Nice.

Exactly!

I could even see the cards having ram slots, so you can add dedicated ram to the NPU to remove the need for sharing ram with the system

I would imagine that there are way more 360 discs out there in America

I have heard that cats and dogs can smell cancer, they are also soft and cute, we should look into this further.

I’d much rather have a more powerful generic CPU than a less powerful generic CPU with an added NPU.

There are very few people who would benefit from an added NPU, ok I hear you say what about local AI?

Ok, what about it?

Would you trust a commercial local AI tool to not be sharing data?

Would your grandmother be able to install an open source AI tool?

What about having enough RAM for the AI tool to run?

Look at the average computer user, if you are on lemmy, chances are very high that you are far more advanced than the average computer user.

I am talking about those users who don’t run Adblocker, don’t notice the YT ad skip button and who in the past would have installed a minimum of of five toolbars in IE, yet wouldn’t have noticed the reduced view of the actual page.

These people are closer to the average users than any of us.

Why do they need local AI?

I would rather see them following the timetable.

Wasn’t there a bug that made XP unable to hit even 4GB, I seem to recall a limit of 3,5GB ram…

I can see two reasons to pick an AIO over an air cooler, none of which has been a concern for me.

1. Using a small case. In a small case you may not be able to fit an air cooler large enough to cool the CPU, an AIO is more flexible and is a great alternative in these cases.
2. Needing to move your computer from place to place. The traditional tower air cooler puts a LOT of strain on the motherboard, this is fine for when the computer is in a static place, but when moving a computer, especially if you are driving, any bumps can cause the cooler to pull on the motherboard, possibly cracking the motherboard. An AIO with it’s smaller footprint is far less susceptible to that. I have a Noctua D15s as my cooler, and if I had to transport my computer in my car I would either remove the cooler and GPU before loading the computer in my car, or lay it down flat.

I don’t want water in my computer, simple as that.

Thank you for clarifying this!

The US badly needs a population database, however, I absolutely understand that with how the US government have abused and fooled their citizens in the past, there is a huge distrust of the government among Americans.

Hehe, when I wrote it I thought about anti-air batteries…

Aluminium-air batteries are not rechargeable in a normal way, yes I know a plug in hybrid vehicle was demonstrated, but I don’t know how it worked.

For AA batteries to take off they need to be rechargeable in an easy and cheap way.

Isn’t this due to the US not having a working census database?

Please correct me if I am wrong.

From what I have heard, you need to bring bills with your address to prove where you live in some circumstances in the US.

Here in Sweden, or any sane country, I simply use my personal number to identify myself, and bam, the requesting entity can find the info they need.

Swede here, this should be called

Fallbila

Imagine not having an alt for lemmy.nsfw…

Lol, amateurs!

The issue is often that the phones take a long time to download the apps the user needs, most of our users are on the go, and can’t rely wifi, so they need mobile data, with a physical SIM we can easily tell them how to swap on their own, it is done in 10-15s, and can quickly be moved back, with an eSIM you have to dig through menus and hope it works, if not, the user is left with two phones without a SIM.

It is also a problem for us IT guys, when we need to migrate users from one phone to another it is super annoying to deal with eSIMs

lol no.

Especially not one run by a techbro.

I live in a suburb to the north of Stockholm, I have experienced the GPS jamming first hand.

There were a few days when my car’s inbuilt GPS thought I was driving around in another suburb on the other side of the city.

Does anyone know if GPS has the abillity to do signed packets?

I mean, I’d rather the GPS fail completely, than giving me false data.

Ever since the start of internet connected vehicles this has been on the table, before it wasn’t really possible to manage subscriptions like this, now it is as easy as changing $SUBSCR_INF_ACP from a 0 to a 1 on your account to enable CarPlay, once you have paid.

Though, to be fair, I would like better integration with the onboard systems, something like Carplay lite.

It would basically present the content on the phone, music, podcasts, audiobooks, maps, etc. to the onboard infotainment system.

Apps with audio media would appear as audio sources, inside the audio sources, any menu would be presented in a standard UI.

Basically, the phone would simply send something like an XML file of how the menu should be displayed, and the infotainment has a rendering engine to render the UI in a style that is integrated with the car’s UI.

That would solve one of the biggest issues with CarPlay/AA, the forced touchscreen.

In my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV hatchback, I have a fantastic steeringwheel, it has plenty of excellent controls, regarding media, I have a volume wheel by my left thumb, I can also press it to pause the media, on the right side of the steering wheel I have buttons for skip/previous.

If I could interact with the menus in CarPlay using the thumbwheel and a separate back button, that would be amazing.

The wheel clicks when moving it, so if you could simply have it move the selection on the menu with every click it would be brilliant.

Though I would need another thumbwheel to set the volume…

My point is that if deeper integration of phone media in the infotainment system could enable a UI less dependent on a a touchscreen, I would love to try it.