March 14, 2010

March 14, 2010 by yorksranter 6 comments

Premature evaluation – The Spirit Level

Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s The Spirit Level is a vigorous polemic for social democracy, something we’re probably in need of as the neo-liberals recover from the 2008 experience. Unlike most such, this one is based on data – specifically, a whole battery of socioeconomic indicators that turn out to be strongly correlated with income…

March 14, 2010 by yorksranter 0 comments

cooking with John von Neumann

A thought; it’s surprising how much you can learn about computer science from cooking, and cooking from computer science. The von Neumann architecture – when you’re cooking, there is a central processing unit, which is the top of the stove, there is mass storage, which is the fridge and the cupboard, there is a user…

Qualcomm claims trial win in dispute with Arm over chip design licences
Qualcomm said it was pleased with the verdict. The jury had “vindicated Qualcomm’s right to innovate” and confirmed the products at issue in the case were protected by its existing contract with Arm, it said. Arm said would seek a retrial based on the fact that the jury was “unable to reach consensus across the […]
Foxconn quashes delay rumors: GB200 NVL72 server shipments set for 4Q24
industry sources confirm that Foxconn Technology (Hon Hai) is maintaining its original schedule. Initial shipments are set to begin in December 2024 as planned // well they've not got long
Emmanuel Macron, une certaine idée du pouvoir
Full of quotes and petites phrases but in the end it's court gossip
Arm says it’s losing $50M a year in revenue from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite SoCs - Ars Technica
That $50 million in alleged missing revenue looks like a relatively small amount to be fighting over, given that these are both billion-dollar companies—Arm made $3.23 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024, while Qualcomm earned $39 billion in revenue. It also seems counterproductive for Arm to disrupt the business of one of its largest and […]
Former MI5 chief to lead search for new Archbishop of Canterbury
It is understood that no candidate will be able to apply for the role. Instead, they will be “invited” into the recruitment process if their name comes up for consideration.
SeekTruthFromFacts on X: "@CofESurvivor @churchofengland I totally agree that there is a massive old-school-tie/old-university-pal problem in the Church of England. But Oxford and Cambridge have Anglican chapels and chaplains that serve undergrads. Many f
Every ABC (bar Carey who was Durham) has been an oxbridge graduate for hundreds of years.
HS2 boss blames failure to control costs on rush to start work | HS2 | The Guardian
“We have to acknowledge that HS2 in its core mission to control costs has failed,” he said. “We must break the cycle.” // kind of illuminating that the core mission is not to e.g. build a railway.
Légion d’honneur, mode d’emploi
Avec l’âge vient la course aux honneurs. Cela traduit aussi la peur d’être oublié
Légion d’honneur : le dossier de radiation de Nicolas Sarkozy est prêt | Mediapart
« Les personnes mises en cause le vivent très, très mal », confirmait en 2013 le général Jean-Louis Georgelin (grand chancelier de 2010 à 2016), tout en rappelant l’importance de ces procédures disciplinaires, paraphrasant l’écrivain Erik Orsenna : « L’honneur, c’est ce bien moral conquis dans la lutte, et qui permet à la fois d’acquérir […]
Affaire Bismuth : Nicolas Sarkozy hérite d’un an de bracelet électronique | Mediapart
Les journées à venir risquent fort d’être humiliantes pour l’ex-président. Condamné définitivement à trois ans de prison dont un an ferme, peine aménagée sous le régime de la surveillance électronique, Nicolas Sarkozy va devoir se plier à des procédures contraignantes. Un recours devant la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme n’y changera rien