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Considering how many cars use cameras for other stuff, like lane departure warning, this is a major concern.

My Subaru uses a pair of cameras in the front for this, and I know Tesla has a similar implementation for Autopilot.

The problem is the implications on the open road in public. For one, are photographers and ordinary people on the street going to have to cover their cameras every time a self-driving car with a LIDAR rolls by? Who's going to be liable here? Second, how about other cars with camera sensors in them for self-driving or for the current crop of vehicles that have stuff like forward collision warning, and adaptive cruise control? What happens if there is damage to those cameras as well from the LIDAR?

This is from Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/01/man-says-ces-lidars-laser-was-so-powerful-it-wrecked-his-1998-camera/ As noted in the article, CMOS sensors are significantly much more sensitive than the naked eye especially to lasers, which makes them much more vulnerable to damage. What is especially notable is that the company's specific LIDAR setup uses a much more powerful laser in the LIDAR in their implementation; the specific wavelength and power of the laser used by AEye probably did play a significant role as to why the camera's sensor got damaged in the first place. Therefore, there is speculation that the specific implementation of LIDAR by AEye could also cause problems for other on the road systems that use CMOS sensors, such as self-driving vehicle cameras, and traffic cameras. At least two of AEye's competitors have come out and said that their implementations do not cause damage to camera sensors. I'm guessing that AEye will probably need to implement fixes or abandon their specific approach to LIDAR very soon; I doubt any regulator would allow LIDAR technology that could damage camera sensors in other self-driving cars and traffic cameras be out on the street.

My line of thinking is that editing on the tablet would be for more downloading from memory cards so I can clear them, and for more quick edits meant for uploading to social media. Full blown editing will be done back at a desktop PC.

The budget won't support a iPad Pro, and I'm not a fan of iOS in general.

The issue is both budget, and portability. I've got enough camera gear to haul around without having to add a laptop to the mix, and I don't have the budget to buy a higher end ultrabook. And frankly, I don't use a laptop enough to warrant getting a more powerful machine, as it only goes with me in a small messenger bag on a daily basis, or goes in my camera bag if I intend on being away from home for more than a day.

Looking for a tablet to replace my Nvidia Shield K1 after it decided the battery would not charge, and replacing the battery was going to be too much hassle and expensive to try. Currently looking at two very different options; I could go with either a Samsung Galaxy S3, or alternatively, a Microsoft Surface Go (the upper end SKU with the 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage). I primarily use tablets as a highly portable device, primarily using it for web browsing, watching Netflix, and some light photo editing in Lightroom and Photoshop. What's my best choice here? Another, this time, more common Android tablet, or go with a Windows-based solution?

And I would not do all Hue White & Colour bulbs; some places can get away with standard Hue White, others, White Ambience. Only places where you are going to be entertaining should you consider the White & Colour bulbs. For example, do you really need to turn your entrance hallway into a rainbow when you walk in the front door? Or, just plain white suffice?

On top of that, there's different Philips Hue bulb variants, so it depends on what you want, the budget can vary. You could get the basic Hue White bulb which is a standard 2700K bulb at 750 lumens. This is the cheapest bulb, at a $128.90 CDN for the 4 bulb + bridge starter kit off Amazon. One step up is the Hue White Ambiance, which can go change from 2000K - 6500K at 800 lumens. The 4-pack starter kit is $139.00 CDN. The final step is the Hue White & Colour Ambiance, which adds colour to the mix. A 4-pack starter kit is $179.96 CDN. Also note that if you have a Amazon Echo Plus, you technically don't need the bridge; the Echo Plus has a built-in ZigBee hub for basic control of the lights. So, if you just get the basic Hue White and have a Echo Plus, the Echo Plus can control the lights for you. It is only when you use the higher end Hue bulbs (Ambiance and White & Colour) where you will need the Hue Bridge to allow more fine control over the lights. Personally, I would not completely replace all of the lights with the Hue system; I've only done my bedroom with the Hue Ambiance kit, plus the living room and entrance hallway with a couple of Hue Ambiance lamps. All of this is controlled by my Echo Plus in the living room, plus a Echo Dot entrance hallway, and a Echo in the living room.

See this Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_One

Someone might you know, want to have a teleconference call or Skype someone using their MacBook and they might not have a stand alone mic to do it.

The BC Privacy Commissioner is now investigating: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-and-privacy-commissioner-investigate-alleged-ncix-breach-1.4833976

Richmond RCMP has indicated they have the drives:

The official Canon whitepaper on the EOS R is below: http://downloads.canon.com/nw/camera/misc-pages/eos-r/pdf/canon_eos_r_white_paper.pdf Some of the data being presented is quite interesting. But much of what the RF mount's development and requirements seem to revolve around needing more communications bandwidth than the EF mount, along with some optical limitations of the existing EF mount. Lots on how the new RF mount allowed Canon to capitalize on optical improvements to the lenses, and with the added bandwidth, IS and AF performance should be significantly improved.

That half-hour cap is for legal reasons; in Europe, cameras that can record longer than 30 minutes are taxed differently; they are considered to be camcorders, which have a higher tariff applied to them.

The press announcement is happening now. DPReview has some of the initial specs: https://www.dpreview.com/news/4985835462/canon-full-frame-mirrorless-system-begins-with-debut-of-eos-r/ Confirmation that 3 adapters are coming, one is a straight EF to RF mount, the other accepts drop in filters, the third has a control ring, giving you additional functionality. 4 lenses also being announced to go with the EOS R; RF 28-70mm F2L USM; RF 50mm F1.2L USM; RF 35mm F1.8 Macro IS STM; RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM. All 4 lenses have a third control ring that is totally customizable for the end user. The event is still ongoing, but that's the initial information right now. Update: Canon USA's Youtube channel has some videos talking about the EOS R:

Mount registration distance between EF-M and the RF mount is about 2mm, so no RF to EF-M adaptor possible.

Per Canon Rumors, Canon is slated to also announce the Canon EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM lens as well, along with 2 long telephoto lenses.

Apparently, the adapter will take Canon EF-S lenses as well... the spec sheet mentions a crop mode of 1.6x to accept EF-S lenses.

-6EV though... this will be able to autofocus on bats at night with that AF performance. It will have face detect per the spec sheet though, and with that Dual Pixel AF, the AF performance should be extremely good. Also, the spec sheet indicates the camera will also do in camera charging; you could hook up a battery pack to it easily. The specs seem to indicate this would be the perfect VLOG camera; flip out screen, headphone and mic jack, 4k at 30fps.

I fully expect Brandon to be extremely excited about this and will be begging Linus to buy and review it. From Nokishita via Canon Rumors: https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-rf-lens-specifications/ https://www.canonrumors.com/here-are-the-first-images-and-specifications-for-the-canon-eos-r-and-the-new-rf-mount-lenses/ https://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/EOS-R-PDF-Specifications.pdf https://www.canonrumors.com/here-are-the-first-images-and-specifications-for-the-canon-eos-r-and-the-new-rf-mount-lenses/ The camera is to be called the Canon EOS-R, and is Canon's first full frame mirrorless camera, following Sony and most recently Nikon's mirrorless camera system. Canon is slated for an announcement of something this September 5th, and this could be their big announcement. Specifications of the camera is as follows: 30.3 MP full frame sensor Dual pixel CMOS AF with 5,655 AF points covering 88% of the viewfinder Will autofocus from -6EV to +18 ISO sensitivity 100 - 40000 (extended ISO: 50, 51200, 102400) Shutter speed: 1/8000 to 30 seconds, bulb Continuous shooting performance: Up to 8 frames per second (at servo AF: up to 5 frames / sec) Buffer size of 34 RAW files, C-RAW 61, DP-RAW + C-RAW: 150 Will shoot 4k @ 30fps or Full HD @ 60fps or HD @ 120fps. 4K is at 480MBps Will have a mic jack AND a headphone jack Will have a vari-angle flip out touch LCD screen along with a electronic viewfinder Has WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity Uses the Canon LP-E6N battery pack, 370 shots CIPA rating, 450 with power saving Dustproof and drip-proof magnesium body A battery grip, the BG-E22 is also mentioned in the documentation Records to SD cards, no mention if it is dual slot Size: 135.8 x 98.3 x 84.4 mm Weight: 660 g (including battery / memory card) · 580 g (body only) The Canon EOS-R also introduces a new lens mount; the RF mount. Expected to immediately launch with the camera are the following lenses: Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Other RF mount lenses being reported as coming soon are as follows: Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM The current crop of Canon EF mount lenses will also fit on the EOS R with a native adapter; strangely enough, there are 3 adapters being listed, with one being for sure a EF mount adapter. There is speculation that one adapter will accept drop in filters, and the other has some sort of control ring. It is expected this is going to be a sub-$2000 camera... If all of this is 100% verified (and the sources appear to be so), this is going to be a killer camera for the price, compared to the underwhelming Nikon launch earlier.

From GSMArena.com and Engadget: https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz3_unveiled_big_curved_oled_display-news-33006.php https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/30/sony-xperia-xz3-vs-xz2-whats-changed/ Standard fare for the internals; Snapdragon 845, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage plus micro-SD card slot. You got your usual Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, and dual band WiFi AC connectivity, and a rear fingerprint reader. The camera is a 19MP rear camera, capable of 4K HDR videos and 960fps slow motion. Front camera is a 13MP affair. For a first for a Sony phone, it runs a 6" OLED display, unknown who is the vendor for the screen. The screen has a resolution of 2880 x 1440, and is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 that is curved at the edges to integrate smoothly with the aluminum body. The bezel dimensions have also been reduced, allowing for an improved display/body ratio. With the increased phone size, battery has been bumped up to 3,330mAh, and the phone supports Qi wireless charging. It will also ship with Android 9.0 Pie. A new feature is Side Sense, which is a gesture-based system, that detects taps and swipes on the curved edges of the OLED panel, allowing shortcuts to launch applications, such as the camera, and is customizable by the end user. The phone will arrive in stores at the end of September.

OK, so I think I got the situation solved. I'm using MSI Afterburner to manually adjust the fan speed curve to a higher speed than default, and that's keeping the system stable without crashes. Temps per Afterburner still stay under 45C, so I'm not sure what was going on; it's in an extremely well ventilated case, the heatsink got cleaned fairly recently, and the fans still work on the card. Edit: Nope, not exactly fixed. I've got it stable when playing one game which isn't that graphically demanding, but in another game, it still craps out. Edit 2: Now, it completely black screens, even at POST. Looks like it's 100% dead, so I'm now running on Intel integrated graphics. RIP, MSI GeForce GTX 670 Power Edition.