Albert Song

Louis's point is, it's just not about soldering. The oven isn't even hot enough to melt it, it just melts the adhesive.

Game page: https://paiza.jp/poh/ando Source: http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/ait/articles/1512/10/news098.html Paiza is a job finding site in Japan focus on programmers. Paiza Online Hackathon is a series of campaigns that lets programmers submit code and compete online. Previous games includes Manga that will lead to different endings based on code quality etc. The current on going game is a date sim that lets you gather cloth and accessory for the girl or improve relationship by writing code for each puzzles. Date will happen when you receive rare item. The reference answers will be public after 1/21. I've played previous POH, haven't played this one yet. It's definitely more fun than solving ACM-ICPC problems.

Firefox OS died quicker than I thought. It's more sad that webOS died though, I liked that OS.

Press Release: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2015/1209-01.html Fujitsu successfully developed wold smallest (15.6cc) 12w high efficiency AC Adapter, by some hard word on the circuitry, which made using GaN-HEMT as switching element possible. GaN-HEMT is a switching element which has 1/10 of resistance compared to widely used Si-MOSFET. It's efficiency could reach 87% and charge a device in 1/3 time compared to conventional adapters. Switching type AC/DC convertor uses a transformer and two switch element on each side of the transformer, and switch on/off each switch by a constant frequency. When using GaN-HEMT as switching element, while it makes high speed switching possible, it also cause energy lose if the timing isn't right, especially in the second switch. Fujitsu developed a new circuitry which reduced the latency of control signal. The prototype will be displayed in "EcoProducts 2015" 12/10 Tokyo BigSight. before: After: Expected to be available to market in 2017 Efficiency: (5W and 12W versions) Smaller tablet charger, yes?

Updated, THX

People can actually mess with OSX kernel, so I don't think open sourcing it will cause problems. The kernel (XNU) source code is available here and a quick google search found people can run their own build. You can also see people distribute their own drivers (kernel extension, kext) for unsupported hardwares. I think manufactures will only test against official builds, make this a non issue. In the linux world, distributions may slightly modify the kernel, but there is always a standard version from kernel.org I don't think Microsoft will open source their kernel anytime soon though.

AMD Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/pertonas/amd-radeon-technology-group-summit?ref=https://benchlife.info/amd-next-gen-gpu-will-add-dp-1-3-and-hdmi-2-support-12082015/ Source 1: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9836/amd-unveils-2016-vistech-roadmap AnadTech: AMD Discusses 2016 Radeon Visual Technologies Roadmap Source 2: http://wccftech.com/amd-bringing-better-pixels-to-pc-hdr-and-larger-color-space-to-consumers-10bpp/ WCCF: AMD Bringing Better Pixels to PC, HDR and Larger Color Space to Consumers Source 3: https://benchlife.info/amd-next-gen-gpu-will-add-dp-1-3-and-hdmi-2-support-12082015/ (This is where I found the slides) Source 4: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-freesync-over-hdmi-hdr,30711.html Things to expect in 2016: HDR, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.3 HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.3: Next-gen GPU will have HDMI 2.0a and DisplayPort 1.3. HDR: In 2016, all new Radon cards will support HDR. 1080p HDR looks nicer than 4k SDR said AMD. AMD expect more HDR capable monitors in 2016.

Mechanical keyboard and stylus is now a thing again, even though once in a while people considered them obsoleted. Game cartridge was considered obsoleted, but it also came back. Dedicated portable music player was consider obsoleted, but now they find out audiophile are interested in good dedicated portable player. (e.g. Sony ZX2) This is just how technology works, I guess.

source 1: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/hothot/20151208_734116.html source 2: http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1512/08/news098.html official site: http://www.kingjim.co.jp/sp/portabook/xmc10/ CPU: Atom x7-Z8700(1.60/2.40GHz) RAM: LPDDR3-1600 2GB Storage: 32GB eMMC Display: 8" 1,280×720 Battery life: 6 hours in real test Pricing: about 90,000 Japanese yen Video: IMO, the targeted market seems to be for writers who want to write on the go, also seems to be good for programmers. I think this product somewhat resembles their iconic product DM25, which is a quite popular note taking device for Japanese writers. This product is introduced in 2013, not that old. You can see it appears in a anime called Shirobako, which the script writer use it to take notes

Source1 (4gamer.net): http://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999902/20150605056/ Source2 (PC Watch): http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/event/20150605_705651.html For those who never heard of Realforce, or topre's switch, maybe check here and here. Capacitive switches (the one these keyboard uses) doesn't really have an on/off state, the new prototype adds 256 level pressure sensing to each switch. In comutex, topre demos how this could be useful. Alongside of normal keyboard feature, this prototype adds a few modes: In XInput mode, you can map any key to XBox One/360 controller's analog input, and play games with it. In MIDI mode, you can play music just like a MIDI keyboard. Auto switch to upper case when you hit a switch hard. It could also emulate as a usable mouse (no demo video found). This prototype is still in development, it will be made into product around next year. A new RGB backlid model is also announce, targeted for western market.