manufacturer will cover water damages on warranty A self parking system isnt really ready until the car manufacturer will cover damages that happnes when the car...
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    Florida’s new surgeon general skeptical of vaccines, opposes masks

    Good to see that the US continues with its fine tradition of coming to the right conclusion by trying every other possibility first ...