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xfactorial commented on Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength   nickvsnetworking.com/simp... · Posted by u/tsujamin
hshdhdhehd · 2 months ago
Thats why I experienced 2 bars equals zero internet today?
xfactorial · 2 months ago
That is literally what i am observing lately with my provider: i have 2 bars and yet i do not have internet, where as my gf, using the same iPhone model, with a different provider, having 2 bars, has perfect data connectivity.
xfactorial commented on IBM and AMD to work on quantum-centric supercomputing   newsroom.ibm.com/2025-08-... · Posted by u/donutloop
guerrilla · 4 months ago
I feel like this is just another publicity stunt.
xfactorial · 4 months ago
For what i know, IBM R&D is truly a marvel in terms of Innovation, but one thing is “we managed to Create a process to make xyz” and another is, indeed, putting it together at scale.

5 nanometer was something they worked on, but it was TMCS the one who actually made it happen.

Perhaps this is a good chance to put to work some of that research using AMD Manufacturing.

Let’s see how it goes.

xfactorial commented on Inside China's 'Stolen iPhone Building'   ft.com/content/752f84ac-3... · Posted by u/pseudolus
xfactorial · 7 months ago
One of the arguments to be made about locking components and enabling rapid software lock-in in case of theft to, precisely, break the economical incentive.

On the other hand, the trade-off of repairability, "right to repair" and all the things those businesses and people like Rossmann have been fighting for get affected by the component lock-in.

There must be some kind of middle ground: my bet should be full customer sign-out could then enable the parts to be re-used (anything else should render the device and its components unusable).

xfactorial commented on Why 'Margin Call' remains Wall Street's favorite movie   semafor.com/article/04/28... · Posted by u/jmsflknr
xfactorial · 8 months ago
Consider the plot and consider it is loosely based on real events.

Also: it’s a highly quoted movie on YouTube where copyright has not been strictly enforced.

Every part of it is a specific area of the business: the lay offs, the move forward after them, the analyst crunching the data, the gathering after his discovery, the communication, the meetings and the decision making.

All of it from the perspective of a financial institution, knowing what we know: I wonder what would have happened if that movie happened 15 years before the crash and the public perception of the content (probably dismissed as “too Hollywood”).

u/xfactorial

KarmaCake day8June 11, 2024View Original