Been a little light on the tech postings lately. Looks like we may yet see another round of AMD / Intel Server Wars. Also seeing Intel take a page or two from Nvidia’s playbook. 300W+ CPUs?! Water cooling mandatory? Building your own servers? Just when you thought it was going to get dull. From the Next Platform:
That didn’t end well. From France:
Civilian passenger accidentally ejected from fighter jet during ride-along
There was a copy of a small newspaper called the Epoch Times in our mailbox today. Front page was a full page, full length color picture of President Trump. There was also an envelope inside. My first thought was that it was just political fundraising. But we are the wrong people to be mailing this too. But in our neighborhood, it would be a good bet.
The name of the paper was not very political sounding and vaguely religious. My curiosity got the better of me and I Googled. Turns out it is put out by the Chinese spiritual / political protest group Falun Gong. They are in some sort of battle with the Chinese government and seem to be anti-communist in a serious way (how “communist” the current Chinese state is would be a different question). Seems they are all in for Trump though. Strange bedfellows.
Back in Austin and watched the Horns beat TCU in the semifinals of the NIT. Been enjoying this old Jackson Browne tribute album, Looking into You. One from Griffin House. Lots of good stuff on this one.
Some March Madness, brunch at the Biltmore and cacti at the Botanical Gardens.
From Bloomberg. Some nice maps.
Here’s How America Uses Its Land
By Dave Merrill and Lauren Leatherby
July 31, 2018
