Thursday, November 14
Daily News Stuff 14 November 2024
Plushable Stackie Edition
Plushable Stackie Edition
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- The FBI raided the home of the CEO of betting platform Polymarket - which predicted the re-election of President Trump for some not very useful value of "predicted" - and seized his phone and other electronic devices because they felt like it. (New York Post)
No charges have been brought, nobody has been arrested, the FBI and DOJ haven't even hinted at an investigation.
They just did it.
Tech News
- Solidigm, formerly Intel's SSD division, now part of SK Hynix, formerly Hyundai Electronics, has announced a 122TB SSD. (Serve the Home)
It's available in various formats including a traditional 2.5" disk drive (albeit NVMe) and has a peak transfer rate of 7.4GBps. Price not mentioned but it will be a lot.
- Bluesky now has 15 million users. (The Verge)
Bluesky has some good features, but to compete with Twitter it has to be what Twitter is not, and it has chosen to be a home for neurotic leftists who cannot tolerate dissenting views.
It will die.
- Can AI solve advanced math problems? No. (Venture Beat)
Oh well.
- xAI's new AI datacenter has been approved to increase its power consumption from 8MW to 150MW. (Tom's Hardware)
Which used to be a lot.
- Half of my Phase Connect plushies have shipped. (Just checked, actually 11 out of 17 have shipped.)
Can't provide a link because this was a limited time offer and the page was taken down when they sold out - 18 months ago. But they look derpy as heck.
Disclaimer: I came here to ship plushies and chew bubblegum, and the plushies are delayed by 18 months...
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I mean, I'm all in favour of the government being able to just waltz into your house and take stuff at gunpoint because, but why doesn't it ever happen to Obama/Clinton donors? Is there some reason . . . wait, let me see who this is at the door
Posted by: normal at Thursday, November 14 2024 10:02 PM (bg2DR)
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So, the FBI surely had a warrant for that search. Which means they gave some judge a reason that they found reasonable. In normal times, that would be a normal circuit judge, and the reason would have been declared on the warrant. But of course now they will have gone to the super-secret-squirrel FISA court judges, declared that this is a "national security matter" and gotten it classified.
The fact that FISA reform failed to get through congress this year is a huge condemnation of most of "our representatives." The senate, in particular, needs a good lamp post treatment.
The fact that FISA reform failed to get through congress this year is a huge condemnation of most of "our representatives." The senate, in particular, needs a good lamp post treatment.
Posted by: David Eastman at Friday, November 15 2024 02:59 AM (aAyxl)
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I wonder if Bluesky can act as a containment vessel to replace Tumblr.
Posted by: three-humped camel at Friday, November 15 2024 08:35 AM (Ncog+)
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I'm going to guess "no".
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, November 15 2024 11:48 AM (pnaK4)
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I think I heard the Polymarket guy may have actually donated to the Dems.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Friday, November 15 2024 12:36 PM (rcPLc)
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