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Normally dual use means it has a possible use as a weapon. Compute power is restricted from export to enemy nations and is considered dual use. There was once a
by lynguist 2y ago
Normally dual use means it has a possible use as a weapon. Compute power is restricted from export to enemy nations and is considered dual use. There was once a moment when a Mac had enough computing power that it was prohibited from export during a few months until the new limit was established, which was cleverly used as an ad: https://youtu.be/l2ThMmgQdpE?si=xgLsybj86ErWnGvR https://youtu.be/l2ThMmgQdpE?si=xgLsybj86ErWnGvR
But in this specific case it’s utter clickbait.
Dual use: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dual-use https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dual-use
- reanimus 2y agoI don't think that they're referring to this specific phrase. I had no idea that it has this specific meaning, and I would guess most consumers don't, either. If it was clickbait, it was very bad as clickbait.