Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

On 1/30/25 4:37 AM, D wrote:

  On Thu, 30 Jan 2025, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

On 1/30/25 12:43 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-01-30, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
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In the US, depending upon where you are geographically, AM is one of:
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1) talk radio
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2) bible radio (i.e., also talk, but where they talk about how if you
    just accept Jesus into your heart *now* you'll be saved, but only if
    you first send $29.95/month to Mr Jim Jones to support his parish
    mission)

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     I was driving home, early Sunday morning
     Through Bakersfield, listening to gospel music
      on the colored radio station
     And the preacher said,
     "You know, you've aaaaaaaalways got the Loooooord by your side."
     I was so pleased to be informed of this
     That I ran twenty red lights in His honor.
     Thank you, Jesus.  Thank you, Lord.
       -- Rolling Stones: Faraway Eyes
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I drove through Bakersfield late one night years ago.
There were Bible thumpers all up and down the dial.

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 Yep, PLENTY of them - English and Spanish.
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 AM radio is almost entirely 'Talk' - usually
 further 'right' - or Jesus freaks in the USA.
 That's its current niche. FM *is* superior
 for music - but the RANGE is short and now
 it is infested with adverts. As 'net radio'
 gains, expect MORE adverts.
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 However there's no great replacement for
 broadcast radio. Instant info, local
 interests, no subscriptions/monitoring/
 ad-bots or such.

 Did anyone here ever try this product?
 https://tivoliaudio.com/pages/experience-model-one-digital-wifi-bluetooth-fm-radio-gen-2   Maybe it is possible to play online radio stations with it and a nicely integrated package. What I do not know is if it requires an app (in which case it is a garbage product since I do not have a smart phone) or if it is one of those things that works for 1 year, and once the online radio stations move to other software and servers it stops working.

   I have an early 50s AM radio. It still works. No software
   to update, no changes in platform. Have some spare
   tubes/valves. Can likely resist a nuclear EMP.
   As for music on AM ... being of a Certain Age I just
   don't HEAR the signal/noise ratio - it's "normal" to
   my ear, kinda like the noise of a needle on vinyl.
   Grew up with it.
   I don't listen to radio much, mostly driving, but I'm
   glad it's still there.