James Sanders

Now seems like a good time to remind Seattle friends that @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social exists, is a non-profit, and it’s the best (and largest) video rental store in the US!

Josh Feit @joshfeit.bsky.social

Meaningless unless hundreds of thousands do it. Please do it. And encourage everyone you know to do it. Cancel them because they canceled a Jimmy Kimmel.

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seems that way
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cursed artifacts

As much as "IT'S OVER 9000!" in the Ocean dub is a meme, this dub joke from Dragon Ball Z Kai is excellent.

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The Epoch Times is not a credible news source.

The first thing I’ve ever backed on Kickstarter finally arrived—looking forward to playing this, and thank you, @mmasnick.bsky.social!

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This is a good start, but it needs more. I think it’s time, we deserve PG13 Wodehouse.

Last week, I had the opportunity to see Microsoft’s Majorana 1 QPU in person in a lab tour and presentation with the scientists working on topological qubits. It’s an amazing achievement, and a testament to persistence.

#Quantum #QuantumComputing

Considering how many people are leaving Substack for its laundry list of problems, Pornhub genuinely has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

I backed this on Day 1, and it's the first KickStarter that I've ever backed—the project is less than $5000 away from its $50,000 goal for a physical print of the One Billion Users card game with 10 hours to go.

Mike Masnick @masnick.com

Bluesky users are amazing: just today as we're getting all these last minute backers, people backing One Billion Users from Bluesky have jumped from 33% of our backers to 37% just this morning! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game

A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform

Can I interest you in some Unix containers?

I've completed my analysis of Apple's M5, M5 Pro, and M5 Max series for @techinsightsinc.bsky.social's Microprocessor Report. This is the most comprehensive analysis of the M5 family available anywhere.

bit.ly/ti-mpr-m5

Panasonic is removing the VGA port from new models of the "Let's Note" series of business notebook PCs in favor of HDMI, putting an end to the approximately 40-year-old video connector.

(The Let's Note series is only sold in Japan.)

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

さよならVGA端子　パナソニックも「レッツノート」で廃止 - 日本経済新聞

パナソニックホールディングス（HD）傘下のパナソニックコネクトは27日、6月から順次発売するノートパソコン「レッツノート」の新モデルを発表した。映像出力用の「VGA」端子を初めて廃止する。音声も転送できる規格「HDMI」に押されて利用者が減っていた。他のパソコン大手はすでに廃止に動いており、約40年の歴史に事実上幕が下りることになりそうだ。レッツノートの新モデルは急速充電のしやすさなどのほか、

This is long overdue. I've frequently characterized the state of Windows as a weight around the necks of PC OEMs, as well as AMD and Intel, recommending a look toward new markets (SteamOS licensing, for example) to forge a path forward not dependent on Microsoft.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk

scoop: Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows. The head of Windows tells me Microsoft will focus on "addressing pain points we hear consistently from customers." Full details in my Notepad newsletter this week, gift link here 👇 tinyurl.com/win11trust

Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows

2026 is all about improving Windows

Hello from Phoenix, Arizona, where I expected different weather from Seattle, but instead got… flooded parking lots.

There's a lot of interesting implications for this, including the future of Intel's Arc iGPU/dGPUs, and a potential route to market for Intel+NVIDIA SoCs powering handheld gaming PCs.
Likewise, NVIDIA & MediaTek were rumored to be pursuing an Arm SoC for Windows... wonder where that stands.

Once more, 🤔

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Why Does Elon Musk Still Have a Security Clearance?

The U.S. government seems to think he’s too big to fail.

Hi! Quick reminder:
- Your product would not have prevented the CrowdStrike outage.
- Kernel extensions are inherently insecure, yet (in this case, I guess) necessary to conduct business.
- Many bad practices are enshrined in corporate IT at the behest of insurance companies.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon C appears to be a recycled SoC launched in response to the MacBook Neo. While they're targeting a "$300 and up" price point, that's an illusive goal considering the memory supply crisis.

My report at @techinsightsinc.bsky.social:

library.techinsights.com/hg-content/9...

If semiconductors are your thing, register for the (free!) webinar I'm presenting with my boss and a new coworker / materials industry veteran tomorrow (exactly 23 hours from this post).

bit.ly/4uvpZkP

Selling my *very slightly* cursed laptops to balance my nerd budget. This is a 2007 Vista-era laptop I bought as new-old-stock in 2021 from a company that does IT for defense contractors.

It's got S-Video, VGA, and HDMI out, for some reason! And a 512 GB SSD.

$100 + shipping, or local-ish pickup.

James Sanders @jamesaltonsanders.com

Between a recent trip to Japan and buying a new laptop, my nerd budget is in a significant deficit. Anyone want to buy a *very slightly* cursed Sony Vaio? $100 plus shipping, or local-ish pickup.

My colleagues—including the wonderful @mobilewayne.bsky.social—are headed to #MWC26 and I, very fortunately, am not. (Barcelona is lovely, though, I'm told.)

Here's what to expect at this year's conference:
bit.ly/ti-mwc26

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The authoritative information platform to the semiconductor industry.

Was quoted in a @networkworld.bsky.social story on NVIDIA and quantum computing.

“Really, it’s QIR that is the load-bearing project in this equation,” says Sanders. “But QIR does not have a marketing team, and as the implementation is stable and feature-complete, it doesn’t need one.”

Quantum Circuits brings dual-rail qubits to Nvidia's CUDA-Q development platform

The Seeker quantum processor from Quantum Circuits now supports Nvidia's CUDA-Q, enabling developers to combine quantum computing with AI and machine learning.

There’s a lot of emphasis at #AMD today on supporting open standards—not naming names, but they’re clearly drawing a contrast.