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Photolithography HomeFABs
by grarpamp 10 May '20

10 May '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAPt_DcWAvw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22718510 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7E8-0Ou69hwScPW1_fQApA/videos http://sam.zeloof.xyz/first-ic/ https://physicsworld.com/a/first-principles-calculations-shed-light-on-semi… #OpenFAB https://www.anandtech.com/show/15581/el-capitan-supercomputer-detailed-amd-…

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IQNets - low b/w end user nodes - maximise 'user experience'
by Zenaan Harkness 09 May '20

09 May '20

End user nodes which have low or relatively low total bandwidth BW, Node End-user Low Bandwidth => NELB might usefully provide only small or "marginal" b/w links, and link contracts with reduced time T. Where the end user 'experience' arising from his available b/w is already reduced/low/frustrating, any overlay which treats that end user as anything but an "mostly end user only" node, will likely be switched off/ disabled/ uninstalled, by said end user. So for a "compelling user experience", at least with NELBs, by default we ought limit both time duration T and bandwidth BW, for all link contracts handed out to incoming requests. Low T means "problematic" (from end user experience point of view) link contracts will time out "relatively soon". Low BW, as a percentage of total NELB BW, should minimize "obtrusive slowdowns due to the overlay net", again, from the end user perspective. Some aggregate numbers of global Internet users, e.g. "how many Internet users, globally, onramp at X kbps b/w?" Presumably there are still millions who have sub 256kbps? In any case, with the limit case, at least for certain groups of users, being groups of such low b/w links, a useful overlay net must usefully use "many micro connections". We can at some point test and establish useful minimum T and minimum BW for T. To optimize for such lithe links (rather, link contracts), we need to minimize "overlay network switch contract nego" latency. So various previously listed concepts are essential at the core of the overlay net - seamless utilization of many "micro" links, link aggregation, seamless handling of links that drop out, possibly fan-out (single high BW to many low BW) and fan-in hops, etc.

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Changing the world ;)
by Georgi Guninski 06 May '20

06 May '20

Whoever said one person can't change the world never ate an undercooked bat.

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[PEACE] - Islam is Right about women - Re: Sydney Islamic Activists: If You Oppose Chopping Off Hands, You’re Intolerant
by Zenaan Harkness 06 May '20

06 May '20

One of the greatest "protest" memes ever, is the signs going around that proclaim simply "Islam is Right about Women". This puts women "libbers" and minority promoting morons, in a total bind: If they agree with the assertion "Islam is right about women", they have to take a position opposing women, or at least opposing the Western view of "women are the same as men and must be treated equally in all things". And if they disagree with the assertion "Islam is right about women", then they must oppose their "support all minorities indiscriminately" dogma. And so because they are programmed, indiscriminate, dogmatic, intolerant in the name of tolerance, sheeple, their minds go into a form of apoplexy, unable to process their own hypocrisy and unthinking obedience to PC dogma, and their sole remaining neurone goes into spasms. Of course, such disconnects from reality never stopped their zealous from their own moronicity. Le beste meme, of 20 19 :) Islam is RIGHT about women https://barenakedislam.com/2019/09/22/islam-is-right-about-women/ Boston 25 News reports “It was just upsetting, I just didn’t like it, it just wasn’t necessary to be up and out in the streets,” said Anita Davison, who ripped down the signs and took the story straight to social media. “It’s either about women, it’s either about Islam, it’s about both, I’m not really sure what point they were trying to make — either way it was just, it was terrible,” Davison said. [Much juicy, so juicy, factual, juicy and factual material about women, from the Koran, omitted :D] ... As James N. Kennett noted on Steve Sailer’s blog: If you say Islam Is RIGHT About Women then you are guilty of hate speech. On the other hand, if you say Islam Is WRONG About Women then you are guilty of hate speech. Go figure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqBkuC4Oh-g "Islam is Right About Women" - The Best Meme of 2019? /September 24, 2019 https://johnmarksays.com/blog/2019/9/24/islam-is-right-about-women-the-best… “Islam is Right About Women.” These five words printed in plain text on an A4 leaf and duck-taped to a signpost constitute what is possibly the most powerful, and important, meme of 2019. “Islam is RIGHT about women” has sparked what anyone with an IQ above 130 would have immediately predicted upon reading these words: “confusion and anger” from the NPC class of Homo sapiens sapiens. At least that’s what they call it. We player characters (men and women of agency) call it cognitive dissonance. As you can see from this video, most people interviewed aren’t exactly sure what to make of it. Is this an attack on Islam? Or an attack on women? Or both? Or maybe it’s just a random right-wing troll that isn’t supposed to make any sense. You see, to come out and decry this poster as an attack on women is to acknowledge that Islam subjugates women, which is in direct conflict with the feminist egalitarian ideals of the West. But to come out and call this an attack on Islam, through the irony of saying the religion is “right”, is to (again) highlight the incompatibility of the Islamic patriarchy with the Western feminarchy. In five simple words, this meme destroys the narrative of inclusivity and diversity. Many on the Right will notice this cognitive dissonance, and find it amusing. But few will be brave enough to go a layer deeper and point to what this meme truthfully predicts for women: the West must choose which type of patriarchy it will have. Everyone who isn’t completely ignorant of the difficulties we are facing in the West today will recognise that Islam is stronger, growing faster, and maintaining its local hegemony in the Middle East far better than Western Civilisation is managing in its own geographic centres. The Islamic population in the West steadily grows, by both immigration and procreation, while our own birth rates continue to decline, and we don’t seem to be migrating into Islamic nations at all. It’s not hard to work out where this goes, even at current rates, with a bit of time passing. Islam is objectively stronger in the West than Christianity right now. No, I’m not saying that I’d like to live in an Islamic nation, or under Sharia Law, or within a global Caliphate. That would be disastrous, especially when one considers the peripheral drawbacks to the Islamic world, and the social ramifications of their religious superstitions. “Islam is right about women” signs spark outrage… but why? https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/islam-is-right-abou… ... One woman, offended by the signs, tore them down, and contacted the police. 2018: "It's OK to be White." 2019: "Islam is Right about Women." As good as it gets :) Meme on muh Gritties :D And for an excessive comedy quote for the week, moar memes, MOAR ! (Tor Browser for the time being folksies.) http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/ http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/death-of-conservatism-inc-this-rape-train-is-… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/wait-what-mexican-arrested-for-mass-shooting-… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/college-athletic-conference-names-man-pretend… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/bbc-viewers-blast-obese-body-positive-coach-f… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/italy-salvini-friends-win-local-election-in-h… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/portland-antifas-house-negro-finally-arrested… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/yids-flip-lids-after-big-afd-victory-in-germa… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/eat-the-maggot-greta-thunbergs-climate-diet-i… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/ann-coulter-calls-out-scheming-white-house-ki… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/uk-oxford-bans-clapping-because-its-progressi… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/germany-islamic-terrorists-going-to-war-with-… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/newly-islamic-new-zealand-denies-the-existenc… http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/the-difference-between-a-mosque-shooting-and-… On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 04:24:44PM +1000, Gil May wrote: > *Sydney Islamic Activists: If You Oppose Chopping Off Hands, You’re > Intolerant* > [image: image.png] > > [image: > https://gellerreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/289038-hizb-ut-tahrir.j…] > > > [image: image.png] > Tolerance is in the eye of the beholder. > > Is accepting intolerance the price of tolerance? Is coming to terms with > beheadings and amputations under Sharia law tolerant? > > One Islamic group in Sydney says > <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6966531/Radical-Muslim-group-Hizb-…>, > “Aywah”. > > A radical Muslim group held a conference on Saturday afternoon discouraging > members and their children from singing the Australian national anthem – > while refusing to condemn ISIS. > > Global Islamist political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is campaigning for > Sharia law, hired a community hall at Campsie, in Sydney’s south-west, for > the event. > > In another part of the discussion, Mr Doureihi condemned an elderly white, > pro-refugee male customer at his shop who had described Sharia law Hudud > punishments as ‘barbaric’, which can involve the amputation of a hand for > stealing. > > ‘We’ve probably bought into the lie that is tolerance, diversity and > multiculturalism,’ he said. > > ‘We’re sold the rhetoric of acceptance of diversity, and different people’s > and different opinions and different religions but not realising the > reality of what that entails. > > ‘I said, “What’s your position on the Hudud in Islam?” He goes, “barbaric”. > > ‘I said you’re not tolerant.’ > > If you oppose chopping off people’s hands, you’re an Islamophobe. > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Oddly silent
by Razer 05 May '20

05 May '20

I think it speaks volumes about how many of this list's posters work for US intel agencies and contractors by the lack of any commenting on your new war with Iran.

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Gratitude - We are now living (at least some of) our sabbaths/ weekends, past taken by Sunday trading
by Zig the N.g 03 May '20

03 May '20

Something to be grateful for - days off, a load off our shoulders, somewhat of a stasis in our respective countries, a calm and a time to contemplate. Many years ago, weekends used to be a thing, in Australia from Saturday afternoon and through all of Sunday. Then the large retail chains lobbied and stayed open all Saturday, then later, repeated this process for Sunday with some stores in busy metro city areas opening 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Sabbaths were thus taken from us. We were complicit to some degree, most tacitly consenting to the oligarch's new regime, as we dutifully stepped up our hampster wheel trundling to a full 6, then eventually 7 days a week - working, schooling, shopping, working. Most of the broader Commonwealth of nations essentially deregulated shopping hours from the early to the mid 1990s, often making this appear "ok" by having "govt. applications" and "licenses" to trade on the previously unsanctioned day(s), "most of South America by the 1980s" and throughout the '80s and '90s in most of the rest of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_shopping Let's take 1990 as a benchmark and ignore the loss of Saturday afternoons, but include every Sunday of the year: 20 years is 52 weeks worth of Sundays = 1040 days 1040 days is roughly 3 years. Now I'm not suggesting we aim to lock ourselves down for 3 years straight :) But we can use this grant of "slow time" according to our own wisdom: - We may do some of the indoor things we promised our children, spouse, self. We may contemplate on the wonder of life, the universe, our existence, meta awareness ("I am aware that I am aware", "I am aware that I feel ...", "I am aware that I may think a series of thoughts"). - We may contemplate the future and the type of world we might co-create with our fellow Souls - would we reclaim our "slow" days, be it a full weekend, an official sabbath, or something similar? (And note that mathematically, and also if you consider steadily roaming around the Earth from East to West only, and also depending on which calendar system you choose to use, whether your Sabbath is Saturday or Sunday is on each of these grounds alone, truly a moot point). - Ought we have a global debt jubilee? - How might we balance our duty of care to one another on various vectors (health/viruses, travel, speech, etc)? - In what ways can we begin to hold our governments to account? May your catch up sabbaths be fruitful for you and yours...

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The Ministry, 'voluntary' fascism, and Fundamental Human Rights antidotes; - Australia will launch tracing app as voluntary 'and see how it goes', deputy medical officer says
by Zenaan Harkness 02 May '20

02 May '20

This is important, folks - the below outlines the front line of human tracking or "the mark of the beast", as well as some antidotes to that. In this case, "The Ministry of Truth" attempts to achieve sufficient tacit consent for ubiquitous monitoring via "smart"phones. This is a highly slippery slope, and potentially catastrophic for our individual and collective freedoms, so let's get a handle on this one... Be warned: :: ----- crunch time is close - do everything you can to educate people, because if insufficient people are educated on this issue, the tracking that is coming ("mark of the beast") will be extraordinarily difficult to undo. Coronavirus Australia live news: Government urges Australians to use tracing app despite privacy fears By Dan Colasimone Updated April 17, 2020 15:43:40 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/coronavirus-australia-live-updates-c… Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly has not ruled out making a coronavirus tracing app compulsory if not enough people install it voluntarily. "We start with voluntary and then we see how it goes," Professor Kelly told an afternoon press conference. http://livenews.abc.net.au/Event/Coronavirus_Australia_live_news : Some more details on the government's coronavirus-tracking app The app uses Bluetooth technology to track coronavirus victims and the people they come in contact with. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-14/coronavirus-app-government-wants-aus… .. The Federal Government believes restrictions on the community could be eased in the months ahead if there's more testing, greater surveillance of those infected by the coronavirus and much faster tracing of those they've had contact with. The government’s given us some more detail, confirming data collected from the app would be uploaded to a server in the event someone tests positive to COVID-19. This is significant, because some experts argue if the data is stored on a server it would attract privacy threats from hackers, and would also act as a disincentive for people to sign-up to the app. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-15/challenge-to-convince-australians-to… The government believes it needs at least 40 per cent of Australians to opt-in in order for the app to be effective. The minister responsible, Stuart Robert, has told Channel 7 the information gathered will be transferred to a database, if the person who tests positive to COVID-19 agrees. "If you tested positive, the authorities would ask you to consent and that will be uploaded to a secure server," he said. "That's it, no one is tracking you, there is no surveillance." In the above article, these words: > The government believes it needs at least 40 per cent of Australians to opt-in in order for the app to be effective. -really- mean "we need about 40% of Australians to opt in to voluntary fascist tracking, in order to establish "legal persuasion" (sufficient numbers of people, required to compel the courts to make orders against the interests of the remainder of the people) and also political influence ("40% of people agree with this already, we HAVE to enforce this upon everyone, to SAVE LIVES - so please, THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"). This is the heart of why the above propaganda is so insidious - it is an attempt to covertly introduce and impose a fascist human tracking regime, "by the consent of the governed" - and to do this, all they need is about 40% of the entire population to opt in. Very fine Ministry propaganda, and opt-in fascism at its finest... Whoever wrote up the above ABC article gets a Fascism 'Badge Of Covert Fascism' badge award for "covert fascism". --------------------------- Antidotes, when in times of viral or similar medical pandemic crisis: - We each have the fundamental human right to isolate or quarantine ourselves and our family, in order to protect ourselves and others. - We do have a duty of care to one another, and we have the right to satisfy this duty of care by isolating, if we contract a virus, in order to not spread the disease to other humans. - We have the fundamental human right to make informed decisions in regards to our health, excepting that if we have a known contageous condition, that we satisfy our duty of care to other humans in our community, for example by quarantining or isolating ourselves. - If we become infected, or if we are at risk of becoming infeced, we have the right to make our own informed decisions about each and every medical procedure (such as vaccination, intravenous vitamin C, etc) that we choose to receive, or choose to not receive. - Parents have the fundamental right to make informed decisions in relation to their children, which right overrides (i.e. which is superior to) the state's authority to impose any medical treatment, so long as the parent satisfies their duty of care to other people within our community. - Fundamentally, we each have the right to educate ourselves, to read and otherwise to learn about the pros and cons of any and every medical treatment which is suggested, recommended or otherwise "ordered" by the state, and we have the right to choose to receive, and the right to choose to not receive, such medical treatment.

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MIT Researchers Designed a Congestion-Control Scheme to Reduce Delays in Wireless Networks
by jim bell 02 May '20

02 May '20

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-researchers-designed-a-congestion-control-sche…

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corona
by \0xDynamite 02 May '20

02 May '20

Does anyone else feel like America has become the weakest society in history? How does anyone know that the virus isn't giving a chance to evolve? That it's lethality comes from having some bit of wisdom from the biosphere that humans either need to learn or die from? marcos

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Interesting Engineering: Scientists Discover New Way to Get Quantum Computing to Work at Room Temperature
by jim bell 01 May '20

01 May '20

Interesting Engineering: Scientists Discover New Way to Get Quantum Computing to Work at Room Temperature. https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-discover-new-way-to-get-quant…

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