October 30, 2015 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

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Main News Topics

Surface Book Issues

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474993-surface-book-issues/ OP: ravneillal

Source 2: http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/laptops/surface-book-

Source 3: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theopriestley/2015/10/27/microsoft-surface-book-hit-

Screen Changing Hue Video

Reported Issues:

• Random crashes and lockups

• Random trackpad freezes

• Screen wobble due to weight imbalance between the screen and keyboard

• No ambient light sensor controlling brightness of backlit keys

• No quad-core CPU options

• Dell 34” U-Wide cannot be used with the dock. Screen goes black every 2-3 minutes for 10 seconds or so

• Cannot boot with the dock, have to unplug and plug back in

• Problems with color temp changes

  • Happens to laptop screen and external monitors

• Playing MPEG files on laptop works, playing them connected to the dock will give an unable to decode error sometimes, after 2-3 times needs a reboot

• Going to web page with lots of animation causes a black screen, doesn’t come back until you dock/undock

• Cannot detach dock, says has to close SearchUI but it's not a running service, has to reboot

• After using for a while, gets a Run32DLL error

• Screen changes hue while scrolling down web pages

FBI’s Advice on Ransomware? Just pay the ransom

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474661-fbis-advice-on-ranso OP: StrongAsFe

Source 2: https://securityledger.com/2015/10/fbis-advice-on-cryptolocker-just-pay-the-ransom/

• FBI is warning companies that they may not be able to get their data back from cyber criminals who use Cryptolocker, Cryptowall and other malware without paying a ransom

• “The ransomware is that good” said Joseph Bonavolonta, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s CYBER and Counterintelligence Program

• Bonavolonta addressed a gathering of business and tech leaders at the Cyber Security Summit 2015 on Wednesday

• FBI issued a note in June, identifying CryptoWall as the most common ransomware affecting individuals and businesses in the US

  • Received 992 complaints between Apr 2014 to Jun 2015 related to CryptoWall

  • Losses totaling $18 million

• Cautioned that the Bureau may not be able to pry encrypted data from clutches of ransomware authors

• Advises that organizations that regularly backup their data can avoid paying a ransom, by just restoring the infected system to a prior state

eJaculator - Now on IndieGogo

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474599-ejaculator-wher OP: ParanoidWallet

Source 2: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ejaculator-vr-headset-

• Male masturbation tool that syncs with VR video

• $89,671 USD Raised by 10am Oct 30th

• $150 USD + Shipping: Device, VR Headset, Battery, Remote, Silicon Sleeve

Microsoft decides to stop publishing console sales figures

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474685-microsoft-decides-to-st OP: Qub3d

Source 2: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/consoles/has-microsoft-a

• Quarterly results announced, lacked hardware shipment metrics

• When questioned why absent, Microsoft source responded saying it was no longer using such figures as its measurement of success.

  • Focusing on user engagement, choosing Xbox Live figures as leading stat

• Xbox live users rose sharply last quarter, growing by 28% to 39 million users

Sennheiser opens corporate building for refugees

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475038-kinda-tech-sennheis OP: JDFL

Source 2: http://www.backstagepro.de/thema/sennheiser-stellt-gebaeude-als-fluec

• Sennheiser has opened a corporate building in Hanover for refugees

• 2500 square meters will house up to 300 refugees until mid-January

• in March 2016 the building can be converted into a refugee dormitory for about 150 people

• will also be used as a reception centre, and a place for social gatherings (education, music, sports, etc.) for refugees

Single player games which need online authentication are now exempt from DMCA once their servers are shut down

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475126-single OP: ICantThinkOfAnyGoodName

Source 2: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/257502/Singleplayer_games_wit

Copyright Exemption

• Back in April a petition was launched to exempt abandoned games from Digital Millennium Copyright Act

  • EFF and Kendra Albert (founder of the petition) were trying to make it legal for lawful owners of non-MMO games “that are no longer supported by the developer, and that required communication with a server” to modify their games for the purposes of “continued play, preservation, research or study.”

  • Page 52-56 of the U.S. Copyright Office’s ruling on the petition, allowing for modification and copying of video games only if they have single player components which require online authentication to check

    • games must have been shut down/abandoned for at least six months

  • DMCA still does not allow for video game owners to modify games for local or multiplayer play

  • Under new rudling it is still illegal to modify consoles in orer to circumvent defunct online authentication systems tied to the hardware.

  • U.S. Copyright will permit preservationists to modify console firmware in order to make games playable

    • Only if used for non-commercial purposes in institutions that are “open to the public and/or unaffiliated researchers

Arkham Knight back on sale on Steam, WB/Rocksteady recommend Windows 10 users have minimum 12GBs of RAM to play smoothly

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475234-arkham-knight-back-o OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://steamcommunity.com/app/208650/discussions/0/490124466455488492/

• Still working on GPU support for SLI and Crossfire

• Win 10 users, “we’ve found that having at least 12GB of system RAM on a pc allows the game to operate without paging”

• Hard drive paging issue with some GPUs on Win 7 may occur after extended gameplay sessions, suggests to re-launch game to resolve issue

FDA Approves Cancer Killing Virus

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475772-fda-approves-can OP: DevilishBooster

Source 2: http://www.wired.com/2015/10/fda-approves-first-virus-will-kill-cancer-cells/

• Newest FDA-approved virus treatment for skin cancer

• the “drug” is called Imlygic

• Imlygic is a genetically modified herpes virus that attacks cancer cells, first to be approved in the US

  • Attacks the tumor directly, and helps stimulate the patient’s own immune system into joining the fight

  • Isn’t a great drug by itself, in trials extended survival time by 4.4 months and shrunk tumors for at least six months in 16% of patients

  • With Imlygic and a checkpoint inhibitor, (Stimulates immune system) is where it really helps

• Scientists know about the workings on the virus, they are pretty fuzzy on the role of the immune system. Is the immune system helping kill cancer cells, or others too?

• “It is a totally new class of weapons that we can now use” says Antonio Chiocca, a neurosurgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Over a dozen clinical trials for more anti-cancer viruses in the works

 

 

Rapid Fire

Apple profits break all records for all companies in history

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475058-apple-profits-break-all-recor OP: CGurrell

Source 2: http://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/apples-profits-break-all-records-for-all-

• Total revenue approximately $233.7 billion

• Company’s value is over $750 billion

• Apple has urged caution, highlighting how sales of the iPad have fallen by 20% to lowest levels since 2011, also how the watch hasn’t performed to expectations

YouTube expected to pay content creators for videos watched during free YouTube Red Trial

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475086-youtube-expected-t OP: The_Strict_Nein

Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34657277

Source 3: http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/29/9634500/youtube-red-free-tri

• YouTube Red was launched on Wednesday Oct 28th

• 30 day free trial period for users

• “Even with 30 day free trials, our creator community will make as much or more as they would have without YouTube Red.”

AT&T Offering “Data Perks” Bits of data in exchange of completing various tasks

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/475059-att-offering-data-perks-bit OP: ravneillal

Source 2: http://www.techspot.com/news/62572-att-data-perks-offers-snippets-data-c

• Partnered with Aquto, released an IOS and Android app named “Data Perks”

  • Can take surveys, shop and sign up for subscriptions in exchange for data that can be transferred to your wireless account

• AT&T says subscribers are allowed to transfer up to 1000MB to their wireless account each month within billing period

• Android Police points out “most offers net 25MB or 50MB

• Possible to earn more, involves purchasing or subscribing to something

ASUS OnHub SRT-AC1900 Router

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/474741-asus-onhub-srt- OP: ahhming

Source 2: http://www.asus.com/Networking/OnHub-SRT-AC1900/

Source 3: http://techgage.com/news/asus-teams-up-with-google-to-make-netw

• Clean design

• OnHub app: can set up router, manage traffic and get troubleshooting help

• Lets people test internet speed

• Wave Control: by waving hand over router, it re-configs to provide improved performance to nearby devices

• Seven antennas that deliver 1900Mpbs wireless performance

• ASUS plans to update the device as time goes on

• Retails for $219.99 USD

Tesla Autopilot stops head-on Collision Video

Source 1: http://fortune.com/2015/10/29/tesla-autopilot-uber-crash/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X-5fKzmy38

• (Short 15 second video)

• Travelling a little under 45 mph.

• Some rain, but roads were pretty dry.

• Driver was watching stopped traffic to their right.

[prolemur]

Time to watch those videos you didn't let me during the wan show

 

Edit* Do not recommend, it was just a whole lot of awkward

[SPAS-ID]

Sennheiser made Building for Refugees ?, WHAAT ?!

[Master Disaster]

My topics have made the show for 3 weeks running

Great show btw, I watched live.

Thanks @LinusTech & @Slick

[ClownFace1511]

Are you guys able to put the afterparty back up on twitch past broadcasts? You used to do it and for the last couple of weeks it hasn't been there I like watching them.

[Syntaxvgm]

Are you guys able to put the afterparty back up on twitch past broadcasts? You used to do it and for the last couple of weeks it hasn't been there I like watching them.

a ton of people asked this last week and to my knowledge there's no answer yet. 

Kind of sucks as I'm typically not able to watch the wan show until an hour or two after it's over. 

[Master Disaster]

There was no after party last night.

[ClownFace1511]

a ton of people asked this last week and to my knowledge there's no answer yet. 

Kind of sucks as I'm typically not able to watch the wan show until an hour or two after it's over. 

Same, timezones...

 

There was no after party last night.

If you listen to the end of the stream it says there was going to be, thats why linus left.

[Syntaxvgm]

Same, timezones...

 

If you listen to the end of the stream it says there was going to be, thats why linus left.

im in est, no where near as bad as you

[Master Disaster]

Same, timezones...

If you listen to the end of the stream it says there was going to be, thats why linus left.

He said "Let me go check something".

Then Luke says that Linuses Wife is tired so he is going home and runs the outtro.

[Agent181]

the intro was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad I can tell there is going to be a lot of cringe 

 

Edit: im still on the original xperia z and it feels great so there is really no upgrade until it dies and well its waterproof (technically) so yea 3 years and still going strong  

[Benemok]

Just a correction on the console wars if you include bundled games ps4 beats the xOne on software sales

[dongsDOTtmp]

Two things:

 

1. Ransomware hits the business sector hard because they always masquerade as legitimate business dealings.  For instance, ransomware is often sent to you as a PDF resume sent to you by a (fake) student looking for work experience.  Large businesses with a decent IT department should not have a problem with ransomware because their IT departments are very proactive with implementing group policies/sandboxes/other measures that eliminates this sort of amateur stuff from being an issue.

 

Ransomware is probably a more legitimate problem for small businesses where opening a PDF resume sent by a student looking for work is a very common thing.  Not only that, most people would feel confident opening the file if it was verified as clean by whatever AV software they use.  They also don't really have a proper IT department (for obvious reasons) as a safeguard for a moment of poor judgement.  

 

I'd argue the real solution to ransomware is to implement the required Software Restriction Policies in Windows to prevent arbitrary code from running from the %AppData% and %Temp% directories.  Doing this also has the nice benefit of stopping other internet nasties from being a huge pest.

 

2. Historically, companies that have poor performing consoles consolidate all their console figures into a single figure to obfuscate poor performance. Sony did this last generation by reporting shipped (not sold to consumer) figures for their Playstation Family (i.e. PS2 + PS3 combined for Home Console figures and PSP + PS Vita combined for Portable Console figures). Microsoft actually did the same thing this generation by merging all Xbox 360 and Xbox One figures together.  

 

As you've noted, Microsoft has gone one step further by scrapping hardware shipment figures in favour of Xbox Live figures, which include both Xbox Live Silver (free accounts) and Gold (paid subscriptions) figures.  But I'd argue that doing this is almost certainly obfuscation as the Xbox One is legitimately getting destroyed outside of the United States and United Kingdom (and maybe Canada and a handful of other countries like Brazil).  

 

This graph should give you a rough idea of how poorly the Xbox One is doing worldwide compared to its current generation competitors...there is every reason to obfuscate your hardware shipped figures when your worldwide sales are just not good.  

 

[Fogelholk]

Looking forward to that hoodie! Been trying to get a Nvidia lan hoodie v2 ever since Linus showed them off, but seems to be completely unavailable.

[sisu]

IT COSTS ME 70£ TO GET A 140MM FAN TO FINLAND FROM overclockers.co.uk !!!!

[Isocadia]

IT COSTS ME 70£ TO GET A 140MM FAN TO FINLAND FROM overclockers.co.uk !!!!

Yeah, overclockers.co.uk really have the worst shipping rates I have ever seen. 20GBP just to ship to the netherlands. I can buy tickets to Britain and go and pick it up myself for that price...

[killcomic]

I don't want to sound like a contrarian, but Linus' rage toward Microsoft support (completely justified) reminded me when I was doing tech support.

You have absolutely no power to do anything outside of what's scripted. Support people are usually just punching bags for the company. They are isolated and generally they can't request anything special from their end. They take the blows from the public and there's nothing they can do about it. So when the guys said "There's nothing I can do about it", he probably meant it..

[SansVarnic]

I you did the Linus sweatshirt in this I would get one.

 

http://www.carhartt.com/products/carhartt-men-hoodies-sweatshirts/Rain-Defender-Paxon-Heavyweight-Hooded-Zip-Mock-Sweatshirt-100617

 

I really like the one that was shown but honestly the logo in the front is a bit big. If was about 30%smaller then it would be great.

Apologies but that is my 2 cents, and I know Ill get hate. 

[Dicehunter]

That Sennheiser refugee housing is going to get completely destroyed, The mess the refugees have made here in Germany is honestly horrible.

 

One of the buses carrying them from 1 place to another had human faeces smeared on the windows with windows broken.

 

Then there's been the issue of local to me in Berlin whole supermarkets have been cleared, Not paid for might I add but just ransacked.

 

And the worst of all quite a lot of German women and little girls have been assaulted by these migrants yet the police do nothing as "they don't want to offend their culture".

 

Our country is committing suicide, Figuratively and literally.