Valve really appears as the woke gaming authority that single handed progresses the industry

Nah, they just have a software platform instead of hardware one

Requires ring 0 access to the system in the first place. So for any normal user it's a nothing burger

it may be possible for an attacker with ring 0 access to modify the configuration of System Management Mode (SMM) even when SMM Lock is enabled.

If attacker has a ring 0 access he can already screw you up any way he wants

As long as it's being held in magnetic confinement!

Why not 700 years? It will save Disney 10 lobbying campaigns

Because it's rigged against you. US has the most expensive health care in the world - It's not natural, this is crafted oligopoly to gouge the prices

So he wants to be a permanent dictator? Sounds legit considering the SCOTUS verdict about no criminal reponsibility

Ough! Thats future sales of Intel CPUs going down the drain.

Chlorine remains on your skin if you don't - and causes constant irritation. Also if you care about hair, you should wash it out with shampoo - water alone won't remove the chlorine entirely

Expect safety inspectors suicides over this

It was grabbing a toehold even when our world was a literal hellscape.

Actually this makes sense in the context of autocatalytic sets hypothesis - you'd need large variety of inorganic compounds and a strong energy gradient to kickstart a metabolism.

There's great video on the subject from Sabine Hossenfelder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yOiZLHDV3U

Part I'm talking about starts at 15:48

Not for long - China has the fastst growing solar sector by far world wide.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics

Around half of global new PV instalations is deployed in China.

Article also says that 2023 had particularly nasty drought resulting in less hydro power, which they compensated by burning more coal