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    Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.

    In a tough race where only the top 3 contestants would win. Everybody still participates, without thinking too much about the consequences of losing the race. Because everybody hope to be among the top 3. I think this might be the mindset of the AI actors, even if they know more or less that...
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    OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets

    Is this a TRI-llion dollars company? Stealing books in good faith? Also recently accusing suicide victim of ChatGPT as "violation of ToS" ?!? This company is led by despicable bandits. They will probably snatch a lollipop out of kids hands for some extra savings in pantry expenses. Maximum...
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    OpenAI’s new Atlas web browser wants to let you “chat with a page”

    Is this Atlas browser a vehicle for advertisement in disguise?
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    Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.

    OpenAI is on track for profitability. I heard they will do porn soon.
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    New Raspberry Pi 4 model comes with a ton of RAM: 8GB

    Why make a big deal out of that quote? There are plenty of famous and respectable people who made wrong prediction. The professor who told Max Planck nothing could be discovered in physics. Also Einstein, Arthur Eddington, Fred Hoyle are a few I know of.
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    New Raspberry Pi 4 model comes with a ton of RAM: 8GB

    Thank you very much sir for the thorough answer. It is impressive that such a small low power CPU could be that powerful. I'd pay any money to get rid of the noise. Is it Ok to use high quality desktop fan, the kind of 80mm or even 120mm. The trouble is those fans run on 12V DC. But maybe I...
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    New Raspberry Pi 4 model comes with a ton of RAM: 8GB

    Can you please help a neanderthal man for some novice questions. Q1. How is this Pi4/8GB compared to a desktop CPU? More exactly which desktop CPU is comparable, in terms of CPU processing capabilities to the Pi4 CPU? (Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz...
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    Xiaomi’s Redmi K30 Pro brings Snapdragon 865 phones down to $425

    So either the flagships are overpriced by at least $800 USD more. Or there is a trap somewhere with this Redmi K30 Pro. Why would anyone buy a Samsung S20 ?
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    This is why everyone is hoarding toilet paper

    In another forum, someone had an opinion on the why: "This is a kind of end-of-the-world scenario that the social rejected were craving, thinking that the table will turn in their favor". In such a scenario, TP is the most visible and most affordable mean to express the illusion of power.
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    OnePlus 7 Pro Review—The fastest, best-designed, best-value Android phone

    > curved displays are pointless. They aren't an improvement over flat screens, and they just distort the sides of the user interface Agreed 100%. On top of that they are more fragile.
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    Google’s cheaper Pixel 3a is official, starting at $399

    I like plastic body, good camera, capacitive fingerpint sensor, headphone jack. Personally I don't need powerful CPU nor wireless charging nor waterproof (I am careful). This Pixel3a checks them all and cost HALF PRICE! I wish I could exchange my Pixel3 for two Pixel3a. I think this is going to...
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    USB 3.2 is going to make the current USB branding even worse

    Simplest naming would be USB 4.20 (version 4, 20Gb/s) but maybe the USB committee is not familiar with big numbers. If you count up to 3 all your life, 20 looks absurdly gigantic.
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    Dell’s 2018 XPS 13 DE—The best “out of the box” Linux laptop gets the best OS

    How is the trackpad compared to that of a MacBookPro? In terms of gesture navigation. Thanks
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    Our favorite—and least favorite—tech of 2017

    No one mentions Adaptative icon as the absolute worst idea in 2017?
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    Oracle economist: Android stole Java’s “window of opportunity”

    I suppose in a next few years. There would be another law suite, Scala stole Java’s “2ND window of opportunity”. And soon, the Java island of Indonesia infringes Oracle's trade mark.
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    Oracle economist: Android stole Java’s “window of opportunity”

    Oracle ruins every Open Source project under its custody. There was no opportunity and even less anything to be stolen. Look at the number of Apache projects in Big Data which use Java. NONE come from Oracle. They don't know what to do with Java. This company has no creativity.
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    Why Microsoft needed to make Windows run Linux software

    Why Windows must run Linux? Because Windows is not fun anymore. There is a lot of fun in Open Source. When I go back to Windows C:, D: looks so archaic. There is no Docker. But there is Activation at every installation. When Microsoft will sink enough, I hope Canonical will buy it and throw away...
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    Ars Deathwatch 2016: Companies and tech whose time may have come

    In a few years, Windows OS will probably join that death list.
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    Android M Dev Preview delivers permission controls, fingerprint API, and more

    Can you please explain what the LANWifi icon means? (The leftmost checkbox). Would it be enough to control access to WiFi (checkbox in the middle) and Mobile Data (rightmmost checkbox)? Thanks in advance for any advice
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    LG G4 Review: More than competent, but less than stunning

    If the word "plastic" is removed, this article length could be shortened by half. Maybe I am driven by functionalities, I have hard time understanding people "pickiness" about the exterior factors. What I don't understand in smartphone in general is why do they have screen resolution so high...