Miscellaneous Tech News

[NerdyDad]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@nerdydad I feel like they could have made a nicer card for that.

Maybe just a bit brighter? This looks all cold and dreary.

Yeah, and maybe a Christmas tree, Rudolph, something like that.

Something like this?

[scottalanmiller]

LOL, that's a bit lame.

[NerdyDad]

@scottalanmiller I did it in Paint real quick.

[scottalanmiller]

@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller I did it in Paint real quick.

LOL, oh I see.

[scottalanmiller]

https://image.freepik.com/free-vector/elegant-red-christmas-card_23-2147499346.jpg

[scottalanmiller]

https://us.123rf.com/450wm/matteobragaglio/matteobragaglio1210/matteobragaglio121000015/15714785-christmas-background-frame-elegant-greeting-card.jpg

[scottalanmiller]

[scottalanmiller]

I like that last one a lot. Very simple.

[wrx7m]

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I like that last one a lot. Very simple.

It's a bit dated, though.

[mlnews]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-27-Approved-Next-Week

[mlnews]

Adding to the wish list...

Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Mini

[mlnews]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-18.04-New-Sounds-Maybe

[mlnews]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Lizard-Compression

[travisdh1]

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Lizard-Compression

Looking at the github page, that Lizard 1.0 -30, nice speeds on both compression and decompression. 246 MB/s Compress and 909 MB/s Decompress

[mlnews]

Intel has never figured this out, what are the chances hiring one guy will make the difference?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/intel-poaches-amds-top-gpu-architect-to-build-its-own-discrete-graphics-chips/

[black3dynamite]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/10/open_source_insider_firefox_57/

[popester]

@wrx7m we use Mimecast. IT loves it, end users.... Not so much.

[Dashrender]

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/10/open_source_insider_firefox_57/

for those using Firefox, here is the beta of LastPass that works
with version 57

https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/10/lastpass-beta-firefox-57.html/

[Obsolesce]

Dozens of security flaws found in Linux kernel: http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-security-google-fuzzer-finds-ton-of-holes-in-kernels-usb-subsystem/

[black3dynamite]

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/10/open_source_insider_firefox_57/

for those using Firefox, here is the beta of LastPass that works
with version 57

https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/10/lastpass-beta-firefox-57.html/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lastpass-password-manager/
They already released 4.2 a few days ago.