Dec 15, 2017 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

 

Main News Topics

Rumour: Galaxy S9 coming in February?!

Source 1: posted by mankeez https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873661-galaxy-s9-and-s9-rumoured-for-2018/

Source 2: http://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s9

 

• Samsung may be unveiling the Galaxy S9 and S9+ at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which starts Feb 26 2018

• The phones aren’t expected to be dramatically different from the S8 and S8+ but there are some rumours, including:

  • Snapdragon 845 in the US version, Exynos 9810 chipset globally

  • An in-screen fingerprint scanner

  • a rear camera that can shoot at 1,000 frames per second

  • An improved IRIS scanner for face unlock

  • Stereo AKG speakers and a free set of Bluetooth AKG headphones.

  • a new glass coating technology that makes water bounce off the screen.

  • S9 Plus a dual-lens camera in the S9+, the S9 will just have a single-lens one

  • Just 4GB of RAM

  • a sensor which analyzes atmospheric conditions and alerts you to how much pollution there is in the air.

  • Priced around $725 /  £639 / AU$1200

 

Intel Planning Steep Cuts To 'Intel Inside' Program

Source 1: posted by NumLock21 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873605-intel-to-cut-back-on-its-intel-inside-program/

Source 2: http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/300096616/sources-intel-planning-steep-cuts-to-landmark-intel-inside-program-that-will-ripple-across-pc-industry.htm

 

• Intel is scaling back it’s Intel Inside program, which could potentially leads to things like PC price increases from OEMs or cutbacks in marketing from systems builders and solution providers.

• From major Intel partner:

"The marketing funds have been moved to other groups within Intel that aren’t channel-specific or PC-centric. The funds will now go towards driving the business in data center, giving more to the data side of the house instead of compute. A lot of dollars are moving to other areas or kept in house to improve Intel’s profit and margins."

• The Intel Inside program is not going away.

 

Title II is done-zo

Source 1: posted by EvilCat70 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873267-the-fcc-just-killed-net-neutrality-updated-1851-gmt/

Source 2: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/14/16776154/fcc-net-neutrality-vote-results-rules-repealed

 

• In a 3-2 vote today, the Federal Communications Commission declassified internet providers as Title II common carriers

• But does that mean net neutrality is dead?

• James Opinion: Net neutrality lives! Title II does not equal net neutrality. This issue is overblown.

  • The question isn’t should we have net neutrality, it’s how should we have it.

  • The FTC will regulate the industry as needed (ex post) instead of time and money being spent preventing transgressions proactively (ex ante).

 

Patreon is Sorry

Source 1: posted by AluminiumTech https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/872888-patreon-is-sorry-and-wont-be-rolling-out-fee-changes-due-to-backlash/

Source 2: https://blog.patreon.com/updating-patreons-fee-structure/

 

• Patreon announced that they were going to change their fee structure, and then they un-announced it.

• Under their current plan, Patreon bundles transactions on a monthly basis so that the transaction fees (paid by creators) are minimized

• The proposed change would give creator’s more predictable and consistent incomes, as transaction fees would be pushed to patrons, and would charged to each individual pledge.

• Patreon’s Creator community revolted,because their patrons were revolting

• James’ opinion: Patreon’s mistake was focusing on their customer: the creators- even though it’s the volume and quality of the patrons that hold the keys to Patreon’s success.

  • They need to please patrons before creators.

 

Disney to acquire 21st Century FOX for $52.4 Billion

Source 1: posted by d-kressjr https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873243-walt-disney-to-acquire-21st-century-fox-for-524-billion/

Source 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/business/dealbook/disney-fox-deal.html

 

• The Walt Disney Company has reached a deal to buy most of 21st Century Fox’s properties, giving them the muscle to challenge Netflix, Apple, and Amazon

  • Not included in the acquisition: Fox News, the Fox broadcast network and the FS1 sports cable channel

• Disney has already announced an ambitious plan to introduce two streaming services by 2019.

  • ESPN Plus, will arrive in the spring.

  • A second offering built around the Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar brands, will roll out late next year.

  • Disney will now also own a majority stake in Hulu, an established service that focuses on older viewers with programming that includes ABC shows.

    • Disney previously owned 3%. Comcast and Time Warner also have stakes

• “This will allow us to greatly accelerate our direct-to-consumer strategy, which is our highest priority.”

• Goodbye Cable TV: To augment ESPN Plus, Disney is adding 21st Century Fox’s chain of 22 regional cable networks dedicated to sports, including the YES Network, which carries New York Yankees games.

• Disney is buying the Fox television studio, which has 36 series in production, including

  • “The Simpsons,”

  • “Homeland,”

  • “This Is Us”

  • “Modern Family.”

 

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

Rapid Fire

PubG creator says games need 'better protection' from copycat titles

Source 1: posted by porino https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873128-pubg-creator-copycat-concerns/

Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42320076/pubg-creator-says-games-need-better-protection-from-copycat-titles

 

• PubG creator Brendan Greene claims elements of his game have been ripped off by other titles and he wants better protection from copycats.

• "I want other developers to put their own spin on the genre... not just lift things from our game,"

• In China there are several titles that have the same premise, gameplay and even graphics.

  • Some are barely distinguishable from PubG itself, others have special licence, like a Terminator 2 themed version

• "There's no intellectual property protection in games.

  • "In movies and music there is IP protection and you can really look after your work.

  • In gaming that doesn't exist yet, and it's something that should be looked into.

 

EVGA old video card trade in contest

Source 1: posted by NumLock 21 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873599-evga-old-video-card-trade-in-contest/

Source 2: https://www.evga.com/articles/01177/evga-christmas-miracle/

Source 3: https://www.evga.com/evgabucks/

 

• Are you the owner of an EVGA ACS or ACS 2?

• If so, EVGA will pay you 1,000 EVGA Bucks for it!

• The offer is available for a maximum of 3 ACS owners and 3 ACS2 owners.

• EVGA bucks are used to make purchases in the EVGA online store, and are roughly worth the same as the USD

• But why do they want it?

  • Making a museum or display?

 

Verizon is suing Mozilla for using Google

Source 1: posted by AluminiumTech https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873136-verizon-is-suing-mozilla-for-not-using-yahoo-as-the-default-search-engine-in-firefox/

Source 2: https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/06/oath-and-mozilla-are-suing-each-other-after-firefox-switches-back-to-google-search/

 

• Yahoo’s new parent company, Oath, filed a complaint against Mozilla on December 1, alleging a breach of contract.

• Now Mozilla has filed a counter complaint, stating that the switch back was in line with a deal struck between the two companies.  

• In 2014, Yahoo struck a deal that would make its search engine the default for Mozilla’s browser, to the tune of $375 million a year.

• When Verizon bought Yahoo, it inherited an annual payment of $375 million through 2019.

• According to the deal, Yahoo (or whoever owns Yahoo) is obligated to continue payments, even if Mozilla were to drop the search engine as its default.

  • Mozilla was given a contractual right to terminate the agreement if Yahoo was found unacceptable for some reason.

• Mozilla DID in fact make Google their default browser for their new Firefox Quantum browser, and they think they did so legally:

  • “When it became clear that continuing to use Yahoo as our default search provider would have a negative impact ...we exercised our contractual right to terminate the agreement and entered into an agreement with another provider.”

 

Robots shoo away homeless people in San Francisco

Source 1: https://qz.com/1154649/a-knightscope-security-robot-is-being-used-to-shoo-away-homeless-people-in-san-francisco/

Source 2:

 

• The San Francisco SPCA has been ordered by the city to stop using a robot to patrol the sidewalks outside its office

• The robot, produced by Knightscope, autonomously patrols a set area using a combination of Lidar and other sensors, and can alert security services of potentially criminal activity , and ensure that homeless people don’t set up camps outside of the office.

• Knightscope’s business model is to rent the robots to customers for $7 an hour, which is about $3 less than minimum wage in California.

• the San Francisco SPCA adorned the robot it was renting with stickers of cute kittens and puppies

• According to Knightscope, “The robot was not brought in to clear the area of homeless individuals. Knightscope was deployed, however, to serve and protect the SPCA,”

  • The SPCA has reported fewer car break-ins and overall improved safety and quality of the surrounding area.”

• San Francisco recently voted to cut down on the number of robots that roam the streets of the city; the city said it would issue the SPCA a fine of $1,000 per day for illegally operating on a public right-of-way

 

First Ever: SpaceX Launches Reused Rocket and Capsule

Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-15/spacex-launches-reused-rocket-capsule-in-nasa-resupply-mission’

Source 2: https://www.space.com/39063-spacex-launches-used-rocket-dragon-spacecraft-for-nasa.html

 

• For the first time, SpaceX has successfully launched a previously used rocket and a recycled cargo capsule during the same mission

  • The Dragon capsule visited the ISS in April 2015,

  • and the Falcon 9 first stage launched a different Dragon toward the ISS in June 2017.

  • Never before had SpaceX launched a pre-flown spacecraft atop a pre-flown rocket — and never before had the company employed a used rocket on a cargo mission for NASA

• SpaceX’s 17th launch this year, took off Friday morning carrying 4,800 pounds of research, crew supplies, and hardware to the International Space Station

• SpaceX landed the rocket’s first stage on land for reuse in a future launch.

  • The second time it’s done this

• NASA approved the use of a pre-flown booster after conducting an extensive review of the risks involved fficials said.

• SpaceX has now pulled off 20 first-stage landings during orbital flights and re-flown landed boosters on four separate occasions.

 

Amazon backs down in Google streaming spat

Source 1: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42365354

Source 2:

 

• Google recently pulled Youtube app from Amaazon Echo Show and FireTV devices

• They did this because Amazon stopped selling Nest devices, along with Google Home and Chromecast.

• Now the two are in “productive talks” toward a mutually beneficial agreement, and Amazon has announced it will resume sales of the Google Chromecast and Apple TV

  • Other google -branded products remain unavailable

 

Julia from NCIX Tech Tips is back on Youtube

Source 1: posted by stargaze https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/873704-looks-like-julia-formerly-from-ncix-tech-tips-is-back-behind-the-camera-on-youtube/

Source 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=P1dIXJy8WK8

 

• Julia is now with Mike’s Computer Shop and their new Youtube Channel MCS

[JoostinOnline]

We spent nearly 20 minutes trying to tell you that the contest link was broken.  Did you look at the chat log ONCE?

[William Payne]

The net neutrality thing is nuts, in fact the entire american internet setup is nuts. Here in New Zealand they are trying to get fibre everywhere. I have it in my house. The fastest I can pay to get in my house is Gigabit speed. I am not currently at that speed but plan to get it. 

 

Though also here in New Zealand all infrastructure is owned by the government sort of. Also all the ISP's pretty much offer the same thing and just compete with each other on pricing and are also nationwide, so if you aren't happy with one provider you can go to another. 

 

There is no exclusivity. 

 

[Egg-Roll]

For the Net Neutrality, if i understand it right then i am worried esp with what Bell is trying to do... Because I'm using a reseller on Bell lines if Bell gets their way it could greatly affect me depending on how they do it or get it. I already have to deal with them screwing around with my internet speeds, i don't need more issues from them...

 

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-december-08-2017-the-current-1.4437902/q-a-what-would-a-u-s-repeal-of-net-neutrality-mean-for-canadians-1.4437993

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PC: Who and why would people want this in the U.S.? Who does this benefit, getting rid of it?

LT: Ultimately this benefits a very small handful of the telecom companies. It's just the big companies that are trying to protect their own business interests. They are ones that used to own cable and they're not making money off of you anymore. So they're trying to make money off of the internet now instead.

 

4 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

As far as the robots and homeless people article, what's stopping someone from picking up the robots and stealing them?

hitchbot R.I.P If you destroy a robot there's something wrong with you, if you try to steal one you're an idiot because it likely has GPS.

[Imbellis]

Ahhh... my $90+ for what really ends up as ~1.2 Mbps down & .3Mbps up. Guess Who? Verizon.

 

As far as Luke's reaction, " Holy crap - European hotel WiFi is awesome!" I respond, "Holy crap - Any hotel WiFi is awesome!"

[captain_to_fire]

I don't know if @Slick likes organic chemistry but I'm digging his blue shirt with the 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene design. And my thoughts exactly when it's a Luke and James WAN show.

Edited December 16, 2017 by hey_yo_

[Tumppi]

I think that the WAN show document writer being also a host is cheating. I liked the parts when there were screw ups with the document and there would be an "I blame Colton" -moment.

 

Also, I miss seeing Nick and Jon. Would love to see a very technical nerdy show with Max.

 

And this is not because James is more critical of the net neutrality "apocalypse". I happen to agree.

[Jerped]

Hhmmmmm the link in the video description to the forum post is wrong. It links to last week's WAN show instead of this one

 

Link as of 12/16/2017 2:54 AM EST:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/867914-dec-1-2017-the-wan-show-document/

 

 

[Zen_Beats]

I heard what James had to say about Net Neutrality repeal and,

 

If this is not such a bad thing, and not what we understand it to be, why is FCC doing incredibly shady stuff,

 

Like deleting people's emails sent to them, forging fake emails supporting that supports the end of NN ,

 

I read somewhere that almost 80% of the people who emailed FCC opposing NN said they didn't actually send a message,

 

Patty Duke, an actress who died in March 2016, sent three emails in 2017 from beyond the grave to FCC in support of the repeal.

10 hours ago, LinusTech said:

-snip-

[HimymCZe]

good job Luke, you did NOT delete anything this time. 
all yt links are just copypaste from 2 weeks ago and linking 2 weeks old WAN document, but at least this time you manage to REWRITE it. good job, one day you might learn what hypertext...

[Guest]

7 hours ago, William Payne said:

The net neutrality thing is nuts, in fact the entire american internet setup is nuts. Here in New Zealand they are trying to get fibre everywhere. I have it in my house. The fastest I can pay to get in my house is Gigabit speed. I am not currently at that speed but plan to get it. 

 

Though also here in New Zealand all infrastructure is owned by the government sort of. Also all the ISP's pretty much offer the same thing and just compete with each other on pricing and are also nationwide, so if you aren't happy with one provider you can go to another. 

 

There is no exclusivity. 

 

In New Zealand there are only two companies that own the infrastructure, that’s pretty exclusive tbh. 

[William Payne]

7 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

In New Zealand there are only two companies that own the infrastructure, that’s pretty exclusive tbh. 

Yes but both are under government regulations. I remember Telecom years back got ordered by the government to not cause a monopoly on the industry. 

[William Payne]

2 hours ago, William Payne said:

Yes but both are under government regulations. I remember Telecom years back got ordered by the government to not cause a monopoly on the industry. 

To add to this, Chorus for example owns the vast majority of the infrastructure in New Zealand and yes its a publicly traded company not owned by the government. But for example the installation of fibre, that was a government contract that Chorus won the bid for, so the government paid chorus to do that. So as per contract, Chorus has to follow what the government wants. Also while chorus owns the lines, they are not allowed to sell service directly to consumers. Only to ISP's.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_New_Zealand#Fibre

[N0rm]

Some places in the US have municipal broadband. Most people just don't feel the need for speed. Netflix recommends 5Mbps for HD, Twitch's maximum bitrate is 6Mbps, etc. At some point all you get is faster downloads.

[William Payne]

I think what stuffs up the internet in certain aspects of the USA is that there appears to be areas where you have to go through a certain provider. Like that provider has exclusivity to that area. That to me is weird and as a foreigner not something I am used to. 

[SeeEye]

I don't really understand how James got the net neutrality argument so wrong.

 

There *were* net neturality standards before Title 2 designation, but they were struck down by DC District Court. They said it was reclassification to Title 2 or nothing, so the FCC reclassified. Getting rid of Title 2 classification for ISPs is getting rid of net neutrality as we know it (in the US).

 

The only caveat is that Congress will vote on the issue, but with the support of POTUS and most Republicans for eliminating net neutrality it's unlikely to remain.

[Anghammarad]

On 16.12.2017 at 5:17 AM, Egg-Roll said:

hitchbot R.I.P If you destroy a robot there's something wrong with you, if you try to steal one you're an idiot because it likely has GPS.

Reading about that while following the project I really thought "Whow! what an ugly place the world can be..." and I was kind of sad for the little smily robot.

He had some good runs and seen a part of the world... 

[icjinu]

PUBG does not need better protection. Make the better game, get the more players. Stop crying and stop being greedy. I used to live from photography, a lot of copyright BS there as well, I just made the customer pay enough first hand.

[icjinu]

I think you should research more if you wanna talk politics:

You have MAJOR problems in Canada with a leader creating an islamic country. At least the US is not battling this. Not enough though.

 

Islam is the major enemy of the western countries, no doubt.

[Egg-Roll]

2 hours ago, icjinu said:

I think you should research more if you wanna talk politics:

You have MAJOR problems in Canada with a leader creating an islamic country. At least the US is not battling this. Not enough though.

 

Islam is the major enemy of the western countries, no doubt.

If you want to blame anyone blame yourself if you're Canadian.

 

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/02/08/canadas-fertility-rate-continues-to-put-pressure-on-immigration.html

 

You say get more information yet you yourself lack the basics. Canadians not only have a low birthrate we also are doing so in later dates, this is mostly due to cost of living, dying industry among many other factors including equality, safer fun times, toys and the internet.

 

You want that fixed? Enslave women again, remove safe practices promote rape ban the internet and ban those toys. Seeing as 3 would be impossible/illegal to do and 2 would kill at least 2 industries that brings in hundreds of millions it would be illogical to do.

 

Immigration is the only logical thing to do to keep populations up w/o handing out large tax breaks and monthly checks. So please take your white supremacy elsewhere.