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  1. Re:Chromecast? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Dumb TV is a slight misnomer.  Think about a Keynote Address or a Presentation in a conference room where all the wall mounted displays are commercial digital signage units rated for 24/7 use in VTC.

  2. Re:Chromecast? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    no, but the laptop does.  hdmi still goes into the dumb tv.

  3. Re:Chromecast? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    <quote><p>Wouldn't a chromecast do what you're looking for? Just plug your device into power and stream from wherever. You can plug the chromecast itself into a USB port on the TV for it's power if you need to.</p></quote>

    Chrome cast would require WiFiand also USB power.

    OP is looking for a two item solution that he/she can

    1) plug into their USB Port on their laptop or desktop
    2) plug the other device into a Stupid TV with only HDMI or VGA Input
    3) work without external power input (in the case of no USB power, and not having to use a usb power bank)

    This is the situation in which it would be immensely useful:

    A) Presentations where you walk up to a conference room at a customer site
    -and-
    B) Keynotes at a convention center and are only given

    1) HDMI
    -or-
    2) VGA

    to work with.

  4. Re: So about those Wikipedia Donation messages.. on Wikipedia Had No Idea YouTube Was Going To Use It To Fact-Check Conspiracy Theories (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    lmao, i love you guys.

  5. So about those Wikipedia Donation messages.. on Wikipedia Had No Idea YouTube Was Going To Use It To Fact-Check Conspiracy Theories (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    ..does that mean they're going away for as long as Youtube is using Wikipedia?

    Cuz seriously, if I knew that donating to Wikipedia would've garnered so much email spam, I'd never have donated in the first place.

  6. Not a problem in Densely Populated Asian Cities on How Delivery Apps May Put Your Favorite Restaurant Out of Business (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    This totally not a problem in densely populated Asian cities.

    The food is cheap and the restaurants are thriving.  In Asia, many of the apartment and condominium buildings have their residences atop businesses which reside on first and (sometimes) second floors.  Many of those shops are restaurants, beverage, and household needs shops.

    With literally a thousand residents residing in the housing above you, not to mention buildings across street or around the block, they have thousands of customers within walking distance.

    The spread out nature in suburban America makes it difficult for this delivery model to work effectively and efficiently.  The delivery life isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can be complicated to make life successful in less densely populated places.

  7. oops, i forgot to login. -_-

  8. he's trying to sell another textbook.  he's a professor afterall.

  9. Did google ever fix the gorilla problem? on Google Has Made It Simple For Anyone To Tap Into Its Image Recognition AI (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Did google ever fix the gorilla problem?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5270891/Google-bans-word-gorilla-racist-Photos-app.html

  10. Gaming is one of the primary reasons on Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? (gnome.org) · · Score: -1

    Gaming is one of the primary reasons why Windows is so popular, the other being Microsoft literally dominating the productivity field.

    Creatives love Macs because they're intuitive and they have a lot of things that "just work"

    Linux is preferred for developers for rapid prototyping and development.. At least until Tiger became a thing and the First Hackintosh made OS X easily reachable.

    For Linux to to be 2018's bae, there'll have to be a fundamentally different method of deployment and a huge change in user experience to reach the masses.  Until then, it'll really only be for that special kind of power user, back end systems, tinkerers, and lightweight embedded systems.

  11. Then you go to local, state, tribal, and federal gov't organizations and talk to them about fancy things like at rest encryption, unencrypted mpls with transport encryption, deidentifying pii/phi.

    Hell, people still think deidentifying information means to remove the names.

    The issue here is that there are fewer competent members of management than there are angry customers, and that's going to be the case for decades to come.

    Security training doesn't stick for this generation because many simply don't care or can't wrap their heads around the concepts.  Security is about the fact that vulnerabilities and risks exist and that the only choices are to:

    1) take ownership and accepting risks, and then mitigating risks where they can
    or
    2) ignoring risk completely and get a friction burn from it

  12. it took a while, but i read the entire thing too.

  13. Re:Didn't consider miniaturization? Moore's Law? on Driverless Cars Are Giving Engineers a Fuel Economy Headache (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    A pragmatic approach would either be a wireless mesh network with distributed computing across multiple nodes.  The idea could be that in a less complicated environment, like down a two lane uncongested interstate highway, there wouldn't be much strain on onboard systems.  However, in a crowded metropolitan location, multiple systems can work in conjunction with one another and also be able to relay, send information as well as distribute data processing to nearby nodes.

    In fact, with Metropolitan areas, the cost per unit from the buyer's perspective can be even lower since many of these data processing systems and additional sensor infrastructure could be installed into the same metropolitan central data centers and street lights, respectively.

  14. Re:Easy Solution on Driverless Cars Are Giving Engineers a Fuel Economy Headache (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    <quote>The answer is simple: Outsource the processing power to an overseas call center where your virtual driver (Let's call him 'Steve') will steer the car in a simulator-like environment. A few webcams around the car will certainly use less power than that huge LIDAR pod on top of WAYMO cars.</quote>

    My money's on Elvis, he's always got my back on those Microsoft Windows Vista calls..

  15. Re:Common Sense? on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Security Review Tales · · Score: 1

    yeah, thanks, i was like hmm. i can't delete or edit, someone will fix it for me. ;)

  16. Common Sense? on Ask Slashdot: Share Your Security Review Tales · · Score: 0

    There's nothing more uncommon about common sense.

  17. Re:According To Star Trek: Discovery... on According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    "decompiled code" or simply source code? lol

  18. Let's punish our service members in the best way on PSA: Google Will Delete Your Android Backups If Your Device Is Inactive For Two Months (vernonchan.com) · · Score: 1

    I have friends in the armed forces and sometimes their devices go kaput after an IED.

    They're assuming their backups will still be there when they finish their tour.

    Lol, joke's on them.

  19. The title.. can punctuation halp? on How NASA Glimpsed The Mysterious Object 'New Horizons' Will Reach In 2019 (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    Is it me, or is the title incredibly hard to read without tearing out your hair?

  20. You mean Phase Change cooling like VapoChill? on Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If You Were To Put a Computer Inside a Fridge? · · Score: 1

    Phase Change cases have been made for over a decade with overclocking in mind.  VapoChill was a leader at the beginning of the last decade with OCZ CryoZ following suit spawning an entire subset of system modders who used phase change cooling.  This spawned off the popular OverClocking (OC) website frozencpu.com.  These were all sub >$500 dollars for a complete ATX solution.

    A decade later, CPU speeds were no longer bottlenecking game performance and the advent of GPUs, and subsequently SLI functionality, which improved gaming frame rates and performance greatly, the need for crazy Phase Change systems diminished.

    I mean, does anyone remember when OC Team Italy they used LN2 to overclock a Pentium 4 to 8.18ghz literally a decade ago?

    To answer the question, yes, it's possible, yes, there are available solutions now, look up http://www.ldcooling.com/ they're in the >976,00 &euro; range for the PC Block only.  Is it practical? No, is it awesome? Yes.

    There are other issues to watch out for.  The preparation for the board includes sealing of the internal parts with silicone caulking to prevent condensation short circuits because only certain items like the GPU and CPU get put inside the loop and the surrounding areas will be cold enough for water to condenhttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/06/12/2158239/ask-slashdot-what-would-happen-if-you-were-to-put-a-computer-inside-a-fridge?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed#se and eventually freeze.  Have to use foam ceiling around the CPU socket front and back as well  Also you'll have to keep in mind that each off/on cycle will physically stress the components at the solder joints and even at the microscopic interconnect level.

  21. <quote>That's the average for full-time workers; 31 hours is the average including part-time work.</quote>

    they're still slackers.

    ;)

  22. Not just health care but Local Government on 'Silicon Valley Is Missing Unicorns Because It Doesn't Understand Poor People' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not just health care that could use reform, but local government as well.  We're stuck using antiquated software systems which use old databases.  Software used to manage Autopsy Records, Park Picnic Registration, Incident Response Systems, Office of Emergency Services, Voter registration, DMV Database, Even simple HR applications like PeopleSoft.

    Walk into any Local, County, or State Gov't's IT shop and point a finger, you'll find something that needs replacement ASAP.

  23. F*** yea I do. on Slashdot Asks: Do You Still Use RSS? · · Score: 1

    And hundreds do where I work.  We're actually considering expanding usage onto an internally hosted instance to allow users add their own websites.  Looking at internet traffic we see that thousands of people are reading news all day long.  That eats into productivity.  So how do you recoup productivity without being a totalitarian environment by restricting internet usage and calling people out creating awkward work situations?

    You give your people the tools to empower.

    We expect people spend 20-30 minutes a day reading articles vs 4 hours across the entire day.  And while reading those articles, people will also get interspersed between, articles regarding cyber security that they should be reading.

    Engaging your employee base/Encouraging active involvement should be the #1 priority of every IT org since we're the folks who actually meet everybody.  Our clients are important to us and as such, so is their cyber health.

  24. sounds like a possible chain reaction(tm) here on Sound Increases the Efficiency of Boiling · · Score: 0

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/blehw.jpg/][IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3562/blehw.jpg

    tell me someone watched this movie..

  25. Respect is easy when you're the only IT Guy. on How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs? · · Score: 1

    Just take a vacation. They'll be super nice when you come back in a week or two.