GanGan42

Weird part choices for their "high end" system

I.. I have a solution : 

It continually blows my mind people *willingly* install spyware in their own homes and computers, and then act shocked and outraged when it's used against them.

streaming is the future
hence hulu,netflix,vudu,disney, etc etc
why arent they failing
media streaming seems to be preferred over owning these days
and considering next gen of people they dont care to own things
 
 

That was the last guy, Don Matrick. Phil Spencer was a mid level executive at the time, and knew they were making a mistake. Actually Phil Spencer has been righting the ship every since he took the lead.
 
In fact, if you follow gaming news closely, Microsoft has been doing way more gamer-friendly stuff than Sony for a couple of years now:
 
- Backwards compatibility for a lot of games from 360 to Xbox One (while Sony has no back-compat, just PS Now, which is expensive and doesn't work)
- Supporting cross-platform multiplayer (while Sony has been actively combatting this)
- Game pass subscription is amazing value (while Sony has been jacking up the price of PS Plus and removing 'free' PS3 and Vita games from the service you pay a fee for)
 
I don't care either way, I am just surprised people are still "fanboying" over Sony, even though they have been doing anti-gamer stuff ever since the PS4 has been market leader. (and yes, I own a PS4 and not an Xbox One, I kinda wish I bought an Xbox instead).

I mean there is this thing called Proton...
And there is this thing called anti-cheat blocking users of Proton from playing... 
So it might be a good idea to unban Proton users. 

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As someone who ran a FX 9590 in tandem with two radeon 6990s, this is fine. 

It's a security risk to Amazon profits LOL

This seems..... A bit overreaching. 

people are so excited about raytracing and I still don't get why dx10 is better than dx9

CS GO Players be like
 

But my point is that it's more of a pissing contest than a performance thing, similar to how the MHz wars turned into a pissing contest after they'd been around for a few years.

Sources:
ArsTechnica (quote source)
AdaptiveMobile (Image source)
Statements from US Carriers
 
Summary:
A flaw in an applet embedded in SIM cards has been actively used in the last 2 years to track users and perform other activities.
 
Media:

 
Quotes/Excerpts:
 
My Thoughts:
Anyone that understands the basics of how SIM cards work honestly shouldn't be surprised at this revelation. SIM cards are IN FACT a computer. They have their own processor, storage, and RAM as well as a variety of applications installed, some accessible via the phone and some not. SIM cards are extremely capable of a variety of tasks and should definitely be considered one of the weakest links in a mobile device. Regardless, it does look like some government contractors and other government entities are actively using this exploit. Thankfully, it looks like most US carriers should not be affected... How non-US carriers are affected are yet to be seen.

Was this made to compete with the zune?

It should be up to the student to decide if they want their phone to be a distraction or a helpful tool. Being able to quickly google something can be better than stopping the entire class to ask a trivial or off topic question so even though most people would prefer to distract themselves with their phones I think we shouldn't punish those that would use their phone to aid their learning.

It may be good to have something like this, but remember:

I think much of the server market was seriously put off by the numerous security issues Intel has incurred over the last few years, starting with Spectre and Meltdown but more recently the other problems like ZombieLoad, etc.  In a market where security and reliability are king, it's a really bad look for Intel.
 
On top of that, not only is EPYC significantly outperforming Intel's top products, but at a significantly lower TDP as well.  With efficiency being another huge consideration for servers, it's easy to see why this is a big win for AMD.
 
Then there's the cost. AMD is selling these chips at a small portion of the Intel "equivalent" (as if there even is one) - roughly 1/3 last I checked, much like the enthusiast (8+ core) desktop space.  But, in light of everything else, one could easily imagine how even if Intel gave away CPUs for free, many companies would prefer to use AMD at this time.  As it was once put, "If I was working in sales for Intel, I don't know how I would sell this turd".

Oh! I was wondering why my google image search was being an ass earlier today.
 
This is probably one of those things where everyone will hate it when it is new and then in a few months time everyone will love it and just accept it as being the norm, forgetting what the old design even looked like.

I really don't understand how "encryption should not come at the expense of the public’s safety." makes any sense?
Encryption literally ensures the public’s safety and privacy.

yeah they are just mad they can't spy on millions of people anymore. 

I know it's for legal reasons, but even still, would any reasonable court be fooled?
Oh, who am I kidding, American courts aren't reasonable.

I love the removal of a couple of letters from MSI and Gigabyte as if anyone would be fooled by it

It's worth noting that the average user who installs packages from the repositories does not need to worry about this.

No. Rather have an external Dac amp. A Schiit stack for 200$ prob sounds better than the AE-7. You can use a stack on a laptop, or on the go. Also, electrical sound isolation is non-existent if it’s in your pc.