Recent content by atmartens

Could it be by design? Imagine a future where all cars are self-driving and can be remotely controlled: at any time the authorities (or possibly criminals, if they crack it) can lock any car and summon it, even against the will of its occupants.

DVDs are digital too... it's in the name, after all!

Where are you getting 12% inflation from? A 1 lb box of pasta in the US costs the same as it did 5 years ago ($1.00 regular price, on sale $0.88).

We knew this back in 1999.

Couldn't the same reasoning be applied to instead transition everything to Linux? I'm guessing Microsoft made someone an offer they couldn't refuse.

One word: noise.

The UK privatized their Royal Mail service. What happened? Rich folks ran off with taxpayer money and are bleeding the Royal Mail dry. Privatizing basic services like these is a bad idea. Unfortunately, I fear that the Republican "infrastructure" initiative will be a ploy to carve out taxpayer...

If mass transit is too crowded, then that's a sign of success, not failure. It means the transit network needs to be expanded. If commute times are too long, then either the population densities aren't enough to support mass transit, or not enough resources have been invested. Many problems with...

Well, it makes sense that people who use more gasoline pay more in gasoline taxes, since the tax is per gallon. Part of the problem is that gasoline taxes aren't always indexed to inflation, they're set at a fixed number of cents per gallon. So yes, we already have gasoline taxes, yet at some...

The farmers pay a transportation company to drive their produce on roads using trucks, which the transportation company delivers to customers in cities. The trucks burn diesel, and the truckers pay a tax on the diesel. So who pays for the roads? Well, the transportation company does, and they...

Presumably the local government is raising revenue both ways because people would complain if gasoline taxes were raised further. My point is that, if the state needs the money to pay for the roads, then they have to raise the money somehow. This thread is full of complaints about any form of...

In the scenario you describe, city dwellers pay the farmers more for their corn, and the farmers use their increased revenue as they see fit, which may include transporation costs. Thus, the consumers of the corn are paying for the roads used to deliver the corn, but indirectly, and in...

If you guys don't like this, then you should support higher gasoline taxes. Gasoline taxes affect people who drive gas guzzling cars/SUVs/trucks more than people who drive small, economic cars. Gasoline taxes also encourage carpooling and the use of public transit, both of which reduce...

That's interesting. I wonder what the price of HBM will look like over time, especially if supply is low due to manufacturing issues by SK Hynix. The power saving advantages could still be a big benefit, even if it's more expensive. We'll find out soon enough.

Are you sure the HBM2 will be more expensive, if there is no longer an interposer?