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Updated Intel Patches For Cache Aware Scheduling Net A 44% Win For AMD EPYC

Updated Intel Patches For Cache Aware Scheduling Net A 44% Win For AMD EPYC

In the works the past number of months has been cache-aware load balancing / cache aware scheduling support for Linux. The latest iteration of those patches by Intel were posted this weekend and are enjoying the most uplift on AMD EPYC Genoa and newer platforms. There have been four iterations of cache aware scheduling as a “request for comments” while …

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Pharmacies Are Blocking Online COVID Vaccine Scheduling

Pharmacies Are Blocking Online COVID Vaccine Scheduling

Many states are moving to guarantee COVID-19 vaccine access for their residents amid new restrictions set by the Trump administration. But when people in these states try to schedule a vaccine appointment online, as they’ve done for years, they may be out of luck: the country’s four largest retail pharmacy chains — CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, and Kroger — are still …

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Google Home adds scheduling for older Nest thermostats

Google Home adds scheduling for older Nest thermostats

Google has announced that users of the US and UK versions of the 3rd gen Nest Learning Thermostat and the Nest Thermostat E can now schedule temperature adjustments using the Google Home app. Newer versions of the Nest thermostats already allow you to manually set schedules in the Home app, but those older models required users to keep the dedicated …

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Google Home finally adds full temperature scheduling for older Nest thermostats

Google Home finally adds full temperature scheduling for older Nest thermostats

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority TL;DR Google is finally starting to roll out the long-awaited temperature scheduling features for the 3rd Gen and E Nest thermostats in the Google Home app. This addresses the last major reason many users were forced to keep using the old Nest app, which was previously required for this function. While the new feature is …

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