* Posts by gauge symmetry

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Who had Pat Gelsinger retires from Intel on their bingo card?

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Oh the irony...

is that his resignation letter was probably written by ChatGPT... running on nVidia hardware.

Starlink's new satellites emit 30x more radio interference than before, drowning cosmic signals

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Re: Just for curious...

Are you speaking of the program, funded to the eye-watering tune of 42B USD, and operating for the last 3.5 yrs, that has connected exactly ZERO customers to broad-band? That program? BTW, for those unaware, 42 BILLION DOLLARS is a lot of money.

Palo Alto Networks execs apologize for 'hostesses' dressed as lamps at Black Hat booth

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Re: And I suppose the women were coerced?

'So they take the discomfort and think of the money. It's a subtle coercion.'

Isn't that true of EVERY JOB EVER?

Seriously though, the generation (Z?) that proclaims sex work is work (especially trans sex work apparently) has a fit over professional models dressed as lamps... I must be old as I can't seem to keep up with modern logic!

Twitter grew an incredible '1.6%' since Musk's $44B takeover. Amazing. Wow

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Amazing. Wow.

Elon Musk fired 3/4 of Twitter's employees and the website and application continue to operate normally. Amazing. The petty snarkiness of this article's author indicates he may have been one of those employees. Wow.

Chucking Trump etc off Twitter after Jan 6 provides key data for misinfo experiment

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And that's why I use an Ad Blocker

I've been an El Reg reader and supporter for the better part of 2 decades. The overtly political bent your 'writers' have taken of late is distasteful and inappropriate for a tech news site. As such, and with no joy in my heart, your revenue from my visits is blocked.

Musk claims that venting liquid oxygen caused Starship explosion

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Re: Enough with the Elon Musk Snark

And it's why I always read El Reg with an ad-blocker. No revenue for children!

Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next

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Why all the cameras, then?

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Re: Obligatory masks when coughing

Look, I get it: You're disgusted by people!

Being human is a filthy, messy business. Embrace your humanity!

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Re: WHO Is Too Much At The Mercy Of Political Winds

Please, let us know when you find your apolitical judiciary!

Uncle Sam wants to make it clear that America's elections are very, very safe

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Re: You can trust me ...

This is the internet - very little can be hidden now. So why did 'the internet' feel the need to hide any references to the Hunter Biden Laptop, just before the 2020 election? Why was questioning the results of the 2020 election a mortal offence on so many platforms?

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Re: If you want confidence in elections, make it hard to commit fraud

Ah, you're one of those who believes 'undesirables' are too thick to procure a gov't id. You're a racist.

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Re: Should not need saying

Yikes! I bet you're a hoot at parties!

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Re: In All The Good Democracies ...

Oh, you poor, wee lamb!

SpaceX cleared to test satellite phone service via Starlink

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Re: "approximately 60 of which will be serving handsets in the US"

3.....2.....1..... And there it is!

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

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Three Words

Safe And Effective

Bombshell biography: Fearing nuclear war, Musk blocked Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia

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Re: So Musk has blood on his hands

Every downvote here is an upvote for more dead Ukrainian and Russian people.

Sick!

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No one is preventing Ukraine from launching satellites. Don't like the SL TOS? Build your own!

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Re: The report is not completely accurate

Oh, tactical only? Whew, for a bit there I was worried.

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Re: "Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars"

So this is a freedom of speech issue? Really?

Please, use the Starlink Service to plan and execute a military strike, potentially resulting in 1000's of deaths. Free Speech!

Use the wrong pronouns, causing real world harm, and your service is terminated.

What am I missing here?

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Re: Pick your poison

Sadly I have to agree with this from my own experience of otherwise sensible folks ending up as raving left-wing USA nutters, in spite of having no connecting to American issues in real life.

Yes, there are right-wing nutters as well, but it seems the left has a far bigger stake in this.

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Re: WTF?

We were doing that. It's dried up a bit, but no worry, we'll just print the difference. Plus a bit.

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Re: WTF?

With the USA printing money to pay the salaries and pensions of Ukrainians it does seem rather just a fiefdom.

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Re: So Musk has blood on his hands

This, again?

If you operate any vehicle, regardless of automation level, you are ultimately responsible for the safety of that operation. Full Stop.

Airliners have advanced automation capable of navigating and even landing and braking to a stop on the runway. The pilots are still fully responsible for the aircraft from brake release to parking at the gate.

The same is even more true of cars. FSD does not absolve the driver of responsibility. Idiots who assume that FSD means they can take a nap, and then crashed have learned this lesson at a high cost.

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Re: WTF?

This place has become so tedious. Musk bad. We get it.

For a supposedly tech savvy readership, you people are all idiots.

I'm pretty sure that using the Starlink Service to commit violence or an act of war is against the TOS. Service cancelled. If it's not against the Starlink TOS, I may need to open an account.

cheers

Tesla's purported hands-free 'Elon mode' raises regulator's blood pressure

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Re: I for one can't wait till this works

Because human car pilots are so excellent at avoiding traffic collisions that I've never heard of a major lawsuit against a driver.

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Re: Much ado about Lidar

It is a tenet of our civil service, or at least used to be, that a civil servant regulating or even commenting on an industry where he or she (they?) has a financial stake is not OK. And yes, stating that to pass regulatory muster a FSD must incorporate LIDAR will raise the value of all manufacturers of that equipment.

As you seem to have some knowledge of this subject, can you explain to us how the Tesla autopilot currently manages to operate, without LIDAR or other non-visual ranging tech?

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Re: Safer roads.

Unfortunately, you're unlikely to find anyone here interested in how the tech actually works. Which is weird, and sad, for a tech website.

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Re: From inattention to immediate crash?

Disengage... As in becomes a regular car. Just like all the other cars on the road are 100% of time. Note that it will still emergency brake to a stop.

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Re: Exclusive club

I see you, and many others here, apparently, have received and installed the 'EM=BAD' update. For a tech website I'd expected a readership a little less susceptible to 'the message', a little less likely to open an unsolicited .pdf in their email. My expectations have not been met.

Software bug fingered as cause of Aussie A330 plunge

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Trim...

Jeffy:

The Airbus THS wheel absolutely moves as the aircraft trims. Again, you've no clue what you're on about.

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WTF?

Dude....

You really REALLY have no idea what you're on about. User Interface? I've never heard the flight deck referred to as a User Interface. And since you mentioned arrogance... I'd consider it arrogant to comment on this subject with only a lay understanding of the complex systems involved.

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WTF?

I promise I won't

comment on articles outside my experience or expertise. I respectfully ask you to do the same.

Airbus pilots are never locked out of the control system. Period.

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Two words....

Rudder Actuator. Although I'm sure Boeing has sorted that little issue. And it only took, what, 5 write-offs, all with loss of life? (737)

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Although their reasoning may have been flawed...

The captain was well within his/her authority to declare an emergency through the use of a mayday call. Anytime an aircraft flight control system fails resulting in even a temporary loss of control the pilot in command must consider the consequences of a possible further degradation. Because the crew could not be certain that the uncommanded pitch was or was not the result of structural damage declaring an emergency was the right and proper action.

World of Warcraft bot ban ticks off world of critics

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WTF?

The FBI should be involved?

This is about money. Blizzard saw their subscription base diminished and decided to blame the bot maker. Their contention is proved by Subban; bots are ruining our mmorpg! Never mind the fact that WoW is so tedious that people will actually buy a bot to play the game for them... So, let's call the FBI!!! They're not busy at them moment... We'll use them to ban and police any software and behaviors that might spoil the fun of our paying customers.

Blizzard need to grow a pair; and make the GAME more interesting, removing the raison d'etre for bots in the first place.