QBertReynolds

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[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's ugly for sure, but I think the biggest barrier to entry is the shortcut keys. Blender's Industry Standard mode makes it a lot easier for Maya users to switch. Something similar for Photoshop users would kill.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Zombies are basically dumb vampires anyway.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Already made the mistake of reading this comic. Gonna leave that link blue.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good call. Put a fence on the land they bought to prevent Trump from putting a fence on the land.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They sued to get the rules changed because they said far more black students were being accepted than they thought deserving. They won. Now they're upset because the number of Asian students declined after admissions could no longer see to the applicant's race. Am I reading that right?

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yes. So far, the CHIPS Act has resulted in $6.6b in direct funding and an additional $5b in available loans for the AZ facility.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Perhaps unauthorized is a better word than counterfeit. The manufacturing process for CPUs often yields less than ideal chips. Perhaps they don't hit the clock speed they're supposed to, or maybe they consume too much power. Those chips are supposed to be discarded, but they often find their way to the black market. Sometimes those chips aren't even failures. If a fab overproduces, they're not just going to give Apple the extra chips. These are the things Apple worries about, and they view it as far less likely to happen if those chips are made in the US.

I should also point out that the CPU isn't the only chip that TSMC makes for Apple. Apple wants to make sure they're getting a cut of every replacement part that gets sold. You can't even swap screens on two brand new iPhones without Apple giving you a hard time.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Apple wants to cut down on counterfeiting. The US wants to prevent supply chain issues and reduce reliance on foreign chip production. The wiki article on the CHIPS Act is a pretty good overview: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Because only one of them is actively serving as a US Senator for Ohio, the state in which the supposed migrant pet eating crisis is taking place. The other doesn't have a job to resign from.

[–] QBertReynolds@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well in the particular state in which she lived, New York, it is not public record.

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