May 5th, 2017 - The WAN Show Document

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Main News Topics

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• Meetup

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• Interactive booths, swag, activities and more

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• We hope to see you guys there

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Court rules that Apple cannot supply ‘refurbished or remanufactured’ iPads as warranty replacements

Source 1: posted by CaptainGazzz https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/771998-dutch-court-rules-that-apple-cannot-supply-%E2%80%98refurbished-or-remanufactured%E2%80%99-ipads-as-warranty-replacements/

Source 2: https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/25/can-apple-provide-a-refurbished-remanufactured-ipad-under-warranty-netherlands-holland/

 

• Following a previous Dutch court ruling that Apple cannot provide refurbished products as warranty replacements, a new ruling has outlawed ‘remanufactured’ units also.

  • Apple must, the court found, supply brand new models exactly as it would to a paying customer

• Apple’s refurbished products are ones which have been sold and later returned to the company. They are returned to as-new standard, and given the same warranty as brand new devices. In addition to being used for warranty replacements, they are also made available for sale at a typical discount of around 14-15%.

• Remanufactured products are newly-manufactured but may include used parts harvested from broken models. These are not made available for sale, says the company, but used only as warranty replacements.

• Customer service perspective vs. Environmental perspective

 

A Rant about LTT's Latest $1000 Build Guide

Source 1:  posted by DocSwag https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/775329-a-rant-about-ltts-latest-1000-build-guide/

Source 2:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/775329-a-rant-about-ltts-latest-1000-build-guide/?page=4

 

• get rekt.

 

Repost: AMD making money from ad revenue from installing drivers!?

Source 1: posted by zMeul https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/772278-amd-making-money-from-ad-revenue-from-installing-drivers/

Source 2:

 

• AMD driver puts a Quake shortcut on your desktop

 

AMD stock price falls >20% in single day

Source 1: posted by AnonymousGuy https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/774560-amd-stock-price-falls-20-in-single-day-on-lackluster-q1-earnings/

Source 2: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-stock-ryzen-cpu-share,34314.html

 

• Shares of Advanced Micro Devices plunged on Tuesday following a first-quarter report that failed to justify the stock's 300% gain last year.

• AMD stock was down 19% at 11:40 a.m.

• AMD reported strong results that were in line with expectations, but the fickle stock market punished the company after it revealed lower-than-expected margins and relatively low Q2 margin guidance

  • AMD reported a 33% margin for Q2, which is only slightly lower than the 34% it posted in Q1.

• AMD reported $984 million in revenue (up 18% year over year) and a $29 million net operating loss (down from $73 million year over year) as it claws its way back to profitability.

  • The company also reported an 18% revenue increase due to Ryzen and GPU sales.

• But there’s still hope!

  • AMD has shipped Ryzen processors for only one month of the quarter, and it also has Vega slated for release in Q2.

  • Their Naples platform will also help, as will market share gains in the lucrative data center segment

  • Ryzen 3 processors are also slated for the second half of the year, which could help boost sales volume.

 

AMD Radeon RX Vega Specs Leaked In Linux Patch

Source 1: http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-vega-specs-leaked-linux-patch/

Source 2: http://www.game-debate.com/news/22847/amd-radeon-rx-vega-specifications-leak-in-linux-driver-update-alleged-benchmarks-surface

 

• The first update adding comprehensive Vega feature support to Linux was issued yesterday, revealing details about Vega’s spec

 

Graphics Card	Radeon RX 480	Radeon RX Vega
GPU	Polaris 10 XT	Vega 10 XT
Process Node	14nm	14nm
Shader Engines	4	4
Stream Processors	2304	4096
Performance	5.8 TFLOPS 5.8 (FP16) TFLOPS	12.5 TFLOLPS 25 (FP16) TFLOPS
Render Output Units	32	64
Texture Mapping Units	144	256
Hardware Threads	4	8
Memory Interface	256-bit	2048-bit
Memory	8GB GDDR5	8GB HBM2

 

Coffee Lake 6 Core CPU spotted by WCCFtech

Source 1: posted by DELTAprime https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/770914-coffee-lake-6-core-cpu-spotted-by-wccftech/

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/intel-coffee-lake-desktop-6-core-4-core-cpu-leaked/

 

• Intel Coffee Lake chips were previously going to launch in January 2018 (CES). But AMD launches have pushed Intel to launch as early as August at GamesCom 2017

 

CPU Name	Intel Core i5-7600K	Intel Core i5-8***	Intel Core i7-7700K	Intel Core i7-8***
CPU Family	Kaby Lake-S	Coffee Lake-S	Kaby Lake-S	Coffee Lake-S
CPU Process	14nm	14nm	14nm	14nm
CPU Cores	4	6	4	6
CPU Threads	4	6	8	12
Base Clock	3.80 GHz	3.50 GHz (ES)	4.20 GHz	TBD
Boost Clock	4.20 GHz	3.50 GHz (ES)	4.50 GHz	TBD
L2 Cache	1 MB (256 KB per Core)	1.5 MB (256 KB per Core)	1 MB (256 KB per Core)	1.5 MB (256 KB per Core)
L3 Cache	6 MB	9 MB	8 MB	12 MB
Unlocked Design	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Socket Support	LGA 1151	LGA 1151?	LGA 1151	LGA 1151?
PCH	200-Series	300-Series	200-Series	300-Series
TDP	91W	TBD	91W	TBD

 

Microsoft Announces the Surface Laptop

Source 1: posted by GoodBytes https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/774467-microsoft-announces-the-surface-laptop-aimed-at-students/

Source 2:

 

• It’s a 13.5inch laptop featuring a Microsoft 3:2 aspect ratio Pixel Sense display

• IO:

  1. 1x USB 3.0,

  2. Mini DisplayPort

  3. and a headphone plug.

  4. The Surface line magnetic power connector.

• 2.76lb (1.25kg), and is 14.47mm max thickness

• Has a magnesium body, and fabric surface palm rest area.

• available is several colors:

  1. Cobalt Blue,

  2. Graphite Gold,

  3. Burgundy,

  4. and Platinum.

• The keyboard area is the same felt material from the Surface Pro 4 keyboard.

• The OS is the new Windows 10 S edition (S stands for School).

  1. This is version of Windows 10 can only run Windows Store apps (Win32 and UWP apps.

  2. Forces you to use Edge and Bing

  3. Windows 10 S can be converted to Windows 10 Pro.

  4.  

• Specs:

  1. CPU: Core i5 / i7 U series CPU

  2. RAM: 4GB, 8GB and 16GB LPDDR3 available as option

  3. Storage: PCI-E SSD available in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB

  4. 14.5h of battery life

  5. Screen Resolution: 2256x1504

 

• Starting at $999

• Available June 15

 

What’s Coming Out on Floatplane? Go Over Current Week.

Rapid Fire

 

Valve Limits Steam’s Gifting System Without Warning

Source 1: https://techraptor.net/content/valve-limits-steam-gifting

Source 2: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57380/steams-gift-changes-hurt-key-resellers-gamers/index.html

• Valve has announced several changes to Steam’s gifting system.

• Before,

  • users on Steam could purchase a game as a gift and store that copy in their inventory for later use.

  • When sending games, users could either deliver the gift directly through Steam or attach it to an email through the client if you weren’t friends with the giftee on the service.

• With the changes, you cannot store gifts for future use.

  • When purchasing a game you already own, you are forced to choose a recipient of the gift and a time when it will be delivered.

  • Sending games through email is now impossible

  • it is now possible to schedule a game to be delivered months in advance.

• Collectors have often used Steam’s gift inventory to store and trade copies of delisted Steam titles

• These changes will also affect users who trade and sell Steam gifts on third party websites

• gifts you already have stored will not be affected

 

Qualcomm to Seek U.S. Import Ban for iPhones

Source 1: posted by WMGroomAK https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/775378-continuing-applequalcomm-saga-qualcomm-plans-to-petition-itc-to-ban-iphone-imports/

Source 2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-03/qualcomm-said-to-seek-u-s-import-ban-for-iphones

 

• Incensed over Apple Inc.’s decision to stop paying it billions of dollars in licensing fees for smartphone chips, Qualcomm Inc. plans to retaliate by asking a U.S. trade agency to ban US imports of iPhones

• The ITC has the power to block the import of goods into the U.S. and processes cases more quickly than federal district courts

• The current iPhone uses a mixture of Intel Corp. and Qualcomm modems to connect to networks. Up until the iPhone 7, Qualcomm was the exclusive supplier of that crucial part.

• The company’s patents cover the fundamentals of how data and voice is encoded and transmitted between networks and phones. By stopping payment to contract manufacturers who make the iPhone -- who, in turn, pay Qualcomm -- Apple is interfering with contracts that predate the debut of the iPhone, Qualcomm argues.

• A successful appeal to the ITC could potentially lock it out of the U.S. market, which accounts for 40 percent of Apple’s total sales.

 

SpaceX to launch broadband satellites in 2019

Source 1: posted by NonHexa https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/775181-spacex-to-launch-broadband-satellites-in-2019/

Source 2: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-will-launch-thousands-of-broadband-satellites/

 

• SpaceX today said its planned constellation of 4,425 broadband satellites will launch from the Falcon 9 rocket beginning in 2019 and continue launching in phases until reaching full capacity in 2024.

• Later this year, SpaceX will begin the process of testing the satellites themselves, launching one prototype before the end of the year and another during the early months of 2018

• The 4,425 satellites will "operate in 83 orbital planes (at altitudes ranging from 1,110km to 1,325km)," and "require associated ground control facilities, gateway Earth stations, and end-user Earth stations,"

• SpaceX has also proposed an additional 7,500 satellites operating even closer to the ground, saying that this will boost capacity and reduce latency in heavily populated areas.

• SpaceX's satellites will essentially operate as a mesh network and "allocate broadband resources in real time, placing capacity where it is most needed

• Customer terminals will be the size of a laptop.

• While speeds should hit a gigabit per second, SpaceX said it "intends to market different packages of data at different price points, accommodating a variety of consumer demands."

• Current satellite ISPs have latencies of 600ms or more, according to FCC measurements, but SpaceX has said its own system will have latencies between 25 and 35ms.

 

Intel tells Core i7-7700K owners to stop overclocking

Source 1: posted by Mr.Meerkat https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/775456-intel-tells-core-i7-7700k-owners-to-stop-overclocking/

Source 2: http://www.pcgamer.com/intels-tells-core-i7-7700k-owners-to-stop-overclocking-to-avoid-high-temps/?

 

• Some owners of Intel's Core i7-7700 and 7700K processors have been complaining for the past three months of unusual temperature increases of up  90C, close to the Core i7-7700's maximum 100C threshold

• Intel’s response: “We do not recommend running outside the processor specifications, such as by exceeding processor frequency or voltage specifications, or removing of the integrated heat spreader (sometimes called 'de-lidding'). These actions will void the processor warranty."

 

UHD Blu-Ray Disc encryption finally cracked

Source 1: posted by Terodius https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/774648-uhd-blu-ray-disc-encryption-finally-cracked/

Source 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/68w9pl/aacs_20_cracked/

 

• A Full-fledged copy of the 4K UHD Bluray release of The Smurfs 2 has been posted on private tracker ultrahdclub.org

• The member who posted it claims this release was achieved through cracking the encryption of the drive itself and not through the more common HDCP stripping and capture method.

 

Amazon's new Echo Look will judge your fashion sense for only $199.99

Source 1: posted by SCGazelle https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/772165-amazons-new-echo-look-will-judge-your-fashion-sense-for-only-19999/

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/26/15435550/amazon-echo-look-200-smart-camera-mirror-stylist

 

• Amazon has announced the Echo Look, an Echo with a camera on it that works with a "style assistant" companion app that will catalog your outfit and rate it using AI trained by fashion specialists.

• A Style Check feature will help you compare two outfits by rating which is better.

• It can also take full length photos and show the user angles that you wouldn't be able to see from a regular mirror

• The device appears to be Amazon’s way of expanding its fashion retail shop, as it will store your lookbook and recommend outfits that suit your style

 

Long lost Starcraft gold source code found, finder handsomely rewarded

Source 1: posted by Raskolnikov https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/775507-long-lost-starcraft-gold-source-code-found-finder-handsomely-rewarded/

Source 2: http://mashable.com/2017/05/04/starcraft-source-disc/#h6NzQBM69iqs

 

• Back in 2000, a disc containing StarCraft source code was stolen from Blizzard, forcing them to start from scratch

• A month ago a random Reddit user, Khemist, bought a bunch of Blizzard stuff on Ebay, including a disc labeled StarCraft Gold Master Source Code

• Khemist handed it over to Blizzard and received

  1. A copy of Overwatch

  2. $250 in Blizzard store credit

  3. A tonne of Overwatch + Diablo swag

  4. Free trip to BlizzCON

• ...he could have gotten WAY more for that disc

 

Seagate finally commits to HAMR launch

Source 1: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11315/seagate-ships-35th-millionth-smr-hdd-confirms-hamrbased-hard-drives-in-late-2018

Source 2: http://images.anandtech.com/doci/9858/astc_technology_roadmap.png

 

• This week Seagate, for the first time, set a precise launch timeframe for HDDs that use Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording: end of 2018.

[The Sloth]

@zMeul you made it into the news

[Techstorm970]

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

@zMeul you made it into the news

So did you!  

[The Sloth]

6 minutes ago, techstorm970 said:

So did you!  

you too

[unijab]

Linus can you talk to 45Drives about selling just the cases??? 

 

please!!!

[zMeul]

47 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

@zMeul you made it into the news

I make into the news for various reasons

what did I do this time?! 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

I make into the news for various reasons

what did I do this time?! 

 

listen for yourself 

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

listen for yourself 

it's 1h long and it's ~5:30AM 

[The Sloth]

Just now, zMeul said:

it's 1h long and it's ~5:30AM 

i marked the part for you. 

[2FA]

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

listen for yourself 

pure savage

[captain_to_fire]

Shots fired by Luke and Linus at the beginning of the WAN show. 

[zMeul]

10 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i marked the part for you. 

expected from @LinusTech

he confuses me with someone else

 

from someone who calls me out for being anti-AMD, he said "AMD appears" - when it was confirmed and fixed by AMD's own people

 

and now people on the forums have extra motivation to attack me on the forums ... thanks @LinusTech

Edited May 6, 2017 by zMeul

[The Sloth]

Just now, zMeul said:

expected from @LinusTech

he confuses me with someone else

 

nope, sounded like you. 

[zMeul]

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

nope, sounded like you. 

now you are confusing me with someone else

 

am I very anti-AMD? for sure!

am I defending Intel? nope! just look at my post history

[The Sloth]

11 minutes ago, zMeul said:

am I very anti-AMD? for sure!

 

 

 

ummm... not a good thing their buddy. Intel and AMD are corporations if one of them died the other will have a monopoly, which will basically create overpriced junk. 2600k to 6700k(7700k was a really bad joke with telling consumers not to overclock a k chip because they cheaped out on thermal paste, also 4k Netflix support) shows how much intel cares about pushing boundaries on the consumer platform. look i am not for or against's one company, i really want competition.  

 

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

ummm... not a good thing their buddy. Intel and AMD are corporations if one of them died the other will have a monopoly, which will basically create overpriced junk. 2600k to 6700k(7700k was a really bad joke with telling consumers not to overclock a k chip because they cheaped out on thermal paste, also 4k Netflix support) shows how much intel cares about pushing boundaries on the consumer platform.

and why should I give a fuck!?

if AMD goes down and Intel won't produce worthwhile products, people won't buy anything or very little and Intel would lose massively

 

for all the shit AMD did and does they can go fuck themselves, I'll drive them there 

[The Sloth]

Just now, zMeul said:

if AMD goes down and Intel won't produce worthwhile products, people won't buy anything or very little and Intel would lose massivel

not how it works, we need competition to push things forward." people won't buy anything or very little and Intel would lose massively" that's a  paper thin argument. 

 

2 minutes ago, zMeul said:

for all the shit AMD did and does they can go fuck themselves, I'll drive them there 

so does every corporation in the world and they all should get publicly shamed for what they did not just one company. 

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

and why should I give a fuck!?

 

 

figure it out, communicating a message without swearing is a life skill. 

[zMeul]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

not how it works, we need competition to push things forward." people won't buy anything or very little and Intel would lose massively" that's a  paper thin argument. 

 

so does every corporation in the world and they all should get publicly shamed for what they did not just one company. 

figure it out, communicating a message without swearing is a life skill. 

• and how's that going? AMD's stock fumbled on itself bursting from all the hype AMD pumped into Ryzen; for their sake I hope Vega is good 
• I do not defend corporations!!!! I accuse them for every fucking shit they do, even posted about intel doing some shit
• I like swearing - it's something of mine that differentiates me as a individual from robots and sheepies 

[The Sloth]

5 minutes ago, zMeul said:

and how's that going? AMD's stock fumbled on itself bursting from all the hype AMD pumped into Ryzen; for their sake I hope Vega is good 

 

 

they are losing less money which is good, hope they can finally bring something good with vega. ryzen was good as i expected, my wifes 1800x can compete with my 5960x in terms of raw power while costing less. 

 

5 minutes ago, zMeul said:

• I do not defend corporations!!!! I accuse them for every fucking shit they do, even posted about intel doing some shit
•  

 

 

you really need to re-evaluate what your account is about then.   

 

5 minutes ago, zMeul said:

• I like swearing - it's something of mine that differentiates me as a individual from robots and sheepies 

well in my experience( on the forum and when i was a teenager) most people like swearing and using emojis, that makes you blend into the background instead of standing out. 

[zMeul]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

they are losing less money which is good, hope they can finally bring something good with vega. ryzen was good as i expected, my wifes 1800x can compete with my 5960x in terms of raw power while costing less. 

again, why should I care?!

do you actually think that did anything in the industry?! I'll be laughing if you think so

a lot of people trough that Intel will immediately lower the prices, what happened?! it didn't ... duh!

Intel will continue to launch new CPUs and new sockets just as usual while AMD will scratch their heads for the next 4y - gg

 

Quote

you really need to re-evaluate what your account is about then.

huh!? 

 

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well in my experience( on the forum and when i was a teenager) most people like swearing and using emojis, that makes you blend into the background instead of standing out. 

huh!? 

[Techstorm970]

1 hour ago, nerdslayer1 said:

you too

Really?  Where?  

[ahuckphin]

Finally, Linus eats on the wan show, throwback 

 

Also Linus, your timestamps you included in your video description is terrible these days. Missing so many things. 

[Master Disaster]

WAN = Watch Adverts Now

 

33 mins into the show and so far they've spent less than 2 minutes talking about a news topic (that Linus abandoned without even finishing and went on a tangent about his personal stock market experience) and 31 minutes talking about LTX, FPC & SYW.

 

Who members when WAN was a news show and not a means for them to peddle their wares?

[mrchow19910319]

I'm sorry but I have to do this... 

Spoiler

 

[mrchow19910319]

Kudos to linus to talk about the 1000 dollar budget build and other stuff.