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@tomo, Jan 5, 2018 at 11:47 AM
In other news the Intel processor problem has been edging into panic territory with some suggestion that the company might be forced to replace *every* x86 processor shipped in the last 10 years +. It looks like heavyweight lawyer types are saddling up.
Does seem serious problem for Intel. OS fixes have a large performance hit:
Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance hit on Intel products. The effects are still being benchmarked, however we're looking at a ballpark figure of five to 30 per cent slow down, depending on the task and the processor model
Intel, Arm and to a lesser extend AMD CPUs vulnerable.
It affects potentially all out-of-order execution Intel processors since 1995 - everything from Pentium Pro on, except Itanium and pre-2013 Atoms. It definitely affects out-of-order x86-64 Intel CPUs since 2011.
Given the performance hit, I'd want a new CPU. However, can Intel still make eg Gen 1 Core CPUs? If not, it's new CPU and Mobo - OK for desktops, but laptops, AIOs etc?
Pcar
Talking about Norwegians ...
tomo
stewgreen
Scripps claiming "ocean oxygen dead dead zones" that kill fish have increased 10 fold since 1950 due to CC & pollution
I presume they can tell this from a single dead Norwegian Blue goldfish? So ... they knew where all the dead zones were in 1950 eh? Scripps existed then but one or two ships for all the oceans - I think not. The Guardian's team of prats has been bleating this story all day.
I think it's time to form a search party for Scripps' credibility which was last seen heading south at high speed. (WUWT)
DaveS
heretic! - I was surprised at the meager and not fully joined up work on the original CFC scare as well as the apparent proliferation of the demon chemical in areas that simply don't report its use iirc . The apparent connection between North and South poles (duh....) has thrown them a bit now....
tomo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/01/05/hole-ozone-layer-has-shrunk-thanks-ban-cfcs-nasa-confirms/
Hmmm. How certain can we be, when we don't know what actually caused the 'hole' in the first place?
DaveS
Scripps claiming "ocean oxygen dead dead zones" that kill fish have increased 10 fold since 1950 due to CC & pollution.
stewgreen
Here's something that'll doubtless eventually get bent by the climate loons around the place.
tomo
On the subject of EPCs, when we sold the parents' old house a year or two ago I asked the estate agent if any buyers ever looked at the EPC. He said that he'd never been asked about one. Having seen what the EPC guy did, I wonder how accurate his final assessment actually was. Needless to say, the EPC was never mentioned by any of the prospective buyers who viewed the place, nor by the folks who bought it. Perhaps after Brexit it'll be ditched.
Daves
Many landlords are leaving the properties empty..haven't got properties ready in time.
stewgreen
R4 You & Yours : now landlords are not allowed to rent out properties of ban-F quality standard
6% or 280K rental properties need to be upgraded to EPC-band-E
stewgreen
@stewgreen, Jan 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM
Thanks. I hadn't heard about that.
As from the 1st April 2018 there will be a requirement for any properties rented out in the private rented sector to normally have a minimum energy performance rating of E on an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). The regulations will come into force for new lets and renewals of tenancies with effect from 1st April 2018 and for all existing tenancies on 1st April 2020
Result will be higher avg rent, more "rogue" landlords and the poorest/"difficult" hit most.
Another Gov't, Green predictable cockup
:Facepalm