Daily Tech News 3 September 2024

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Andreesen Horowitz partner Joshua Lu says the future of gaming is AI, and Discord. (Tech Crunch)

What would he know?
Andreessen Horowitz's partner Joshua Lu knows that, in the video game industry, you can never get too comfortable. When he was head of product at Zynga, he experienced the height of mobile games, working on hits like Words with Friends; then as a vice president at Blizzard Entertainment, he helped produce tentpole hits like Diablo Immortal.
Wait. Diablo Immortal? I've heard of that.

Oh, yeah.

Diablo Immortal slammed on Metacritic, now holds lowest user score ever. (Kotaku)

It scored 0.2. Out of 10.

After some updates the score increased slightly. It now stands at 0.3.

Of course, that's on PC. On iOS they're more tolerant of pay-to-win mobile slop. It scored 0.5 there.

This was the game where it infamously cost $110,000 to fully equip a single character. (GameRant)

The future of gaming smells like a sewer.

Tech News

The Rust for Linux maintainer has stepped down because other Linux developers just refused to see the light he was shining upon them. (The Register)
"Almost four years into this, I expected we would be past tantrums from respected members of the Linux kernel community. I just ran out of steam to deal with them, as I said in my email."
Why, yes, he does work for Microsoft. How did you know?
What's inside a 128TB SSD? (Serve the Home)

Flash memory chips. What a surprise.
Ugh. 5Gb Ethernet. (WCCFTech)

2.5Gb Ethernet switches are readily available and getting cheaper. 10Gb Ethernet switches are readily available and getting cheaper - very slowly.

5Gb Ethernet switches do not exist. You need to find a 10Gb switch with multi-gig support for 2.5Gb and 5Gb speeds.
I was wrong.

Yesterday I said that Intel's upcoming Panther Lake CPUs will have more bits.

They actually have less bits. (Tom's Hardware)

While they will have up to 16 cores, that's made up of four low-power Efficiency cores, eight regular Efficiency cores, and only four Performance cores.
Microsoft has announced that the ability to easily uninstall the Recall Metavirus is a bug and will be fixed. (The Verge)

The Recall Metavirus itself is not a bug. It is intentional.

The ability to remove it will be removed.
A federal judge has granted a partial injunction on the Texas online child protection (SCOPE) act. (The Verge)

At issue are arguments that in trying to protect children the law would unconstitutionally infringe upon the free speech of adults.

Which it probably would. Laws like this are hard to without running into First Amendment issues.

Disclaimer: I'm holding out for five-and-a-half gig/

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin' Horde. Nooded.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 03, 2024 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 Imagine a giant game controller stamping on a human face -- forever!

What a way to start a work week, but here we are.

Evening and morning to all you early risers and late toilers! It's hot outside and I gotta go work out. On the good side, the bridge I take home from work every day now has all its lanes open, so I may make decent time today even at rush hour.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2024 04:04 AM (omVj0)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 03, 2024 04:04 AM (sAmhv)

4 Pixy: Rust Article; you linked to the separate comments section, not the article itself.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 03, 2024 04:06 AM (O7YUW)

5 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 03, 2024 04:14 AM (dg+HA)

6 A couple amps, guitar, keyboard rig, mood lighting, and a big bag o' buds. Who wants video games? Anyways, cat finally deigned to come home so i can get to bed.

Posted by: SFGoth at September 03, 2024 04:20 AM (KAi1n)

7 4 Pixy: Rust Article; you linked to the separate comments section, not the article itself.

Oops. Fixed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 03, 2024 04:20 AM (BLOW1)

8 BOING!

Who at Telsa came up with the name and acronym?

https://tinyurl.com/53zhpsa2

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2024 04:24 AM (3dByF)

9 Hamas tactical notes:

https://tinyurl.com/4umhherd

Out with Mrs. BD for an early lunch. l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2024 04:25 AM (3dByF)

10 I've always gotten a slightly creepy feeling about the Rust Witnesses I've read from time to time at Hacker News... they seem to think that security is just a matter of reimplementing c programs in rust a little bit at a time without thinking about the program or the algorithm or anything like that.

I'd like to be able to use linux without it becoming a stupid mutated post-unix kludge made up of wayland running on top of systemd....

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 03, 2024 04:26 AM (+9Xmi)

11 ...and that's all I have to say for now. My sleep schedule is scrambled, I'll check back later, I want to try to get something done tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at September 03, 2024 04:30 AM (+9Xmi)

12
Now, I'm thinking about mules on Mars. Can Elon Gee and Haw?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2024 04:30 AM (w6EFb)

13 "Figure out now what you are willing to die for, because we are at that moment of existential crisis in this culture, like it or not."

Dr. Joseph P. Farrell

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 03, 2024 04:51 AM (TGPs7)

14 @12/publius: Better than Boeing can. Also, thank you for posting that story about Rosie the mule, and how Duff trained her, and how she automatically minded your Dad. That was a pleasant read.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 03, 2024 04:52 AM (O7YUW)

15 Test

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 03, 2024 05:00 AM (a1415)

16 Pixy

I don't know it was something you changed, or my turning off the iPhone 'Smart Punctuation' feature as some had suggested.

But....I can now comment on the new iPhone.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 03, 2024 05:02 AM (a1415)

17 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 03, 2024 05:06 AM (fwDg9)

18 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 03, 2024 05:06 AM (pTdyP)

19
Mules are quite intelligent animals. Smarter than horses, many say, including my father. Me, again I don't know nuttin', but that's what I've heard those that do say.

Mules are indeed stuborn, but they just need someone who knows what they're doing. A mule whisperer. That's their intelligence.

Remind me one ONT to tell you the story of my paternal side great-uncle Walter and his two mules. Uncle Walter was my Daddy's uncle. He was a contrarian extraordinaire. Loved to argue.

Uncle Walter met his Waterloo late one night/early morning. His barn caught fire. Uncle Walter did battle with that fire. He saved his two beloved mules, trapped in that barn, but he didn't make himself.

They found Uncle Walter's remains in the ashes the next day. He saved his mules, but fell in the battle himself.

He went out with his boots on in a blaze of glory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2024 05:11 AM (w6EFb)

20 Damn, we lost James Darren.

Dead at 88 years old.

I always liked him in Time Tunnel.

RIP

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 03, 2024 05:11 AM (a1415)

21 >>I always liked him in Time Tunnel.

Indeed. Still playing early Sunday mornings on MeTV.

Darren also played "Vic Fontaine" one Deep Space Nice. Another memorable character.

They say in the writing, "Vic" was a stupid, but James Darren's acting the character made it good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2024 05:14 AM (w6EFb)

22
See an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies where Granny got in a staring contest with a mule.

The mule will always win. The secret is to let the mule win, but in a way that you want. Daddy knew how to do that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 03, 2024 05:16 AM (w6EFb)

23
What do you mean, the future of gaming depends upon discord?

To the extent that I was aware of gaming's future, starting with Gamergate, the past, present and future of gaming has been nothing but discord.

Just like everything else these days.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 05:21 AM (xG4kz)

24
"I just ran out of steam to deal with them, as I said in my email."
Why, yes, he does work for Microsoft. How did you know?

Boy, today's would be prophets sure lack gumption and stick-to-it-ness, don't they?

Or they never were cut out to be, much less afforded the status of, prophets.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 05:25 AM (xG4kz)

25 9 Hamas tactical notes:

https://tinyurl.com/4umhherd

Out with Mrs. BD for an early lunch. l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 03, 2024 04:25 AM (3dByF)

Are we sure that wasn't an email to the AP and Reuters?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Am Yisrael Chai at September 03, 2024 05:29 AM (PiwSw)

26
Disclaimer: I'm holding out for five-and-a-half gig

Contemplating founding BitGig, are you, Pixy? Catering to the one-half gig crowd, perhaps?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 05:29 AM (xG4kz)

27 Good morning, good people. May all efforts this day be beneficial to you and may the leftwits experience extreme consternation.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 03, 2024 05:29 AM (hKoQL)

28 God hears us- a devotional based on Psalm 39: 4-13

https://odb.org/2024/09/03/god-hears-us-2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2024 05:30 AM (XgRGj)

29 Evening and morning again, all! I'm back from my workout, which -- despite the local station saying heat index was 93 -- was pretty good. We're due for "heavy rain" tomorrow through at least Friday, so I'm glad I got a workout in today.

With any luck, the rain will cause cancellation or rescheduling of the evening reception I have to attend tomorrow! Here's hoping!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2024 05:36 AM (omVj0)

30
BOING!

Who at Telsa came up with the name and acronym?

If any of Elon's firms would use BOING! as an acronym (I thought when I first saw the BOING!), it would be SpaceX folk derisively referring to anything Boeing and its now legendary ability to create flying clunkers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 05:38 AM (xG4kz)

31
Are we sure that wasn't an email to the AP and Reuters?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Am Yisrael Chai

I would have pegged that as a section lifted from the mission statement of practically any Western Main Stream media firm.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 05:43 AM (xG4kz)

32 w00t

Posted by: m at September 03, 2024 05:44 AM (64Zez)

33 Update on the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space: Stirling has wolfed his breakfast, as usual, and is sprawled on the floor looking evil, which he is not. Dagny La Siberienne turned up her little blunt nose at the Whole-Hearted grain-free dry food I mixed with their Friskies wet chow. After a while I gave in and put down the small bowl of dry food they munch on during the day. Surprise on her: Half of it is the grain-free stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 03, 2024 05:47 AM (omVj0)

34 6 a big bag o' buds
Posted by: SFGoth at September 03, 2024 04:20 AM (KAi1n)

LOL

Posted by: m at September 03, 2024 05:48 AM (64Zez)

35 There's dumb, and then there's Juan Williams dumb:

https://is.gd/P89zMk

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 03, 2024 05:51 AM (PiwSw)

36
The missus and I are in the midst of a day long fracas that started with her telling me that I ought to have worked on preparing my monthly financial report for a board (due Wednesday) when she had absolutely no idea about the delivery schedules of monthly sourcing reports that I use to create that report (i. e., those will start coming out on the third day of a month). It went downhill from there.

gSon starts school today and gDaughter visits with us -- she starts school tomorrow. Both they and I resume Cub Scout meetings tonight. That came up one week earlier than I expected (we meet in a school building), but then I recalled that the gKids' school appeared to be the only one around here that did not restart until after Labor Day.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 05:55 AM (xG4kz)

37 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at September 03, 2024 05:59 AM (VdhcA)

38
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 03, 2024 06:01 AM (gbOdA)

39 No JJ?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at September 03, 2024 06:03 AM (VdhcA)

40
There's dumb, and then there's Juan Williams dumb:

https://is.gd/P89zMk
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

You extend a kindness to an idiot, as was done for Juan by Fox News when NPR gave him the old heave ho, but you oughtn't expect that idiot to continue to be anything but an idiot afterward.

Kammie is capable of nothing more than staffing the word salad bar for the military herself when it comes to assessing how she would function as a leader of the military.

And do not even contemplate pinch hitting for her with Timpon, Juan.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 06:04 AM (xG4kz)

41 Juan Williams, poster boi for cognitive dissonance. If stupidity WERE painful Williams would be in intensive care.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 03, 2024 06:04 AM (hKoQL)

42
I'm not seeing JJ. A little early for him.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 03, 2024 06:05 AM (RKVpM)

43 from the Juan Williams article:

In next week’s presidential debate, voters will see a sharp contrast in the candidates competing to be the next commander in chief.

indeed

Posted by: m at September 03, 2024 06:09 AM (64Zez)

44 Nood, JJ

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 03, 2024 06:10 AM (3Ope8)

45 Confirming

NOOD

J.J. Sefton's Morning Report is up.

NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 03, 2024 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

46 g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at September 03, 2024 06:12 AM (UWgy2)

47 37 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioa

It is absent from my larder. Alas.

Posted by: m at September 03, 2024 06:15 AM (64Zez)

48 Nice acapella version of a great old hymn, "Blessed Assurance":

https://tinyurl.com/428hf5r9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 03, 2024 06:18 AM (dTTBf)

49
from the Juan Williams article

That is yet another opinion piece written by a statist, and written in crayon, that was delivered to The Hill.

It would be cute to admire and attach to its author's refrigerator with a magnet, but then you recognize that that author thought that they were being "super cereal, you guys", so you just shake your head and mentally kick yourself in the pants for ever having considered that you were receiving an opinion from a capable and thoughtful adult.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 03, 2024 06:18 AM (xG4kz)

50 To understand the Rust fight, you have to understand that Rust is C for stupid people.

The Rust developers don't understand C, and the C developers (especially in the Linux kernel) have nothing but contempt for the Rust developers, because they think they are stupid.

The fight seems weird to me. Java has survived for years by simply assuming that the Linux kernel does not exist -- and that, if it does exist, then it must be unimportant. I don't know why the Rust developers can't cope the same way.

Unix has always been written in C, and the C language was created to write Unix. Unfortunately, it looks like even the Microsoft developers aren't egotistical enough to think they could rewrite the Linux kernel in Rust, but we all would like to see them try!

Posted by: James at September 03, 2024 08:01 AM (Pc7aS)

51 The secret to gaming in 2024 is sticking to stuff from 2018 or earlier

Posted by: derp early derp often at September 03, 2024 08:12 AM (Udlax)

52 “We are aware of an issue where Recall is incorrectly listed as an option under the ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ dialog in Control Panel,” says Windows senior product manager Brandon LeBlanc in a statement to The Verge. “This will be fixed in an upcoming update.”

Is it April 1? Because it feels like April 1.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2024 09:41 AM (GqnhC)

53 "It’s possible that Microsoft may need to add a Recall uninstall option to EU copies of Windows 11 to comply with the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act. Microsoft has already had to add an uninstall option for Edge in European Economic Area (EEA) countries, alongside the ability to remove the Bing-powered web search in the Start menu."

Meanwhile, in the U.S., . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 03, 2024 09:45 AM (GqnhC)

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