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New comment by gaboot in "Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra"

gaboot — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:20:03 +0000

I'm sure someone can get the CPU/GPU running but things like wifi/bluetooth/USB ports will be rough since they will presumably integrated with the chip in a non-standardized ARM way. Almost all of the ARM laptops are basically unusable with GNU/Linux.

New comment by gaboot in "Top Crypto Firms Named in $1B Fraud Lawsuit"

gaboot — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:22:41 +0000

Hard to say but I think Arnie Hammer might have aged worse than the Winklevii...

New comment by gaboot in "Human gene linked to bigger brains was born from seemingly useless DNA"

gaboot — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:22:36 +0000

There are also fairly strict limits, given human mutation and reproductive rates, on the amount of information that can be preserved in the genome. Most of the genome is therefore meaningless (although not necessarily useless). As this article points out, these regions allow for random creation of novel proteins