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  1. Re: super speed SSD is not really needed bigger is on What To Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation (wired.com) · · Score: 2

    People have put SSDs into the PS4 and it made virtually no difference to load times because the PS4's mass storage interface is unbearably slow.

    An SSD in PS5 will only be a win if the mass storage interface also gets an upgrade.

  2. "Buy one, hit it with a sledgehammer". Of course the "buy one" part is implicit, since you can't do the latter without the former.

    You can, but you may not like the consequences.

  3. And trying to get a VM custom rigged with the exact CPUs and RAM you need, is impossible, they have pre configured VMs, and you have to choose from them...can't dynamically add RAM or CPU...has to take a whole step up in VM configs they offer. If you need one with only more RAM, you are SOL....it comes with much more CPU too, and of course, much higher monthly $$$'s.

    AWS isn't any different here. These are not on-prem systems running in ESXi where you can just change allocations in vCenter or vSphere - it's a shared hosting environment.

  4. Re:Australia is crazy on Google's Wing Drones Approved To Make Public Deliveries In Australia (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't see how this service could possibly be useful if it's not allowed to overfly main roads. But, as you say, inducements...

  5. For some OEMs this has the potential to be ruinous on Fiat Chrysler Will Pay Tesla To Dodge Billions In Emissions Fines (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For some OEMs, this has the potential to be ruinous; if FCA's portfolio were the same in 2021 as it was in 2018, the automaker would have to pay some $3.12 billion, out of total net global profits of $4.1 billion.

    That's the point: it's meant to be ruinous. Or you clean up your act by improving the emissions output of your vehicles.

  6. Re:Soy boys on Virtual Reality 'No Man's Sky' Coming This Summer (gamespot.com) · · Score: 1

    I got NMS for PlayStation just after the Atlas Rises update as part of a bonus/giveaway from EBGames. I only played it for a couple of days back then, it's not a game I would voluntarily pay for. I'll download the VR update when it comes out but I'm not expecting it to be a game changer.

  7. Re:Autodesk software on Why Aren't People Abandoning Windows For Linux? (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    Autodesk is almost as bad as Google so far as scuttling software. If you want platform-independent CAD software that has to be from Autodesk you'll have to suck it up and use TinkerCAD.

  8. Re: Lets get Physical on Cord-Cutting Hits Video Games (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Why fuck around replacing Steam's DRM .dll files or emulating Steam's DRM master server when you can just buy the same games DRM-free from GoG and Humble?

  9. Re:Comparing Stadia to Steam? on The End of the Desktop? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Steam Link was such a huge success that... Steam no longer sells it.

    Steam Link hardware sold out

    The supply of physical Steam Link hardware devices is completely sold out.

    Moving forward, Valve intends to continue supporting the existing Steam Link hardware as well as distribution of the software versions of Steam Link, available for many leading smart phones, tablets and televisions.

  10. Seconds instead of minutes? on Verizon Begins Rolling Out Its 5G Wireless Network In Chicago, Minneapolis (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    It's only 1Gbps. It would be a very short movie that could be completely downloaded in under 60 seconds on a 1Gbps connection.

  11. Re:weren't we supposed to have 100 million on Oculus VR Founder on Recently Unveiled Oculus Rift S: I Can't Use it, and Neither Can You. (palmerluckey.com) · · Score: 1

    With all the nerds out there purchasing multiple headsets there could actually be close to 100 million VR headsets in the wild.

    The only company to release actual sales numbers so far is Sony and they've sold 4.3 million PSVR headsets. PSVR certainly isn't great, either, so I wouldn't be surprised if other manufacturers have sold many more than that.

  12. Re: Nobody reads the titles on Australia Threatens Social Media Laws That Could Jail Tech Execs (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ^ this. Media empires are bleeding money left and right because social media is eating their lunch and doing it better than they ever could. They want governments to crack down on social media to prevent them being a news outlet so that they can win back the breaking news for themselves. How else are they going keep advertising revenue coming in?

  13. How old's that picture in TFA? on Music Labels Sue Charter, Complain That High Internet Speeds Fuel Piracy (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Optical discs? Does anyone actually use those any more?

  14. Not when it comes to build servers. npm ci deletes the node_modules folder and downloads all the packages again from scratch. You need to turn off npm ci build step and commit hundreds of megabytes (or more) of node modules to your VCS to ensure reliable builds.

  15. Don't forget npmjs. npmjs comes with the added bonus that a ranting author can delete all versions of all of their modules thus breaking previously working installations.

  16. Re:No one wants Windows 10. on Microsoft Will Now Pester Windows 7 Users To Upgrade To Windows 10 With Pop-ups (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    USB 3 support?

  17. First I want to pooint out that I think this "study" is just a markting scam. NVIDIA is trying to drum up hardware sales now that all the coin miners have gone away.

    If it's actually a legitimate study... why aren't all the privacy nuts up in arms? Where's their testing methodology? How is it possible that NVIDIA could come up with such data? How were they able to gather K/D ratios from games so that they could tie specific gamer accounts to the hardware being tested to prove the correlation?

  18. No kidding, this is quite obviously a marketing stunt. NVIDIA is busy, busy trying to prop up their slumping sales now that all the coin miners have stopped snapping up their kit.

  19. Google poached cyberexperts from the National Security Agency and Silicon Valley. It built a threat analysis group on a par with those at the top intelligence agencies and designed a new security infrastructure.

    And yet they still let Android TVs browse through other customer's private photo collections. How great their experts must be.

  20. Re: 112 speedo limit is fine.... on Volvo To Impose 112mph Speed Limit On All New Cars From 2020 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing new there. People have been adding 1's to the left of speed signs since there have been speed signs.

  21. Re: 112 speedo limit is fine.... on Volvo To Impose 112mph Speed Limit On All New Cars From 2020 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And ninety degree corners like in Automan.

  22. No longer boxy, but good. on The Volvo Polestar 2 Is the First Google-Powered, All-Electric Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Volvo used to be boxy, but good. Now they've got a relatively clean and nice looking dash - with a frigging Android tablet glued in front. What an ugly installation.

  23. Re:Sounds like you should break the anti-cheat on Anti-Cheat Software Causing Big Problems For Windows 10 Previews (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Kernel drivers are required to break these kind of things.

    And kernel drivers have to be signed. Microsoft should just blacklist drivers signed by the anti-cheat software developer's key until they can get their shit together.

  24. Re:Things I know, things I don't know. on Vodafone CEO Says Banning Huawei Could Set Europe's 5G Rollout Back Another Two Years (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    China is one of the top sources BLAMED FOR hacking against western commercial software/hardware companies.

    FTFY.

  25. Apple's been preparing for this for several years already. iOS deployment to iTunes has included the IL output from LLVM (although Apple variously calls it Intermediate Representation or Bitcode) that Apple can recompile for new CPU targets at their end as and when they arrive. I wouldn't be surprised if that's been happening for MacOS apps as well.