Miscellaneous Tech News
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The best cheap smart bulbs: Does it matter which one you buy
Looking for a light bulb that you can automate or control with voice commands? You're in luck -- and you won't need to spend more than $10
Smart lights that you can automate and control with your voice make lots of sense -
The RemoBell S smart video doorbell includes free cloud storage for $89
Cheapskate exclusive! Save an extra $10 on an already-bargain-priced hardwired buzzer. Plus: Score a fantastic deal on the Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro!
Raise your hand if you agree with this: You love the idea of a smart video doorbell, but don't want to pay a cloud-storage subscription fee from now until the end of time. -
Gaming laptops: The top performers of 2019
Our current ranking of most powerful gaming laptops shows the strength of Nvidia's new RTX line
There's a new force dominating the world of gaming laptops, and its name is RTX. -
Apple may include USB-C charger and Lightning cable in the box with new iPhones
The faster 18W charger is included in the box with new iPad Pro models
There have been plenty of rumors about what type of connector Apple will equip its new iPhones with now that the iPad Pro and its MacBook line use USB-C. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple may include USB-C charger and Lightning cable in the box with new iPhones
The faster 18W charger is included in the box with new iPad Pro models
There have been plenty of rumors about what type of connector Apple will equip its new iPhones with now that the iPad Pro and its MacBook line use USB-C.Well it's about time they come out with the next best thing!
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple may include USB-C charger and Lightning cable in the box with new iPhones
The faster 18W charger is included in the box with new iPad Pro models
There have been plenty of rumors about what type of connector Apple will equip its new iPhones with now that the iPad Pro and its MacBook line use USB-C.Well it's about time they come out with the next best thing!
HAH
Apple, we'll sell you the thing that is only 2 years out of date!
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I got that email earlier too.
Like the ER-X, I don't get the point of the PoE pass-through. It is a silly gimmick.
I do wonder what chipset this is and how it compares to the ER4.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Like the ER-X, I don't get the point of the PoE pass-through. It is a silly gimmick.
Yeah, that is super weird.
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I use it for my AP
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Like the ER-X, I don't get the point of the PoE pass-through. It is a silly gimmick.
Yeah, that is super weird.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I got that email earlier too.
Like the ER-X, I don't get the point of the PoE pass-through. It is a silly gimmick.
I do wonder what chipset this is and how it compares to the ER4.
The only thing I can tell from a quick glance is that the CPU is now running at 880MHz instead of 550MHz (I think, going off memory here) of the ER-X.
I wonder if the ASIC changed as well?
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Fedora 30 Is Performing Great - Intel Core i9 & AMD Threadripper Benchmarks
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Like the ER-X, I don't get the point of the PoE pass-through. It is a silly gimmick.
Yeah, that is super weird.
meh - it's one less power cord.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
5 ports on the ER-X I kinda get, but 10, seems to muddy the waters a bit. Don't get me wrong, when you need say 8 ports for devices, it's nice to not need a switch to handle those extra connections, just seems odd to mix a switch and a router in one box.
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Microsoft is helping veterans game again with Xbox Adaptive Controllers
Twenty-two rehab centers will get access to Microsoft’s controllers
Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Controller started out as two hackathon projects at the company after an idea from a veteran with limited mobility. -
Oculus Rift S gets May 21 release date in Microsoft Store
The news comes from a listing in the Microsoft Store.
The Oculus Rift S VR headset will go on sale May 21 in the Microsoft Store for $399. A page in the Microsoft Store originally listed the headset as available for pre-order on Tuesday, but now lists it as out of stock. -
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
just seems odd to mix a switch and a router in one box.
Not nearly as weird as mixing a router and an access point. APs have a 99% of the time "placement matters" factor. Switches and routers almost always need to be next to each other so combining them has both placement value, and space saving value that doing either with an AP cannot. It saves space and money if needed.
I really want a Unifi device that is the USG with ~4 ports of a switch. We use that for home users, and making them get three physical devices when they don't have a rack is a problem. And it is costly. Even a small Unifi switch is $99. If they had a combined unit for $150 - $160, it would save a lot of space and money and meet the need better. For tiny offices where non-rackmount equipment is used, there is a real value to it.
I hate combining units for the obvious inflexibility it creates. But there are real cases where the switch and router being in a single chassis brings a lot of benefit.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
APs have a 99% of the time "placement matters" factor.
Not in most residential homes in America.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
APs have a 99% of the time "placement matters" factor.
Not in most residential homes in America.
Most that I know it does. They get terrible wifi because they can't put it where they need it because it is all integrated. There are exceptions, but most people seem to just live with flaky wifi rather than fix it because it is so commonly bad that they've learned to accept the problems rather than realize it is a trivial fix.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
APs have a 99% of the time "placement matters" factor.
Not in most residential homes in America.
Most that I know it does. They get terrible wifi because they can't put it where they need it because it is all integrated. There are exceptions, but most people seem to just live with flaky wifi rather than fix it because it is so commonly bad that they've learned to accept the problems rather than realize it is a trivial fix.
I agree with Scott. Most people want their wifi to be in some out of sight place, not the middle of their home - plus there is rarely a cable outlet at that location either.
Now JB's going to say, most American homes are 1200-1500 sqft and putting the router on one side or the other of the house should still normally cover the entire house. And I'd sad if that was true, we wouldn't be seeing the massive sales in Mesh networks because people are trying to solve dead spots in their homes.
