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Dottoré!

Really, The Nerve Of These Women

Really, The Nerve Of These Women
Mariateresa Fichele

If I were running a company I would never hire women.

At least once a month they are sick, and in the days leading up to it, there are endless complaints.


If they’re nearing their thirties, they want to find a husband and have children. Then when they do, the real disaster begins.

Hysterical and impossible

First maternity leave, breastfeeding; and when they finally go back to work, they’re constantly out because of the children. Then they go through menopause, and I can't tell you how hysterical and impossible they become.

And all of them, no matter what age, are likely to start complaining at some point because they earn less than their male colleagues.

But what exactly do these women want?

Just because they are stronger, more clear-headed and determined than us men, do they think they can take over?

Why don't they just relax and stay in their place?

Biblical sufferings

What do they think, that we're going to open up daycare centers for them? That we’re going to support them as parents? As working mothers?

Women should accept their condition and listen to the Word of the Lord.

After all, it is written in the Bible: "You will give birth in pain!"

But they ask for anesthesia.

They can’t even accept having to suffer …

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Why The U.S. Trade Blockade Can't Stop China's Sprint For All-Powerful AI

If computing power becomes a major tool for superpowers like China and the U.S., then what does the latest U.S. technology blockade mean for the race to a more powerful AI? Honk Kong-based daily The Initium looks at the nuclear race of our time, with chips as the modern-day equivalent of enriched uranium.

Technicians examine mobile phone chips at a manufacture plant in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province​

JIUJIANG, Dec. 12, 2010 Technicians examine mobile phone chips at a manufacture plant in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province

Hu Guolin/ZUMA
Yang Lu

-Analysis-

The latest restrictions introduced by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security to regulate exports of advanced technology represent not only a milestone for U.S.-China relations, but also a watershed for the current state of science and technology in the world.

The U.S. Advanced Computing/Supercomputing Interim Final Rule and the corresponding Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Interim Final Rule, which were announced on Oct. 16 of this year, are much more restrictive compared to the previous export rules released on Oct. 7, 2022.

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One of the major players affected by these rules is NVIDIA, an American tech firm that designs and sells graphics processing units (GPUs) — processors that can go through many pieces of data simultaneously, making them useful for machine learning, gaming, and cryptocurrency mining. The company found a gap and launched a new China-specific version of the chip.

But the U.S. Commerce Secretary issued a warning for NDVIA and declared that the cut lines of control in the future will move frequently, and the room for companies to maneuver will only get smaller and smaller. This means that the overall performance of NVIDIA chips that Chinese users can buy will only get worse in the future.

With ChatGPT being a major turning point, the future of AI development will be divided into two different paths: the GPU rich, and the GPU poor.

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