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Comment · 1 month ago
Which was caused by the exact problem they’re trying to avoid by not going on a spending spree to increase manufacturing capacity.

They had built way too much capacity during the 90s and were losing money on every chip because they couldn’t run the fabs at full capacity. That’s why they colluded to increase the price to save their collective hides.

A new competitor wouldn’t be able to enter the market and lower the prices without also losing money. That’s not the case today, the Chinese are trying hard to do just that.

Comment · 1 month ago
It has honestly gotten frustrating to even read anything on the internet these days. It’s just conspiracies upon conspiracies all the time, and it’s constantly in your face.

If only they were good conspiracies with some weight to them, but no, they fall apart if you have a rudimentary understanding of the subject.

Comment · 2 months ago
None of those things are inherently true. I know it’s happening with a few DCs in the US operated by scrupulous people, but it’s far from the normal.

Datacenters don’t need to use much water outside of normal office needs. They don’t need to increase energy costs. They don’t need to pollute or make any noise in normal conditions.

If they do any of those things in normal operations, it’s due to lacking regulations or the lack of enforcement of existing regulations.

Comment · 3 months ago
Elgato has official drivers for MacOS

There are also 3rd party drivers for Linux.

Comment · 3 months ago
The difference of course being that Gibraltar used to be Spanish, while Ceuta and Melilla never have been parts of Morocco. Portugal has more claim to those two enclaves than Morocco ever did.
Comment · 3 months ago
All cars in the EU has to pass periodic inspections. All safety equipment must be in working order to pass.
Comment · 4 months ago
Depending on what the car does, the driver might lose a point on their drivers license.

Once you’ve lost three points within three years, you lose your drivers license and will have to retake it. Depending on circumstances you might have a ban for some amount of time(finite or indefinite).

Comment · 4 months ago
How does that help everyone else on the streets? Everyone becomes a victim of poorly working automated driving.
Comment · 4 months ago
The distance is greater = higher latency.

It’s why satellite internet was usually pretty terrible. A simple TCP handshake becomes a multi-second endeavor.

Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
Docker.

I'm on Movistar, and I've had trouble pulling Docker images from Docker Hub.

Comment · 5 months ago
Luckily the plasma torch and bolt cutter didn’t require logging in with Facebook.
Comment · 6 months ago
It was. La Liga isn’t satisfied with the response time of Cloudflare. Cloudflare would not commit to content being taken down during while the match is still going.

La Liga wants to be able to point to a URL hosted by Cloudflare and demand it taken down that instant while the match is still on. It would require dedicated staff at Cloudflare to deal with La Liga stream takedowns.

Comment · 6 months ago
The number will increase each year for sure. If all people are forced to pay, what’s to prevent them from charging 100€ a year or more?
Comment · 6 months ago
I can’t do a simple `docker pull postgres:18` every time there’s a football match on.

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