March 20, 2015 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-windows-10-not-free-for-pirates-more-r9-390x-rumours-mar-20-2015

 

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News HTC One M9 owners get one free replacement for water damage, cracked screen, switching carriers

Source 1: linustechtips.com/htc-m9-owner-to-get… OP: ahhming

Source 2: phandroid.com/htc-uh-oh-protection

• official name “Uh-Oh Protection”

• gets you a free OVERNIGHT replacement in the events listed in title

• within 12 months of purchase

• if you don’t use it within 12 months, you get $100 off the purchase of a future HTC One

• caveat - you need to let them place a $300 hold on your credit card to avoid scamming (only applies to the overnight one)

• you can get a normal replacement the minute they receive your damaged one without the credit card hold

• all it takes is a call to their support line or a chat with online customer service rep

[Rumour] Closer look at 390X

Source 1: linustechtips.com/closer-look-at-390x OP: MeDownYou

Source 2: techpowerup.com/more-radeon-r9-390x-specs-leak…

n.b.: Graph scales do not start at 0….

• AMD reportedly showed industry partners (add-in board partners) a presentation

• slides confirm that 390X will feature 4,096 stream processors based on a more refined version of “Graphics CoreNext” architecture

• core speeds of up to 1050 MHz

• could sell in two variants, air-cooled with tamed speeds and WCE (water-cooled edition)

• 4096-bit wide HBM memory bus up to 8GB of memory, clocked at 1.25 GHz

• 6-pin and 8-pin power

• claimed single-precision floating point performance figure of 8.6 TFLOP/s

• AMD claims the 390X will be 50-60% faster than the 290X in benchmarks like Battlefield 4 and FarCry 4

Microsoft clarifies the “Windows 10 free for pirates” message. It’s not!

Source 1: linustechtips.com/microsoft-clarifies-windows-10… OP: Goodbytes

Source 2: neowin.net/upgrading-to-windows-10-on…

• originally stated that even pirated versions of Windows 7 & 8 could upgrade to 10 free of charge

• this was in “an effort to bolster adoption numbers and ‘re-engage’ the hundreds of millions of users that are running non-genuine software”

• now Microsoft has scaled back on its plans, saying that the free upgrade won’t change the license state of a user’s OS

• if you were running a pirated OS before, you’ll still be running a pirated OS

• “According to industry experts, use of pirated software, including Non-Genuine Windows, results in a higher risk of malware, fraud (identity theft, credit card theft, etc), public exposure of your personal information, and a higher risk for poor performance or feature malfunctions.”

• speculation that non-genuine Windows licenses will probably have some other limitations set on them

Japanese Supercomputer simulates 1 second of brain activity

Source 1: linustechtips.com/japanese-supercomputer-took-40-minutes… OP: Johners

Source 2: telegraph.co.uk/supercomputer-models-one-second…

• 1 second of the activity of 1% of the brain, took 40 minutes to simulate.

• Researchers used the K computer in Japan (705,024 cores, 1.4 PB of RAM)

• Used the open source Neural Simulation Technology (NEST) Tool, to replicate a network consisting of 1.73 billion nerve cells connected by 10.4 trillion synapses.

• The project’s main goal was to test the limits of simulation technology and the capabilities of the K computer.

• The achievement offers neuroscientists a glimpse of what can be achieved by using the next generation of computers - so-called exascale computing.

• Exascale computers are those which can carry out a quintillion floating point operations per second, which is an important milestone in computing as it is thought to be the same power as a human brain and therefore opens the door to potential real-time simulation of the organ’s activity.

• Intel has said that it aims to have such a machine in operation by 2018.

Samsung's round smartwatch is coming soon.

Source 1: linustechtips.com - samsungs round smartwatch is coming so OP: Nineshadow

Source 2: sammobile.com - exclusive a round dial samsung smartwatch is in the

Source 3: sammobile.com/tag/orbis/

Source 4: cafe.naver.com/happy88car

Source 5: tizenindonesia.blogspot.ro/2015/01/berbagai-fitur-unik-di-smartwatch-bulat.html

Source 6: sammobile.com - exclusive samsungs round smartwatch to have a rotati

• many were surprised that a new smartwatch was not announced at Mobile World Congress 2015

• decided to pause and release a “more perfect product” at a later date

• round smartwatch with rotating bezel ring which serves as the navigation tool

• crown-shaped power button

• called the “Orbis” smartwatch

• can be used on a band, a clip, a keychain, or a bracelet

• no word on pricing

Microsoft Windows 10 ROM for Android phones

Source 1: linustechtips.com - microsoft wants to put windows 10 on your OP: Ahhming

Source 2: trustedreviews.com - microsoft wants to put windows 10 on your andro

Source 3: nextpowerup.com - images of the xiaomi mi4 running windows 10 look l

Source 4: techcrunch.com/2015/03/17/microsoft-android-rom/

• Official Statement from MS: “Through a new program with Xiaomi Inc., one of the top smartphone distributors in the world, a select group of Xiaomi Mi 4 power users will be invited to help test Windows 10 and contribute to its future release later this year. They will have the opportunity to download the Windows 10 Technical Preview, install it and provide their feedback to Microsoft.”

• Windows 10 software effectively overrides Android, essentially turning the Xiaomi Mi 4 into a Windows 10 device

• it’s a ROM, based on Windows, that operates much like software from Cyanogen

• ROM is designed to go beyond Microsoft’s Android apps and offer a native-like Windows experience on Android phones.

• Microsoft has plans to make this software available on more devices in time.

AMD FreeSync

Source 1: linustechtips.com - amd partner conference free sync will OP: Spartaman64

Source 2: tomshardware.com

• Available as of the 19th of March.

• Adaptive Sync Recap:

  • Matches the display's refresh rate to that of the game you're playing on a frame-by-frame basis.

  • The display will update at the very moment when a new frame is ready, rather than sticking to a fixed refresh rate all the time.

  • Results in a much smoother and tear-free gameplay experience.

• Works by using the Adaptive-Sync protocol in the DisplayPort standard.

• There are currently 11 monitors that should be available now.

• Supported by R7 260 up to R9 295X2 and A6-7400K up to A10-7850K.

• AMD said enabling FreeSync improved performance by about 0.2 percent when using an R9 290X.

  • G-Sync on a GTX 780, reduced performance by 1.5%.

• Can introduce a mouse lag when it is enabled together with V-Sync

Apple to launch Android and Blackberry device trade-in program

Source 1: linustechtips.com - apple to launch android device trade i OP: Nineshadow

Source 2: 9to5mac.com - Apple to launch Android device trade-in program to encourage

• new recycling and trade-in program to accept non-Apple smartphones, including Android and BlackBerry devices

• Apple Retail Store employees determine trade-in values for devices by considering their cosmetic and functional condition

• Apple employees will be able to transfer address book contacts from the rival smartphones to the iPhones, but other data will have to be moved by customers

• program will be available in multiple countries, including the United States and United Kingdom.

• existing Apple trade-in program is known for its consistency and convenience, but pricing is typically lower than other trade-in programs

45Drives’ New Storage Pods

Source 1: 45drives.com

• Includes a 60 drive version.

• Linus knowledge drop COMMENCING

Tigerdirect closing most North American retail stores

Source 1: hardocp.com/tigerdirect_closing_most…

Source 2: sun-sentinel.com/fl-tigerdirect-store-closures...

• Reddit post by someone identifying as a TD employee claimed the company is closing all but four stores in NA and liquidating assets (started March 12)

• confirmed March 13

• closing all but 3 of their 34 stores

• TigerDirect states that each closure will cause a loss of about 40 jobs

• will keep serving customers online

• brick-and-mortar locations will be focused on business to business

Half Life 3 Not Likely

Source 1: linustechtips.com/half-life-3-not-likey OP: romellobethebest

Source 2: polygon.com/gabe-newell-valve-half-life

• GabeN was interviewed on a podcast by Geoff Keighley (formerly of GameTrailers TV and G4)

• currently a one-off podcast titled “GameSlice”

• first was with GabeN and another Valve rep

• “I get it. I'm a fan of TV shows, I'm a fan of writers, I'm a fan of movies, I'm a fan of games. I certainly understand why people are like 'Hey, I remember this awesome experience and I'm starting to get worried that I'm never going to get to have it again.'“ -GabeN

• "So we understand it and we feel that. We think at the end of the day customers are going to be really happy with where we spent our time and how we've turned that into entertainment for them. But we're also going to build on what we've learned ... and we've learned a lot. We're not going to go all retro because there are too many interesting things that have been learned."

• "The only reason we'd go back and do like a super classic kind of product is if a whole bunch of people just internally at Valve said they wanted to do it and had a reasonable explanation for why [they did], but you know if you want to do another Half-Life game and you want to ignore everything we've learned in shipping Portal 2 and in shipping all the updates on the multiplayer side, that seems like a bad choice. So we'll keep moving forward. But that doesn't necessarily always mean what people are worried that it might mean.”

• sounds like focus will be on the hardware side as well as the platform itself (obviously)

FCC Internet takeover keeps looking worse and worse [Loophole]

Source 1: linustechtips.com/fcc-internet-takeover-just-keeps… OP: ThomasD

Source 2: torrentfreak.com/u-s-net-neutrality-has-a…

• finally got a chance to evaluate the whole document as it was just released to the public this week

• they included the “copyright loophole” that many protested against

• many activists have protested against this loophole

• “Nothing in this part prohibits reasonable efforts by a provider of broadband internet access service to address copyright infringement or other unlawful activity.”

• “FCC argues that copyright infringement hurts the economy, so ISPs are free to take appropriate measures against this traffic.”

• activists have stated that “Carving a copyright loophole in net neutrality would leave your lawful activities at the mercy of overbroad copyright filtering schemes, and we already have plenty of experience with copyright enforcers targeting legitimate users by mistake, carelessness, or design.”

• article is unclear on whether there is a burden of proof associated with the throttling, if the ISPs are not regulated in what they can throttle due to “copyright issues” it could be a problem

• will be easier to judge the situation when there is more information out there - a lot of the sources are cryptic or very biased

RAPID FIRE Tesla allowed to sell direct in New Jersey

Source 1: linustechtips.com - tesla allowed to sell direct in new jersey OP: 4Ndrew

Source 2: theverge.com - tesla new jersey direct sales dealerships christie

• almost exactly one year after Tesla was banned in New Jersey

• no longer have to go through a dealership to buy Teslas in New Jersey

• only allowed four stores and must open one service center

• New Jersey represents the fourth largest market for luxury automobiles

• comes after Elon Musk compared local dealers to “a mafia protection racket subverting the democratic process”

Musk confirms Tesla will never make an undrivable car.

Source 1: linustechtips.com - musk confirms tesla will never make an und OP: Popman

Source 2: twitter.com/elonmusk/status/577946471804235776

Source 3: twitter.com/elonmusk/status/577946893646364673

• “Tesla is strongly in favor of people being allowed to drive their cars and always will be. Hopefully, that is obvious.”

• “However, when self-driving cars become safer than human-driven cars, the public may outlaw the latter. Hopefully not.”

Nintendo's next console "NX" available for pre-order (from one retailer), no seriously

Source 1: linustechtips.com - nintendos next console nx available f OP: Topwargamer

Source 2: facebook.com/EBGamesAus/photos/a.119672524737773.8312.107605795944446/874579675913717/?type=1&theater

Source 3: kotaku.com - haha you can preorder a nintendo nx 1692034101?utm camp

• EB Games Australia started taking pre-orders even though there are absolutely no details yet

• to be clear - this was not sanctioned by Nintendo. It was strictly an action by EB Games Australia

[Mac] Safari’s private browsing saves URLs in an easily accessible file

Source 1: linustechtips.com/safaris-private-browsing-mode… OP: Victorious Secret

Source 2: lifehacker.com/safaris-private-browsing…

• no difficult to find the file

• “it takes a bit of work to get to this file so nobody’s going to see it by accident, but… it’s probably best not to use Safari for your private browsing.”

• you can delete the database file to get rid of the entire history

Nvidia: ‘Pascal’ architecture’s NVLink to enable 8-way multi-GPU

Source 1: linustechtips.com - Nvidia's NVLink to Enable 8-Way GPU OP: Ahhming

Source 2: kitguru.net - nvidia pascal architectures nvlink to enable 8 way mul

• Professionals, who need high-performance GPUs for simulations, deep learning and other applications also benefit from four graphics processors and could use even more GPUs per box.

• Even the Intel Core i7-5960X processor has only 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes, thus, can connect up to four cards using PCIe 3.0 x8 bus. (40GB/s is all the 5960X can give)

• Nvidia will implement support of proprietary NVLink bus into its next-generation “Pascal” GPUs.

• Each NVLink point-to-point connection will support 20GB/s of bandwidth in both directions simultaneously and each “Pascal” high-end GPU will support at least four of such links.

• PCI Express bandwidth would be preserved for CPU-to-GPU communications.

• NVLink is projected to deliver up to two times higher performance in many applications simply by replacing the PCIe interconnect for communication among peer GPUs.

• IBM plans to add NVLink to select Power microprocessors for supercomputers and the technology will be extremely useful for high-performance servers powered by Nvidia Tesla accelerators.

[Interfectorem]

Thx!

[Aniallation]

Dark theme users pleaasseee

[yuh25]

Awesome, started watching the stream as soon as it ended again x-x

[Pugs501]

Good Night but Excellent Podcast

[Atmos]

Gosh darnit Linus... I'm just going to keep saying it. Why you no start wanshow @ like 9:30 pst, then I could actually tune in to the live stream.

 

Must be a conspiracy theory to keep me from being able to watch the show live ;-;

[gmHWqk8eM]

Stupid Titan X making my 980 feel inadequate. I really wish Nvidia would support Free Sync too because I do not want to buy a expensive display and only be able to use one of it's features with one gpu vendor.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I like the inclusion of excel in the lynda ad

I didn't learn it from lynda, I learned it as part of one of my classes at university, but people think I'm some sort of wizard when it comes to excel, and it's truly quite useful to be highly proficient in.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I actually own a HDMI to VGA adapter, as Linus mentioned at the end. it's really nifty for presentations and has saved my bacon many times.

bought on amazon for $12 US

[RyomaSJibenG]

have fun at South East Asia

[LOLPhilips]

Uber actually one of the worst and most evil ideas.

 

@LinusTech

[not a pervert]

wasn't linus not going to be on the stream,as he said last week

[Cream pie filled car]

have fun at South East Asia

I'm having fun right now

[Sharif]

Dark theme users pleaasseee

You shall find what you need there =)

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/193630-complete-list-of-forum-addons-scripts-apps-etc/

[Sharif]

I did not fall asleep wooohoooo 

 

-Sort of but re-watched the ending last night on twitch 

[Phorlorn]

Windows has been always free for pirates...

 

 

[Takata]

Does that 45-drive storage pod forego any form of vibration isolation to pack 45 drives into a 4U unit, or does it actually consider vibration isolation?

[AxelRantila]

That 45-drive storage look awesome! 

[hiyayhi]

"Titan x ti"

 

Sounds too close to "titan sti" for my liking

[SilentPenguin93]

Awesome show as usual guys, Thoroughly enjoyed it. I think Linus' hat won

[Feeterican]

I think it's just me but Linus is reminding me of that other Canadian, Geddy Lee. Luke just looks like Bozo.

[VenkiPhy6]

Where do I watch the afterparty? Luke says there will be one at the end... but I don't find it in twitch....??

[XYrZbest]

Where do I watch the afterparty? Luke says there will be one at the end... but I don't find it in twitch....??

he was on his channel http://www.twitch.tv/luke_lafr

[SIGSEGV]

I was watching this at 00:00-1:00 my time, in bed lying down with my laptop... It would have been really weird if my dad woke up to see me watching a cross-dressing clown and a clown with a hat at 1:00.

[nLilac]

Hey, thanks for your awesome videos =)
Well about the nVidia vs AMD argument: I live in Germany and obviously I have no clue how it is in other countries, but here I feel like most people prefer nVidia over AMD.
Pretty much ALL of my friends with who are into computers/tech etc. and people you randomly talk about GPUs with, have nVidia cards. Basically all of us have either a 970, 980 or 780ti in some cases.
No one even considers buying an AMD card. It's like 980 vs 970 (We are students so no way we get a Titan =D ).
I think it would be quite interesting to do a strawpoll about what people's gut feeling is when buying a GPU. Not necessarily comparing speccs but just prejudice etc..

P.s. I get the feeling Linus & Luke prefer nVidia too.

P.s 2: those wigs tho......

Best regards, Marten