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751.
by 6nf 8y ago
We care about the TDP, which can be improved in various ways, not just moving to 5nm. Physical size in a phone or whatever is small enough, we don't care about smaller chips. The amount of space saved is negligible.
752.
by 6nf 8y ago
Yea for consumers these days, the physical size really doesn't matter much at all. ICs are small enough, nobody's looking forward to 5nm because of the physical size. What matters is cost and electric power usage.
753.
by 6nf 8y ago
> some studies show it causes brain damage What? That can't be true, are you sure?
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by 6nf 8y ago
Just to be clear, I've certainly never fired someone on a whim and in fact I can't even remember the last time I actually had to fire someone. Probably at least 5 years. But we do try really hard to hire people that fit in our cul
755.
by 6nf 8y ago
Why? Because we want people who act like humans instead of corporate robots? Because we care about people who care about each other?
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by 6nf 8y ago
You're really hung up about this 'not in the job description' thing. If you see a small fire in the cubicle next door, I guess you'll just ignore it cause putting out fires wasn't in the job description. Neither is
757.
by 6nf 8y ago
If someone with this attitude worked for me, I'd get rid of them ASAP. We don't want people sitting around saying 'thats not my job' or 'I'm not going to look for ways to do things in a better way' or &#x2
758.
by 6nf 8y ago
That's crazy, I don't understand how people are so negative about this. Sociopaths will NOT fire that person, they'd put that person to work automating other jobs. This is just how you run a business.
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by 6nf 8y ago
> Or they fire you because they don't need you anymore. This is the kind of ridiculous thinking I'm talking about in my other comment. You just made your job into a cheap, automated process. That's the most valuable thing
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by 6nf 8y ago
I've told this story a few times and I always get surprisingly diverse reactions to it, especially on Reddit. Back in the late 90s I worked at a place that sold all kinds of automotive parts. Everything from nuts and spark plugs to tur
761.
by 6nf 8y ago
It's a tech demo, and it's a damn impressive one at that. The reporting just isn't great.
762.
by 6nf 8y ago
Yea that's the problem. Let's say the smart contract accidentally burns the money instead of paying it out due to a bug in the contract code. No recourse.
763.
by 6nf 8y ago
Either learn the mathematics if you're interested in the software side, or learn the physics if you're interested in the hardware side.
764.
by 6nf 8y ago
No, 56 qubits is still much too small to break any useful encryption. And your second point is true too - these are not general purpose quantum computers and can't run arbitrary quantum algorithms.
765.
by 6nf 8y ago
Yea that's all true. The problem is consistently defining what exactly constitutes a 'feature'. Intel's 10nm features are smaller than Intel's 13nm features but it's harder to compare Intel 10nm to other compan
766.
by 6nf 8y ago
Yea that's what I mean. It seems that cheap fast growing timber can be purchased for $20 per tonne. Dry timber is about 50% carbon and CO2 is about 30% carbon, so that means we can grow CO2 out of the atmosphere at a price of around $1
767.
by 6nf 8y ago
Every time one of these articles come up I wonder about the price per tonne of CO2 removed by simply growing wood and not burning it. I'm not really sure what that price is, but it seems to be around $20-$40 per tonne? Does anyone have
768.
by 6nf 8y ago
Also check out Mercury Arc Rectifiers, amazingly cool old tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMZ5qtyCUc
769.
by 6nf 8y ago
I think the first one is the only relevant one in this case anyway
770.
by 6nf 8y ago
Not sure who is downvoting you, this seems to be correct?
771.
by 6nf 8y ago
I will miss you Terry
772.
by 6nf 8y ago
I understand the source of that CFC pollution is unknown at this stage, we're not even sure which country it's coming from. CFC production is banned worldwide already so it's a matter of finding the culprit and shutting it do
773.
by 6nf 8y ago
Google tells me 'mil' is some kind of abbreviation for 'thou' or thousands of an inch which means 8 mil = 0.2mm
774.
by 6nf 8y ago
A rocket is heavy because it has to carry all its own fuel. A space elevator does not.
775.
by 6nf 8y ago
Wait really? That's extremely sad. I hope this is not true.
776.
by 6nf 8y ago
It probably will with enough training, I'd be surprised if it didn't. Those phone ID systems are pretty liberal with what they accept.
777.
by 6nf 8y ago
It doesn't matter, Australian politicians can't save the reef no matter what they do. The reef isn't dying because of pollution or whatever, it's dying because the ocean temperature is increasing and nothing we do will s
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by 6nf 8y ago
This is changing rapidly the last decade or so, especially in the telecom industry. There's quite a few companies getting into trouble for misleading advertising recently.
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by 6nf 8y ago
> continuously observing all parts of the planet? No there's no way this is happening right now. I'm confident that they can continuously observe specific arbitrary locations of interest, but not the entire planet all at the sa
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by 6nf 8y ago
You can't see anything from GEO, it's just too far away to be useful. No way they'll put them out that far.

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