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My problem with qualcomm annoucements for this platform: this isn't the first time, nor the second, but the third.

X.com is tainting the good name of XCOM

In what places? A lot of countries have adopted very similar laws, very very few things require by law physical destruction. Medical information here doesn't for example. We are not required by law to have our LTO tapes destroyed but we do anyway by our own judgment.
 
So no you are not commonly looking at physical destruction, the vast global refurbished supply of IT equipment shows otherwise and that even includes server hardware that were once prior used for sensitive data.
 
And if you want examples of data that would be on our tapes, which again we are not required to under any law to physically destroy, would be: Medical data, personal information about minors, military data (low security), confidential industry data, research data published and unpublished, finical data, employee data, security indecent data (digital and physical).
 
I think you are greatly over estimating who and what MUST be physically destroying data by law. Our relevant laws are current and last updated in 2022 and 2023.
 
FYI a lot of countries updated their laws so physical destruction is not required for a lot of thing so they could utilize Azure/AWS/GCP etc. Prior to this, like here, those were off limits although for us sovereignty reasons not data security/destruction.

Since when is that a "finish" issue? Btw I don't even dislike that look heh. I think it's pretty bold to proclaim the entire range of products is garbage and bad because they don't polish finish areas you don't see and are not part of the cold plate either when everything else is good and additionally some people actually like those tool mark finish (so long as it's patterned nice, eh you get the gist).
 
Not saying it's unfair to expect higher grade finish on those areas for the price though.

EK CEO issued a statement:
 

Let's hope that with EK himself back at the helm that the ship gets righted and those who are due payment are taken care of in a timely manner.

How is every take in this wrong? that's almost impressive. 

I have a lot, a lot of EK stuff and have never had any problems ever. It depends on what you buy, I have no AIO's of theirs and don't intend to buy them. What I do have is a huge supply of fittings and blocks from many different build and not ever had Nickel plating issues. And by a lot I mean more than 40 STC compression fittings and another 40 HDC compression fittings, many angle adapters and rotary angle adapters. Had multiple 6970 full cover block, multiple 290X full cover blocks, 6800 XT, Rampage 3&4 BE full cover, Supremacy CPU block plus more I'm likely forgetting or not worth mentioning and all without any issues and all perfectly good quality.
 
This is not to say EK hasn't or doesn't sell products with problems, like any brand could or has. But I wouldn't go around calling literally everything a company makes garbage based off a tiny fraction of what they have ever made.
 
It's also not like you can't find Nickel plating issues with both brands you mentioned in less than a minute, more recent EK plating being sub standard or not it's almost always user error that is the root cause and the quality merely saves your ass or not, or saves it for X amount of time.
 
On the other hand I've had 3 Corsair AIO fail, 2 same reason and the other different but I wouldn't say all Corsair AIOs are trash and I'd still buy them and recommend them.
 
TL;DR Crappily run companies can still sell good products.
 
You mean the same D5 pumps everyone else sources from the same place and slaps their sticker on or the other same place everyone gets their DDC pumps from and slaps their sticker on? Laing/Xylem.

Not paying wages is, it's literally a criminal offence. That's our law. It's also a crime for a business to not pay taxes. Also here Health & Safety Volitions can be held personally responsible to managers if serious or systemic.
 
Corporate crimes are still criminal offences, whether or not a person does or does not, could or could not go to jail.
 
Criminal offence != jail or potential of jail.
 
That doesn't make it a Civil Action. The fact that only the State/Fed can do this typically makes it criminal. You might want to re-check if that is actually Civil or Criminal.
 
https://www.egattorneys.com/wage-theft-penal-code-487m#:~:text=Wage theft is criminalized under,the underpaid wages exceed %24950.
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owed-employers-face-little-accountability-for-wage-theft/#:~:text=All forms of wage theft,get caught%2C according to Uribe.
 
I think you are confusing the issue of only being able to hold the company itself, it's assets etc, accountable and liable. For one that is kind of the point and secondly individuals can be liable for corporate actions. Like the safety issue, if the company refuses to pay for safety equipment and you are in charge of safety and your force your direct reports to work then "you" are liable as well as the company, it's your responsibility and obligation to have the employees not work until they have the required safety equipment.
 
Enforcement of laws tends to be more the problem than something like this being illegal, laws after all are worthless if not enforced.

Here intentional non payment of wages is a criminal offence, Theft by Employer. More countries should adopt that if not already. 

Not getting paid in time let alone months should instantly have any company under inspection and microscope. Can't believe we're still in time where people can't even feel safe to get paid under contract, sad. 

So confirmed? YouTubers destroying companies
 
 

Regardless of being the best in the business, if you fail due your own incompetence then you fail. It sucks for us, but life moves forward. 

Summary
Gamersnexus followed up on a LinkedIn post by a former employee of EK Waterblocks and uncovered significant problems within the company:
- Employee wages not paid on time
- Business allowances not paid or not paid on time
- Pressure from EK management to employees to sign inferior contracts (e.g. removing sales dividends) 
- Suppliers not paid on time
- US branch and HQ (Solvenia) fighting each other to the point where the US branch sourced some items from the supply chain instead of ordering them from HQ
- excessive inventory (of some SKUs) binding capital/liquidity
- EK has fired some manager(s)
- EK is confident that it can resolve the current liquidity crisis.
 
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My thoughts
The writings have been on the wall for a long time. Customer service quality has noticeably deteriorated.
 
Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b73xG1HlFhY
 

It's not just phones and tablets, PCs don't have hardware AV1 decoding before Nvidia 30 series, AMD Navi 2X (RX 6000 series) and Intel 11th gen. Desktops wouldn't be bothered much but laptops will face the same problem.

Almost no devices support AV1 before Android 14. Pretty much any device made before 2022, will not.
https://www.gizmochina.com/2021/01/12/samsung-exynos-2100-announced-today-with-significant-upgrades-and-a-built-in-5g-modem/
https://www.kimovil.com/en/list-smartphones-by-processor-group/exynos-2100
 
So Galaxy 21+ or later using it(non-US models), and not the snapdragon 888(which is the US/CANADA model.) 
 
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/mobile/snapdragon/smartphones/snapdragon-8-series-mobile-platforms/snapdragon-888-5g-mobile-platform , does not.
 
The  Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 supports AV1, which was released in November 2022, and is two generations newer than the 888. 
 
 
https://www.broadcom.com/products/broadband/set-top-box/bcm7218x
This is a STB chipset, not a phone chipset, so most likely will be seen in ISP's cheap STB's and some smartTV's
 
Basically, the answer is going to be "if you want this feature, do your homework."
 

Any time you want, doesn't alter the original console either. I wouldn't do it like weekly or anything. It's not a replacement for cloud saves but migrating between consoles is so painless and quick it's not an issue anymore. Not since PS4 anyway.
 
I haven't used my PS4 since I got my PS5 since I can play all PS4 games I have on the PS5. My old PS4 will likely just end up being a "Chrome Cast"/Blu-ray Player.

I look at it in a similar way to high end PC parts. You don't need to have the latest but many do upgrade more often than really needed for a better experience.
 
PS5 Pro wont be for the masses, but for those who are big into their console gaming. If it gets a better experience, why not go for it? Chances are they'll have PS Plus in some form anyway which gets you cloud saves so that's not a problem.

Basically the PS4 Pro came out with the PS4 Slim, and then they discontinued the Pro and kept the slim for another 3 years. 
 
Personally, any time I've even bought a console, I waited for the "Slim" or whatever refined model comes out, because problems with the existing models. Like the Xbox 360 was notoriously bad, so I waited for a redesign , the S model. Which was fine, but then the hard drive died and I was like "well f microsoft then."
 
So I bought the Switch after the "OLED" model came out, but didn't buy the OLED model.
 

A lot of that really doesn't matter as much anymore on the x86 generation of consoles and there also wouldn't be any regressions for basically anything going between Zen 2 to Zen 3 or 4.
 
The bigger reason is this is still a custom monolithic SoC and it's not a direct Zen 2 architecture, it's a custom one designed with Sony so if the CPU were to be changed then it would be an entirely new SoC and require to go through a lot more design and manufacturing validation which is costly. Beefing up the GPU while requiring a lot of work doesn't require changing anything about the the CPU aspect of the SoC or likely any of the physical lay out of it.
 

 
The entire left side is most likely going to be unchanged and unmodified.
 
One of the key things about something like a PS5 Pro is cost, less work = better. So I don't think compatibility is the issue but the underlying reason is much the same. Also anything that runs on the PS5 Pro still has to run on the PS5 and if you give 50% more CPU power then you also run the risk of games being created to use that (intentionally or not) aka not running on the PS5.

Purely compatibility reasons. yes, zen4 can run everything zen 2 can, but not at the same timings for all commands. Its supposed to be a ps5 still, not a ps6. Compatablilty when making a pro version of a console is the number one priority. 

IMO the only thing I personally want out of the ps5 pro is HDR10+ and Dolby HDR support. 

 
  
there is a user accessable m.2 slot that you can put in more storage. It has no proprietary lock like the xbox has. 

Nothing is "confirmed" until Sony announces it.

Summary
PS5 Pro specs have now been reportedly confirmed by The Verge, with a primary focus on enhancing ray tracing capabilities
 
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PS5 Pro Specs pictured with comparison
Specifications in writing
Expected performance uplifts from Sony
New features and potential release date
My thoughts
The first thing that caught my eye was the sheer amount of Teraflops, 33.5! More than 3x more than the PS5 non pro. At first I was a bit confused on why they went Zen 2 but now that I think of it it would be more cost efficient to do so as the CPU is already up to shape even for the new GPU in the Pro, so Sony is most likely preparing Zen 4 for the PS6. Overall, looks good from Sony! If they can get it around the $600 mark with 50% more performance it'll be a great deal, though I think it's more likely they'll aim for $500.
 
Sources
https://videocardz.com/newz/playstation-5-pro-to-get-faster-zen2-cpu-mode-and-about-45-faster-gpu-rendering
Sony’s PS5 Pro is real and developers are getting ready for it - The Verge
Sony PlayStation 5 Pro Specifications Confirmed, Console Arrives Before Holidays | TechPowerUp

stolen phones might be scrapped for parts in the same way that cash may be used to buy drugs.
 
should we then also ban cash?

It's not dumpster diving, the manufacturing knowingly sells them off and doesn't care how or where they get used. As I mentioned on the other page a large supply of HP parts come from warranty supply when HP end support of the device.
 
Yes and in what way is this counter to anything I have said.
 
Again parts pairing is a supply chain control and not a measure of defense against stolen phones. Apple simply brands all parts in this situation as stolen because it suits them to do so. A big bust of ~10,000 devices of all kinds is pittance to the actual sale of non genuine parts that actually happen and even in your articles they aren't pointing to literally stolen phones from people.
 
It is critically important to differentiate between a phone being stolen from a person and broken down for parts and the sale of non genuine and/or unauthorized parts. It's important because the chain of events is different, the facts of the situation are different.
 
I don't think that iPhones aren't being stolen, I am countering the proposed scale of impact to the market of device parts specifically.