Friday, July 18
Daily News Stuff 18 July 2025
Cherry Worms Edition
Cherry Worms Edition
Top Story
- AMD's latest Threadripper Pro 9000 WX series arrives July 23, starting at $1649 for 16 cores - actually a little cheaper than the previous generation - and going all the way up to $11,699 for 96 cores which is not cheap at all. (Tom's Hardware)
There's no 12 core model in this generation, which might explain the price cut on the 16 core model.
Also launching on the 23rd is the Radeon Pro 9700, a version of the 9070XT video card with 32GB of RAM instead of 16GB. That will only be available in prebuilt systems initially, with retail units available sometime in the Q3. Which is... Now.
Tech News
- OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent can take over an entire computer and run tasks for you. (The Verge)
Where you can conveniently switch it off, unplug it from the rest of the world, and smash it with a hammer.
- The US House has passed new regulations on so-called "stablecoins", crypto assets that are meant to be, well, stable coins, but sometimes aren't. (CNBC)
TerraUSD and Luna suffered a $60 billion collapse three years ago and caused $300 billion in losses elsewhere because they were basically fictional. (Forbes)
So new regulations are theoretically a good thing. The problem I have personally with this bill is it has widespread bipartisan support, passing 308-122.
Also passing the House was the Anti-CBDC Act, which forbids the Federal Reserve from creating its own digital currency.
That passed with only one Republican dissenting, and every single Democrat voting against it.
- Dictionary.com deleted your words. (Ars Technica)
The histrionics over losing your wordlists are utterly cringeworthy, but as a lesson that you should never trust anything online to still be there tomorrow it is quite valuable.
This site excepted, of course.
Musical Interlude
The official video of this sounded like the band was singing through a lake full of mud. Fortunately there's a better one.
Disclaimer: I hear nothing!
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"Unfortunately, since the coding technology that was used in the previous
app version is different from what is used in the new app, it is not
possible to recover word lists."
So...the question here is, are they lying, or are they incompetent?
So...the question here is, are they lying, or are they incompetent?
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, July 18 2025 11:08 PM (1zWbY)
Posted by: normal at Saturday, July 19 2025 03:08 AM (zx18t)
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I guess what I mean is that creating lists of words is a difficult "coding technology" problem fraught with challenges. What colour should the words be? Would people prefer the words to be longer or shorter than others? Could I have the same word twice? Can the disabled properly access the words? What about blind, illiterate Spaniards?
Posted by: normal at Saturday, July 19 2025 03:17 AM (LADmw)
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"Bi-partisan" - a warning signal that the forces of Evil and Stupid have agreed on a plan to improve your life.
Posted by: Joe Redfield at Saturday, July 19 2025 03:25 AM (KOtXO)
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"The internet is forever," except for anything worthwhile.
Posted by: Mauser at Sunday, July 20 2025 03:48 PM (QE7eq)
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