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They still are the bad guys. But can you remember when they were the good guys? Me neither.

The answer to all your questions most likely is that it's just an ai slop.

Well, they are not really the same, are they? One is cute, small, furry and graceful. And the other one's a cat.

No. A new node comes out in several years. At least 2-3 years and it is increasing because decreasing the node size is getting exponentially more difficult. So next node will probably only be out in 4-5 years now.

While all the chip designers will be all out with their products on this new node within a few months. Apple was only the first because they paid extra for Tsmc to be first.

For even a semi-informed user, it matters. E.g. you can buy the fastest processor (in this single benchmark, which might be or not be important to you) in a Macbook Pro from Apple for $3000. But knowing that this is only because of the 2nm TSMC node that Apple got first, but Qualcomm, AMD, etc. will also get very soon (a few months), means that you probably will be able to buy an even faster chip in a laptop with Windows or Linux for $2000. Which, depending on what you plan to use the PC, might be just as viable to you.

So I would say it IS important to users to know the facts of the situation in order to make an informed decision on their next purchase.

Nah. Unfortunately Chat Control law has effectively killed GDPR in Europe. All Apple has to say is that they are listening for possible CSAM and they are free to listen to everyone all the time.

All engineers know that their specific field of work is the most important, most difficult and most complex type of engineering there is.

Most of them are wrong of course, because the aforementioned field is PLC design and programming. Which is coincidentally, what I do.

Everytime I think I could not hate Microsoft more than I already do, they come out and do something like this.

1st place prize is a full-expense covered 2-person 2-day weekend at world famous spa resort.

2nd place prize is a mug with the 1st place drawing printed on the side.

Also, the brand that made this product spec announcement is the biggest electric automaker in the world, by far. To stay with your comparison, it would be like if Samsung would declare that their new phone will have 100W charging and 6000mAh capacity, while the actual phones sold by them could only be charged by 50W and have 4000mAh. It is just unimaginable that they would be lying about sth that can and will be easily verified the moment the first products reach the customers or reviewers.

I have a 5 year old android phone that I'm super happy with (still fast, OLED screen, cameras on par with current phones, 2 day battery life etc.). Apart from the fact that google has started to kill it. E.g they won't allow banking apps to be installed, because it's android 11. So One+ was one of the brands on the shortlist for my next phone. Guess they're off now.

Yep. J2C has struck DDR5.