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crowley said:

Does stammer mean something else in the US?  I don’t even understand why anyone would think that emoji might be relevant to stammering.

In the US, stammering isn't strictly related to stuttering. It can be the "Uh, well, wait, but what if, no, um, never mind, hmm, although ..." speech pattern some people do while thinking. Or the similar "Uh, um, uh" with word fragments which people do when they're trying to talk and something derailed their train of thought before their mouth got the message to stop. Or the half-formed "What are you ...? Where is ...?" questions someone might ask when surrounded by a whirlwind of activity they know nothing about.

In areas I'm familiar with in the US, it's considered more of a nervous habit, like bouncing your leg or chewing your nails, rather than a problem actually communicating.

just cruisin said:

Isn’t Peleton the treadmill company that got recalled for killing babies?

They also just announced that to use the treadmill customers paid $3000 for, they now have to also get a $40 per month subscription to get a software update to require an activation passcode (so e.g. kids can't start the treadmill).

Had to renew my driver license during the pandemic, which was surprisingly difficult, even knowing my state is making the process gratuitously hard as a form of voter suppression. The Real ID compliant license is easier to counterfeit in every way than my last license was. Lenticular arrays instead of holograms, no microprinting, only a little UV reactivity. I am unimpressed. Would only be marginally harder to fake one of these than a birth certificate (which, in most states, is trivial to fake).

As for digital ID cards, I look forward to more information about how they work. Hopefully it's something like the emergency medical ID. Showing it should disable the Lightning port and lock the phone such that the passcode is required to unlock it. The screen showing what will be presented suggests it might actually be sent electronically for viewing on a device which is not your phone. Would cops, bouncers, grocery store clerks, and so on have to carry around a separate device capable of receiving and verifying information? That would seem to be quite a high requirement for a lot of places.

Sounds like you talk TLS or IPSec to the Apple server which acts as a proxy. You then talk client-anonymous TLS or IPSec through that to the third-party server, where you make your request.

Apple can tell who you are, but not where you’re going. The third-party server can tell where you’re going, but not who you are.

I still want more technical details, but this is a very promising start.

cia said:

OK two things....

One:  Isn't TSMC having issues making chips in Taiwan because of the drought that's been happening there?  If water can be such an issue, why are they building this plant in Arizona, the driest state in the US?

Two:  By the time this plant goes online, 5nm is going to be old news.  Why aren't they aiming for 3nm or better?

Chandler, Arizona has Intel fabs 12 (22 nm, 14 nm), 22 (22 nm, 14 nm), 32 (22 nm, 14 nm), and 42 (10 nm today with 7 nm coming online in 2022). Only Hillsboro, Oregon beats it in number of semiconductor manufacturing facilities within the US. If you're looking to build manufacturing presence in the US, you have to build where the skilled workers are, and offer them significantly better pay and/or working conditions.