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·27 dagen geleden·discuss
> DACs are copper, and they're happy.

Yeah, but DACs are pretty short and tend to have much thicker cables than regular copper Ethernet.
ploek
·8 maanden geleden·discuss
Yes, the decryption happens in hardware. For your OS (and potential capturing software running on it) the place where you see the video is just an empty canvas on which the hardware renders the decrypted image.
ploek
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
I think the noise emissions of a successful launch already make it an unattractive and potentially hazardous (for your hearing) place to live, especially considering SpaceX' launch frequency.
ploek
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
> AMD supports it on all chips

Unfortunately not. I can't say for current gen, but the 5000 series APUs like the 5600G do not support ECC. I know, I tried...

But yes, most Ryzen CPUs do have ECC functionality, and have had it since the 1000 series, even if not officially supported. Official support for ECC is only on Ryzen PRO parts.
ploek
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
They have a video where they have an eInk display show video at 60 Hz. In contrast to a previous video, where the display was running at 2.4 Hz and the video then sped up by 10x, this is not sped up. What kind of black magic is this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XduK7wn9SE4
ploek
·2 jaar geleden·discuss
> As you'd expect, the embryo was only tiny and measured just 27cm long.

27cm is not exactly what I would call tiny. For comparison, this is what Wikipedia has to say on the topic of ostrich eggs:

> on average they are 15 cm (5.9 in) long, 13 cm (5.1 in) wide, and weigh 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb)

It's almost twice as long. Talk about megafauna.

Looking for alternative sources, I found this:

> The unhatched dinosaur’s 24-centimetre-long skeleton is curled inside the egg, with its head tucked tightly into its body. The egg is 17 centimetres long and 8 centimetres wide.

( https://www.newscientist.com/article/2302492-fossilised-dino... )

Okay, so they were talking about the size of the dinosaur if it stretched out of its curled position inside the egg. The egg meanwhile is a little larger than an ostrich's egg. Still not tiny by any means, but slightly less mindblowing.