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  1. This is so dumb. Nvidia doesn't care about what the consumer pays for a GPU on the open market. Most consumers are buying AIB made GPUs. Nvidia gets paid by the AIB for the chip and the AIB gets paid by the wholesaler or retail chain for the completed GPU. The prices remain high not because of Nvidia's doing but by a combination of fab capacity near its limit and the high demand that allows the scalpers (sometimes called retailers) to charge higher prices than the MSRP. Nvidia is like all the other fabless companies. They have to compete for wafers like everyone else. The whole problem really comes down to having too many companies trying to make smarter devices (do I really need a smart toaster or refrigerator) or wanting to have the bleeding edge node than there needs to be. Car companies are the worst offenders in this right now. They all want the latest generation chips for the highest performance and efficiency, but don't actually need them in their non electric cars. We're all just out of luck until some more fabs are built in the coming years to add more capacity overall.
  2. The problem I have with this is the way Apple decided to go about doing it. Other companies that offer cloud storage use server side scanning for CSAM files. Meaning they don't scan your device, only the files you chose to upload to their service. I've got less of a problem with that because I can avoid their service or only upload files that I'm ok with the world seeing. Apple on the other hand is scan the files on your device and claiming it is for better security and privacy as they don't know what is being found unless it matches the database. Of course that database can be swapped to anything they want or are ordered to and you won't likely be informed of the change. I think the real reason Apple did it this way was to save themselves money. Those other companies that are scanning for CSAM are using their own hardware and that adds operating cost. Apple cut out that cost by now only needing to host the database and pushing updates to the devices from there. I can image Apple studied the cost if they scanned iCloud on the server side and didn't like the expense. After all, the amount of data uploaded to iCloud is insane already and the processing power to scan all new content uploaded each day and all the old content would be huge.
  3. Am I the only one noticing that the chart shows fuel consumed by the ICE over the life but shows no electricity used by the BEV over the life? I hate to be that person, but this looks like a propaganda piece. I understand it is very difficult to know how much emissions it will actually cost to operate an electric car given the many different sources of electricity but why is that not in their chart. If they want to get people on board with electrics, they need to not make such an easy mistake. FYI, I'm all for Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars. The benefits of electrics without the long waits for charging or like where I live, the need to own your own home to install a charger that is faster than a basic wall outlet charger.
  4. From what I read, this flaw resets the one hour counter when a usb accessory is plugged in as long as the restricted mode isn't yet active. It sounds like law enforcement can plug in an accessory like the camera adapter and a power bank if the accessory allows pass through. Then once at the lab, switch the accessory to the GrayKey to unlock the iPhone. Apple can stop this workaround by not resetting the one hour counter. iOS could be configured to allow an accessory to connect during the one hour, but after that hour if the accessory is unplugged then the restricted mode activates. They should also consider blocking new usb connections after the one hour in the case of someone using a hub that would allow them to plug in the GrayKey without unplugging the original accessory. I like that Apple is adding this feature, but I wish they would let users set the counter to what they want. I would rather have a very short time than the one hour because I have no problem with having to unlock my phone to connect an accessory.
  5. If Redbox is paying full retail price for digital movie codes for downloads and selling them to their customers at discount, then how the hell are they making a profit on that operation. Sure they can buy a DVD or Bluray and rent it out many times to their customers to make up the cost of both physical and digital media but if their customers start purchasing far more digital codes their business model will fail. I would hate to be a long term investor in that company. As for Disney, if current copyright law allows such practices to occur then it is up to Disney to lobby the government to again change the law in their favor. I just hope that doesn't actually happen.
  6. Between that and reducing the vram size and bandwidth, this card will be much cheaper for use in workstations for the development work before they deploy on those expensive data center servers. Nvidia is learning from how people are using their hardware with all of those putting 1080 or 1080 Ti cards in their servers for cheaper AI use.
  7. I could see this working in a taxi but not in my personal car. If a company wants to have that in their cars that they are trying to get me to buy then they can forget ever getting my money. If I had no choice but buy a car with this then I would find a way to disable those ads even if it means breaking my new car. When are companies going to learn. If you need to put ads in your product to get more money then just allow people to pay more to avoid the ads.
  8. That is exactly right. These chips are meant for networking and those who want to combine storage servers and a router/firewall. You buy one board and run a VM for each task and save space. Many of the Xeon D boards are ITX and have only one PCIe slot so putting the QuickAssist into the SoC removes the need for a separate card. You free that slot for the using a HBA card like I do on my server or a greater than 10 Gbps NIC.
  9. I have had this happen with usb flash drives before after using them to install linux and such. Note the size of the drives currently installed as well as the new one. Do the following: Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) as administrator run the following commands: C:\> Diskpart DISKPART> list disk DISKPART> select disk ? (replace ? with disk # that matches the size of the new one. Make sure you select the correct disk. The disk # is usually the highest one.) DISKPART> clean DISKPART> convert mbr (or gpt) (use gpt for disk greater than 2TB) DISKPART> create partition primary DISKPART> select part 1 DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label=(name of disk if you want one) quick DISKPART> assign letter (letter) (use a letter not currently in use) DISKPART> list volume (should see the disk listed, and it should show in disk management and Explorer) Just take your time and follow every step. Windows may prompt you to format the disk part way through the steps, just select not to and complete the steps with Diskpart.
  10. While it is true that you should keep your phone up to date, there are people who fail to do so. If you use an Android phone outside the Nexus you are kind of screwed getting updates in a reasonable amount of time. Certainly here in the USA as the carriers can take forever to push out updates. I have seen how much worst Android phones are compared to Apple phones. The QR code attacks are difficult if not impossible against Apple because of the update policies. As for staying away from poorly built apps, in the corporate world a lot of companies make their own custom apps. That is usually what gets them in trouble if they don't have a security team testing them before the put the app in production.
  11. While it is nice that Microsoft is trying to make figuring out blue screen errors easier for the average user, I believe using QR codes is a dumb idea from a security point of view. I have learned in pen testing class at school how to make fake QR codes to allow me to take over phones. If a hacker gets into your windows box or even takes over the web browser they can just display a fake blue screen to trick the user into compromising their phone. I hope they would let me at the enterprise level use the old blue screen to avoid this.
  12. I have this cable for my Acer X34 http://www.amazon.com/Accell-B142C-010B-UltraAV-DisplayPort-Latches/dp/B0098HVXVQ
  13. Yes, your ISP's device won't need the wireless on since the AP will provide that. Just find a good place to mount it and connect it to your ISP's modem. Depending on the number of ports the modem has and your current network setup, you may need add a network switch between the modem and the rest of the network to expand the ports available. Then plug the AP into the switch and any other devices that you want to use a wired connection. This is like my home setup. My router/firewall only has one port for the inside network, but I needed 10 ports to connect all the wired devices including the AP. That Ubiquiti AP is good. It comes with a power injector so the AP only needs the ethernet cable plugged into it for networking and power together. You just plug one cable to the ISP's modem (or switch if you use one) and the injector. Then plug one cable to the injector and the AP. By coming with a power injector it saves money on having to buy a switch that supports PoE (Power over Ethernet).
  14. On my ASUS RT-AC87U I am using the ASUSWRT-MERLIN firmware. If you want to limit guest speed than you will have to get something that can do just that. Most consumer grade routers can't limit speeds. Mine can only limit the amount of time they can be on the internet. Ubiquiti is a good upgrade from most consumer products like others have mentioned. They are not as expensive as enterprise brands such as Cisco or Juniper but give you many of the same features.
  15. From what you are saying, you have a DSL modem connected with a RJ11 Phone cable (small plug with 4 wires) to the wall. This device acts as a modem and router with WiFi. Most of the time you can plug a different router into the ethernet port and just turn off the WiFi on the ISP's device. Your just disabling the routing and WiFi function and using it as only a modem. You should be able to lookup the brand and model number on the device on the ISP's website or google to find a manual on how to do just that.
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