Alphane_Moon

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

There is a lot of truth to that.

Google web search (and by extension services like Ecosia that rely on Google) has worsened in quality, especially for more niche content that requires some work to get to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

Thanks for the clarification!

I was under the impression this was all optical disc writing.

When the family got a computer with a CD-RW drive in 1999, I used a CD-RW disc as a sort of portable USB, I guessing that was the last time when I used packet writing. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

This is more software news, but still a (nerdy) historical milestone of sorts.

I do hope it will be easy to enable CD/DVD/BD writing support if needed.

EDIT: I was mistaken, opticla disc writing is not being removed, just one specific (and somewhat niche?) technology/approach.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure Kyiv Star would rather use Eutelsat (or even another non-American provider), but there is no pragmatic alternative at this point.

I am really hoping Eutelsat can get their act together in the next ~18 months.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago

We need to move off Starlink (and reduce dependence on American providers in a pragmatic manner), that being said from what I've read Eutelsat is no where near in terms of performance (bandwidth), base station size and global coverage (although from my understanding Ukraine is somewhat well covered).

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32908689

His comments came in response to a U.N. report released last month that alleged technology firms including Google and its parent company Alphabet had profited from “the genocide carried out by Israel” in Gaza by providing cloud and AI technologies to the Israeli government and military.

“With all due respect, throwing around the term genocide in relation to Gaza is deeply offensive to many Jewish people who have suffered actual genocides. I would also be careful citing transparently antisemitic organizations like the UN in relation to these issues,” Brin wrote in a forum for staff at Google DeepMind, the company’s artificial intelligence division, where workers were debating the report, according to the screenshots.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks for the clarification!

The web si unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Thankfully it seems that this is only for Dark Reader on Edge (not Firefox or Chrome).

Still worrying to see them integrate this fraudulent service.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even mid-range smartphones have been "good enough" in the last ~5 years in terms of device performance.

Flagships used to be distinguished by camera quality, but this benefit is not as noticeable as it once was.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I didn't think of that, but it's true! 😄

 
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Worth pointing out that MIPS is a mere shadow of it's former self (some of my first routers were based on MIPS). They are currently a relatively small RISC-V design firm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do wonder how much of IBM's POWER business is based on net new installations.

If you are running a a critical system on a POWER system (e.g. banking core), it makes sense to pay a high price and avoid the risks associated with complete rewrite.

But does IBM get any new client for their POWER systems?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

With a quote post, the post you are quoting is fully (text, avatar image) nested in your post.

It was commonly used on Twitter (I deleted my accounts some time ago).

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