More Threads Than a Sweater - TechLinked August 30, 2023

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HIGH THREAD COUNT SHEETS

Intel Photonic Chip

https://www.servethehome.com/intel-shows-8-core-528-thread-processor-with-silicon-photonics/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-demoes-8-core-528-thread-puma-chip-with-1-tbs-silicon-photonics

https://wccftech.com/intel-discloses-8-core-528-thread-cpu-based-on-risc-architecture-66-threads-per-core/

Xeon Phi could do 4 threads per core https://web.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/fmasci/home/miscscience/MIC_benchmarking_2013.pdf

IBM Power8 could do 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER8

Sun’s SPARC chips had as many as 16 threads per core https://www.theregister.com/2008/06/23/sun_niagara_k2/

Performance scaling https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Intel-Direct-Mesh-to-Mesh-Optical-Fabric_Page_13.jpg

 

IFIXIT GOES TO WASHINGTON

iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines

https://www.ifixit.com/News/80215/whats-inside-that-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-broken-copyright-law

They did a full tear down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCpY3tFTIA

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-teardown-shows-error-codes-dmca-keep-it-broken/

 

CYBER-PARDONS

YouTube will waive a creator’s content violation warning — if they attend a class

https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/an-update-to-community-guidelines-warnings/

Video explanation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTbvciVf0rQ

Often unclear how and why people are banned – moderation is incredibly difficult due to scale.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/youtube-content-moderation-rules/673322/

 

QUICKBITS

 

NOT DEAD, JUST MEDITATING

Zenfone will continue production

https://press.asus.com/news/asus-zenfone-10-to-continue-production/

Info on OG reporting

https://9to5google.com/2023/08/28/asus-zenfone-continue-statement/

Asus takes opportunity to tease upcoming model

https://www.androidpolice.com/zenfones-here-stay-asus-teasing-zenfone-11/

 

HUMAN ERROR PERSONIFIED

Elon Musk streams live demonstration of Full Self-Driving Software, nearly runs a red light trying to go to Zuckerberg’s house

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/28/23848882/elon-musk-tesla-fsd-v12-demo-red-light-zuckerberg-house

Apparently won’t be ticketed for distracted driving

https://boingboing.net/2023/08/29/full-self-incriminating-musk-wont-be-ticketed-for-live-streaming-while-driving.html

This is a full self-driving Beta not available to the public

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-2CB60804-9CEA-4F4B-8B04-09B991368DC5.html

 

CHATBOT V. CHATBOT

Google now has direct chatbot competitor to Microsoft's Copilot

https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/duet-ai-in-workspace-now-available

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/googles-30-per-month-duet-ai-will-craft-awkward-emails-images-for-you/

https://www.engadget.com/googles-duet-ai-is-coming-to-workspace-apps-but-pro-users-will-need-to-pay-extra-150729432.html

 

QAKING IN THEIR BOOTS

FBI brings down massive botnet that infected more than 700,000 computers

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-partners-dismantle-qakbot-infrastructure-in-multinational-cyber-takedown

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2047833/fbi-operation-erases-infamous-botnet-using-its-own-servers.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/08/29/fbi-duckhunt-qakbot-ransomware/

 

THE LAST LEG

Meta’s avatar legs roll out to beta testers

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23850750/meta-avatar-legs-beta-testers-quest-home

https://mashable.com/article/meta-quest-avatar-legs

https://gizmodo.com/facebook-quest-world-legs-avatars-mark-zuckerberg-1850787409

 

 

[Shimejii]

Should do the Google killing off the Pixel program that people potentially paid 22 months of 24 to get their Pixel upgrade, to only have them cancel it on that 22nd month and refuse to  honor the agreement. Begging for a lawsuit. Just google being google  

[Skipple]

Umm, actually a sweater typically has more than 528 treads. The errors just keep on coming, don't they LMG? Please do some basic fact-checking before you hit that upload button. 

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15 hours ago, Skipple said:

Umm, actually a sweater typically has more than 528 treads. The errors just keep on coming, don't they LMG? Please do some basic fact-checking before you hit that upload button. 

sounds like you've encountered some ultra high thread count sweaters, but others may not have that experience. check your privilege