November 19, 2017

November 19, 2017 by yorksranter 6 comments

The theory of the eccentric billionaire, and why politicians got so awful

Chris Dillow asks why politicians seem to be so hopeless today. I tend to think of this as a consequence of the great divergence, the gapping-out of inequality across the developed economies since the 1980s. Why? Consider this guy. That’s right – an eccentric billionaire, giving away fivers! This used to be a stock cartoon-strip…

The 7nm chip sanctions on China: impact on large-scale chips, CoWoS processes
TSMC and Samsung have emailed their partners to verify "tape-out eligibility" starting November 11. Contrary to earlier rumors, this does not represent a full suspension of 7nm chip supplies to China....Industry sources indicate that overseas production at TSMC and Samsung will cease 7nm and below manufacturing for specific Chinese AI and GPU clients when any […]
High-value demand boom: AI chips drive Samsung, SK Hynix US 2024 revenue surge
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (SSI), Samsung's US subsidiary, generated KRW30.4 trillion (US$21.8 billion) in revenue during the first three quarters of 2024. This represents a 100% increase from KRW16.3 trillion in the same period of 2023. The sharp growth in US revenue is attributed to rising sales of high-margin DRAM and NAND flash products, particularly DDR5 […]
Soho's famous Groucho Club which attracts A-list clientele has licence suspended due to 'association with serious crime' | Daily Mail Online
the photos are all at least 10 years old, which is telling.
Procès des viols de Mazan | « Je n’accepte pas qu’on me traite de violeur, c’est un truc trop lourd à porter » : le grand déni des accusés d’un procès historique
very clear profile. - deeeeep denial - history of sexual victimization - ditto victimization by violence - often very large families for some reason - socially marginal - drugs - other sexual offending
Hezbollah Said to Be Using Copy of Israeli Missile Against Israel - The New York Times
Hezbollah Spike-NLOS.
Au procès Squarcini, les ordres de LVMH pour infiltrer le journal « Fakir » | Mediapart
« Alex » n’est autre qu’Alexandre Djouhri, intermédiaire dans plusieurs dossiers politico-financiers, proche d’Hervé Séveno comme de Bernard Squarcini, explicite le président....L’équipe de Fakir décide de le filmer à son insu dans un café de Saint-Ouen, mais il détecte vite « une sacoche, avec un trou et une lumière rouge » posée sur une table. […]
Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents | Academies | The Guardian
who thought it was anything else but backdoor selection? I guess that the selection was by screaming at them until some dropped out is a twist
FAA team recommends Boeing MAX design change and pilot notification | The Seattle Times
“Much like MCAS, the discovery that LRD is not known to pilots is very concerning,” the memo states // do the Pilot's Notes just say "you don't need to know this stuff and it'll only confuse you"?
Francis Martin on X: "When your job is to report on a document like this, your emotions just have to take a back seat. But you can’t insulate yourself entirely, and there’s always something which gets through. For me it was this letter, sent by Smyth
if by some chance you've not gazed into a sickening moral vacuum in the last twenty minutes or so...also a fine example of bad faith writing. no beat of pre-emptive self justification missed
Tom Lee on X: "That's in part because the specific incentives they face are largely social, but also because irrelevance is the failure condition for any of these organizations. You do not want to just become a faceless source of checks going to the same
the specific incentives they face are largely social, but also because irrelevance is the failure condition for any of these organizations. You do not want to just become a faceless source of checks going to the same hidebound recipients. That's death.