Great post! Any idea how the turbo button worked? It seems like, given the transistor difference between the 8086 and 386, that merely decreasing the clock frequency wouldn't be enough?
the lack-of-turbo button was included to enhance compatibility with older software that using timing tricks that relied on the clockspeeds of the older generations of processors. Those older processors would not have used the enhanced features of the new processors, just the backward compatible features. Turbo was a motherboard OEM feature, not a 386 feature. Otherwise, there was no reason not to run "turbo"
- 'TR-069' is the name of a protocol by which (most) ISPs operate
- It gives ISPs the rights/ability to interact with your devices remotely (under the guise of maintenance and remote troubleshooting)
- This isn't something that's going to happen one day far in the future; it already applies to most(/all?) routers currently in use in countries whose ISPs abide by the protocol
So ISPs can already see inside customer homes?! (since they can already access the data necessary to use the WiFi device as a makeshift imaging system? - wowzers!
Fucking TR-069. BT used to reboot my router every day at 03:00, right when I was trying to read reddit.
To your point. ISPs send out the shittiest cheapest routers. I doubt they are physically capable of imaging to any reasonable degree. If you pay extra for a higher-grade WiFi router in your Internet package, then maybe.
Best to own your own device. I presume such a thing would not accept TR-069 commands, but that is worth checking.
Are you really quoting fucking human trafficker Andrew Tate on economics?
Electronic funds transfer (including credit cards) increase the velocity of money significantly. This means more transactions, which means more overall wealth creation.
To say nothing of the fact that of that 1.5% fee, I'm recovering most, all, or more than it with things like cashback, rewards points, etc.
Roll-friggin-eyes Scotsman. You think everyone that founds a startup for, say, B2B data integration Really Believes In It? Or just that there's money to be made?
Usually you believe you can make money if you deliver value to the customer. In crypto people don't believe they deliver value, they scam or prey on fomo.
one of the problems with crypto as currency is that currency is not supposed to deliver value beyond medium of exchange and store of value at least long enough to do that.
There are absolutely people who go into B2B data integration startups with the belief that they are providing a useful service to their customers. Do you really doubt that?
I got some surprising news for you. There are people who passionately work in B2B data integration. All successful B2B startup founders i've met are very passionate about their field. Now for those founders who don't have much interest in the field they are working on - they are hardly those who you would call successful by any metric. Life is too short to waste it on things you don't care about.
I believe they believe they are helping people and the work is valuable at some level, if they are successful, yes. At the very least they aren't intrinsically opposed to the field.
I’m a quantum physicist and you wouldn’t believe how many people try and sell me on their theory that solves everything that is literally just an idea in their head and can’t even produce any quantitative predictions. The levels of self delusion that these people display is astounding and we need to mock it more openly imo
There is this thing that I like to call 'the cult of stupid' where people are somehow proud of their lack of knowledge and they are not afraid of putting it out there. They tend to laugh when asked pointed questions because in their world 'truth' has no value, it's all about belief. One family member of mine wears healing crystals because they keep her cancer free. It's really sad and it irks me that given the excellent educational opportunities we have that so many people choose willingly not to avail themselves of those opportunities. But they do have opinions on all that stuff that you need to work at to learn.
if i have a crackpot theory and i’d like a real physicist to look it over and am willing to pay for their time where would i find one? asking for a friend
Me too bestie, I haven't taken physics since undergrad but I appreciate that it's a layer of understanding above popular science (that never covers any of the math) while remaining accessible.
Words have definitions. Investment and profit, for two. You can't just handwave that away. Your conclusion is "anything could be anything" which is utterly devoid of any meaning.
Define them then, in a way that is consistent with every other law that makes use of those terms.
Do you not get taxed on your income if your paycheck is paid in bars of gold?
Would you not call purchasing something to enjoy a return from it's ownership as an investment? Whether it is a consumable, or it produces something that isn't cash?
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