Recent content by david germain

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    News AMD Shakes Up Ryzen Mobile Model Naming Scheme Ahead of Mendocino, Dragon Range

    is there a print error on the second image. x5xx = Ryzen 5 x6xx = Ryzen 5 no Ryzen 6 or is the second R5 actually the R5x? yeah that Market Segment area is a mess. thats going to need a triple read before hitting buy.
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    News Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' Crashes Hard Drives

    i think everyone has seen the floppytron playing the Imperil march and other tunes. i am starting to wonder if its possible to write code that the harddrive or other component (u1 rack fans, power coils on motherboards) in a machine play a tune that crashes itself. getting flashes of Stuxnet but...
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    News Intel Drops DirectX 9 Support On Xe, Arc GPUs, Switches to DirectX 12 Emulation

    this is all well and good. but games still have option to disable DX12 as half the time it does not work on modern cards that are DX12 native. my working process is - update game enable DX12 random crashes, disable DX12, everything works again.
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    News Intel Confirms New Meteor Lake ASIC for Big AI Performance Boost

    is it meant to be 'AI Inference '? i tried looking it up and google keeps sending me to AI Inference not Interference.
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    News ZX Spectrum Emulator Runs on Raspberry Pi Pico

    Kempston joystick- i can smell the module . also how do i spell that tape loading noise. eeeeeeeeeeooooooooiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *nailed it
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    News BMW's 3,854-Variable Problem Solved in Six Minutes With Quantum Computing

    yes - Clio owner here. having to removed whole front of the car to change a headlight bulb is taking the piss. or remove the inner wing and steering rack to fit an header bolt.(BMW 325ti)
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    News Windows 11's Newest Security Feature Requires Full Reset

    How long until you have to enable it to access office365 so it can scan macros or something or you on longer can get updates to defender or bug fixes. it a slippery slope.
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    News Arm Severs Itself from Arm China

    waves bye bye to all of ARM IP. all that fancy stuff that is in the Apple M1, all thoes mil contracts. China mil and internal tech companies just got a massive leg up. and ARM very likely lost all access to China as a market. - and maybe all devices that use ARM. this could be very bad for the...
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    News Windows 11's Newest Security Feature Requires Full Reset

    this will apply to all apps at some point. like playing Steam Indi games. MS does not have a auth cod for it. app wont run/install would be my guess.
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    News Windows 11's Newest Security Feature Requires Full Reset

    Is it just me or does this feel like a magic button for a Gov agency under pressure from MSM. To Black list certain apps that dont tow the line with whatever the current messaging is. i can see developers testing new apps been screwed over as well. eg if you dont dev on MS approved cloud app...
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    News GPU Prices Will Eventually Plummet, Analyst Says

    As the US/G5 get more and more control over cyrpto. it will be less and less interesting/safe/decentralised and thus less useful to own. central bank digital currency (CBDC) https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2021/12/27/in-2021-congress-has-introduced-35-bills-focused-on-us-crypto-policy/
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    News Biostar Fits Eight RX 580 GPUs Into 232 MH/s Mining Monster

    unfortunately i think nuance is out of fashion.
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    News Apple Studio Display is 5K, Has A13 Bionic Inside

    What's the reason for 5k? i was under the impression 'we' are all moving to 8k from 4k.
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    News Dominant Crypto Platforms Reluctant to Ban Russian Users

    finally some sense, this is a rare island of real. many upvotes to you sir.
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    News Biostar Fits Eight RX 580 GPUs Into 232 MH/s Mining Monster

    this seems like a great article. you don't need to block individuals.