Feb. 17th, 2017 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

 

https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/linus50-shades-of-grey-wan-show-feb-10-2017

 

 

Main News Topics

 

PewDiePie dropped by Disney after anti-Semitic stunt

Source 1: http://globalnews.ca/news/3248696/pewdiepie-dropped-by-disney-after-anti-semetic-stunt/

Source 2: http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/2/17/14613234/pewdiepie-nazi-satire-alt-right

 

• Pew Die Pie’s channels and network are run by Maker Studios, owned by Disney

• Disney said he crossed the line with some of his videos.

• video from January shows two Indian men paid by Pew Die Pie’s to hold up a sign that says “Death to all Jews.”

• total of 9 videos posted since August 2016 that featured Nazi imagery or anti-Semitic humor

• Pew Die Pie said the video was meant to demonstrate how far people will go if they get paid to do something, but he didn’t think they would actually do it.

• Other videos show Nazi imagery in a satirical way.

• Pew Die Pie’s channel was already part of Maker Studios when the Walt Disney Co. bought Maker in 2014

• YouTube also removed Pew Die Pie’s channel from eligibility for its preferred-advertising program

• YouTube canceled the second season of his reality show Scare PewDiePie,

• Pew Die Pie insists his humor is satirical and absurdist in nature; the ambiguity is why the content went unchallenged for so long.

 

Samsung heir arrested as part of South Korea's government scandal

Source 1: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/samsung-heir-south-korea-court-approve-arrest-1.3987031

Source 2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-17/samsung-scion-follows-father-s-path-in-scandal-not-just-business

• Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested early on Friday over his alleged role in a corruption scandal

• Lee is a suspect in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the impeachment President Park Geun-hye in December

• Alleged: Samsung paid tens of millions of dollars, along with a $830,000 horse, for president to exert pressure on Korea’s national pension service to support a merger of two Samsung Group companies.

• The merger would make it easier for Jay Y.  to gain control over Sumsung.

• Shares in Samsung Electronics Co Ltd fell 1.4 per cent

• Shares in Samsung C&T Corp, (the holding company of Samsung Group) were down 2.8 per cent

 

RyZen specs & prices leaked

Source 1:https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/737045-amd-ryzen-full-lineup-prices-specs-clock-speeds-leaked/

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-full-lineup-pricing-clock-speeds-leaked/

 

• The leak originates from an internal product list of a Chinese retailer.

• Ryzen 5 1400X and 1300 offer the specs and performance you’d expect from an i7 quad-core chip (albeit at slightly lower clock speeds) for two thirds to a half of the cost.

• Entry level Ryzen chips: two quad-core chips without multi-threading- both cheaper than Intel’s dual core i3-7350K.

• All Ryzen chips feature fully unlocked multipliers, so all Ryzen chips are overclocking ready right out of the box.

Buzzfeed & Facebook try to break readers out of their social media bubbles

Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-17/buzzfeed-tries-way-to-break-readers-out-of-social-media-bubbles

Source 2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/facebook-s-zuckerberg-calls-for-a-more-globally-minded-society

 

• Social media creates echo chambers where people with like-minded ideas don’t listen to others, and false information spreads virally.

• BuzzFeed’s “Outside Your Bubble” feature will appear at the bottom of its widely-shared articles.

• The idea is get readers to understand the viewpoints of people who don’t think like them.

• A BuzzFeed staffer will curate different opinions from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, blogs, and elsewhere with help from data tools.

• Zuckerberg: “Over time, our community will identify which sources provide a complete range of perspectives so that content will naturally surface more”

 

Dad who live-streamed his son’s birth on Facebook loses in court

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/dad-who-live-streamed-his-sons-birth-on-facebook-loses-in-court/

Source 2:

• Man (accidentally at first)  live-streamed birth of his son to 120,000 viewers

• Major media outlets aired clips

• Man sues several media outlets

• Loses because of “fair use”:

• “Where pictures or videotapes themselves are the focus of a major news story, news reporters may make brief use of selected footage to explain to the public what the story is about.”

YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

Source 1: http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018

Source 2: http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/youtube-stop-30-second-unskippable-ads/1424541

 

• YouTube giving lots of notice that these ads are gone next year

• There will be shorter unskippable ads

• "I’m reading this as a signal that YouTube is very worried about Facebook...Their video offering is becoming ever more attractive to brands by the day, and YouTube is panicking."

Bill Gates says robots that take your job should pay taxes

Source 1: http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-robots-pay-taxes-2017-2

 

• Just because a worker isn't technically "alive" doesn't mean it can make money for nothing

• The system would be similar to how the government takes a portion of people's wages

• Idea consistent with a future of part time work by humans who receive a Living Wage

• Companies who profit from automation have to increase the standard of living at home, not hide profits offshore

 

Elon Musk creates The Boring Company to dig tunnels

Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-16/elon-musk-is-really-boring

Source 2: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a25257/elon-musk-boring-company/

 

• Tweet from Dec: “Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging…”

• Tunnelling industry status quo sucks: “It’s basically a billion dollars a mile,” Musk says. “That’s crazy.”

• Musk hopes to build a much faster tunneling machine and use it to dig thousands of miles

• Eventually creating a vast underground network that includes as many as 30 levels of tunnels for cars and high-speed trains such as the Hyperloop.

• Objections: Wouldn’t having hundreds of feet of hollow tunnels destabilize the ground?

• Nope: “The earth is big, and we are small. We are so f---ing small you cannot believe it.”

• Tunnels, on the other hand, would represent a 3D transportation network.

• It’s an independent company that could benefit from Trump’s infrastructure deals

 

Nintendo Switch system menus leaked

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/02/leaked-video-shows-first-glimpse-of-nintendo-switch-system-software/

 

• a video of the system software and the initial setup for the console posted

• Game purchases and downloads will now be linked to an online account rather than to a particular console.

• The system settings show 6GB of the 32GB built-in storage is taken up by system software. Can be expanded via microSD.

• From "Sleep Mode," tapping the home button brings up a quick menu with a news feed sidebar and what appears to be a screen of the last app/game you were using.

• To awake from sleep, you have to tap a single button three times in a row.

• The screen brightness is controlled by an analog touchscreen slider. This is a change from the DS/3DS/Wii U, which only had five discrete brightness levels accessible

• There are slots for 8 separate users in the system software, each can have their own nickname and pre-set icon.

• There are 2 default themes: "Basic Black" and "Basic White" to choose from in the base system. You can download more.

• The "News" section is already populated with Switch-centric tips such as "All about charging" and "Where do I put in the SD card." The eShop doesn't seem to be functional yet, though.

 

Unreal Engine 4.15 supports Nintendo Switch, HDR, & AFR for Nvidia SLI

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/02/unreal-engine-4-15-switch-hdr-sli-details/

Source 2: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/unreal-engine-4-15-released

 

• Unreal engine lost market share to (mostly free) Unity

• Baked-in support makes it easier for developers to port games

• Experimental support for HDR for PC gamers

• The engine can only output HDR using Nvidia cards under the Direct3D 11 API or on devices that support Apple's Metal graphics API.

• Rendering paths for 1000-nit and 2000-nit displays are also supported.

• Support for Alternate Frame Rendering in Nvidia SLI configurations

 

Rapid Fire

A Weird Canadian Tax Incentive Could Get Space Mining Off the Ground

Source 1: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/asteroid-mining-canada-tax-incentive

Source 2: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/flow-through-shares-are-a-made-in-canada-innovation-solution/article27975832/

 

• Asteroids are believed to be rich in valuable minerals like gold and platinum; retrieving them is looking increasingly possible.

• AND Space agencies say future missions must rely on the availability of local resources for support

• The Tax incentive is called Flow-through Shares

• flow-through shares shift expenses of exploration from the mining company to their investors to use against their own incomes.

• the company's expensive initial steps are financed, and investors get lower tax bills.

• Flow through shares were what really created that huge mining exploration industry in Canada

USB Killer now lets you fry most Lightning and USB-C devices for $55

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/usb-killer-fry-lightning-usb-c-devices/

 

• USB stick i immediately fries 95% of devices

• Now 1.5x more powerful: pumps out 8-12 surges per second

• Can also buy an adaptor pack, which lets you kill test devices with USB-C, Micro USB, and Lightning ports!

 

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is officially Plural

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/02/star-wars-the-last-jedi-its-definitely-plural/

• Fans argued about the ambiguity of the title: is JEDI singular or plural?

• Foreign language posters have confirmed that it’s plural

 

 

Nintendo: NES Mini production IS NOT cancelled

Source 1: http://www.techradar.com/news/dont-panic-nintendo-nes-mini-production-will-continue

Source 2: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/738366-fake-nes-mini-production-might-have-already-ended/

• A few European retailers said Nintendo told them production is over and there will be 2 more shipments going out then that's it

• Nintendo says the machines are selling really well and will continue to ship regularly

• The rumours caused a spike in underground markets and resale prices (Ebay etc)

 

Rumour: Nokia 3310 is returning to market!

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/738370-the-legendary-nokia-3310-is-returning-to-market/

Source 2: https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/14/the-nokia-3310-will-reportedly-return-this-month/

 

• Famously indestructible ‘dumbphone’ that’s easy to use and has Snake

• Will cost $65

• Who wants it? Great ‘second phone’ for corporate use & blue collar (construction) jobs. HMD said they’re targeting emerging markets like India, Brasil, and Sub-saharan Africa  

• HMD Global develops phones under Nokia brand name

• They already released a "dumb phone" called the Nokia 150 runs on Series 30+ software platform, rather than Android.

 

Valve’s CEO: VR could “turn out to be a complete failure”

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/02/valves-gabe-newell-vr-could-turn-out-to-be-a-complete-failure/

 

• "We're optimistic. We think VR is going great. It's going in a way that's consistent with our expectations,"

• "we're also pretty comfortable with the idea that it will turn out to be a complete failure”.  

• He says the lack of compelling VR content is hurting more than the high prices

• "I can't point to a single piece of content that would cause millions of people to justify changing their home computing..." he said. "If you took the existing VR systems and made them 80 percent cheaper, that's still not a huge market. There's still not a really incredibly compelling reason for people to spend 20 hours a day in VR... There's an old joke that premature cost reduction is the root of all evil."

 

Police Dept. Lost Years of Evidence after not paying Cyberattack ransom of $4,000

Source 1: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/police-department-loses-years-worth-evidence-ransomware-attack

 

• Russian hackers placed ransomware on police dept. Computers

• Asked for $4000 worth of BitCoin, the prefered ransom currency

• Police decided to pay it

• Cases affected because crucial video evidence no longer exists!

• Valuable health data often a target

 

[Daniel644]

#LinusStarWarsTips

[manikyath]

am i too fast, or is the video borked?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

am i too fast, or is the video borked?

 

RIP Gabe the dog

[Daniel644]

4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

am i too fast, or is the video borked?

Welcome to WAN Show uploads since switching upload times.

[captain_to_fire]

I really commend Linus and Luke for their fair and balanced assessment on the PewDiePie issue. I must admit I myself had fallen easily to the WSJ article and even agreed to someone in News forum that his channel should be deleted but after listening to his side, I don't think he's racist. He's not the kind of YouTuber I'd watch but it's sad that something as big as WSJ didn't do fact checking correctly. 

 

And then the next 15-20 minutes is about how to stash porn properly, declining the Porn Hub sponsorship and lastly parenting and sex education. Good thing I upgraded my internet from DSL to Fiber and now I finally finished watching a WAN show live without buffering. 

[iRileyx]

Despite having barely any tech news in it, this was by far one of the most entertaining wan shows I've watched. 

[Taf the Ghost]

Linus Dad Tips show, haha.

[zMeul]

Linus uses word 'penis' on Twitch .. gets his twitch channel shut down 

[Guest]

thanks for the birthday present y'all

[stconquest]

24 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

thanks for the birthday present y'all

You're the 17th or 18th?  Happy birthday.

 

It's mine as well.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, stconquest said:

You're the 17th or 18th?  Happy birthday.

 

It's mine as well.

17th, and thats how i got my pc funds so yay. everything has been ordered and is on the way

[LAwLz]

 

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