QBertReynolds

joined 1 year ago
[–] QBertReynolds 38 points 1 week ago

Puberty blockers aren't life long. Puberty is. These parents aren't trying to give their kids sex change operations. They're trying to give their kids a chance to make those decisions for themselves.

[–] QBertReynolds 2 points 1 week ago

He's very clearly using a DMG. Ash just put an aftermarket screen in it. I've got one just like it.

[–] QBertReynolds 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 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Zombies are basically dumb vampires anyway.

[–] QBertReynolds 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

[–] QBertReynolds 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] QBertReynolds 48 points 2 months 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 5 points 2 months ago

Non paywalled archive link: https://archive.ph/bPo78

[–] QBertReynolds 28 points 2 months 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 6 points 2 months 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 9 points 2 months 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

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