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  1. Re:Technically they're hashed (at least w/Google.. on Facebook Will Reveal Who Uploaded Your Contact Info For Ad Targeting (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if it was Facebook or Google or both, you don't technically match on email address. They technically match on hashes of email addresses to protect your "privacy". Look out for that doublespeak when it comes to advertisers online...

    The point being discussed was whether advertisers download or upload. I'm simply pointing out that advertisers can upload as well

  2. Re:Upload or download? on Facebook Will Reveal Who Uploaded Your Contact Info For Ad Targeting (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    TFA says "uploaded" multiple times. Doesn't it seem like advertisers would download (not upload) your info from Facebook?

    AFAIK, one of the advertising method available on facebook is that advertisers can upload a list of contact info (phone numbers, email addresses) to facebook, and facebook will match these info to their corresponding accounts, and voila, ads are served to you. I remember this when I review what facebook has on me, and they showed me which advertisers has my email address and upload them to facebook

  3. Does anyone know of a website like Slashdot but without all the whiny little bitches? Seriously, where are the people that enjoy life and actually thrive? People that are grateful for what they have and see each day as a gift. WHERE ARE THEY?

    You're clicking an article about politics and net neutrality expecting those?

  4. Re:The list... on Several Popular Apps Share Data With Facebook Without User Consent (ft.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal Duolingo: Learn Languages Free Family Locator - GPS Tracker Indeed Job Search Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor & Pulse Checker KAYAK Flights, Hotels & Cars King James Bible (KJV) Free Muslim Pro - Prayer Times, Azan, Quran & Qibla My Talking Tom / My Talking Hank etc Period Tracker Clue: Period & Ovulation Calculator Qibla Connect® Find Direction- Prayer, Azan, Quran Shazam Skyscanner - Cheap Flights, Hotels and Car Rental (Ad Personalisation = Off) Skyscanner - Cheap Flights, Hotels and Car Rental (Ad Personalisation = On) Spotify Music Super-Bright LED Flashlight The Weather Channel: Local Forecast & Weather Maps TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Restaurants Attractions VK (vkontakte) Yelp Salatuk (Prayer time)

    Bible - Audio, Daily Verse, Study & Offline, Free BMI Calculator & Weight Loss Tracker Candy Crush Saga Clean Master - Antivirus, Cleaner & Booster Dropbox HP ePrint (No Longer in Google Play Store) Opera Browser Period Tracker, My Calendar Phone Tracker By Number Security Master - Antivirus, VPN, AppLock, Booster Skater Boy Speedtest by Ookla WeChat

    According to the article, the list of offending apps stopped at Salatuk. The rest, starting from Bible up to wechat do not or no longer share infos to facebook

  5. Oh, and another source of confusion: what is a Ryzen 3? Is that zen-3-formerly-known-as-zen-2 or is it the cheap budget PC bin?

    I think that is actually why they formally use the over complicated "2nd Generation Ryzen" instead of Ryzen 2 or Ryzen+. Intel do this as well. To make things worse the first gen mobile and APU parts were based on the 14nm Zen instead of 12nm Zen+ and name 2xxxH and 2xxxG respectively

    Of course, I meant to write "they will reimagine it as Zen 5 skipping Zen 4", there's that confusion at work. To make that seem somewhat legit, they can go with "5nm means Zen 5, right?" Then just grin and go with Zen 6 for the 3nm generation.

    Or introduce yet another code name.

  6. Yes, perhaps you should do that, I already did (2xxx).

    I'm just going to have to go ahead and point out that your retort qualifies as kind of snippy, considering that you actually said "Ryzen 2 (2xxx)" which is wrong, or at best adds to the confusion.

    Well, I do kind of already using the thousand terminology that you have pointed out above and AMD website refers to the series as 2nd Generation Ryzen Processors, while many publications have dubbed them as either Ryzen 2nd Gen, Ryzen+, or Ryzen 2. Asking me to use the thousand terminology without addressing your own use of "Ryzen 2 on 7nm" is well.. not fair. What exist today is Zen 2 architecture on 7nm, and whatever product that uses it is not yet named

  7. Zen+ is Ryzen 2000 series, Zen 2 will be Ryzen 3000. It's a bit confusing. Ryzen+ means Zen+ mainstream desktop. I think AMD intended Ryzen 2 to mean Zen 2, not Zen+, but there's so much confusion about that now that it's better to stick to the thousands terminology.

    Yes, perhaps you should do that, I already did (2xxx). What is clear is that the 7nm process is named Zen 2, while the product using the architecture is yet to be named

  8. Actually, i9-9900K is 90% more expensive than Ryzen 2700X. And Intel had to fiddle the gaming benchmarks to make it look faster than it really is. These are on Intel's 14nm process, they were hoping to be on 10nm by now but that isn't happening until some time next year. Meanwhile Ryzen 2 on 7nm will be out while Coffee Lake is still shipping, oops. .

    Ryzen 2 (2xxx) series is based on 12nm process, which are already in the market. You are referring to Zen 2 architecture (Probably will be released as Ryzen 3 series)

  9. You do realize that the need for flash use depends more on the lens than the sensor? Go back and learn photography 101.

    He could be saying that the sensor produce very usable image at high ISO.

  10. Re:If it is successful on Valve Seems To Be Working On Tools To Get Windows Games Running On Linux (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows under KVM with GPU passthrough is a thing

    You still need a windows license for that

  11. Re:Just let the opensource foks on Valve Seems To Be Working On Tools To Get Windows Games Running On Linux (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect that with Valve involved the turn around time will be a lot shorter. Besides, no sane person buys a game when it comes out. It's expensive and buggy, no thanks. I'll wait a year for them to get the bugs fixed and in that time Valve can get it working on Linux.... double bonus. Plus, waiting a year is a good litmus test of if the game is any good. If after a year it's still almost full price, it's a good game. If it's 95% off, it's probably not worth your time to play.

    Capcom got Valve involved for Street Fighter V on Linux/SteamOS. That was in 2015.

  12. The new i9 which is actually the topic of this article has HT. Unless perhaps the new i7 is a rebadged older generation CPU?

  13. Re:What is the reasoning on Intel's 9th Gen Processors Rumored To Launch In October With 8 Cores (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "What kind function that are you looking for and is missing from 10Pro?"

    The ability to disable Microsoft spyware

    Ah yeah, kinda forget about that as I haven't used Windows in quite some time. Isn't Microsoft "ported" those spyware to Win7 and 8.x?

  14. Re:What is the reasoning on Intel's 9th Gen Processors Rumored To Launch In October With 8 Cores (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    At least you can just buy an i9 and youre not screwed over.

    microsoft one upped intel on this. Windows 7 professional and ultimate - the best versions of windows 7 and fit for use in corporate offices, became another version of windows 10 home - a crap edition designed for low-computer-use home users. The real Windows Professional meant for corporate users, got renamed to windows 10 enterprise.

    Enterprise version of Windows has always been there since XP to 10, available only through volume licensing or enterprise agreement.Win10 Pro is still available through retailer, and it can join a domain just fine, and even come with bitlocker, while Win7 Pro doesn't. What kind function that are you looking for and is missing from 10Pro?

  15. I'm actually really interested in giving this a go. I'm currently running Windows, with linux in virtualization, and it works very well.

    But I'd love to turn it inside out. I'm not sure where to start. What linux virtualization solution would you recommend for hosting Win10 + games with gpu virtualization?

    You say its 'good enough' to run AAA games. What sort of performance hit am I really facing? Do some games "just-not-work" What sort of stability loss am i looking at?

    I've got an i7 and a gtx1080, if that's a factor.

    What's the situation with multi-monitor support with something like this? And peripheral pass through? (usb headsets, usb controllers).

    If you can point me at a current resource that covers the setup and configuration and pitfall; that would be terrific.

    Before plunging to GPU passtrough, you should test your games with Wine and DXVK. I've been playing No Man's Sky and Fallout 4 with Wine+DXVK in 1440p for a quite a while now, on i7-6700 and GTX1080. Expect some graphic glitch here and there

  16. Re:Two sides to that on Oracle Challenges Pentagon's $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The reality is public cloud is easy, relatively reliable, and despite your assertion, it is usually significantly cheaper than on-premises, I noticed you didn't include rack space, building power, air con, maintenance, staff etc to run the hardware when you mentioned your comparison, when you do unless you are incredibly efficient it is nearly impossible to match AWS or Azure prices.

    On top of that you've got to deal with infrastructure lifecycle, dealing with EOSL appliances, refreshing your infrastructure and phasing out the old ones, upgrading hypervisors, and proposing budget for those things to managements who don't understand that infrastructure lifecycle is a never ending process, who don't understand unless you sync their business projects the year before so that we can invest in hardware before hand, hardware delivery would take 4 to 6 weeks With cloud, assuming it's applicable, you just need to make sure that the business people factor in the cloud opex into each of their projects.

  17. Re:$700 bucks (after the keyboard) is not a cheap on Surface Go Reviews Are All Over the Place (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Keyboard and mouse?

    Might as well buy a decent laptop with built in keyboard then

  18. Re:$700 bucks (after the keyboard) is not a cheap on Surface Go Reviews Are All Over the Place (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That 3:2 aspect ratio, RAM is worth paying for. Add Linux in and the user has some real nice computing.

    Which distro would you use the get the most out of touchscreen and stylus?

  19. Get a used ThinkPad instead on Surface Go Reviews Are All Over the Place (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spent a bit less than 399 to get a used Core i5 ThinkPad X230 in decent condition with 12GB RAM and 250GB MSata SSD, and a spare 9 cell battery. Granted there's no touchscreen and pen, but the keyboard is to die for

  20. Re: Is this considered... on Samsung's 'Unbreakable' OLED Display Gets Certified (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Samsung screens are great. They make the best screens.

    But gawd no their phones.... stupid exploding phones....

    Get a Nexus...

    Funnily, the only Nexus phones that I love is the Galaxy Nexus, by Samsung
    Anyway, perhaps you mean "Get a Pixel"?

  21. No need to ban GMO. Just clearly label it. No one will buy it, and the frankenfarmers will go out of business.

    Where I live, pictures of mutilated body parts are plastered all over cigarette pack. It still sells like crazy.

  22. Re: TIL on Best Buy Stops Selling Music CDs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I love CDs but Spotify has me hooked

    Sorry, no. I'll stick with offline music that isn't tracked and doesn't suffer outages when the network is down. Also, 256k AAC is good enough for me. 8GB = over 3 days of music.

    Aside from being tagged, if you pay for premium, you can download and play the songs offline. Create and download the playlist while on wifi and play it from local storage while you're on the go

  23. Intel seems to assume customers want MORE CORES at a lower clock rate. No, I want a faster clock rate using less power!

    That is actually what Intel has been doing up until a year ago. They capped highest number of cores for their consumer level CPU to 4. To get more cores, you need to shell out more to get Xeon workstation CPUs. They only recently give you more cores when AMD introduces Ryzen.

  24. Re: They would be more waterproof on The iPhones of the Future May Be Wireless, Portless and Buttonless (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought you were going to say "gaze lovingly at their own reflection".

    You can if you upgrade to the piano black version

  25. Re: Core fail.... on Shots Fired Again Between CPU Vendors AMD and Intel (tomshardware.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Microsoft specifically announced the L series as INTEL XEON E5 v3's. So either they got their own announcement wrong or you got your information confused.

    L Series yes, L Series v2 uses EPYC