TikTok won because it has an algorithm that works,
People are crazy for views and likes, and don’t mind the silliest content, not chronologically ordered posts, which none of the services u mentioned have.
Newer CPUs have significantly better performance per watt under load, essentially by being a lot faster while using a similar amount of power. Idle CPU power consumption hasn't changed much in 10+ years simply because by that point it was already a single digit number of watts.
The thing that matters more than the CPU for idle power consumption is how efficient the system's power supply is under light loads. The variance between them is large and newer power supplies aren't all inherently better at it.
Also worth noting, as this is a common point for the homelabbers out there, fans in surplus enterprise hardware can actually be a significant source of not just noise, but power usage, even at idle.
I remember back in the R710 days (circa 2008 and Nehalem/Westmere cpu's) that under like 30% cpu load, most of your power draw came from fans that you couldn't spin down below a certain threshold without an firmware/idrac script, as well as what you mentioned about those PSU's being optimized for high sustained loads and thus being inefficient at near idle and low usage.
IIRC System Idle power profile on those was only like 15% CPU (that's combined for both CPUs), with the rest being fans, ram and the various other vendor stuff (iDrac, PERC etc) and low-load PSU inefficiencies.
Newer hardware has gotten better, but servers are still generally engineered for above 50% sustained loads rather than under, and those fans still can easily pull a dozen plus watts even at very low usage each in those servers (of course, depends on exact model), so, point being, splitting hairs over a dozen watts or so between CPU's is a bit silly when your power floor from fans and PSU inefficiencies alone puts you at 80W+ draw anyway, not to mention the other components (NIC, Drives, Storage controller, OoB, RAM etc). Also, this is primarily relevant for surplus servers, but lot of people building systems at home for the usecase relevant to this discussion often turn to or are recommended these servers, so just wanted to add this food for thought.
Yeah, the server vendors give negative fucks about idle power consumption. I have a ~10 year old enterprise desktop quad core with a full-system AC power consumption of 6 watts while powered on and idle. I've seen enterprise servers of a similar vintage -- from the same vendor -- draw 40 watts when they're off.
If the point is a multi-tasking sandbox, not heavy/sustained data-crunching, those old CPU's w/ boosting turned off or a mild underclock/undervolt (or an L spec which comes iwth that out of the box) really aren't any more power hungry than a newer Ryzen unless you intend on running whatever you buy at high load for long times. Yeah, on paper it still could be a double digit percentage difference, but in reality we're talking a difference of 10W or 20W if you're not running stuff above 50% load for sustained periods.
Again, lots of variables there and it really depends on how heavily you intend to use/rely on that sandbox as to what's the better play. Regional pricing also comes into it.
You can also buy mainboards[1] and expansion cards[2] (usb-c, hdmi etc.) from the same website. Depending on how beefy of a computer you want there are mainboards from 299 USD to 700 USD. So for ~500 USD you can get a very powerful tiny-ish computer. It obviously won't have the IO capabilities of pi-like hobby boards but it'll function great as a thin client for running linux / home automation stuff.
Do we really need a 450 ton, huge piece of uncontrolled metal orbiting around us?
I know asteroids and "moons" are uncontrolled too. But those are unavoidable while this is man made.
I think we have more things to preserve on earth than a metal object in space.
It's done its work, we learnt a lot from it, now it's time to say good bye.
The ISS is a symbol of international peace and collaboration.
In a time where tensions are increasing and everybody abandons nuclear disarmament treaties, it seems like a good idea to keep it as a reminder that an end of the cold war was possible and what we can achieve as friends not as enemies.
And the statue of Liberty, Holocaust memorial and hundreds of other monuments signifying Nazism, racism, wars etc etc which are visible everyday and are here on earth for people to see, visit, didn't change a single damn thing in the minds of people.
We don't need heavy metal junk orbiting which cannot be seen by anyone unless they have specialized equipment for us to remember we can achieve peace.
But it is illegal depending on the country,
Or a scam depending on the receiver,
Or centralized if you use a hosted wallet,
DeFIs merits on paper sound life changing, but reality is far from it.
It's an unorganized, volatile mess.
Not a great message when billionaire tech-heads are getting scammed for seven-figures and are entirely defenseless. If Mark Cuban can't get the vendor/tech mix right, what chances do an average Joe have?
Assuming because someone is successful and competent in one area means they must be competent in other, related areas has a habit of going poorly, and happens a lot in tech.
No intension to be snarky at all but Did the US govt give one shit about wallstreet, after FINANCIAL CRISIS?
I mean it's a far bigger rep loss causing a cascading across the world.
But everything is back where it was before FC.
Still US is not perceived as a country that allows wall street to control it, at least the rest of the world doesn't think of it as so.
I think you'll find that it is a very common criticism of the US system that it often seems subservient to large companies, especially financial institutions.
As a genuine question, why are govts so protective of homegrown companies?
Like unless they have a stake in them or have actually invested time and resources to build them.
I'm no anti-govt guy. But if I want to sell my company I built without any govt benefits(TAX breaks go to all companies?) Then why am I not allowed to sell it to anyone I wish to.
I know that companies run to govts for bailouts and other related reasons, but consider an ideal economy for +/- 20 years. I want to know the answer.
Governments do a lot of things that are effectively investing time and resources into their homegrown companies--things like education of the populace, building and maintaining physical infrastructure, and management of the legal system, to name just a few essentials.
There's basically no way to operate a company without benefiting from some government.
It is their pride, their nation's representative to the global audience. When people speak of Nintendo, they implicitly acknowledge Japan as a global player in the entertainment industry. It is a source of patriotism and advertisement.
In a way, everyone know of the US because everyone needs Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc. When you talk about Huawei, you acknowledge China as a powerhouse in phone and tech. When you mention TSMC, you have to remember about Taiwan. etc.
- knowledge concentration that might otherwise disappear (i.e. brain drain) and lessen the quality of domestic education
- economic effects, more so if you subscribe to trickle down economics and take into account potential loss of jobs, which means loss of pay and loss of income tax and loss of spending elsewhere etc.
- prestige that can be useful for diplomatic purposes
On top of that there could also be cultural or country specific reasons.
In collectivist cultures the prestige can translate into national pride or the company and its brands can be part of the national identity.
Often in those countries the legacy of a company can also be important.
Companies that are decades, centuries or even thousands of years old are held in high regard.
This can go so far that taking over your parent’s hundreds year old family business making matcha can be more prestigious than being, say, a doctor or lawyer.
The cultural driven values are hard to explain if you’re not a part of it, but that doesn’t make them less valid for those people.
It’s how most Americans value freedom of speech above all else, taking the bad (hate speech) with the good despite non-Americans not necessarily understanding it.
Or the reverse, how most Europeans value banning hate speech, taking the bad (risking further restrictions) with the good, despite most Americans not understanding it b
Both have a cultural historical context, but in isolation without it it’s something that an outsider might not understand.
The Japanese people love 'made in Japan' in a way that few others do. Furthermore, you wrote a lot of 'I' statements but eastern countries subscribe to collectivists values and the case could be made of Mario as a civic institution that belongs to the whole, not to be sold away to some foreigner. Depending on where you go with the traditional spiritualism, Mario might even have a soul and not merely be a property to be traded at all.
This does not fit neatly onto a spreadsheet or make for a good HN-type answer, but cultural values, religious values, family values, overall different social contracts, etc are perfectly valid levers that will constantly bite you if you are only interested in your personal abilities or things that can be quantified on a spreadsheet, esp when working with people of other countries.
The argument is that it's impossible to build your company without government benefits. First (and foremost), they hold a monopoly on violence that they use to protect you. In many countries, they guarantee a degree of healthcare for your employees. And so on.
