Daily Tech News 18 April 2024

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Turns out I was wrong: Google had nine of yesterday's pro-Nazi protesters arrested, then fired all of them. (CNBC)

I still wouldn't trust Google with anything sharper than a rubber spoon, but this is a rare positive sign.

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How many bathrooms contain neanderthals? (John Hawks)

The number may surprise you. Because it's greater than zero.
With some power plants still offline following the recent earthquake, TSMC has stepped in. (Tom's Hardware)

TSMC has backup generators for all of its many factories - big ones - because having the power go out can ruin tens of millions of dollars of chips.

So now it's helping back up Taiwan's electrical grid as power plants are returned to operation.
Samsung will be introducing 10.7gbps, 32GB LPDDR5X modules later this year. (AnandTech)

Not sure if that's a 64-bit or 128-bit bus. Checking their existing products, it looks like they only offer up to 64 LPDDR5X RAM, so two of these packages would give 64GB of very fast memory.
Nvidia has announced the A400 and A1000 video cards, for people needing professional graphics cards but not professional graphics speeds. (Serve the Home)

These are half-height, single-slot cards that only use 50W, so don't expect them to be speed demons. The A1000 is likely about half the speed of a 4060, and the A400 half of that.

Disclaimer: Google, Google, you can't hide!
You're accused of genocide!
Google, Google, you can't fire us!
No-one else would ever hire us!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:05 AM

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1 PresenT!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:05 AM (XTtv8)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

3 How many bathrooms contain neanderthals? (John Hawks)
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LOL. Forwarded to an architect friend of mine.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:09 AM (XTtv8)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024 04:09 AM (fwDg9)

5 With some power plants still offline following the recent earthquake, TSMC has stepped in.

Stepped in?

They've chipped in, surely.

Posted by: mikeski at April 18, 2024 04:11 AM (DgGvY)

6 Missed it by a thin kitten whisker!

Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites scattered throughout the Solar system! (Keep your spirits up, Titan, there's only two more months until the supply ship arrives with those "marital aids" you ordered.)

I slept close to enough last night. Maybe the CBD gummies are working for me. If the weather wasn't so warm already, I'd say this might well be a fine day. Howzaboutchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2024 04:11 AM (omVj0)

7 Oh, and I got a notice from the state dept. of revenue yesterday. With trepidation I opened it. Turns out I declared the wrong number of exemptions on my state tax return! That lowered my taxes by $18.00. So they are refunding me the $9.00 I sent and will give me the additional $9.00 -- as, of course, they should. Amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2024 04:19 AM (omVj0)

8 5 With some power plants still offline following the recent earthquake, TSMC has stepped in.

Stepped in?

They've chipped in, surely.
Posted by: mikeski

Thank you ladies and gentlemen, he'll be here all week. Remember to try your waitress and be sure to tip the veal.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 18, 2024 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

9 >>>Google had nine of yesterday's pro-Nazi protesters arrested, then fired all of them. (CNBC)

Many yays!

Posted by: m at April 18, 2024 04:32 AM (o3SCB)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 18, 2024 04:32 AM (pLaQB)

11 1 PresenT!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:05 AM (XTtv

Also yay!

Posted by: m at April 18, 2024 04:33 AM (o3SCB)

12 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

Good day, sir!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 18, 2024 04:33 AM (pLaQB)

13 They've chipped in, surely.
Posted by: mikeski
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Silly conservative word games!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:42 AM (XTtv8)

14 Another long commute day, I don't want to go

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024 04:43 AM (fwDg9)

15 Good morning! Looking forward to a leisurely morning with a telecon to brief for an upcoming project, then a comfortable ride in to work at the office. Tomorrow is the Main Street Arts Festival here in Cowtown, and the wife is looking for something to put out on the patio. I think the developing theme is Mexican Pacific coast.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2024 04:45 AM (YRsIm)

16 FJB, still relevant

Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at April 18, 2024 04:46 AM (YoS4M)

17 Jerusalem weather today is a normally comfortable 23C/73F today, with humidity at 40%.

BUT we are having a massive dust storm (without the wind).

Looking out my window, I cannot see past around 500M. Everything looks like the white background in this comment box!

I can't breathe! I can't breathe!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:48 AM (XTtv8)

18 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2024 04:51 AM (ju2Fy)

19 Another long commute day, I don't want to go
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024

***
No more do I, Skip.

"Look at 'em, runnin' around out there like a buncha wild Indians . . . [nervous laugh]
"Please, Mister Custer, I don't wanna go!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2024 04:52 AM (omVj0)

20 and the wife is looking for something to put out on the patio. I think the developing theme is Mexican Pacific coast.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2024

***
When I have a yard, with or without patio, I want to do some Southwest/Santa Fe style. Which will look odd in Indiana, if that's where I wind up; but I don't care, I like it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2024 04:54 AM (omVj0)

21 @17 I can't breathe! I can't breathe!

That you, George?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2024 04:56 AM (ju2Fy)

22 Worse is FJB is still breathing

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024 04:57 AM (fwDg9)

23 Worse is FJB is still breathing
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024 04:57 AM (fwDg9)
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There's always Kamala!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:59 AM (XTtv8)

24 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 18, 2024 04:54 AM (omVj0)

That's the beauty of home ownership. You do you.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2024 05:00 AM (YRsIm)

25 Another long commute day, I don't want to go
Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024

How long, exactly ?

Will you have a ZZTop beard by the time ya get there ?

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2024 05:07 AM (T4tVD)

26 Cool day today, had light rain already but not amounting much
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at April 18, 2024 05:09 AM (I4wQC)

27 Will there be a big battle between Kamala and Newsom over the vice president spot. Somehow, I don't think Gavin will play second fiddle. Maybe a shootout at 20 paces, both wearing blind folds. Strange times ahead. Both will cheat.

Posted by: Colin at April 18, 2024 05:12 AM (/z/eU)

28 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2024 05:17 AM (T4tVD)

29 My left palm is itchy.

And you know what THAT means !

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2024 05:22 AM (T4tVD)

30 Tap-Tap-Tap......is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2024 05:31 AM (T4tVD)

31 Tap-Tap-Tap......is this thing on ?

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2024 05:31 AM (T4tVD)

We figured you needed some privacy...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2024 05:34 AM (A3700)

32 We figured you needed some privacy...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2024 05:34 AM (A3700)

Oh.

Posted by: JT at April 18, 2024 05:36 AM (T4tVD)

33 A beautiful devotional, "God's tender love" based on a passage from Hosea:

https://tinyurl.com/2p87w6xu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2024 05:36 AM (hQIXB)

34 Maybe a shootout at 20 paces, both wearing blind folds. Strange times ahead. Both will cheat.
Posted by: Colin

Well then it's Kamala as the winner. She used to working with a blindfold

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:36 AM (DeG4V)

35 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 18, 2024 04:59 AM (XTtv

What's your sense of the tone...overt strike against Iran?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2024 05:36 AM (A3700)

36 Hmmmmm....debating whether or not to toast a muffin and fry an egg. More coffee first.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2024 05:37 AM (YRsIm)

37 From Ms Hoyt at Insty, commenting:
SO, ABOUT ALL THOSE CANCERS: Evidence is provided that adding 100 % of N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ

to the mRNA vaccine in a melanoma model stimulated cancer growth and metastasis.

t has been discovered that the mRNA vaccines inhibit essential immunological pathways, thus impairing early interferon signaling. Within the framework of COVID-19 vaccination, this inhibition ensures an appropriate spike protein synthesis and a reduced immune activation. Evidence is provided that adding 100 % of N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ to the mRNA vaccine in a melanoma model stimulated cancer growth and metastasis, while non-modified mRNA vaccines induced opposite results, thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.

Posted at 2:00 am by Sarah Hoyt

Did people miss where this was on the package? This is what they said it did- while at the same time saying it was a vaccine. It is not a vaccine, it is an immunosuppressant.

Posted by: Mr Spock at April 18, 2024 05:38 AM (di6C2)

38
Six hours ago:

Currently, mysterious widespread outages are occurring across the nation, including the whole state of South Dakota and Nebraska, parts of Nevada, Texas, Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin, and Kentucky. Officials report major disruptions in 911 services, preventing emergency calls from getting through. The cause of this outage remains unknown at this time as officials are actively investigating. This situation is still developing with more outages occurring.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2024 05:38 AM (RKVpM)

39 Ok, sock and barrel fail. How did that happen?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 18, 2024 05:38 AM (di6C2)

40 "I realized, 'Oh, the place that I work at is very complicit and aiding in this genocide - I have a responsibility to act against it,'" Hasan Ibraheem, a Google software engineer based in New York City, told CNBC.

Well, Hasan, the noble act would be to quit.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2024 05:39 AM (ju2Fy)

41 Turns out I was wrong: Google had nine of yesterday's pro-Nazi protesters arrested, then fired all of them.

I sure hope none of them were the Google Doodle artists.
Another Pride month is coming up and we need Pride Doodles!

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:41 AM (DeG4V)

42 Ibraheem added, "The fact that I am receiving money from Google and Israel is paying Google -- I am receiving part of that money, and that weighed very heavily on me."

Well, Hasan, since you didn't do the noble thing and quit, let me help relieve your burden. You're fired. Feel better now?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2024 05:42 AM (ju2Fy)

43 the mRNA vaccine in a melanoma model stimulated cancer growth and metastasis, while non-modified mRNA vaccines induced opposite results, thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.

Posted at 2:00 am by Sarah Hoyt

Did people miss where this was on the package? This is what they said it did- while at the same time saying it was a vaccine. It is not a vaccine, it is an immunosuppressant.
Posted by: Mr Spock

Did we forget to put that on the box?
Was that wrong? Because I gotta tell ya.....

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:44 AM (DeG4V)

44
The tech giant has fired 28 workers who participated in protests in two of the companies offices.

28 > 9

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 18, 2024 05:46 AM (RKVpM)

45 Ibraheem added, "The fact that I am receiving money from Google and Israel is paying Google -- I am receiving part of that money, and that weighed very heavily on me."

Oh FFS. And yet, you continued to 'work' there and draw a paycheck but protesting in the office is totes legit and makes everything right?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2024 05:46 AM (YRsIm)

46 You're fired. Feel better now?
Posted by: olddog in mo

No. Now I'm hungry and I have no place to sleep.

You must provide for me.

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:46 AM (DeG4V)

47 Police officer drives young man to job interview after pulling him over:

https://tinyurl.com/3n34f7zu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2024 05:46 AM (zeEqS)

48 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2024 05:47 AM (ENQN6)

49 Police officer drives young man to job interview after pulling him over:

https://tinyurl.com/3n34f7zu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Nice!

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:47 AM (DeG4V)

50 You must provide for me.
Posted by: Bruce

Ok, let me think about it...

Nah, bro.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2024 05:49 AM (ju2Fy)

51 Adorable baby seems to be having conversation with his dad about a television program:

https://tinyurl.com/yy95kd5t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2024 05:49 AM (XkYcA)

52 Ok, let me think about it...

Nah, bro.
Posted by: olddog in mo

Then...Hasan CHOP!

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:50 AM (DeG4V)

53 Hasan chop ia a

Daffy Duck reference

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:51 AM (DeG4V)

54 Good morning. 57degrees out and going up to a sunny mid-80’s here in western NC. No sleep last night, don’t know why except I drank a Diet Pepsi late in the afternoon. Caffeine maybe.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 18, 2024 05:54 AM (Z8Xq7)

55 Reading in preparation for this morning's new project briefing, and I strongly suspect that the guy who wrote this planning document has never worked on an aircraft in his life, and might have never flown on one either.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 18, 2024 05:58 AM (YRsIm)

56 "Google had nine of yesterday's pro-Nazi protesters arrested, then fired all of them. (CNBC) "

nothing political, or principled in that, at all -
they Inconvenienced a Real Person.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 18, 2024 06:02 AM (PFYt9)

57 Bruce- I just sent "Ali Baba Bunny" to a friend yesterday.

He's old enough to recall it and he likes rabbits:

https://tinyurl.com/2tbhjzx4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 18, 2024 06:04 AM (0iCYP)

58 and g'mornin' everyone!

42 degrees, overcast,, weather-guessers say it's gonna rain.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 18, 2024 06:06 AM (PFYt9)

59 Bruce- I just sent "Ali Baba Bunny" to a friend yesterday. He's old enough to recall it and he likes rabbits:

https://tinyurl.com/2tbhjzx4
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Great minds think alike!

Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 06:08 AM (DeG4V)

60 atherine Maher says the "the number one challenge" in her fight against disinformation is "the First Amendment in the United States," which makes it "a little bit tricky" to censor "bad information" and "the influence peddlers" who spread it.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 18, 2024 06:13 AM (ENQN6)

61 really funny how they can't help projecting, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at April 18, 2024 06:19 AM (PFYt9)

62 > "bad information" and "the influence peddlers" who spread it.

she's describing NPR

Posted by: Don Black at April 18, 2024 06:24 AM (oCjPU)

63 nood

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 18, 2024 06:25 AM (ju2Fy)

64 43 the mRNA vaccine in a melanoma model stimulated cancer growth and metastasis, while non-modified mRNA vaccines induced opposite results, thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.

Posted at 2:00 am by Sarah Hoyt

Did people miss where this was on the package? This is what they said it did- while at the same time saying it was a vaccine. It is not a vaccine, it is an immunosuppressant.
Posted by: Mr Spock

Did we forget to put that on the box?
Was that wrong? Because I gotta tell ya.....
Posted by: Bruce at April 18, 2024 05:44 AM (DeG4V)

LOL Bruce

Posted by: m at April 18, 2024 09:11 AM (o3SCB)

65 The problem is that Google doesn't know that Nazis were Socialists just like them. When they figure that out they will let the Nazis go.

Posted by: Fisht at April 18, 2024 09:18 AM (BHEHK)

66 The question isn't whether Samsung is announcing it, but whether they are delivering it in more than invisible quantities?

Which is why anyone who really needs super fast memory is using Micron's GDDR6X, and not Samsung's GDDR6.

Posted by: Voyager at April 18, 2024 03:02 PM (nmL8W)

67 I would bet good money that TSMC does not site their backup generators where they might be vulnerable to tusnamis. The Japanese did, which just goes to show you . . . .

Posted by: Gordon at April 18, 2024 03:46 PM (v9KcC)

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