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[Boomer6]

32 minutes ago, busdriver said:

I got that.

Surely mentioned actual fab fails and quality control problems.

What I know:   In the early portion of 13th generation Core i production, a summer monsoon fucked up one of the Chandler fab's HVACs and seriously fucked up a bunch of stuff (corrosion, etc).

Other than that, they have been having one problem after another with their designs. But I'm not aware of chronic QC problems in the fabs themselves.

Most recently there have been several articles claiming that 1 in 10 of their new 1.8nm chips are failing quality control inspection.

[busdriver]

Thanks,  I did read that, forgot.  There was some back and forth about what yield level represents production ready.  Still, not production.  More like "it turns out jumping past TSMC isn't as simple as buying the latest Dutch wonder printer.

[Lord Ratner]

23 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

Damn

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-philip-low-b742ba_i-have-known-elon-musk-at-a-deep-level-for-activity-7288439915485315072-29fb?utm_medium=ios_app&utm_source=social_share_sheet&utm_campaign=copy_link

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-philip-low-b742ba_elon-musk-ignites-online-speculation-over-activity-7287360170349805569-DTTy?utm_medium=ios_app&utm_source=social_share_sheet&utm_campaign=copy_link

Retarded. 

He starts the article by telling us that he *used to* talk to Elon all the time, then provides an analysis that has zero insider insight or connection to his experiences with Elon. But he hopes the reader will assume that his five reasons are somehow informed by something Elon told him. Point 2 is a perfect example. He should have written "I believe he was upset..." But instead he makes it seem like Elon told him this personally. Point 3 is even more retarded. 

 

Lot of people out there who are upset they didn't get to ride the elevator to the top with him.

[SurelySerious]

I got that.
Surely mentioned actual fab fails and quality control problems.
What I know:   In the early portion of 13th generation Core i production, a summer monsoon ed up one of the Chandler fab's HVACs and seriously ed up a bunch of stuff (corrosion, etc).
Other than that, they have been having one problem after another with their designs. But I'm not aware of chronic QC problems in the fabs themselves.

Most recently there have been several articles claiming that 1 in 10 of their new 1.8nm chips are failing quality control inspection.

Thanks,  I did read that, forgot.  There was some back and forth about what yield level represents production ready.  Still, not production.  More like "it turns out jumping past TSMC isn't as simple as buying the latest Dutch wonder printer.

If not being able to produce the product and meet quality targets doesn’t meet the criteria of a production problem, not sure what does. Seem to be doing ok with their graphics cards, though.

[busdriver]

1 minute ago, SurelySerious said:

If not being able to produce the product and meet quality targets doesn’t meet the criteria of a production problem, not sure what does. Seem to be doing ok with their graphics cards, though.

Your original words do not match your later point.

18 hours ago, SurelySerious said:

Intel is also dumping tons of money into US fab facilities, but their quality control with existing fab right now is garbage and as referenced they got complacent and didn’t continue developing new processes 5-10 years ago.

QC problems in existing fabs is not the same thing as behind schedule with their new process node development.

Neither is particularly good, but they're not the same thing.  I was unsure if you knew something else that I didn't know.

[ClearedHot]

$600B in NVida Market cap vaporized in one day (while punishing tech stocks across the board), and it turns out the Chinese likely stole the data to train their model.

Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data

[Lord Ratner]

6 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

$600B in NVida Market cap vaporized in one day (while punishing tech stocks across the board), and it turns out the Chinese likely stole the data to train their model.

Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data

During WWII there were scientists in the Manhattan project leaking research to the Soviets. They thought the technology was too powerful and too dangerous to be in the hands of one nation. And the technical, socially awkward, autistic-adjacent minds of the world's top brainiacs had an uncomfortable appreciation for a communist system that "solved" a lot of the messiness associated with a free democratic system. Sound familiar?

I can't imagine how the Chinese got their hands on that data when nearly every originating member of the OpenAI team has resigned with very public protests regarding the safeguards in place for the advent of AGI.

[Boomer6]

34 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

I can't imagine how the Chinese got their hands on that data when nearly every originating member of the OpenAI team has resigned with very public protests regarding the safeguards in place for the advent of AGI.

Well we all know the chicoms are too proud to steal intellectual property..

[Lawman]

Well we all know the chicoms are too proud to steal intellectual property..

They have a solution for that. They just claim then invented whatever it is first.


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[17D_guy]

On 1/29/2025 at 2:13 PM, Lord Ratner said:

I can't imagine how the Chinese got their hands on that data when nearly every originating member of the OpenAI team has resigned with very public protests regarding the safeguards in place for the advent of AGI.

Greetings all, I've returned. Highly likely the API access shared more information than OpenAI thought and the DeepSeek model was trained off of that.

[Lord Ratner]

7 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

Greetings all, I've returned. Highly likely the API access shared more information than OpenAI thought and the DeepSeek model was trained off of that.

Nice try, Diddy.

[brabus]

[uhhello]

This is real life.  Grab a beer or three and listen to whole thing.

 

[disgruntledemployee]

G-men that were doing their jobs as directed by their bosses get fired.  I smell a fat lawsuit.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/fbi-agents-involved-in-trump-cases-escorted-out-of-offices-in-friday-night-purge/

"Trump denied Friday afternoon during an Oval Office press conference that he ordered the firings."

 

I call bullshit.

[brabus]

I trust the FBI about as much as the CCP at this point. But, I suppose it depends on the official reason they were fired (not just whatever single quote was printed in a news article). Could be bullshit/lawsuit city, but may not be. Also, we’re they truly fired, or just reassigned to BFE Field Office, ND and quit?

Edited February 2 by brabus

[arg]

1 hour ago, disgruntledemployee said:

.... that were doing their jobs as directed by their bosses ......

 

Have you seen that anywhere else?

[17D_guy]

So... About those tariffs and retaliatory tariffs.

[ClearedHot]

8 hours ago, arg said:

Have you seen that anywhere else?

Ya Vol!

[brabus]

1 hour ago, Banzai said:

We are now actively tariffing an ally (and have threatened to double the tariffs) at 25%. We have promised to tariff Taiwan semiconductors, perplexingly. And we have now declared we are going to tariff the EU?

Someone go with data as to how this aligns with grand strategy. Was this in the campaign? I guess the play really is isolationism, so buckle up.

Also @brabus, I’ll bet that these policies will have a significantly larger effect on grocery prices (along with almost everything else related to middle class and working class families) than widespread H5N1.

Actively tariffing two “allies” who continue to not GAF about our shared borders and are directly contributing to significant amounts of American deaths and general degradation of society. Trump uses tariffs as leverage, and he has been extremely successful at wielding them. CA and Mex are welcome to FAFO, or they can start actually doing something about the shit they let pour into our country. 
 

Now to the topic of tariffs as a baseline/long term economic strategy, I’m not sure yet. They will certainly raise prices in the short term, but if that yields substantial growth in American production/less reliance on foreign imports in the long term, that is a good thing and potentially worth the short term cost sacrifice. Secondly, if this is done in conjunction with reducing/eliminating the income tax (not holding my breath, but for discussion’s sake), that would essentially mean I pay more for consumables, but way less to the gov’s pockets where I have little to no control over where my money goes. I have control over my own spending, I have zero control over congressional spending. I prefer the former and I think most Americans do too. 

Edited February 2 by brabus

[disgruntledemployee]

11 hours ago, arg said:

Have you seen that anywhere else?

Yep.  Vindman. 

But if you want to allude that FBI agents doing their job is akin to being a Nazi, isn't the firing of them just the same?  Trump ordered their purge so those doing that bidding are just the same, following orders.  We can call this one when the lawyers decide.

[17D_guy]

2 hours ago, brabus said:

Actively tariffing two “allies” who continue to not GAF about our shared borders and are directly contributing to significant amounts of American deaths and general degradation of society. Trump uses tariffs as leverage, and he has been extremely successful at wielding them. CA and Mex are welcome to FAFO, or they can start actually doing something about the shit they let pour into our country. 
 

Now to the topic of tariffs as a baseline/long term economic strategy, I’m not sure yet. They will certainly raise prices in the short term, but if that yields substantial growth in American production/less reliance on foreign imports in the long term, that is a good thing and potentially worth the short term cost sacrifice. Secondly, if this is done in conjunction with reducing/eliminating the income tax (not holding my breath, but for discussion’s sake), that would essentially mean I pay more for consumables, but way less to the gov’s pockets where I have little to no control over where my money goes. I have control over my own spending, I have zero control over congressional spending. I prefer the former and I think most Americans do too. 

Are you really saying Canada, who we've been aligned with culturally, military, economically for at least 100 years isn't an ally?

 

They were ride or die with us in Afghanistan. Let's planes land in their county on 9/11 and took those people into their homes.

 

Not an ally? What is an ally then?

[Sua Sponte]

https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-classified-information-usaid-security-35101dee28a766e0d9705e0d47958611
 

 

[arg]

34 minutes ago, disgruntledemployee said:

Yep.  Vindman. 

But if you want to allude that FBI agents doing their job is akin to being a Nazi, isn't the firing of them just the same?  Trump ordered their purge so those doing that bidding are just the same, following orders.  We can call this one when the lawyers decide.

Kinda depends on how it went down. Were they told "go do your job"? Or were they told "go do your job" wink,wink, nod,nod while holding up a pictures like this

I'll go out on a limb and say everyone on this board witnessed it in the Military to some degree. I'm guilty of it. CC ordered me to give a letter LoC I didn't feel was warranted. I did let him know I was doing it on his order.

[arg]

11 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said:

https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-classified-information-usaid-security-35101dee28a766e0d9705e0d47958611
 

 

It may be the NORCO but I'm having trouble justifying why USAID has classified stuff.

[Smokin]

USAID is basically a government version of an NGO charity and we would laugh if Doctors Without Borders tried to deny an auditor information because it was classified.  Additionally, if the President directed it, then security clearances and classification are completely irrelevant as he has ultimate classification authority.  If he wants them to look at our space sharks with lasers program, that's his prerogative.

Maybe DOGE guys should have done the security paperwork, but there are also a lot of security process stuff that DOGE could address so working within the bureaucratic system to drastically change that system seems a bit counterproductive.