DexterSmythe

I still wonder about the technical specifics of this "detection" by the public Wi-Fi. Even though Snapchat is not E2E, it should still be using HTTPS. 

I don’t think Linus can win here. Every comment is already negative and has a pre determined reaction. You guys would criticise it even if it was the one and only perfect response.
 
just wait and see. Linus and the team are humans. Find someone out there with an impactful existence on this planet that has t done or said something wrong. 
 
if LMG takes any valid criticism on board, adapts to it and is open to more, then we can all move forward and forget this. 

There won't be a big WAN Show segment about this or anything. Most of what I have to say, I've already said, and I've done so privately.

To Steve, I expressed my disappointment that he didn't go through proper journalistic practices in creating this piece. He has my email and number (along with numerous other members of our team) and could have asked me for context that may have proven to be valuable (like the fact that we didn't 'sell' the monoblock, but rather auctioned it for charity due to a miscommunication... AND the fact that while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype). There are other issues, but I've told him that I won't be drawn into a public sniping match over this and that I'll be continuing to move forward in good faith as part of 'Team Media'. When/if he's ready to do so again I'll be ready.

To my team (and my CEO's team, but realistically I was at the helm for all of these errors, so I need to own it), I stressed the importance of diligence in our work because there are so many eyes on us. We are going through some growing pains - we've been very public about them in the interest of transparency - and it's clear we have some work to do on internal processes and communication. We have already been doing a lot of work internally to clean up our processes, but these things take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, but that's no excuse for sloppiness.

Now, for my community, all I can say is the same things I always say. We know that we're not perfect. We wear our imperfection on our sleeves in the interest of ensuring that we stay accountable to you. But it's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. The Labs team is hard at work hard creating processes and tools to generate data that will benefit all consumers - a work in progress that is very much not done and that we've communicated needs to be treated as such. Do we have notes under some videos? Yes. Is it because we are striving for transparency/improvement? Yeah... What we're doing hasn't been in many years, if ever.. and we would make a much larger correction if the circumstances merited it. Listing the wrong amount of cache on a table for a CPU review is sloppy, but given that our conclusions are drawn based on our testing, not the spec sheet, it doesn't materially change the recommendation. That doesn't mean these things don't matter. We've set KPIs for our writing/labs team around accuracy, and we are continually installing new checks and balances to ensure that things continue to get better. If you haven't seen the improvement, frankly I wonder if you're really looking for it... The thoroughness that we managed on our last handful of GPU videos is getting really incredible given the limited time we have for these embargoes. I'm REALLY excited about what the future will hold.
 
With all of that said, I still disagree that the Billet Labs video (not the situation with the return, which I've already addressed above) is an 'accuracy' issue. It's more like I just read the room wrong. We COULD have re-tested it with perfect accuracy, but to do so PROPERLY - accounting for which cases it could be installed in (none) and which radiators it would be plumbed with (again... mystery) would have been impossible... and also didn't affect the conclusion of the video... OR SO I THOUGHT...
 
I wanted to evaluate it as a product, and as a product, IF it could manage to compete with the temperatures of the highest end blocks on the planet, it still wouldn't make sense to buy... so from my point of view, re-testing it and finding out that yes, it did in fact run cooler made no difference to the conclusion, so it didn't really make a difference.
 
Adam and I were talking about this today. He advocated for re-testing it regardless of how non-viable it was as a product at the time and I think he expressed really well today why it mattered. It was like making a video about a supercar. It doesn't mater if no one watching will buy it. They just wanna see it rip.  I missed that, but it wasn't because I didn't care about the consumer.. it was because I was so focused on how this product impacted a potential buyer. Either way, clearly my bad, but my intention was never to harm Billet Labs. I specifically called out their incredible machining skills because I wanted to see them create something with a viable market for it and was hoping others would appreciate the fineness of the craftsmanship even if the product was impractical. I still hope they move forward building something else because they obviously have talent and I've watched countless niche water cooling vendors come and go. It's an astonishingly unforgiving market.
 
Either way, I'm sorry I got the community's priorities mixed-up on this one, and that we didn't show the Billet in the best light. Our intention wasn't to hurt anyone. We wanted no one to buy it (because it's an egregious waste of money no matter what temps it runs at) and we wanted Billet to make something marketable (so they can, y'know, eat).
 
With all of this in mind, it saddens me how quickly the pitchforks were raised over this. It also comes across a touch hypocritical when some basic due diligence could have helped clarify much of it. I have a LONG history of meeting issues head on and I've never been afraid to answer questions, which lands me in hot water regularly, but helps keep me in tune with my peers and with the community. The only reason I can think of not to ask me is because my honest response might be inconvenient. 
 
We can test that... with this post. Will the "It was a mistake (a bad one, but a mistake) and they're taking care of it" reality manage to have the same reach? Let's see if anyone actually wants to know what happened. I hope so, but it's been disheartening seeing how many people were willing to jump on us here. Believe it or not, I'm a real person and so is the rest of my team. We are trying our best, and if what we were doing was easy, everyone would do it. Today sucks.
 
Thanks for reading this.

Reddit CEO claims that Apollo dev lies, changes versions, says different things to the public than to them, and tried to blackmail them.
 
The Apollo dev released phone calls showing that it's reddit who's doing all of this, and urged reddit to show any conversation where he'd do any of what they claim. Reddit has nothing.

Thanks for the concern everyone. We are still in recovery mode over here and working with YouTube to get everything restored. Will hopefully have a video (or at least an update on WAN Show) to share with you all ASAP, but we want to make sure we get the details right since smaller channels may rely on our experience to help harden their own security.

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Microcenter is Opening 3 New Retail Stores In The US. Indianapolis in June then Miami and Charlotte to come later.
 
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 If you've never been there, Microcenter is a MAGICAL place. It's terrific to see that they are doing well as a company right now. This is really good to see especially seeing how ridiculously good value some of their items are.
 
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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/micro-center-launching-new-stores

The service outage notice attributes the outage to a misconfiguration in an update they applied; nothing about a data breach? I fail to see how there could be any connection between OneDrive experiencing a limited outage and a person reporting that their Amazon and Google accounts were compromised (especially when they mention reusing passwords across multiple services meaning their login details could have been compromised from any place at any time).

"No better" is a very big exaggeration.
Yes, Apple did something very bad with that story, but some apps sending some data to Apple is quite the big difference compared to let's say Google.
 
Please keep in mind that the world is not black and white. A company can do some bad things but some good things too, and not everyone who does the same bad thing in one instance are equally bad in other regards.
 
 
 
 
Source?
 
 
It is very important to have a nuanced approach to this.
Just because Apple might fuck you in some ways does not mean we should ignore the goods things they do and treat them as a cartoonishly evil company.
Credit where credit is due.
 
 
  
All the evidence, lawsuits and court trials we have had so far indicates that Apple will just shrug and tell law enforcement and governments "sorry, we can't help you" when that is the truth, such as local evidence encryption.
They will comply with law enforcement to the extent that they are forced to and plausibly can (such as providing metadata, or possibly iCloud backups), but there are several instances where Apple has built the systems in such a way that no matter what, they can't help. For example iMessage conversations and local storage are 100% out of the hands of Apple, by design. They can't get access to it even if they wanted to, and as a result they will just shrug when law enforcement asks them about it. 
 
This is why the US and some other countries have tried to push for legislation where Apple would be forced to implement backdoors into their software in order to be able to assist law enforcement. In 2016 Apple was brought to court for not assisting various government agencies in 12 separate cases where they were asked to break into someone's iPhone.
In one of those cases Apple even refused to use a known vulnerability to get into an iPhone because they did like "being forced to become an agent of law enforcement".
 
 
With these changes, Apple will be even less able to assist law enforcement. iCloud backups have historically been the go-to for law enforcement asking Apple for help, because they are widely enabled and Apple can in fact get access to those. With these changes, that will no longer be the case. A great change if you ask me. There is no reason why Apple should be able to access a backup of a phone. It defeats a big reason for encrypting the device to begin with.

next week on the news: chinese overclockers made a bios hack to overclock the A800 to match the A100.

A Synology NAS would probably be a good option in that case. This site might help you pick a model. https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/nas_selector

I wish I was joking, but i'm not. At last, leave it to Google to do something like this...
 

Asus Chromebook Flip CX5
 
Summary
Indeed, on October 11 they have announced their first gaming focused chromebooks just a mere 12 days after announcing they are killing stadia and here's the kicker, they are partnering with Geforce Now, Xbox Cloud Streaming and Amazon Luna. Google also certified these laptops with GameBench in order to claim these laptops have a mere 85ms latency streaming Fortnite and Destiny 2 in 1080p from Geforce Now.
 
On the hardware side all of them have i5 or greater CPU, 8gb or more memory and 1080p 120hz or greater displays and no dedicated graphics, also for a limited time they will come bundled with 3 months of Geforce Now and Amazon Luna highest tier, some of them will also have a SteelSeries mouse included.
 
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I swear Google is completely insane, less that 2 weeks after killing stadia they go ahead and release 3 chromebooks made for game streaming in which they also include 3 months of Geforce Now and Luna with them. Honestly I dunno what else to say other that they gave zero fucks about Stadia.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/stadias-dead-but-new-chromebooks-keep-googles-cloud-gaming-dreams-alive/

Is it possible when a github repo is mentioned in the video to get it linked in the description? Really helps smaller devs and saves a few minutes of trying to find the repo if it's not clearly shown on screen.

To clarify, GlobalWafers is making the bare wafers, they're not doing the "fab" stuff like Intel, Samsung or TSMC. Still it is an important part of the supply chain and having more supply around the world should help in general.

Guess my oven, toothbrush, table, screwdriver, powerbutton and plastic bottle will get sued then 😛

Sounds like a replacement for the GT 1030.

Yeah.  When a second cable provider started providing service in my area prices dropped near 50% a third will probably be half that again.

The issue is DSL is dead. While AT&T has a large amount of VDSL areas I dont see them investing in that technology any more. They even stopped offering ADSL for the most part. That leave DOCSIS. The problem with DOCSIS is cable cos have promised for the last decade better upload speeds. They haven't done shit. While people might argue you dont need better uploads, you do. Between the multiple people working from home now days, people wanting to stream on twitch and other uses, 5 to 10 Mbps up is not enough. Yeah I know about DOCSIS 4.0, but thats probably 5 to 10 years out before we have mass adoption of that tech at least. 
 
Its more as a dick measuring contest right now. However consider this. $180/m for 5Gbps compared to Comcast Gigabit pro or what ever they call it where they want $299/m, a 3 years agreement, $500 for install, $500 for activation, what ever for equipment for similar service. AT&T is offering a good value even at that price. 

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China, in a move to separate itself from the West, has announced that it will be switching away from Windows by 2024.
 
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I mean, it's not the market share increase I was expecting, but it's a market share increase Linux deserves. It's unfortunate that China will probably roll their own distro similar to North Korea to allow more control over its citizens. 
 
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Neowin (quote source)
Bloomberg
Tom's Hardware

Makes sense.
Unless you're married to X86/64 for whatever reason, the M1 Macs are very nice products at not-unreasonable price points at the lower end.

I'm looking forward to the 10 series RTX powered by an 8kW outdoor diesel generator.

Right - Apple's answer to the EPYC is going to be in their actually-Pro lineup. The EPYC is not competitive value-wise with the Studio. It's like asking who needs or should buy a MacBook Air when you can have a MacBook Pro 16" fully-decked-out.
 
It's weird because Apple highlighted in the announcement that the (up to 6) Thunderbolt ports is fantastic for external storage. I got a strong "you should use external storage" vibe from both the pricing and the announcement.
 
I wonder if this is one of Apple's clever "faux Pro" tricks. For example, the $1000 monitor stand. All actual pro users have VESA mounts and multiple screens, so they aren't offended by it because it never interested them. The only people buying it are "faux Pros" and to those that can afford it, the horror of the price tag is a perk. Similarly for storage, I speculate all actual Pros are using network storage or external storage (thus the storage prices do not affect them), while "faux Pros" load up on the storage.

Well, the severance of a large National enitity from what should be a "World wide" Web does seem to be tech related in my book.

The new ltt official forums are above the hub, and its frustrating because i use those often, and I don't want to untoggle this section just to have the hub at the top

wow, that looks stupid as fuck.

lightly targeted, fine.
deep rooted through fingerprints/ID's and to other information that feels like stalking through multiple websites? no thanks.