Wednesday, October 30
Daily News Stuff 30 October 2024
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- A Russian court has reportedly fined Google $20,541,679,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for blocking 17 Russian TV channels. (Tom's Hardware)
Which used to be a lot.
Tech News
- Apple's new Mac Mini - which is actually mini - is here, including an M4 Pro model. (9to5Mac)
As with everything Apple makes, it is locked down forever at the time of purchase, and selecting larger memory and storage options is ruinously expensive.
But at least this one supports up to 64GB of RAM.
The 2024 models measure 5" square, similar to other mini-PCs, and much smaller than the previous 8" square models.
- AMD's 9800X3D, due out next week, is 25% faster than its predecessor on productivity benchmarks. (WCCFTech)
The X3D models are optimised for games and are generally slower than the regular models for serious work, but AMD seems to have managed to reverse that in this case: It's also 10% faster than the comparable current-generation 9700X.
- The Verge is having a normal day to end all normal days: A vote for Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles. (The Verge)
It's particularly impressive how the article includes a chart showing school shootings soaring under the Biden-Harris administration, not Trump's.
- Oops. Oopsie. There's been a local privilege escalation bug in the X.Org window server (that manages desktops on Linux) for 18 years. (Phoronix)
Another very good reason not to run it on servers.
If you needed one.
- 25% of Google's new code is written by AI. (The Verge)
Another very good reason to move away from Google as fast as you can.
If you needed one.
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woohoo for cases
Posted by: PatBuckman at Wednesday, October 30 2024 10:44 PM (rcPLc)
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There's a rumor that AMD flipped the chip stack for the 9000X3D series so that the cache chip is under the CCD instead of on top, and that leads to better heat dissipation, and possibly improved the bonding between the two chips, letting them run faster.
Posted by: Rick C at Thursday, October 31 2024 12:20 AM (O7lu9)
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Have to be:
Running X
As root
On an internet facing server.
Why?
You can forward nearly any X application to a remote machine without running (or even installing most of) X on the server.
Running X
As root
On an internet facing server.
Why?
You can forward nearly any X application to a remote machine without running (or even installing most of) X on the server.
Posted by: normal at Thursday, October 31 2024 10:29 AM (bg2DR)
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What's going on with writing these days?
"The new upscale chip features 14-CPU cores (10 performance and 4 high-efficiency), . . . the Mac mini features 10 performance and 4 efficiency CPU cores . . ."
I seriously wish they'd mention the 10 performance and 4 efficiency cores, because, as everybody knows, it has up to 10 high-performance and going on 4 super-efficient cores, and if you get the top spec it will have 10 performance and 4 efficiency cores that show us how valuable 10 fantastic performance and 4 ludicrously efficient cores can truly be in the package that includes . . .
"The new upscale chip features 14-CPU cores (10 performance and 4 high-efficiency), . . . the Mac mini features 10 performance and 4 efficiency CPU cores . . ."
I seriously wish they'd mention the 10 performance and 4 efficiency cores, because, as everybody knows, it has up to 10 high-performance and going on 4 super-efficient cores, and if you get the top spec it will have 10 performance and 4 efficiency cores that show us how valuable 10 fantastic performance and 4 ludicrously efficient cores can truly be in the package that includes . . .
Posted by: normal at Thursday, October 31 2024 10:59 AM (bg2DR)
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