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  1. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    Translation: People are distracted by the riots so might not hear about the PS5 announcement so they are pushing it back and using "voices to be heard" as an excuse.
    5 points
  2. Give credit where credit is due. That's not too much to ask for, is it? Most open source licenses REQUIRE you to attribute the work where needed, and this is exactly where MS failed.
    5 points
  3. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    The people complaining about this are interesting to me.
    4 points
  4. Microsoft gives AppGet creator credit for Windows Package Manager

    Except they didn't even fork it or copy some code, it's written in a different language for a start. They loosely "copied" some generalised ideas (github manifests, supporting different installer types, no scripts) all of which have been done in other package managers before AppGet existed. Yes, it sucks that they invited him to an interview and then didn't follow up but that happens all the time in business. Perhaps they decided because he's primarily a JS & C# dev, and they wanted to write WinGet in C++ he wasn't the best fit. Of course MS was forced to write this "apology" though because of the number of people that immediately jumped on the hate bandwagon without even knowing what they're talking about. Seriously, the post on reddit about it was painful to read, so many uninformed people, same with the comments on the MS blog post
    4 points
  5. TBF a lot of the open source community just replaces profit with reputation. It's "free and open", but attribution is everything. It's only ironic that something "inspired by" an open source project is expected to make attributions while the KDE community still insists after decades that its UI isn't just an on-going echo of Windows.
    3 points
  6. nah, they're just doing it to appease the guy so he'll stop whining. I for one don't think he influenced the winget project as much as he would like to believe.
    3 points
  7. Of course, he did, a dictator in progress. that's all dictators do and have done through all history, suppress, silence, and eliminate free press and free speech.
    3 points
  8. It can't, not an ISO, that's on the user to do manually. This is blocking you from getting it through Windows Update.
    3 points
  9. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    they are just waiting for things to quiet down so they can be the only one screaming at the time about something new
    2 points
  10. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    Do you care ?
    2 points
  11. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    they cant get the damn thing to work
    2 points
  12. Give credit where credit is due. That's not too much to ask for, is it? Most open source licenses REQUIRE you to attribute the work where needed, and this is exactly where MS failed. Show us where they forked it. That’s the only time a license would require it. I'm not sure that's true. I haven't heard that licenses only apply to proper forks of code, and it's not uncommon to see the fantastically ambiguous "derivative works" terminology show up in OSS license text. Ambiguity is all over the place, in even the most permissive of licenses. Though none of that might apply here if the only thing that happened was borrowing design, not actual code. For the interested, and since I haven't seen anyone else mention it yet, AppGet seems to use the Apache 2.0 license in their GitHub repo. Despite the frustrating ambiguity issues, it's relatively easy to read for anyone who wants to form an opinion deeper than their own personal feelings about fairness.
    2 points
  13. Apple releases iOS 13.5.1 and watchOS 6.2.6 with security fixes

    Yeah thats probally all it is for to stop the jailbreak. I'm surprised that jailbreaking is still a thing, not worth the hassle (and I used to do it) Didnt take them long to patch that hole.
    2 points
  14. Apple releases iOS 13.5.1 and watchOS 6.2.6 with security fixes

    Note: If you jailbreak then do NOT update to this version. Stay on 13.5. The developer of unc0ver reviewed the new release and it sounds like its only purpose was to patch the kernel exploit used for his jailbreak. Not much if anything else was changed.
    2 points
  15. T-Mobile now has 5G in all 50 U.S. states

    I have T-Mobile and have used verizon and at&t in the past, couldn't be more happier! Depends on the area (I have travelled a lot in my state, and never had issues).
    2 points
  16. This message is frustrating. Some of us already knew it was being blocked for a device. We want to know SPECIFICALLY WHY .... and this message does not answer it.
    2 points
  17. Share if your Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004) is blocked

    I am hearing more and more about people being blocked from updating, which is actually good because previous updates have just installed despite having known issues that affected the device updating. In my case I have a Aorus Z390 Pro WIFI i5-9600K 32GB PC3200 G.Skill Ripjaws but I also have more than 1 bluetooth device connected (which is a known issue for the May 2020 update, it only supports 1 connected bluetooth device) maybe that is why mine got blocked, I don't know for sure. There are 11 known issues that could block updating, but I think Microsoft could be more helpful in stating why the update block happened rather than leave us to wonder if it is one or more of the 11 issues. Lol
    1 point
  18. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    I think they are ready. They just want to be the center of attention.
    1 point
  19. Microsoft gives AppGet creator credit for Windows Package Manager

    I don’t understand why they should apologize. It’s open source. If he is mad why they haven’t hired him, that’s another thing but ripping off an open source project and make changes to it is called open source way. Except in this case it wasn’t even that. They created a completely different project code base and used even a different language but some terminology are the same. So how is it even matter. I think the guy was ###### Microsoft didn’t hire him
    1 point
  20. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    More important voice BS. They were not ready and now riding a political wave
    1 point
  21. Sony delays its PlayStation 5 event, no new date in sight

    Meh, Political statement.
    1 point
  22. Microsoft gives AppGet creator credit for Windows Package Manager

    Give credit where credit is due. That's not too much to ask for, is it? Most open source licenses REQUIRE you to attribute the work where needed, and this is exactly where MS failed. Show us where they forked it. That’s the only time a license would require it. I'm not sure that's true. I haven't heard that licenses only apply to proper forks of code, and it's not uncommon to see the fantastically ambiguous "derivative works" terminology show up in OSS license text. Ambiguity is all over the place, in even the most permissive of licenses. Though none of that might apply here if the only thing that happened was borrowing design, not actual code. For the interested, and since I haven't seen anyone else mention it yet, AppGet seems to use the Apache 2.0 license in their GitHub repo. Despite the frustrating ambiguity issues, it's relatively easy to read for anyone who wants to form an opinion deeper than their own personal feelings about fairness. Ok allow me to rephrase. Where does Apache license require attribution for an inspiration? Derivative work is certainly forking. That’s what I meant to say.
    1 point
  23. Microsoft gives AppGet creator credit for Windows Package Manager

    Actually, since the code is open-source, this can be verified, and Keivan Beigi brought a few examples of this, so if we look at the actual code, we can see that WinGet is heavily based upon AppGet. Link? Hopefully more than yaml files... yes I'm curious as well. If it's just yamls then those are all basically the same structure as they're just javascript based config files. as well if it's about github manifests, supporting different installer types, or no scripts; those all have been done in other package managers before AppGet existed as well.
    1 point
  24. I Got the Samsung Galaxy S20+ and Need Some Advice

    1. You might end up tripping KNOX if you root it, so do not do this if you need it for banking or Samsung Pay 4. You can remap the power button it seems https://9to5google.com/2020/03/06/samsung-galaxy-s20-disable-bixby/. I use Nova as my launcher on a Note9 so there is also remap and gesture functions there too. I do find it dumb that such an expensive device that touts the camera with every launch fails to implement a frigging dedicated button! Thankfully on the Note9 I can remap the Bixby button.
    1 point
  25. Not worth the hassle? I respectfully disagree. Vastly speed up the device, disable garbage you don't need, add better usability, improve battery life and beating most anti-jailbreak app's protection is now possible. Very much alive, very much worthwhile.
    1 point
  26. SpaceX Crew Dragon DM-2: US returns to crewed launches (mission)

    Possible, but I think at present unlikely.
    1 point
  27. Yeah don't do that Got blue screen on reboot.. Clock watchdog timeout... So the update sure don't like something Guess could try it again?? But prob wait until says ready to go.. What I find funny - is why doesn't the assistant do the same sorts of checks for any known issues.. It sat there after at collecting info 0% for quite some time - without doing anything, no harddrive light, 0% not ticking up to say even 1% so finally hard powered it.. And it undid the changes and now back to 1909.. So yeah would not recommend it heheheh
    1 point
  28. Except for all the buggy iOS updates (which are often). You are talking nonsense, so speak for yourself. Maybe even educate yourself on how all upgrades right now blow....you should see how Catalina is faring. How about that lock screen bypass vulnerability that resurfaces every other iOS update?
    1 point
  29. No one censored him though. They fact-checked him. The tweet is still very much there.
    1 point
  30. Yes. If nobody would buy a $1200+ phone, you'd soon stop seeing $1200+ phones on offer.
    1 point
  31. ^ Update to 1909 first I am also seeing the "your device isn't quite ready" - and agree would be nice if they gave a bit more info on to the reason.. Maybe whatever reason isn't an issue for you, etc.. edit: I went through all those, and I don't any of those that would pertain to my system.. Nvidia driver is way above 358, I don't have any realtek bluetooth stuff.. Hmmm edit2: Well since I don't see anything on that list that pertains to my system... I just grabbed the update assistant, its running now - that says ready to go.. So be back in a few minutes.. Or maybe longer if it goes horribly wrong - hehe.. But I doubt it.. Could very well just be bad wording on staged rollout plan? We will see I guess
    1 point
  32. Unless you cannot pay the sub, and they 'repo' your phone. And this is without the provider costs if I read it correctly. If you don't have the money for something, get something cheaper you can afford. Its's not rocket science...
    1 point
  33. Acer Predator Helios 700 review: An absolute beast of a gaming laptop

    Most stores in my country offer + 3 year warranty (on top of legal 2 year warranty) for about 250 Euros, which I would definitely go for if I wanted to spend over 2500Euro on my laptop. Yeah, that would make it better. But it's just hard to sell off after that too, not a lot of people would want it 5yo + used. If I want to get so much use out of a machine I would probably want it to be a desktop that I can update/sell off piecemeal. That is true. You buy this while knowing you can never sell it for any good money. Maybe after 3 years when you still have that warranty?
    1 point
  34. Nothing is free, encryption need extra computing power. I do not understand why a normal user will need encryption. Are you doing anything wrong with it? Piracy is ok but don't overdo. Hand me all your passwords. Let me look at your messages and emails. Are you doing anything wrong with it? You can let some random third party who you can't even identify, access to your messages, but not me, your fellow Neowinian? Unlike them, I promise I will let you know when I have logged in and what I checked in your account. I don't understand why people shouldn't need encryption. Also, as @TheGhostPhantom pointed out, encryption and decryption happens in the users' end, not on Zoom's servers.
    1 point
  35. probably referring to users attempting to upgrade from within windows using an ISO burned to DVD. Though I didn't think people still did that. People do do that. It wasn't until relatively recently in the grand scheme of Windows itself that it was possible to just mount the iso in Explorer and upgrade by running setup from within the OS you're updating.
    1 point
  36. You say this is a huge if you are an American, tell me why and where is it going to benefit the average American? The majority of Americans will still not be able to afford to go into space, unless your name is Elon Musk, Bill Gates or Donald Trump. I am interested in the universe and that sort of thing, but at the moment we have bigger problems on our own planet and I would say the same thing if it was happening in my country. We in the U.K have contributed by all accounts over 400 million UK pounds to the European Space Agency, that is a lot of money that could be used for something better.
    1 point
  37. well, they can include the check on the iso too, when you click setup.exe Why would they? In order to prevent known problems? ^^^^^^^^
    1 point
  38. well, they can include the check on the iso too, when you click setup.exe Why would they? In order to prevent known problems?
    1 point
  39. SpaceX Crew Dragon DM-2: US returns to crewed launches (mission)

    Looking at those screens via the over-the-shoulder cam definitely adds a 2001/Star Trek LCARS touch. I hear the Crew Dragon for Crew-1 in August is being prepped, and the crew training is well along.
    1 point
  40. It's funny too that the DLC isn't included in game pass. Now we see that MS doesn't want to make the Netflix of gaming they want to make the DIVX of gaming
    1 point
  41. i have no need for any of these things on my computer, it is a computer not a phone. I have nothing against them, i have Echo dots here, but I just don't think they a place on a computer. The line between devices is blurring. I for one do not want it to blur, my computer is not a phone, it is a bit difficult to put it on my back and take it with me or put it in pocket I know you're probably just trolling, but I don't think that's the part of the blurring they are referring to. As an example I could have google home's around the house, but rather than having one on my desk where my laptop/desktop is setup, the computer could have the same functions as the google home. I could talk to it, and it would respond, play music or make a phone call. The low power modes of high power devices makes this possible and realistic user case, unlike years ago when a computer was either ON (with fans roaring) or OFF. With Windows on my 2013 laptop I have and use some of those features already, and I'm not putting it into my pocket!
    1 point
  42. Yep, it was a mess. The side rumors are that Microsoft requested active gameplay, and the publishers only did real-time engine demos. To make it even more of a mess, the demos weren't impressive or highlighting the new technologies. Microsoft also hasn't been taking the technical fight to the media, they have newer technologies, and faster hardware, and yet everyone is talking about the Unreal 5 on PS5 demo and PS5 NVMe speeds, which were not necessary for the demo. Just in example, how many people reading this have even heard of DirectStorage? It is the basis of the Xbox Series X's ability to transfer NVMe at sustained high speeds with almost no CPU overhead. This technology is important, as it is also coming to Windows this Fall, and offers developers a new low level API to access storage devices for direct GPU loading, etc - giving PCs the same features as the PS5 and the Xbox Series X. Just checked really quick,... they do have a post outlining all of that. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/20...ox-series-x-glossary/" rel="external nofollow">https://news.xbox.com/en-us/20...16/xbox-series-x-glossary/" rel="external nofollow">https://news.xbox.com/en-us/20.../16/xbox-series-x-glossary/ There are also developer references, whitepapers and if I remember right, one or two blog posts about the technology. The information is available, and was presented; however, nobody seems to realize it exists or is talking about it outside a few developer circles. I have followed some rather impressive writings on the PS5 and Xbox Series X, yet all mention the NVMe technologies in the PS5 as special, and say nothing about the new technologies in the Xbox Series X, which as you found, is available information. Another thing being skipped over is the NVMe security, as it is just as dangerous as an open external PCIe slot. Sony has shown nothing with regard to securing their interface, and it appears to be a standard M.2, while Microsoft was criticized for using a non-M.2 interface that is physically secured. Microsoft sucks at marketing and buzz, and even when they create a spark, the initial coverage is often turned against them by other players better at media manipulation. I am excited for the new consoles and the new technologies they are bringing the PC and gaming world. What bothers me is when new and good technologies are ignored or demonized, slowing the progression of new capabilities for generations. Understanding in addition to knowledge needs to be encouraged to be as important as being trendy in consumer spaces. If the gaming tech journalists aren't curious enough to discuss important technologies, then end users are the ones that get screwed over, and they are left clueless about things that they should be excited about. PS Thanks for digging up that link. Ironically, it is one I hadn't seen before. I just look at the two as one being more efficient and the other brute forcing it with as much speed as possible. One thing that I learned recently, but like really internalize it, is that people need repetition. In the last presentation, MS only showed "Smart Delivery", they could be repeating and repeating the different technologies from their games in the showcase. Let's wait and see. We still have many months left and MS promised to release a direct-kind of video once a month. Now, we can't say everything is bad. We have to recognize the awesome stuff they've been doing: 1) They showed the console early design (possibly gathering feedback from the community) 2) They've been constantly marketing the machine (let's hope they end up doing stuff better). They even have a real gameplay showcase through Eric Evans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fjn4GRw8qE (Which I didn't know about it, until now) And Sony hasn't been on the silver lining as well: - They ended up disappointing a lot of people with their "Showcase" back in March. It was like, "yeah, all the stuff... but the hard drive!... You see? The hard drive", as if it'd make the games look better I came back for my 3rd consecutive reply. I dedicated today's day to better understand the mechanism behind Sony's and Microsoft's consoles, and I have to say that I was misled by the media when it came to understanding the PS5, and why I now believe that the PS5 may be in fact, able to output better quality at certain games and certain scenarios than the Series X. This is long. TL;DR; Sony redesigned the entire asset retrieval process to inject it at almost real-time speeds (2 GB of compressed data in 0.27 seconds), allowing the GPU to allocate assets that are shown to the user, bringing into the full utilization of the GPU. Today’s games have wasted GPU power as they need to store assets (as the retrieval process is slow) that may not be needed in a scene (as a player may not trigger it). Therefore the Series X TFLOPs won’t necessarily mean better games, as it would probably be hindered by the GPU memory by loading unused assets and untapping the true GPU power. Here comes the explanation: Memory is fast, but volatile. Meaning that it loses all its data once power goes out, that’s why Hard Drives came to be as a persistent data storage that could hold data after powering off. Back in the days, assets were small. They were able to load fast. As time progressed, assets became much bigger than what the available memory became to handle them (From several MBs to gigantic TB files). This led to further compressing the assets so they could be stored and delivered to customers (DVDs, Blu-Ray, now the Internet). This brought a huge bottleneck. These assets needed to be found, decompressed and transferred to memory. This process ranged from 1 to 30 seconds (depending on the complexity), limiting what could be showed on the scene (Limiting on immersive environments, and limiting the developers’ art)as the developer had to shovel assets that had a low percentage of appearing but needed to be into the GPU memory as it could potentially break the experience if the user had to wait several seconds for it to load. In other words, if there is a scene super complex with a lot of assets, you could hit a bottleneck in GPU memory before you hit a bottleneck in raw power (TFLOPs). Now, what would happen if we could find a way to inject those assets into the GPU in real time? That means there wouldn’t be the need to store assets that are unused and free its memory to perform additional computations (or, in fact, to fully utilize its potential). Hence, better utilizing the GPU. The first thing to come into mind is to address your weakest part: The Hard Drive. They take considerable to retrieve the data as the spinning disk needs to find disparate data (as many important chunks are not next to each other and are scattered across the drive - hence the importance of Random speeds). Enter SSDs. These type of drives gives eradicates the need of a spinning plate and gives you almost instantaneous access to the data you are looking for. This decreases considerably the time to load into the GPU. But not enough for it to be instantaneous. For the assets to be injected into real time, they had to overcome a series of in-between process that take CPU times and can be equally expensive to perform (the most problematic being decompressing the asset). Sony (apparently) managed to overcome that limitation by designing the pipeline and the series of steps in which data is retrieved from the drive and funnels it in a near instantaneous way (2GB compressed in 0.27 seconds) to the GPU without impacting performance (as it has dedicated parts for decompressing and channeling data). So what is powerful of the PS5 is not the SSD (although that thing it IS a beast), but the entire process in which channels the asset into memory. Therefore, in very dynamic environments were there could be a lot of assets, the PS5 may have an advantage over the Series X, and heck, even PCs, in which it would be able to swap assets at near instantaneous speeds (Good developer trickery in here) making it look like more powerful than what it actually is, when in reality is fully maximizing the power of your machine. Therefore, the conclusion is this: We will have to wait and see. The Series X will likely outperform by a good margin (Those 2 TFLOPs ARE significant) in case there are not many dynamic asset swapping, but will likely not be as good as the PS5 in very dynamic environments in which different types of assets need to be shown in near-instantaneous scenarios. From Sony’s tech presentation this is something that we may see computers adopt in the near future, and I think it’s one of the goals that Intel wanted to achieve with its Optane memory . I’m super excited to see what developers will have for us stored in the upcoming years, and I can’t wait to play them all! Thanks for the read
    1 point
  43. So glad someone else thinks so.
    1 point
  44. This decision just affirms my negative opinion of the company.
    1 point
  45. SpaceX's Starship SN4 prototype explodes on the test stand

    This is precisely why you test, Test, and TEST these things until it's safer than it needs to be.
    1 point
  46. Elixir of youth and health. :)

    How's the beach life treating you? For all the years I have lived in Jacksonville (12+) I have never been to the beaches here!
    1 point
  47. All 100 of them? They would be drowned out by the mob... Remember when everyone rioted over Obama's jailing journalists? No? Liberals actually did worse and no one said anything. "Everyone I disagree with is a Nazi" derp e derp. You wonder why Trump wins? because people you you show that for all his problems... he's still better than a liberal. Wow, it's a stretch but okay https://www.sandiegouniontribu...aks-20170804-htmlstory.html 10 "journalists" er no, most of them were employed by the government and charged with leaking secrets. Although it is great to see that we're only talking about 10 people Trump spews hate and threats on people everyday on Twitter.
    1 point
  48. Are...are you mad? Are you Trump in disguise? You do realise what this means? The man has lost all control, to the point where he thinks he can dictate what free speech means. I like China, but not their enforced rules like the Great Firewall. Trump is angling for a similar idea with this.
    1 point
  49. Intel Core i5-10600K review: Mainstream performance sets a new bar

    If the fan maintains thermals at stock speeds, then it is enough. Even overclocking doesn't always take massive cooling, even though Intel does produce quite a bit of heat. For example, the included AMD fans are more than enough for stock usage and basic overclocking, and they are nothing special either.
    1 point
  50. Yep. It looks like the robots head from the movie I Am Mother (Google it and see if you agree). I thought the movie was pretty good ... this design though ... not so much.
    1 point