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  • Apple Fitness+ gains pregnancy workouts, older adults training, and Jane Fonda

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    “Hanoi Jane” sat on an anti aircraft gun laughing with her North Vietnamese friends was a disgraceful act in a disgraceful conflict. I’d no more use her services than those of Nixon if he were still around.
    And she knows and has admitted it! (Handlers, not "friends")
     
    https://time.com/5116479/jane-fonda-hanoi-jane-nickname/

    At least nobody posted the whole, very disproven, POW story that often circulates in some circles.
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  • Apple to use 85 Tesla 'Megapack' batteries in California energy project

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    rcfa said:
    Disgusting greenwashing effort! Environmentally sound and sustainable energy production is more than just measuring CO2 output.

    These batteries are responsible for the destruction of a unique and sensitive ecosystem, destroying the livelihoods of indigenous people, and are hugely resource intensive for the energy they provide.

    Solar panels by themselves have a single digit EROI, by the time batteries and charging/discharging losses are factored in, it looks even worse.

    If Apple weren’t concerned with catering to the brainwashed “woke”, but would run the actual numbers, they would pursue nuclear power like Gates, and listen to people like Shellenberger…

    https://youtu.be/ciStnd9Y2ak
    You're talking about Lithium or Cobalt? I know I've seen that vague messaging before.

    Lithium and Cobalt mining, like any mining, can be done responsibly and it can be done very badly. Chile has done it very badly with regards to Lithium. The DRC on Cobalt is epically bad.

    There are a variety of battery technologies in the works to reduce reliance on both.

    As or Nuclear - there are some designs that "burn" Plutonium and other waste product from older reactors. The results have much shorter half lives.
    GeorgeBMacjony0

  • TSMC board approves $743M bond sale to build Arizona facility

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    JWSC said:
    blastdoor said:
    Seems strange that chip makers like to build factories in places with little water. 
    Why?  I was unaware that water was needed in the water fab process.

    BTW, woohoo for Arizona!
    heh- water fab…

    2009 article: "One manufacturing plant uses anywhere between 2 to 4 million gallons of very, very pure water—we call it ultrapure water—per day, and that, on the average, is roughly equivalent to the water usage of a city of maybe 40 000, 50 000 people."

    Intel has a site where you can see the reporting of usage at their fabs:     https://www.exploreintel.com

    Chandler Arizona site used 117 million gallons last quarter.
    killroywatto_cobra

  • Hackers used 7 zero-days, compromised websites to infiltrate iOS

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    rcfa said:
    xsmi said:
    So have the exploits been patched? 
    And who are the hackers?
    You may want to read the Ars article for more details: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/expert-hackers-used-11-zerodays-to-infect-windows-ios-and-android-users/

    Patched? Yes, but then the hackers deploy a different attack vector.

    Who? "Thursday’s post offered no details on the group responsible for the attacks. It would be especially interesting to know if the hackers are part of a group that’s already known to researchers or if it’s a previously unseen team. Also useful would be information about the people who were targeted."
    muthuk_vanalingamCloudTalkinwatto_cobra

  • Intel continues 'go PC' campaign with specious Apple Silicon comparison website

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    That complaint about dongles is so… weird…

    Apple going 100% USB-C/TB3 is driving adoption, much as adding USB to the original iMac in favour of SCSI, Serial, ADB, etc.

    And who benefits from that? Intel!
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