Comment In other words... (Score 1) 65

by BrendaEM on Sunday August 23, 2026 @11:41AM (#66303228) Attached to: Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation

In other words, they are throwing their money to influence an open source project.

Comment Nolonger-Youtube is ran like a lottery (Score 1) 40

by BrendaEM on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:55AM (#66300132) Attached to: YouTube Offers Creators Millions of Dollars to Stay Off Netflix

They promote whomever they want, pay a select few.

Comment Touchscreens are dangerous (Score 1) 245

by BrendaEM on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:54AM (#66300126) Attached to: Are You Sure You Want a Car With a Giant Touch Screen?

https://www.wired.com/story/no...

Comment But is Microsoft Honest About Their Usage? (Score 1) 61

by BrendaEM on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:53AM (#66300122) Attached to: Microsoft Gives Task Manager Another Task: Watching AI Workloads

It would be interesting to do a power-consumption test on Windows versions.

Comment Make AI Open-Source, Individually Ran, and Yours (Score 1) 53

by BrendaEM on Monday August 10, 2026 @09:34PM (#66282956) Attached to: Meta's 'Open' Muse Glimmer Model Can Run On a Single Computer

Devalue Commercial AI.

Submission + - In AI-Caused RAMCalypse, Windows RAM Usage Under Scrutiny and Self-Editing 1

Submitted by BrendaEM on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:17AM

BrendaEM writes: Linus Tech Tips: Does Linux use less RAM?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Microsoft Is Quietly Deleting 32 GB RAM Recommendation for Windows 11
https://www.techpowerup.com/35...

Comment Supposed to make EA less evil? (Score 1) 49

by BrendaEM on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:11AM (#66273836) Attached to: EA Is Now Officially Privately Owned

EA is not exactly the darling of computer game companies.

Comment Meanwhile Linus find that Linux uses Less RAM (Score 1) 57

by BrendaEM on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:09AM (#66273830) Attached to: Microsoft Tells Engineers 'Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment Texas: Whoring itself for AI (Score 0) 76

by BrendaEM on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:05AM (#66273826) Attached to: Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand

--from an ex-Texan.

Comment Most people would need that feature (Score 1) 22

by BrendaEM on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:04AM (#66273822) Attached to: NVMe Polishes Its Specs, Brings Virtualization to Locally Attached SSDs

Most people do not run virtual machines. So, this is more pandering to AI?

Comment Trump's Kleptocracy Continues (Score 1) 210

by BrendaEM on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:02AM (#66273818) Attached to: Trump Begins Selling $100,000 Monthly Subscription Service to Wall Street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment 109 in San Jose, A few Years Back (Score 1) 78

by BrendaEM on Monday August 03, 2026 @01:12PM (#66270666) Attached to: South Korea Records Its Highest Ever Temperature

https://abc7news.com/post/reco...
Was 115 in Black Rock Desert, for a summer event : )

Comment Trump's UnAmerican Views and Methods (Score 1) 62

by BrendaEM on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:39AM (#66266322) Attached to: ABC Accuses FCC of 'Attempted Censorship'

I guess Donald Silverspoon Trump forgot the read the F'n manual: the U.S. Constitution.

Comment Not even crocodile tears for this one (Score 1) 132

by BrendaEM on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:37AM (#66266318) Attached to: Flock Cameras Are Being Destroyed Across the US

Surveillance is not Constitutional

Comment Re:What about WOKE SLOP? All LinkedIn is WOKE SLOP (Score 0) 77

by BrendaEM on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:36AM (#66266316) Attached to: LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

Go take a big shit for yourself.