Posts by Sil

Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips

Was ARM poisoned by finance shenanigans expert SoftBank?

Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess

Overwhelmingly negative

Any new mobile OS is welcome, adding much needed competition to the duopolists.

The article is overwhelmingly negative.

The west, for reasons that were never proven, launched an extensive warfare against China.

All it got for it is the acceleration of China's own tech. The catchup is a matter of years, not decades.

Just look at EVs. Chinese EVs are objectively way better than anything from Europe or North America.

Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland

Kudos

Kudos to Alexander Hanff

Without people like him and Max Schrems, corporations would continue their illegal surveillance 24/7.

ASUS's Zenbook S 13 is light, fast, and immediately impressive

Looks interesting.

I would prefer a bigger autonomy though, even if it means a 1 mm less thin body and 100-200 g more.

Post-IPO, Arm to push purpose-built almost-processors

If the success in Linux in the server market and other markets is any indication, RISC-V could crush ARM within perhaps a decade or two. And maybe quite faster.

'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk

A subscription model makes sense to kill X faster.

Also, kind of funny that fElon invited another convicted felon to discuss antisemitism.

Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 just has this certain Macbook Air about it...

Not sure what you're doing, but you're probably not installing Linux correctly - or Windows 11 makes life much harder than 10.

I've never had any issue with a Linux/Windows 10 dual boot,

Quantum computing: Hype or reality? OVH says businesses would be better off prepared

Yeah Yeah

I remember in 2018, Microsoft Ignite ended on the promise of quantum computing for tomorrow.

I also remember the coming of virtual reality for the last 3 decades at least.

Microsoft switches Edge’s PDF reader to pay-to-play Adobe Acrobat

Re: Not time to "opt-in" but to bale out

Not necessarily another browser.

But companies and everybody can install a different PDF reader on their computer and define it as the default one.

Intel, AMD just created a headache for datacenters

Isn't it even worse with GPU accelerators?

Windows 11 still not winning the OS popularity contest

Still not convinced

I re-evaluated a possible upgrade to Windows 11 due to Windows Update harassement, but I came to the conclusion, again, that Windows 11 is still Windows 10 --

The main bar can still only appear at the bottom of the screen, whereas one could choose any of the 4 borders for as long as I can remember.

The games still seem to run slower than on Windows 10.

For pro-audio, the jury is still out whether Windows 11 is quicker than Windows 10 or the opposite.

I couldn't care less about Android apps on Windows.

So Microsoft, give us real reasons to upgrade.

Begin by firing fully delusional Panos Panay, who already became insufferable as Surface Boss the last couple of years, out-bullshitting Apple on each and every product presentation, self masturbating with design and whatnot.

The world was promised 'cloud magic'. So much for that fairy tale

I kind of agree: cloud computing is way too expensive.

The net earnings of AWS are the best proof of it.

Even OVH drastically increase its price pre and post IPO.

However, the cloud is still a major change for the better in many situations - or will be if prices become more reasonable.

'Chief Twit' Musk delivers bathroom furniture to Twitter HQ ... but not Tesla results

Incorrect

Your article is incorrect.

Musk never cofounded Tesla. He invested in it then overtook it.

Also don't forget to mention that he was fired from PayPal.

Systemd supremo Lennart Poettering leaves Red Hat for Microsoft

Re: Depart, I say, and let us have done with you.

Still, if systemd is so universally despised, why is it so universally integrated into linux distros?

Misguided call for a 7-Zip boycott brings attention to FOSS archiving tools

Fully agree

I fully agree with the author.

I've been using 7-Zip for years, it's a great, reliable tool.

His developer does what he wants to do, what's wrong with that.

Intel details advances to make upcoming chips faster, less costly

What a joke. If everything goes as planned, Intel will offer 7 nm when competitors go 4 nm.

Surefire way to regain leadership.

AWS puts latest homebrew Graviton3 Arm processor in production

The price differential between graviton3 & EPYC is so low, I would not even consider it.

Ad-tech firms grab email addresses from forms before they're even submitted

Best protection

Short of disabling JavaScript, which will probably cause havoc with many sites, what's the best way to neutralize these session scripts?

Intel acquires graphics tech biz founded by ex-AMD, Qualcomm engineers

The link for Siru doesn't work.

Windows 10 still growing, but Win 11 had another bad month, says AdDuplex

I'm a consumer who can upgrade, but don't.

I do not accept Panos Panay telling me where I should put my taskbar.

Qualcomm closes $4.5bn deal, will acquire autonomous driving assets

Not $4.5 bn

Can you please point me to any document that states that Qualcomm will pay $4.5 bn to SSW Partners for just the Arriver part of the business?

I re-read the merger documents and can't find the amount paid by Qualcomm to SSW Partners.

FYI: If the latest Windows 11 really wants to use Edge, it will use Edge no matter what

I don't condone Microsoft's decision, but it's been years since it was dominating the browser industry, so, given its market share, it can probably do whatever it wants.

.NET Foundation boss apologizes for pull request that sparked community row

Dumb

That's not the best way to manage an open source foundation, unless you don't want any contributor.

Calculating the big picture: Future HPC efforts will soon see off its von Neumann past

I'll believe it when I see it

Just like the quantum computer we've been hearing for decades, or the autonomous cars that were already supposed to be here, I'll believe it when I see it.

If you're not sold on the benefits of 5G, Ericsson suggests you keep an eye on gaming, home broadband

The problem with 5G

Here's my problem witrh the 5G as a dream picture: unless I'm wrong, it'll take a lot of energy to move 60 fps from the cloud to a smartphone and controler data from the smartphone to the cloud with minimal latency. Thus destroying autonomy.

This will seriously limit the appeal, at least on the go. And in a fixed environment, fiber-based wi-fi will probably be much cheaper.

And it's pretty much the same with all the other "5G is not an evolution scenarii" such as automated driving coordination, telemedicine and whatnot.

BTW the console lifecycle is still 5 years.

Microsoft does and doesn't require VMs to meet hardware requirements for Windows 11

Re: Interesting link to the Photos App...

Whith Panos Panay,

Microsoft is unfortunately going full Apple on the marketing BS.

Microsoft fixes flaw that could leak data between users of Azure container services

Mitigate not fix

Microsoft did not fix the flaw, it "mitigated it".

Latest patches show Rust for Linux project making great strides towards the kernel

Re: 70% of CVE Exploits Are Related To Lacking Memory Safety

No, it's using C/C++ incorrectly without the available tools to detect and remove these classes of bugs, refusing to use libraries and langage facilities and well known patterns explicitely made to avoid those bugs, and repeating ad nauseam the same errors, that is like refusing to use ABS.

That said, the competition with Rust is very welcome, and will force the C/C++ ecosystem to address the issue of incorrect code.

What you need to know about Microsoft Windows 11: It will run Android apps

Limited compatibility

Here's my problem with Windows 11: Graphic card, DirectX 12 & WDDM 2.x

I bough components to build a brand new computer in December 2020, except a graphic card, since modern ones were, still are, and will be probably until H2 2022 impossible to purchase.

I installed my old NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 in my computer.

Hence, it is NOT compatible with Windows 11.

I'm pretty sure I won't be alone with this issue, unless bitcoin value goes to $0.

Windows 11: Meet the new OS, same as the old OS (or close enough)

Re: What is an OS for?

Windows 10 is a very fine OS and has mostly improved with time.

I'm super happy it is compatible with hardware I'm still using, launched in 2003, with last firmware in 2007 and newest available drivers from 2010 and using an interface long forgotten: FireWire.

Pretty sure this wouldn't be the case on a Mac, nor on Linux for lack of driver.

Huawei could have snooped on the Dutch prime minister's phone calls thanks to KPN network core access

1. These are still no more than allegations.

2. The US is known to have hardware modified IT/communication systems ordered by external foreign parties.

3. How many times have there been flaws found in Cisco systems giving full rights to the system?

Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond

Wishful thinking

Microsoft has to make sure Windows won't break systems written decades ago.

So the chance of Windows becoming an emulation layer on top of Linux are 0 % imho.

There is no value to Windows otherwise, and Microsoft would be much better off writing a new os from the start.

Also, people have been underestimating the revenues of Windows for a long time.

Windows profits paid for (failed Windows Mobile), for Azure and for Staya's other whishes.

Yes, Azure is becoming increasingly important for Microsoft, but not important enough that it discloses its turnover, much less its profits.

Microsoft submits Linux kernel patches for a 'complete virtualization stack' with Linux and Hyper-V

Re: The way forward?

IT trends don't last forever.

Azure won't be a cash cow forever, and assuming Windows was eradicated from earth tomorrow, there's no guarantee Azure total profits over the years will beat those of Windows.

In the frame with the Great MS Bakeoff: Microsoft sets out plans for Windows windows

Re: They still don't get it do they?

In my opinion, they get it and that's what they mean by:

"He also promised that Microsoft will not alienate developers with "yet another solution".

Win32 devs who aren't missing anything will continue with win32

Win32 devs who are missing something, and this should be most devs developping modern applications compatible with touch and so forth, will get extended APIs that for all intent and purposes look like an evolution of Win32.

Those who may loose a little are the UWP devs, if the upgrade to the new API isn't as automatable as forethought. However, they also win since everybody knows the divide is unsustainable and things had to evolve.

Facebook apologizes to users, businesses for Apple’s monstrous efforts to protect its customers' privacy

To be fair, choice is always better, and some people do prefer targeted advertising at the cost of their privacy.

I really don't understant why Facebook isn't awaiting the result: 5 % of people opting in is better than 0 %.

Unless it is sure Apple rigged the question so that nobody would continue to accept use of an IDFA.

Keep it Together, Microsoft: New mode for vid-chat app Teams reminds everyone why Zoom rules the roost

Lots of negativity here.

People could actually like it, let's wait and see.

Microsoft frees Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 from the shackles of, er, Windows?

Re: Or bigger still..

Not a good idea.

Windows supports vastly more drivers and equipments and has a huge backward compatibility.

Consumer reviewer Which? finds CAN bus ports on Ford and VW, starts yelling 'Security! We have a problem...'

Ford refusing to read the report shows Which is definitely not wrong.

It's just like the absolute joke of the security of medical equipment: it interests nobody, until some organization will give us a nasty wake-up call.

How does Monzo keep 1,600 microservices spinning? Go, clean code, and a strong team

Off-topic, kind of

Regarding trends on the bleeding edge, did you read Facebook's explanations on the full rewriting of Messenger for iOS?

To me, after years of building hipster javascript framework upon javascript framework, it seems Facebook devs (re)discovered what older devs did. Such as sql stored procedures and such.

https://engineering.fb.com/data-infrastructure/messenger/

Bada Bing, bada bork: Windows 10 is not happy, and Microsoft's search engine has something to do with it

Had this problem for a few days on my laptop, but not my desktop.

This is what I tried after everything I found on the internet didn't work: I added a new Windows 10 display language.

It did work, and then, switching back to the usual display language continued to work.

I would be very surprised to have done that experiment at the exact time Microsoft fixed its network problems, but what do I know.

Somewhere, Google's financial bods are playing on repeat... What do you want from me? It's not how it used to be...

Unless I'm mistaken, Google Cloud = GCP + SaaS such as G Suite.

So like Microsoft, which does not detail Azure sales, Google does not publish GCP sales.

Europe to straggle Japan, China, US and Korea in 5G adoption stakes

First is not always best

European telcos are right to recoup their 4G+ costs.

5G promises of a revolution instead of an evolution will come at a huge cost, if ever, with the need to multiply terrestrial antennaes, and huge fiber interlinking infrastructures. And that's not even taking into account the need for power efficiency increases of smartphones to benefit from speeds & short latencies for more than a few minutes.

In the mean time, there is very little to be gained by a few percentage to 2x download speed over 4G+, at least for the customers. Videos are downloaded fast enough, and no 4K phone screen makes sense.

Bezos DDoS'd: Amazon Web Services' DNS systems knackered by hours-long cyber-attack

Perhaps they've become complacent and aren't as competent as they should be.

A funny thing happened on Huawei to the bank. We made even more money. Hahaha. Here till Friday

Far from rosy

The situation is not that good for Huawei.

It only sold 47 miillion smartphones in Q3, a 9 % decline YoY, and 12 million less than in Q2.

NASA Administrator upends the scorn bucket on Elon Musk's Starship spurtings

No

"The frenetic pace of development of Starship means that Musk's promise that the larger hop could happen in "about one to two months" is entirely plausible.'

Are you for real?

Elon Musk must have the world record on promises not realized, either at all or on time.

My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop)

How in the world do you not sync your notebook files with OneDrive, iCloud, GoogleDrive or one of the many automatic cloud file storage services available for next to nothing?

Dropbox would rather write code twice than try to make C++ work on both iOS and Android

Re: C#

Xamarin looks like a much better idea than Swift+Kotlin.

You can use all native calls, you can share code, develop on Windows or Mac, and you can automate testing on a very grand scale.

Elon Musk's new idea is to hook your noggin up to an AI – but is he just insane about the brain?

fElon

2 years, $138 million of financing, and all Neuralink can produce is a NON-PEER-REVIEWED paper.

Rust in peace: Memory bugs in C and C++ code cause security issues so Microsoft is considering alternatives once again

Dumb

If there were no compromises to be done for security, developers would already write (or mostly let the computer write) ultra secure code.

Believing a language change is a panacea stinks, plus it doesn't even take into account the training of Microsoft's 30k+ developers.

This isn't to say Rust hasn't a bigger role to play at Microsoft - maybe it will, but we would already know if security was as easy as a language's switch.

Our friends at npm have been a top malware injector, and they are Rust lovers.

Disco Dingo fever: Ubuntu 19.04 has an infrastructure bent, snappier GNOME and another stupid name

Exactly what does suck so much in WIndows 10 ?

Apart from the telemetry, wich is decreased each time the EU or one of its DPA complains, I don't see much to complain, especially for the price.

I'm still using a ~12 y.o. firewire audio interface/control surface/mixer whose last driver was for Windows XP. It works superbly. With brand new daw code only compatible with W10/x64. Without any issue.

Last week I flashed a c++17 application on an Arduino Uno under WSL/Ubuntu with avr-gcc.

I can remote debug a Raspberry Pi native app from free Visual Studio Community.

There are pretty much best in class applications in all domains.