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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Undermentioned new feature: DriverKit is now available on iPadOS. You will be able to, apparently, write your own drivers and run them on iPads. That's a big deal.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
This is not true. The M1 Max machines start with 16GB of RAM, upgradable to 32GB, so you are adding 16GB more for $400. The new M2 machine starts with 8GB of RAM, upgradable to 24GB for $400. They are both adding 16GB for $400 or 8GB for $2
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Compare the webcams. 1080p resolution looks mighty different on some cameras than others and isn't a good descriptor by itself of quality.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Actually, when you consider how many banks of memory it would take to obtain 100GB/s, it's a bargain. Desktop DDR5-4800 tops out at 38.4 GB/s, so you would need three , desktop DDR5 memory sticks to get that - but it wou
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CA Court: Bumblebees can be legally considered fish(reuters.com)
10 points by gjsman-1000 4y ago|10 comments
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
I'm amazed that I have just seen a second example of CA Court B.S. in the same day. The first event today was when a court declared that bumblebees could be legally considered fish. https://www.reuters.com/legal/li
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Uh huh - if I am Tim Hortons, the slap of the wrist was just the price of this valuable information and the insights retrieved from it.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Another reason to repeal DMCA Section 1201.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
The catch with shucking drives from cheap NAS systems like from WD is that those drives have a strong likelihood of being SMR drives instead of CMR. Basically, they'll work fine until something goes wrong requiring, say, a RAID rebuild
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
On the other hand, who would research anything or spend anything on R&D if it was not protected? It's a two-way street. There are good patents, bad patents, and everything in between.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Apple actually tried (and failed) to break RAW from the RED royalties in 2019, so I believe you are correct. https://www.engadget.com/2019-11-11-apple-prores-raw-red-pat...
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Alleged violations of patents: - 7,830,967 "Video Camera" - 8,174,560 "Video Camera" - 9,245,314 "Video Camera" - 9,436,976 "Video Camera" - 9,521,384 "Green Average Subtraction in Image Data&quo
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Microsoft Store app downloads Netflix and Disney+ movies by breaking DRM(torrentfreak.com)
6 points by gjsman-1000 4y ago|0 comments
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Serializing parts is another issue, but the author of the original article hardly mentions it or cares. The article, for what it states, is unnecessarily naïve about basic logistics.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Did you even research the program? Apple’s SSR store will happily sell you the parts without the toolkit if you want to improvise and use the iFixIt method of repair. You are not required to buy or rent any tools when placing an order.
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Right, but that’s not what the author of the article is complaining about. Instead, the author is complaining about the (shockingly reasonable and probably a loss leader) tool rental cost, complains about the part cost (even though it is th
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
The author negligently failed to mention the ~$25 refund you get when returning the old battery for recycling. The pricing is structured to incentivize part returns but the author was focused on what appears to be a hit piece and did not me
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Furthermore, according to Apple technicians, these are the actual tools they have always used every day in Apple stores, but the author is framing it as though Apple went out of their way to make difficult tools for consumers - by giving th
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Screen Time on macOS is super broken it's insane. The "ask for permission" prompt when visiting a blocked website predates HTML5, and the web restrictions have a tendency to "fail open" after a few hours allowing
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by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Another under-mentioned reason is that iPhones have more efficient processors that generate less heat, and also need less RAM to perform equivalently. Whereas, fitting a top-line Snapdragon into a small phone is a challenge. There’s a reaso
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
Well, Alyssa is, and works for Collabora while also being undergrad.
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
Qualcomm did use their own design called Kyro for a little while, but is now focusing on cores designed by Nuvia which they just bought for the future. As for Apple, they've designed their own cores since the Apple A6 which used the
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
There's no reason that couldn't be a half-truth - it could be a PowerVR with certain components replaced, or even the entire GPU replaced but with PowerVR-like commands and structure for compatibility reasons. Kind of like how AMD
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
> 90% of what you wrote here is inaccurate to say the least. Then tell me where I am wrong. > If any one wants to look at the cap aka the limit on per company / entity basis you are free to do so. No, you are not, if you had more
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
MPEG LA had a cap, Access Advance (formerly known as HEVC Advance) now has a cap though I do not believe there was a cap originally. However, my statement is still correct because to use HEVC you need to also talk to Velos Media (pricing an
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
It also occurred with 4K Blu Ray, which was a real pain in the neck on PC requiring Intel SGX, Intel Secure Media Path, and a billion other DRM things. Then Intel removed SGX in 11th generation onward, and the Blu Ray developers have basica
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
Let's just say HEVC Patent Pools got greedy and demanded a per-software license, either paid by Windows (who decided not to pay) or by Chrome (who also decided not to pay). https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=31318663
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
Three patent pools, and some major companies that you need patents for aren't in any of them. Also unlike H.264, there was no limit to how much you could spend on licensing every year. And that was only the beginning of the disaste
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
HEVC has a long and complicated history. With H.264, it was easy - one patent pool. Any questions? Contact MPEG LA. How much did it cost? About $2 or so per device, no problem. Did you spend more than (IIRC) $14 million on licensing each ye
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by gjsman-1000 5y ago
Maybe a quick temporary fix would be to add a reCAPTCHA, and a better fix would be to mandate appearing on campus and verifying your identity before any accounts or financial aid is made available?

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