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    Engadget: Apple finally reveals the new Mac Pro

    Commit to moving 2 million units per year for the next five years and sure. It'll be folded instead of extruded, however, with a welded seam.
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    Engadget: This double-height keyboard puts a numpad above the letters

    Yeah, muscle memory needs an anchor point. Those keypads were too small to provide one. They were somewhat useful for the CAD set as it left more room for the digitizer.
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    Engadget: This double-height keyboard puts a numpad above the letters

    Z's not old or he'd remember that WASD was the default because the 5150 didn't have an island of arrow keys and the numeric keypad used different scan codes. It's just you whippersnappers that need that kind of crutch!;)
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    Microsoft Blocks Windows 10 May 2019 Update on PCs That Use USB Storage or SD Cards

    Surface Pro users usually have a card in the reader for extra storage, so there's that. PITA to remove once you've got the case on too.
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    Linux Gaming Across 9 Distros [Review in Progress]

    This could be a side-effect of Wine's ability to force the render thread on another core (CSMT, which is enabled on default on latest builds).
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    Linux Gaming Across 9 Distros [Review in Progress]

    I don't know if it was the cause of your problem but there is a known bug with fullscreen v-sync with Compiz enabled that causes stuttering that's annoying as hell when watching videos.
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    Student Fried $58,000-Worth of College Computers Using 'USB Killer' Device

    I was working a weekend rollout of an entire new office building of PCs when someone noticed all the brand-new power bars indicating a fault, on every g-d floor (6 stories). They all had a hot ground thanks to a lazy journeyman and his idiot apprentice. Eight guys and a camel server on OT for...
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    EU plan to fit cars with speed limiters could be UNSAFE

    In what universe has anyone on the 401 driven 100? You go 120 on average or get slammed from behind. Hell, the OPP roll at 130 because there's too much distance to cover to waste that much time.
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    Paramount Is Urging Theaters to Show Ang Lee's New Sci-Fi Movie at 120 FPS

    Depends on which area of the eye, and more. http://accidentalscientist.com/2014/12/why-movies-look-weird-at-48fps-and-games-are-better-at-60fps-and-the-uncanny-valley.html
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    Pilots Now Spend More Time Learning Automated Systems than Hands-On Flying

    Multiple sensors doesn't necessarily equate to improved accuracy or reliability. You've got to account for variances in the sensor's capability and then try and decide which, if any, are reporting correctly and what to do about it. That sort of complexity means reduced response time and...
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    America and Canada Ground All Boeing 737 MAX Planes

    I'm unfamiliar with how they marketed the plane. Considering that airlines will try and spin the wings falling off as pilot error it doesn't surprise me that the unions' would be redirecting blame.
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    America and Canada Ground All Boeing 737 MAX Planes

    Our mutual friend is retired. The AC pilot is still active. FWIW, the expense of the training was noted. The duration also suggests a slow rotation through the ranks, but he made no comment on that.
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    America and Canada Ground All Boeing 737 MAX Planes

    Yes, this was 9 weeks simulation training on the Max to cover the differences relative to the original. He knew MCAS existed and how to deal with it. He flies for Air Canada.
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    America and Canada Ground All Boeing 737 MAX Planes

    My source is an actual pilot; our mutual friend is a retired pilot whose trip to Florida's itinerary got shat upon. All involved are not thrilled with the half-assed journalism surrounding this. The only other information I was able to glean was: - Moving the engines forward on the fuselage...
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    America and Canada Ground All Boeing 737 MAX Planes

    That's not true either; there are two possible steps: hit the big red button that tells the computer to stop it and a guarded circuit breaker that kills the power if the button didn't work. Flip the guard, stab the button and get back to work. Source: An Air Canada pilot that flies these planes.
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    Microsoft Announces DX12 Support for Windows 7

    Meltdown has but not Spectre. You are still vulnerable even with the mitigations (noted pg 7 in the whitepaper) and my point still stands.
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    Microsoft Announces DX12 Support for Windows 7

    Except that it can't be patched, only mitigated so you aren't actually protected you just think you are.
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    Microsoft Announces DX12 Support for Windows 7

    By that logic, anyone who continues to use unpatchable hardware is a fool. Throw out every CPU you own with speculative execution now!
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    My 2018 Linux Test

    Go Gentoo! You can customize as much as you like (or not) and either use the package manager or not, or even half-way (fetch the package, but compile it manually, and then use the manager to install. Out of tree compilations can be injected so dependencies are still met. The forums are pretty...
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    The End of Blu-ray

    Yeah, mastering is what's important and some companies don't give a shit. I think the biggest shit-show was Buffy; It's either cropped at damn near 100% (yay nosehairs!) or so wide you can see the sound guy trying to hide behind the couch. Fucking infuriating.
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    The "Bones" Ruling Exposes Corporate Greed in the Streaming Era

    Now that the arbitrator introduced a more realistic way to calculate FMV Hollywood could be in for a world of hurt if the IRS decides to use it.
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    Surf the Web Like It's 1990: CERN Rebuilds WorldWideWeb, the First Web Browser

    I checked Veronica but didn't find anything, as usual! :troll:
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    Energizer Smartphone has a 18,000 mAh Battery

    Me too, except I went Note 8 (just due to price). The power saving is definitely more aggressive as I can go the whole day with regular use. Any gaming, or GPS, still drains the battery. I do wish the phone was thicker like the CAT phone, not this one, so I could go days without being near a...
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    Samsung Unveils a Folding Smartphone

    As much as I love the thought of squinting less when using my phone that battery is only marginally larger than the Note 9 with twice the screens to light up. The charger better fold too, you'll be needing it!
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    Yes, Rian Johnson Is Still Working on His "Star Wars" Trilogy

    The prequels did a very good job of demonstrating just how important Marcia Lucas was to the OT. It's also worth noting that the younger kids enjoyed the prequels more then the cranky older fans (such as myself), which was the point. I just wish someone competent would do a sequel to Willow!
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    NASA Rover Opportunity Succumbs to the Martian Weather After 15 Years of Operation

    I wonder if the fact it lasted this long was because some engineer noticed that NASA gave them more of a weight budget than expected?
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    FYI on HardOCP Radeon VII Review

    Phoronix showed it 12s slower per frame in Blender and they did a lot of bouncing around from driver to driver. I was ready to pull the trigger until I saw that as it implies we'll need some Fine Wine to get parity. Is GCN capable of using that 16GB or will the scenes complex enough to need it...
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    Tesla Model 3 Owners Vent about Polar Vortex Affecting Cars

    Presumably just by loading the battery as that would produce an even heat across all cells using its own chemistry. You can achieve the same thing on a starter battery by running the headlights for a few minutes first.
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    Tesla Model 3 Owners Vent about Polar Vortex Affecting Cars

    A block heater is a resistance-coil that you put in a receptacle on the vehicle, looks like the coffee cup heaters that used to be popular. You would not be able to attach it to the outside of the battery, nor would it have much effect. Heating a battery in general, however, can cause...
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    Tesla Model 3 Owners Vent about Polar Vortex Affecting Cars

    Your coolant isn't explosive. Batteries are, so it's a tad more than a molehill.
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    Disney Comments on EA Star Wars Partnership

    Yes, but it's a great example of a game that had legs. First the original, then the mission packs, then the re-release on CD. Someone should mention to EA that good games not only sell well but do so multiple times, maybe it'd help them!
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    Electronic Arts Stock Falls 14% After Missing Q3 2019 Earnings Estimate

    They haven't been good since they were the Cube, the Sphere and the Tetrahedron! :oldman:
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    Tesla Model 3 Owners Vent about Polar Vortex Affecting Cars

    True, there's some cheap-bastardness in the manufacturing that plays into it. :D However, I rarely see home owners using 12ga extension cords for their driveway needs, so I'm willing to bet their cars are getting choked. At least a block heater is a low-draw.
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    Tesla Model 3 Owners Vent about Polar Vortex Affecting Cars

    Ever noticed that your kettle only has a 1m cord? There's a reason for that!
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    My 2018 Linux Test

    I'd say go with Gentoo. It's still compiled from source, but automated, so you don't have to get your hands dirty until you want to. This makes updating a lot less aggravating as the Portage system will take care of the dependencies for you.
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    AMD Radeon VII Benchmarks Leak Out

    How current do you need to be? I'm on 4.20.0 using nvidia-drivers 415.27 and anything higher is pretty much beta territory.
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    IBM CEO: Hiring Based on Skills Instead of College Degrees Vital for the Future of Tech

    The importance of this problem cannot be understated. I had my 'Dilbert' moment when I interviewed for a job that wanted five years of Java... in '97. :rolleyes: The number of companies that try to order up employees like pizza are simply astounding. At the company I work for now, technical...
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    Nvidia Confirms Adaptive Sync Only Works on Pascal and Turing GPUs

    Also red circles and arrows.
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    Nvidia Confirms Adaptive Sync Only Works on Pascal and Turing GPUs

    It was the maximum number of monitors. We could have 4 on Linux but only 3 on Windows. They restricted the Linux driver to 3 from then on for "feature parity."
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    YouTube is Cracking Down On "Tide Pod Challenge" Videos

    From the depths, forum thread, arise! :troll:
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