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    HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver

    I'd venture to guess that had AMD not invented AMD64 at the moment in time that it did, Intel was probably getting ready to revoke it's x86 license from AMD.
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    Going from iTunes to Apple Music and Apple TV program on Windows. Can you share your library?

    Been messing with this for a week. Apple Music on Windows is garbage at worst and pre-release beta at best. The Windows version is *only* the main window part of the app. So any feature that would require a different location other than the main program is missing. For example turning on Column...
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    Apparently NAND prices are too low, so Samsung is cutting production by half.

    Wondering if I did good by buying a 4TB for $230 recently. Maybe they will come up with something new like a Moobibyte to allow for shrinkflation…less NAND, same great price.
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    New multi-threading technique promises to double processing speeds

    Ready your PhysX Cards boys, we ride again!
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    Is it safe to use other USB Type C Charger

    USB-C negotiates the connection. If the device and charger are capable of agreeing on a different voltage and current rating than the baseline USB standard, then they will take advantage of better power delivery possible with USB-C. But if either side can’t say what it is capable of then you...
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    Going from iTunes to Apple Music and Apple TV program on Windows. Can you share your library?

    We just got the iPhone 15's and when trying to sync the phone, iTunes said we could no longer use iTunes and would need to use the newer programs to access iPhone 15's. I have been using iTunes on Windows to share my music and movies out to other computers and Apple TV's on the home network. I...
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    30tb hdd for consumers this year

    So in 4 years when they come off server lease, they should be very reasonable price 😎👍 I’m currently upgrading to 12TB SAS drives at $100 each. Those should hold me over.
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    Apple wants $73 million from Epic

    If you owned a store, how much would you keep after the sale of products made by other companies? Would you keep any of the sale price? Just enough to cover operating costs? Or would you profit? You can’t sell anything if you don’t have a distribution channel. Epic is free to build its own...
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    "Triangulation" infected dozens of iPhones belonging to employees of Moscow-based Kaspersky

    The iPhone nor iCloud were hacked for the Fappening. The users were hacked and passwords were collected. But if people were selective in how they discussed it, it gave the perception that Apple products had been compromised. And THAT was the story many wanted. We just had to see a soccer players...
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    Rambus Advances Data Center Server Performance with Industry-First Gen4 DDR5 RCD

    Intel is making chips that are space heaters. Rambus is in the news. I feel 20 years younger. Any moment now AMD should announce the ability to run 128 bit programs on 64 bit CPU’s.
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    Sony still working with the FTC to stop the Microsoft Activision merger.

    I keep hearing that Sony is the dominator in console sales. Isn’t it usually the little guy that says he is the victim?
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    "Triangulation" infected dozens of iPhones belonging to employees of Moscow-based Kaspersky

    At the time, seeing voyeur nudes of Jennifer Lawerence was as socially valuable as spying on government or military entities. Being able show expose a famous celebrity brings a lot of clout and temptation. And of course, cracking an iPhone is among the holy grail. So pushing through the...
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    Galax announces a single slot 4060TI

    Isn’t nothing AliExpress or Temu can’t fix
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    Intel "Core Truths" calls out AMD rebranding of old CPU architectures

    This reminds me of an old skit about Taco Bell: Girlfriend: “Did you know Taco Bell has sand and saw dust in it?” Boyfriend: “Ya…but have you had it? It’s f’n delicious!” Maybe AMD cuts corners here and there, but it’s still a great product. https://youtu.be/D-21XxeMVNk
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    Netflix opening physical locations

    I’m in the streaming, but from local, camp. I like to curate my own streaming library.
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    Western Digital Ships 24TB & 28TB Hard Disks, Declares "Total Supremacy"

    My recent batch was 10TB for $66 each. The only real downside is that you have to get a RAID/HBA PCI-E controller to use the SAS drives. But those are down to the $20-$30 range if hard drive speeds are all you are worrying about. Plus those will connect at least 8 drives (more if you use...
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    Western Digital Ships 24TB & 28TB Hard Disks, Declares "Total Supremacy"

    I’ve recently been buying used Enterprise drives. SAS drives are cheap once they come off lease. So this should be great news for me in about 6-7 years.
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    Apple trying to be proactive with its Batteries... Something feels wrong

    Instructions unclear, but I assume I am supposed to be outraged. I recently replaced the battery on an iPhone 11 Pro. The battery swelled up and carefully separated the screen from the chassis for me, so the hard part was done. I found the battery to be really easy to replace despite being...
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    Microsoft started blocking all suspicious MFA requests as the default option

    I did not know that Microsoft has multi-factor verification like this. So thank you for sharing this article. It looks like Apples version, complete with GPS map of the location of the request. I like it, no issues with extra safety in this world.
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    I need shorter window cylinder stands for my Thermaltake Core P3

    They sell adjustable tie rods that are meant for splitters on the front of cars. I have used them for other purposes, like this. They go down to around 6”, but you might be able cut a little off each or one end depending on how much of the internal tube is threaded. If you search around you...
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    Intel A380 driver update boosts clocks

    I’ve had an Asus A380 in a plex server for a year, and while I really like, I ended up recently swapping it out with a nVidia card. The Intel card had a bug where the QuickSync would no longer show as available to programs like Handbrake. You have to reboot the computer in order for QuickSync...
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    Linus: You Can't Trust Apple's Performance Claims

    “Clearly you can tell Apple makes horrible products BECAUSE they are successful. iPod? Horrible! iPhone? Worst quality of any phone! MacBook Air? Outperformed by laptops that cost 1/4 the price. Mac’s literally have zero parts you can upgrade yourself.” There is an inverse of the reality...
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    Somnambulist drives

    I’ve done about 4 or 5 orders (about 50 items total) with Temu so far. I know it’s made by um….people experiencing freedom deprivation….but the prices are just too good to resist. I have not bought an SSD yet because I don’t need the smaller sizes. But I have bought the PCI-E NVME adapters and...
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    Using USB hard drive for Cloud storage

    As far as the router itself…maybe ASUS might offer something like that, they are big on cloud storage. But otherwise you can put a small computer or raspberry pi on your network and get that result. You just need to pass the request from the internet to the correct computer behind your router...
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    Is mini USB flash drive just as reliable as regular length USB flash drive?

    I found the mini’s to get super hot after lots of writes. I was not comfortable with that. So I ended up sticking with ones that have mass.
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    Best Buy new remodeled stores

    I’ve had really good luck buying open box items there the last several years. Bought couple TV’s (high end and low end), bought a turntable recently. Bought receivers. Just gotta keep looking at various stores in you area. Stuff is always in great shape, so my working theory is all the jerk offs...
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    Wunderkind builds 'fully compliant RISC-V computer' entirely inside Terraria, then plays Pong on it

    does it run on shooting stars? It’s an unconventional resume item, but I’ll allow it.
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    moving sata drive drive from one pc to another

    On modern Windows installs it will even work if it was the OS drive 😎
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    Sony’s confidential PlayStation secrets just spilled because of a Sharpie

    Not sure if comparing the Nintendo Switch to Microsoft X-Box is reasonable. They have different roles. We have an Xbox and a Switch. There wasn't a choice between a switch and a PlayStation.
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    Microsoft backs down on Windows 11 changes

    Instead of more emoji support, I would love UTF-8 support in cmd.exe.
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    EU's new regulation requires replaceable batteries in smartphones

    The reason most high end phones don’t have replaceable batteries has nothing to do with resisting water damage, or about having interesting materials like glass or metal, or about form factor. Nope, it’s all about greed…cause corporations. And don’t even get me started on the fascism that is...
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    ASUS announces restructuring after quarterly losses

    Could always get rid of that ASUS cloud storage. No value there. Hope they can right the ship, I still use their products. Not a fanboi, but not a hater either.
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    US intelligence confirms it buys Americans’ personal data

    Smart people in the government have realized it’s not a violation of the Constitution if they use a private company as a middle man. It’s not against the 1st Amendment if they ask a private company to censor you. It’s not against the 4th Amendment if they ask a private company to go through your...
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    Is there a network monitoring program like Netgenius for Linux

    GUI is preferred. If it meets my needs, I’m willing to spend somewhere around $20-$40. Netgenius was great on Windows server, but not free, which is ok.
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    Is there a network monitoring program like Netgenius for Linux

    Looking for something that can show how much bandwidth individual programs have used for a period of time. But also something simple. I saw some websites with recommendations, but a lot of them look very detailed, which is fine if that is what is available, but mostly just looking to track...
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    Intel Announces Intel Arc Pro A60 and Pro A60M GPUs

    It does. I have an A380 on my plex server. It recognizes it as QSV. Info on the internet is sparse, but I took a gamble and it worked no problem.
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    New DirectX 12-to-Metal translation could bring a world of Windows games to macOS

    Me see Apple topic Me say mean thing Me feel better
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    Faster sorting algorithms: New algorithms will transform the foundations of computing

    Is this actual intelligence or is this iterating over large numbers of possibilities to find the most efficient method? “The assembly game is incredibly hard because AlphaDev has to efficiently search through an enormous number of possible combinations of instructions to find an algorithm that...
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    GameStop terminates CEO

    Why buy physical copies when you can pay the same amount for soft copy. Screw those local jobs, give all that money to data centers.
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