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      Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the philosophy of self, identity, and memory

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · 3 days ago - 14:14 · 1 minute

    <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</em> stars Jim Carrey in one of his most powerful dramatic roles.

    Enlarge / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind stars Jim Carrey in one of his most powerful dramatic roles. (credit: Focus Features)

    Last week, the 2004 cult classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind marked its 20th anniversary, prompting many people to revisit the surreal sci-fi psychological drama about two ex-lovers who erase their memories of each other—only to find themselves falling in love all over again. Eternal Sunshine was a box office success and earned almost universal praise upon its release. It's still a critical favorite today and remains one of star Jim Carrey's most powerful and emotionally resonant dramatic roles. What better time for a rewatch and in-depth discussion of the film's themes of memory, personal identity, love, and loss?

    (Spoilers for the 2004 film below.)

    Director Michel Gondry and co-writer Pierre Bismuth first came up with the concept for the film in 1998, based on a conversation Bismuth had with a female friend who, when he asked, said she would absolutely erase her boyfriend from her memory if she could. They brought on Charlie Kaufman to write the script, and the three men went on to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for their efforts. The title alludes to a 1717 poem by Alexander Pope, " Eloisa to Abelard ," based on the tragic love between medieval philosopher Peter Abelard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil and their differing perspectives on what happened between them when they exchanged letters later in life. These are the most relevant lines:

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      The big idea: why am I so forgetful?

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:30

    A failing memory can be frustrating, but it may be a sign your brain is working exactly as it should

    Every day, people across the planet ask themselves this question, myself included. When we are desperately searching for our glasses, wallet or keys, we might wish to have a photo­graphic memory, but the truth is we are designed to forget.

    In fact, the majority of what we experience in a given day is likely to be forgotten in less than 24 hours. And that is a good thing. Think of all the passing encounters with people you will never see again, the times you spend waiting in a queue at the supermarket, and those awkward times when you find yourself looking at the floor while stuck in a crowded elevator. If our brains hoarded away every moment of every experience, we would never be able to find the information we need amid an ever-increasing pile of detritus.

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      Fridge magnets can be cool aid to holiday memory recall, study finds

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 18 March - 15:42

    Some participants in Liverpool University survey said the travel mementoes were more important to them than photographs

    Whether holding up shopping lists or hastily scrawled messages, fridge magnets are highly functional holiday souvenirs. Yet a new study suggests these trinkets may also provide an important means of accessing happy – and not so happy – memories of past trips.

    Pervasive as souvenirs are, surprisingly little research has investigated what happens to them after people’s holidays have ended, and even less has focused on fridge magnets, even though we interact with them almost every day.

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      ‘All it takes is a quick walk’: how a few minutes’ exercise can unleash creativity – even if you hate it

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 4 March - 10:00

    Do you have your best ideas while running to the bus stop, or walking the dog? You’re not alone. Researchers are finding remarkable links between movement and blue-sky thinking

    Need to get your creative juices flowing? Get moving. A long line of influential thinkers have instinctively moved their bodies to open their minds, from Darwin, who advanced his theory of evolution while accumulating laps of his “thinking path”, to Nietzsche, who in 1888 warned: “Do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement.” And now scientists are not just confirming the link between exercise and creativity, but unpicking precisely how it works.

    Often, when we hear about the benefits of physical activity, researchers are really referring to the benefits of fitness – the product of regular and repeated physical activity. But what’s interesting about creativity is that it appears to be enhanced through the very act of moving the body.

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      Compression Attached Memory Modules may make upgradable laptops a thing again

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 12 January - 18:20 · 1 minute

    https://img.global.news.samsung.com/global/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LPCAMM-Module_PR_main1.jpg

    Enlarge / Samsung shared this rendering of a CAMM ahead of the publishing of the CAMM2 standard in September. (credit: Samsung )

    Of all the PC-related things to come out of CES this year, my favorite wasn't Nvidia's graphics cards or AMD's newest Ryzens or Intel's iterative processor refreshes or any one of the oddball PC concept designs or anything to do with the mad dash to cram generative AI into everything.

    No, of all things, the thing that I liked the most was this Crucial-branded memory module spotted by Tom's Hardware. If it looks a little strange to you, it's because it uses the Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM) standard—rather than being a standard stick of RAM that you insert into a slot on your motherboard, it lies flat against the board where metal contacts on the board and the CAMM module can make contact with one another.

    CAMM memory has been on my radar for a while, since it first cropped up in a handful of Dell laptops. Mistakenly identified at the time as a proprietary type of RAM that would give Dell an excuse to charge more for it, Dell has been pushing for the standardization of CAMM modules for a couple of years now, and JEDEC (the organization that handles all current computer memory standards) formally finalized the spec last month .

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      CAMM standard published, opening door for thin, speedy RAM to overtake SO-DIMM

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 11 December - 19:53

    Front of a 128GB CAMM.

    Enlarge / The front of a 128GB Dell CAMM. (credit: Dell)

    Move over, SO-DIMM. A new type of memory module has been made official, and backers like Dell are hoping that it eventually replaces SO-DIMM (small outline dual in-line memory module) entirely.

    This month, JEDEC, a semiconductor engineering trade organization, announced that it had published the JESD318: Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM2) standard, as spotted by Tom's Hardware .

    CAMM2 was originally introduced as CAMM via Dell, which has been pushing for standardization since it announced the technology at CES 2022. Dell released the only laptops with CAMM in 2022, the Dell Precision 7670 and 7770 workstations.

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      There’s a new way to flip bits in DRAM, and it works against the latest defenses

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 19 October - 12:30

    There’s a new way to flip bits in DRAM, and it works against the latest defenses

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    In 2015, researchers reported a surprising discovery that stoked industry-wide security concerns—an attack called RowHammer that could corrupt, modify, or steal sensitive data when a simple user-level application repeatedly accessed certain regions of DDR memory chips. In the coming years, memory chipmakers scrambled to develop defenses that prevented the attack, mainly by limiting the number of times programs could open and close the targeted chip regions in a given time.

    Recently, researchers devised a new method for creating the same types of RowHammer-induced bitflips even on the newest generation of chips, known as DDR4, that have the RowHammer mitigations built into them. Known as RowPress, the new attack works not by “hammering” carefully selected regions repeatedly, but instead by leaving them open for longer periods than normal. Bitflips refer to the phenomenon of bits represented as ones change to zeros and vice versa.

    Further amplifying the vulnerability of DDR4 chips to read-disturbance attacks—the generic term for inducing bitflips through abnormal accesses to memory chips—RowPress bitflips can be enhanced by combining them with RowHammer accesses. Curiously, raising the temperature of the chip also intensifies the effect.

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      Even with no brains, jellyfish can learn from their mistakes

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 13 October - 16:54 · 1 minute

    Image of a largely transparent jellyfish with relatively thick tentacles.

    Enlarge / No brain, but still some smarts. (credit: Bielecki, et. al. )

    They don't have a brain or spinal cord. They float around in a way that often appears aimless. Though jellyfish lack a central nervous system, these gelatinous creatures again show that they might think more than we think they do.

    Jellyfish, or medusae, belong to the group Cnidaria, members of which are already known to be capable of associative learning . This is how they can maintain awareness of their surroundings (and possible predators). Now, an international team of scientists has found that the cnidarians are capable of a slightly more advanced type of associative learning known as operant conditioning, which entails remembering the positive or negative effects of a previous action. Despite lacking a brain, Caribbean box jellies ( Tripedalia cystophora ) can still learn from their mistakes to avoid a potentially disastrous outcome.

    Damage control

    T. cystophora are about the size of a human fingernail, and while they are much less complex than vertebrates such as humans, they still have a rather sophisticated visual system for a jellyfish. The jellies have 24 eyes around their bodies—and they need them. They live in mangrove swamps where crashing into long roots is almost inevitable in murky water, and a jelly might do serious damage to its delicate body in these encounters. Its vision assists it in navigating among the roots and can be especially useful for hunting around these gnarly tangles.

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      Build your dream desktop with these Prime Day PC components deals

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 11 October - 19:15 · 6 minutes

    Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080.

    Enlarge / Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

    If you're building a new PC, there's no time like Amazon's big Prime Day sale to grab a deal on PC parts. Components like fans, motherboards, CPUs, and GPUs are all on sale. Whether you're starting from scratch on building your own powerful gaming rig or workstation, or you're upgrading an existing build, we have some options.

    GPU deals on RTX graphics cards

    • ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC for $261 (was $340) at Amazon
    • ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Trinity OC for $990 (was $1,300) at Amazon
    • PowerColor Fighter AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory for $300 (was $350) at Amazon
    • ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 AMP AIRO Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Inspired Graphics Card Bundle for $585 (was $700) at Amazon
    • EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SC GAMING for $200 (was $360) at Amazon
    • Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition 8GB PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card for $200 (was $220) at Amazon
    • ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card for $230 (was $300) at Amazon
    • ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming Graphics Card for $870 (was $950) at Amazon
    • XFX Speedster QICK319 Radeon RX 6750XT Gaming Graphics Card for $350 (was $430) at Amazon
    • XFX Speedster SWFT319 Radeon RX 6800 Gaming Graphics Card for $400 (was $490) at Amazon
    • ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card for $415 (was $460) at Amazon

    Storage and RAM

    • Lexar NQ100 480GB 2.5-inch SATA III Internal SSD for $18 (was $33) at Amazon
    • Lexar NQ100 1.92TB 2.5-inch SATA III Internal SSD for $62 (was $88) at Amazon
    • Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD for $180 (was $226) at Amazon
    • Crucial P3 4TB PCIe Gen3 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD for $160 (was $230) at Amazon
    • Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD for $165 (was $204) at Amazon
    • Crucial Pro RAM 64GB Kit DDR4 3200MT/s for $100 (was $142) at Amazon
    • Lexar NM790 SSD 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive for $87 (was $125) at Amazon
    • Lexar NM790 SSD 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive for $45 (was $70) at Amazon
    • Lexar NM790 SSD 512GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive for $37 (was $50) at Amazon
    • Lexar ARES RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 RAM 3600MT/s CL18 Desktop Memory for $55 (was $80) at Amazon
    • Crucial T700 4TB Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD for $390 (was $600) at Amazon
    • Crucial T700 4TB Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD with heatsink for $410 (was $630) at Amazon
    • Lexar NQ100 960GB 2.5-inch SATA III Internal SSD for $33 (was $48) at Amazon
    • Lexar ARES RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 RAM 6000MT/s CL34 Desktop Memory for $76 (was $120) at Amazon
    • Lexar ARES RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 RAM 5600MT/s CL32 Desktop Memory for $72 (was $110) at Amazon
    • PNY CS2241 4TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 x4 Internal Solid State Drive for $175 (was $220) at Amazon
    • CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 5200 MHz CL40 for $90 (was $100) at Amazon

    CPU deals on Intel and AMD processors

    • Intel Core i5-12600KF Desktop Processor 10 (6P+4E) Cores for $163 (was $199) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i7-12700K Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics for $239 (was $276) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics for $179 (was $194) at Amazon
    • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor for $297 (was $570) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i7-13700K Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics for $373 (was $419) at Amazon
    • AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor for $382 (was $549) at Amazon
    • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor for $509 (was $699) at Amazon
    • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core, 32-Thread Desktop Processor for $599 (was $699) at Amazon
    • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor for $307 (was $319) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i7-12700KF Desktop Processor for $219 (was $259) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i9-12900K Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores for $327 (was $379) at Amazon
    • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor for $215 (was $449) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i9-12900KF Desktop Processor for $318 (was $373) at Amazon
    • Intel Core i9-12900KS Gaming Desktop Processor for $349 (was $400) at Amazon

    Motherboards

    • ASUS Prime B550-PLUS AMD AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Motherboard for $100 (was $140) at Amazon
    • GIGABYTE B650 Gaming X AX (AM5/ LGA 1718/ AMD/ B650 for $162 (was $200) at Amazon
    • ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero (WiFi 6E) LGA 1700 (Intel 13th & 12th Gen) ATX Motherboard for $540 (was $609) at Amazon
    • Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 for $144 (was $190) at Amazon
    • ASUS Prime Z790-A WiFi 6E LGA 1700 (Intel 13th & 12th) ATX Motherboard for $250 (was $310) at Amazon
    • ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi D4 LGA 1700 (Intel 12th & 13th Gen) ATX Motherboard for $200 (was $230) at Amazon
    • ASUS Prime X670E-PRO WiFi Socket AM5 (LGA 1718) Ryzen 7000 ATX Motherboard for $290 (was $350) at Amazon
    • ASUS Strix STRIX Z790-A WIFI D4 Desktop Motherboard for $285 (was $350) at Amazon
    • MSI MPG Z690 Edge WiFi DDR4 Gaming Motherboard for $220 (was $300) at Amazon
    • GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX DDR4 for $207 (was $260) at Amazon
    • MSI B550 Gaming GEN3 Gaming Motherboard for $100 (was $120) at Amazon
    • ASUS Prime X670-P Socket AM5 (LGA 1718) Ryzen 7000 ATX Motherboard for $200 (was $270) at Amazon
    • ASUS Prime H770-PLUS D4 Intel H770(13th and 12th Gen) LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard for $100 (was $160) at Amazon
    • ASUS ROG Strix B550-A Gaming AMD AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen Ryzen ATX Motherboard for $160 (was $180) at Amazon
    • MSI PRO Z790-A Wi-Fi ProSeries Motherboard (Supports 12th/13th Gen Intel Processors) for $190 (was $280) at Amazon
    • MSI MEG Z690 Unify Gaming Motherboard for $290 (was $330) at Amazon

    Power Supply Units

    • ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W Gold PSU, Power Supply for $160 (was $210) at Amazon
    • Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 V2 Full Modular for $95 (was $100) at Amazon
    • EVGA 100-N1-0650-L1, 650 N1, 650 W for $44 (was $65) at Amazon
    • EVGA Supernova 1600 G+, 80+ Gold 1600 W for $210 (was $350) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850 W 80+ Gold SLI/ CrossFire Ready Ultra Quiet 140mm Hydraulic Bearing Smart Zero Fan for $100 (was $140) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular PSU ATX for $80 (was $110) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 850 W for $110 (was $160) at Amazon
    • EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 GT, 80 Plus Gold 1300 W for $180 (was $250) at Amazon
    • ASUS ROG Thor 850W Platinum II for $170 (was $250) at Amazon
    • EVGA Supernova 1000 P3, 80 Plus Platinum 1000 W for $210 (was $250) at Amazon
    • EVGA Supernova 1000 G7, 80 Plus Gold 1000 W for $180 (was $240) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake TOUGHLIQUID 360 ARGB Motherboard Sync All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler for $100 (was $140) at Amazon
    • GIGABYTE GP-UD850GM PG5 Rev2.0 850W PCIe 5.0 Ready for $97 (was $140) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1350W for $208 (was $260) at Amazon
    • Corsair HX1000i Fully Modular Ultra-Low Noise ATX Power Supply - ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 Compliant for $230 (was $260) at Amazon

    Fans and coolers

    • Cooler Master Hyper 212 Halo Black CPU Air Cooler for $33 (was $45) at Amazon
    • MSI MAG CoreLiquid 360R V2 - AIO ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler for $95 (was $140) at Amazon
    • NZXT Kraken 280 RGB - RL-KR280-B1 - 280 mm AIO CPU Liquid Cooler for $142 (was $200) at Amazon
    • Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360L Core 360 mm Close-Loop AIO Liquid Cooler for $101 (was $120) at Amazon
    • Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core 240 mm Close-Loop AIO Liquid Cooler for $85 (was $100) at Amazon
    • AORUS WATERFORCE X 360 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler for $187 ($240) at Amazon
    • ASUS ROG RYUO III 360 ARGB All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler 360 mm Radiator for $245 (was $290) at Amazon
    • MSI MAG CoreLiquid C240 - AIO ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler - 240 mm Radiator for $90 (was $120) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Riing Quad 120 mm 16.8 Million RGB Color 9 Blades Hydraulic Bearing Case/Radiator Fan for $90 (was $120) at Amazon

    Cases and towers

    • ASUS TUF Gaming GT501 Mid-Tower Computer Case for up to EATX Motherboards for $135 (was $180) at Amazon
    • ASUS TUF Gaming GT502 ATX Mid-Tower Computer Case for $140 (was $170) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Tower 200 Mini-ITX Computer Case for $100 (was $130) at Amazon
    • CORSAIR Crystal Series 680X RGB High Airflow Tempered Glass ATX Smart Case, Black for $193 (was $275) at Amazon
    • Corsair 5000D Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX PC Case - White for $165 (was $175) at Amazon
    • Thermaltake Core P3 Pro E-ATX Tempered Glass Mid Tower for $120 (was $160) at Amazon
    • Antec NX200 M, Micro-ATX Tower, Mini-Tower Computer Case for $44 (was $65) at Amazon
    • Corsair iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Smart ATX Case for $70 (was $125) at Amazon
    • Corsair Carbide Series 175R RGB Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Gaming Case for $53 (was $85) at Amazon

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