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Re:US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @09:53PM (#49721247)
Typical tactics to shift the blame to China.
Re:What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical on Saturday April 11, 2026 @09:37PM (#47735465)
That's good news. Hopefully there will be more affordable replacements for x86 PCs.
Re:What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical on Friday April 10, 2026 @09:18PM (#47726208)
Quite the contrary, the fragmented ecosystem is holding RISC-V back.

There are currently 3 variants of LoongArch ISA. The reduced 32-bit version targets MCUs. And LoongArch64 ATX/MATX motherboards with UEFI support is readily available. This makes it far more easier to develop with LoongArch.

openSUSE does.
Re:California teacher dies from suspected rabid bat bite on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @08:53PM (#42313777)
I think live attenuated vaccines produce a stronger and more durable immune response than inactivated vaccines.
Re:Attracting and Retaining Debian Contributors on Saturday September 28, 2024 @06:58PM (#41683506)
RPM Fusion does not give me uncrippled crypto libraries. It’s caused by their paranoia about export restrictions, not patents.
Re:Attracting and Retaining Debian Contributors on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @03:43AM (#41644782)
Fedora removes elliptic curve algorithms from the source code level [1] and disables hardware acceleration for H.264 / H.265 [2].

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615372

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Disable-Bad-VA-API

Re:Google Cache Is Fully Dead on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @01:06AM (#41643875)
It is hard to recommend Google Cloud https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41614795
Re:Loongson 3A6000: A Star Among Chinese CPUs on Saturday March 16, 2024 @08:17PM (#39730663)
Then why not cut imports now. Time will only make them more resistant.
Re:eBPF Documentary on Sunday March 10, 2024 @09:15PM (#39663933)
It's better than an OS that you have no control from top to bottom. But sure, it isn't ideal.
Re:Not all TLDs are Created Equal on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @10:16AM (#39370713)
As if there are guarantees that gTLDs won't be sold to shady entities.
HK is part of China.
Obviously
Or if you want your solar panel to work.
Why this is downvoted? Propaganda from Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Why do they use kanji now?
Re:Leaving China on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:31PM (#35226565)
How do they know he is from the US?
Re:Leaving China on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:55PM (#35226301)
CFY: for the geopolitical interest of Uncle Sam
But they are sucking people's lifes.
Re:Japan Adopts Plan to Make Maximum Use of Nuclear Power on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:05AM (#34760906)
Sea dumping?
Re:Consumer Price Index September [pdf] on Thursday October 13, 2022 @08:55PM (#33198448)
Your are blaming others for your own failure.
You mean the Korean War?
Re:U.S. fears China attack on Taiwan on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:12PM (#26607175)
Do you really think those outdated weapons can do them any harm? They are just used to show an attitude.
Re:Why is Apple's M1 chip so fast? on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @03:28AM (#25263496)
Those extra memory will cost you an arm and a leg.
But for a closed source one there’s definitely no way to audit the source code.
Better than trusting a black box from a single business.
Re:Comet Lake has no TSX support on Saturday May 30, 2020 @04:34AM (#23359532)
Even the i9s don't support it.
Re:'Unfixable' security flaw in Intel boot ROM on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:05PM (#22564084)
AMT is not available with their Z, B and H chipsets. Leave us with only the downsides.

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