New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD....
Why does it make (commercial) sense for AMD/Intel to create so many models?
Because there is demand for various types of systems. And on top of that, if you make a chip with 8 cores and two are defective… just sell a 6 core chip instead of throwing it away.
What are their incentives?
Money
What would happen, if they would reduce the amount of different CPUs they offer? (Is there historical knowledge?)
They would lose customers to competitors in that space. When AMD didn’t make EPYC chips, all servers were Intel Xeon.
Hello everyone, I hope I came to the right place to ask my stupid question. I’m currently working in a company that stuck way way back in time. I’m talking some people are still working in DOS level back in time. There is some revamping of this in progres, but it’s going to be a long run....
Mobile Device Management software to keep track of what’s installed on devices (probably won’t work with DOS)
I personally use a password manager to keep track of software keys, but realistically you should probably look for a way to get licenses that doesn’t involve typing a key everywhere.
Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections....
On raw performance might, the M4 really does live up to Apple’s promises, should deliver. Single core is up about 20% compared to all M3 chips and more than 40% compared to M2. The generational computational leap from the previous M2 iPad Pro is at least a 42% jump on single-core and multi-core.
A federal grand jury issued a 16-count indictment Friday accusing a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer with taking $300,000 in donations from an anti-crime group and using the money for his own expenses....
I was just watching a tiktok with a black girl going over how race is a social construct. This felt wrong to me so I decided to back check her facts....
And somewhere in the Terms of Service it says you have to give up your first born child. Or maybe it doesn’t, but nobody will ever know because nobody reads more than is strictly required.
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....
I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite....
That would work if the only problem they wanted to solve was an outdated tech stack for X. But there are other problems that wayland addresses too, like: how to scale multiple monitors nicely, is it a good idea to give all other apps the keystrokes that you do in the one in focus (and probably a lot more)
Some of the tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands, who believe in the concept of an “evil elite” and refuse to recognise the state or the rule of law, are prepared to use violence, the Dutch counter terrorism unit NCTV warned on Tuesday....
In my basic understanding they’re apples and pears. Anarchism is a philosophy and refuses all hierarchy. These people just believe the current government is a bunch of reptiles abducting children but as soon as they overthrow it and install their government all problems will be fixed.
Hopefully this does not affect you but if you are running something like Arch, OpenSUSE tumbleweed, Debian sid or Fedora Rawhide and use SSH for remote access you should do a full wipe.
As a Homebrew maintainer, what is there to red flag about a project providing tarballs of their source?
We would have to red flag pretty much every project that uses autoconf (since those usually provide a tarball where the user doesn’t have to run autoreconf)
NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code (mastodon.sdf.org)
New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD’s licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD....
Why are there so many different AMD/Intel CPUs?
For years now, I do not buy/create assemble a new computer, because I am totally overwhelmed by the options available to me....
Dumb Q: How to manage sw licences?
Hello everyone, I hope I came to the right place to ask my stupid question. I’m currently working in a company that stuck way way back in time. I’m talking some people are still working in DOS level back in time. There is some revamping of this in progres, but it’s going to be a long run....
Wilders on verge of forming EU's latest hard-right government (www.euronews.com)
Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections....
iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air (9to5mac.com)
On raw performance might, the M4 really does live up to Apple’s promises, should deliver. Single core is up about 20% compared to all M3 chips and more than 40% compared to M2. The generational computational leap from the previous M2 iPad Pro is at least a 42% jump on single-core and multi-core.
‘Everything’s just … on hold’: the Netherlands’ next-level housing crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Amsterdammers find themselves at the nadir of a Europe-wide housing shortage. But some bold initiatives offer hope...
The world’s hunger for salmon is linked to an ecological disaster (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Italy can reclaim 2,000-year-old Greek statue from Getty Museum, ECHR rules (www.theguardian.com)
Kansas City, Missouri, police officer charged with stealing $300,000 in donations from anti-crime charity (www.kshb.com)
A federal grand jury issued a 16-count indictment Friday accusing a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer with taking $300,000 in donations from an anti-crime group and using the money for his own expenses....
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Adrian Newey to leave over Christian Horner allegations (www.bbc.com)
Why AI is going to be a shitshow.
I was just watching a tiktok with a black girl going over how race is a social construct. This felt wrong to me so I decided to back check her facts....
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says (www.theguardian.com)
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....
Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)
With U.S. aid still stalled and its army at a breaking point, Ukraine warns: We will lose (www.nbcnews.com)
Are there any things in Linux that need to be started over from scratch?
I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite....
Some "evil elite" believers are now willing to use violence - DutchNews.nl (www.dutchnews.nl)
Some of the tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands, who believe in the concept of an “evil elite” and refuse to recognise the state or the rule of law, are prepared to use violence, the Dutch counter terrorism unit NCTV warned on Tuesday....
Unveiling the xz Utils Backdoor which deliberately opens our SSH connections for RCAs (www.youtube.com)
CVE-2024-3094: Urgent alert for Fedora Linux 40 and Rawhide users (fedoramagazine.org)
Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Hopefully this does not affect you but if you are running something like Arch, OpenSUSE tumbleweed, Debian sid or Fedora Rawhide and use SSH for remote access you should do a full wipe.
openSUSE addresses supply chain attack against xz compression library (news.opensuse.org)
openSUSE maintainers received notification of a supply chain attack against the “xz” compression tool and “liblzma5” library....