Wednesday, October 18
Daily Tech News 18 October 2023
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- Under new regulations China will no longer be able to buy Nvidia's cut-down A800 an H800 AI cards or AMD's MI300 models, and China's own GPU companies will lose access to advanced processes at TSMC. (Tom's Hardware)
However, Iran can now buy and sell missiles because our leaders totally have their eyes on what is most important, which is to say, their bank accounts.
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- Intel's 14th gen desktop chips get put to the test and... Eh. (Tom's Hardware)
They're fast, but (a) for gaming they are still slower than AMD's 7800X3D, (b) for productivity they're still slower than AMD's 7950X, (c) you still have the problem with having two entirely different core designs in one chip, and (d) power consumption is insane.
On the Y-Cruncher benchmark, the 7950X3D uses 99W while the 14900K uses 262W, and the 7950X3D is faster.
- Corsair's 4TB MP600 Core XT is selling for $160. (Tom's Hardware)
It's a DRAMless QLC drive, so not even slightly high-end, but 4TB for $160 is pretty good if you just want fast storage for video files or games.
- Twitter is running a trial charging $1 per year to new users for full access. (WCCFTech)
Don't cough up the buck and the site is read-only.
This only applies to New Zealand and the Philippines right now, but signs are they want to take it worldwide to filter out the bots and general idiocy.
At worst, make the idiots a profit center.
- How to hack Switzerland's new e-voting system. (Schneier on Security)
You still need to hack your targets' computers, but once you've done that, the carefully designed voting protocol does nothing to protect anyone.
The solution is paper.
Disclaimer: Or cheese. Cheese works. Mmm, cheese...
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"the 14900K uses 262W, and the 7950X3D is faster."
Yes, but is it really backwards compatible with those 8008 apps your grandmother coded while she was in the Navy? If you aren't really really double sure, you should just stick with the Intel chip(s).
Yes, but is it really backwards compatible with those 8008 apps your grandmother coded while she was in the Navy? If you aren't really really double sure, you should just stick with the Intel chip(s).
Posted by: normal at Wednesday, October 18 2023 09:53 PM (obo9H)
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They need Iran selling missiles to Russia to support the war effort, it is that simple.
It is possible that electronic voting in Switzerland is solely motivated by the greater opportunity for fraud allowed by electronic voting.
It is possible that electronic voting in Switzerland is solely motivated by the greater opportunity for fraud allowed by electronic voting.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Wednesday, October 18 2023 11:54 PM (r9O5h)
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"On the Y-Cruncher benchmark, the 7950X3D uses 99W while the 14900K uses 262W, and the 7950X3D is faster."
One of the forums I read has several of the kind of person who sneered at the first generations of Ryzen because Intel chips were still 3% faster, or who bought the highest-end video card because it gave 7 more FPS in their current favorite game at 4K, and none of them are saying they want a 14900K. I could talk myself into upgrading my 12600K to a 14700K, but at the end of the day it's not really worth it, so I'm gonna skip this generation, and I'll wait until Meteor or Arrow Lake.
One of the forums I read has several of the kind of person who sneered at the first generations of Ryzen because Intel chips were still 3% faster, or who bought the highest-end video card because it gave 7 more FPS in their current favorite game at 4K, and none of them are saying they want a 14900K. I could talk myself into upgrading my 12600K to a 14700K, but at the end of the day it's not really worth it, so I'm gonna skip this generation, and I'll wait until Meteor or Arrow Lake.
Posted by: Rick C at Thursday, October 19 2023 12:21 AM (BMUHC)
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The solution is paper.
Oh no! That is discriminatory! You are preventing and denying people who are not suppose to be voting in your election from voting in your election! And the answer will always be 'More government, more regulation, more control.'
BTW, anyone else been annoyed at getting Youtube's 'Ad Blockers violate our terms of service and you are a bad person for using them' messages? Apparently the messages have mutated to 'Ad Blockers violate our terms of services, you are a bad person for using them, and you can't use Youtube anymore' on some browsers...Like Firefox (Yes, that was why I was asking about browsers a few weeks ago.).
Oh no! That is discriminatory! You are preventing and denying people who are not suppose to be voting in your election from voting in your election! And the answer will always be 'More government, more regulation, more control.'
BTW, anyone else been annoyed at getting Youtube's 'Ad Blockers violate our terms of service and you are a bad person for using them' messages? Apparently the messages have mutated to 'Ad Blockers violate our terms of services, you are a bad person for using them, and you can't use Youtube anymore' on some browsers...Like Firefox (Yes, that was why I was asking about browsers a few weeks ago.).
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