This wouldn't be zero click if iMessage didn't parse attachments without user consent.
Readit Newshaecceity commented on Operation Triangulation: What you get when attack iPhones of researchers securelist.com/operation-... · Posted by u/ruik
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Unrelated but can I ask how Lwn is funded?
Sometime I wonder, why Open Source has not flourished to SOTA in Chip Design. 5nm and beyond chips quote 40% as software cost out of a Billion $ cost to design the chip. That is a too large amount to attract somebody interested in open source.
Isn't the high cost a natural barrier?
haecceity commented on Google is shutting down Stadia theverge.com/2022/9/29/23... · Posted by u/vyrotek
Just curious, what happens to the engineers when a project is cancelled at Google? Mass exodus to other projects? Do they get notice? Are they left with weeks of nothing to do while they search for other teams to join?
People are ego driven but they're also profit driven. Industry and academia are paying attention to security now so that's where hackers are going. Capital eats everything.
haecceity commented on China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor spectrum.ieee.org/china-c... · Posted by u/Hoasi
I have been doing my best to find critical information on the viability of Thorium based nuclear reactors (because they sound too good to be true).
Everyone sings their praises, but what engineering challenges are there and are those engineering challenges large enough to discourage their development/adoption?
The biggest thing I have found is that the salt solution for Thorium reactors is quite corrosive and that is challenging to contain.
It generally sounds really promising - even the Wiki page for thorium MSR sings its praises.
Why wouldn't it work? Why isn't the world throwing shit-loads of money at this? Is China enlightened or is this some kind of meme-ware technology they fell for (or are trying to convince others to waste their money on)?
Existing energy industry is too entrenched in current technology to innovate? Widely publicized nuclear energy disasters prevents popular support? I don't know but this guy seems pretty smart