Miscellaneous Tech News
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Windows 10 will make it easier to ¯∖_(ツ)_/¯ and (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
The emoji panel is getting expanded to include symbols and kaomoji.
Kaomoji ("face characters") is, apparently, the name for those complicated faces made up of sequences of Japanese symbols. While some, such as shrugging ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, have become widespread (Slack's /shrug surely having at least some of the blame there), there is in fact a rich variety of faces that are used. So while sometimes you might be table flippingly mad (╯°益°)╯彡┻━┻ other times you might just want to flip the bird ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐. If that's all a bit shocking you might be a little surprised (⊙_⊙) and perhaps you'll even run away ε=ε=┌( >_<)┘.
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Linux Mint 19.1 “Tessa” Cinnamon released!
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3669Linux Mint 19.1 “Tessa” Xfce released!
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3671Linux Mint 19.1 “Tessa” MATE released!
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AT&T 5G goes live this week with ridiculously overpowered hotspot
Early 5G compatibility gives us a Snapdragon 855 in a mobile hotspot!
The era of 5G mobile networks is quickly approaching, and while there isn't any smartphone out yet sporting the new network connectivity, AT&T says that "select" early adopters will soon be able to jump on AT&T's mobile 5G mmWave service with a mobile hotspot. AT&T's 5G service kicks in on December 21 in some cities, which AT&T says makes it "the first and only company in the US to offer a mobile 5G device over a commercial, standards-based mobile 5G network."
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Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that’s normal
The quarter-inch-thin device may bend as a result of its manufacturing process.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending is "a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any practical way." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
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Start your (machine learning) engines: Amazon’s DeepRacer is almost here
Autonomous vehicle fun for the whole family, coming in March for coders
Sadly, there's one tech toy that Amazon won't be able to sell you for Christmas this year. DeepRacer is an autonomous 1/18th scale race car that was unveiled at Amazon re:Invent in November. But it won't be available until March 2019 at the soonest, so all you can do now is pre-order it on Amazon. It's too bad we'll have to wait, because this car could help developers understand reinforcement learning, a type of machine learning commonly associated with self-driving cars, and it should entertain hackers of all ages.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that’s normal
The quarter-inch-thin device may bend as a result of its manufacturing process.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending is "a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any practical way." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
I remember hearing about the same thing about one of those iPhone models years ago.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that’s normal
The quarter-inch-thin device may bend as a result of its manufacturing process.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending is "a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any practical way." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
Calling BS on Apple. Not a good design if it bends before it is even finished being manufactured.
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that’s normal
The quarter-inch-thin device may bend as a result of its manufacturing process.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending is "a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any practical way." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
Calling BS on Apple. Not a good design if it bends before it is even finished being manufactured.
Yeah, for a "high end" device, that's not something that customers are going to be very happy with.
My wife's old iPhone is curved like that, because she sat on it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that’s normal
The quarter-inch-thin device may bend as a result of its manufacturing process.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending is "a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any practical way." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
Calling BS on Apple. Not a good design if it bends before it is even finished being manufactured.
Yeah, for a "high end" device, that's not something that customers are going to be very happy with.
My wife's old iPhone is curved like that, because she sat on it.
Put it in the microwave on high for 3 minutes, that'll fix it.
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Some iPad Pros ship a little bent, and Apple says that’s normal
The quarter-inch-thin device may bend as a result of its manufacturing process.
When The Verge reached out to Apple for comment, the company told the publication that the bending is "a side effect of the device’s manufacturing process and shouldn’t worsen over time or negatively affect the flagship iPad’s performance in any practical way." (The Verge's words.) Apple says the bending happens as a result of a cooling process used on the components when the device is manufactured.
Calling BS on Apple. Not a good design if it bends before it is even finished being manufactured.
Yeah, for a "high end" device, that's not something that customers are going to be very happy with.
My wife's old iPhone is curved like that, because she sat on it.
Put it in the microwave on high for 3 minutes, that'll fix it.
Let it cool slowly on a flat surface.
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Vultr:
We are currently experiencing a partial outage in our Dallas location. Our network engineers are actively working with our upstream providers to restore connectivity as quickly as possible
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Vultr is back up.
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Hands-on with a $434 replica lightsaber: May the dork be with you
From the archives: It's awesome. It might not be worth $434, but it's awesome.
For those who insist on dressing in their finest Vrogas Vas linens and representing the Jedi Order in our own, simpler galaxy, replica lightsabers are the only way to go. I don't mean the fold-up, whip-out toy sabers that you can buy at Target. For whatever reason, the legal eagles at the Disney/Lucasfilm trust have stood back and let custom saber makers run amok. As a result, you can now buy sabers that purport to be on par with movie set props—and aim to be the coolest dude in line for the next Star Wars film.
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Four months after its debut, sneaky Mac malware went undetected by AV providers
Does Apple give malware definitions to AV providers? New analysis suggests no.
Four months after a mysterious group was outed for a digital espionage operation that used novel techniques to target Mac users, its macOS malware samples continued to go undetected by most antivirus providers, a security researcher reported on Thursday.
Windshift is what researchers refer to as an APT—short for "advanced persistent threat"—that surveils individuals in the Middle East. The group operated in the shadows for two years until August, when Taha Karim, a researcher at security firm DarkMatter, profiled it at the Hack in the Box conference in Singapore. Slides, a brief description, and a report from Forbes are here, here and here, respectively.
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Using molten salt to store electricity isn’t just for solar thermal plants
Startup follows on a number of innovative ideas to make renewable energy more flexible.
An energy storage startup that found its footing at Alphabet's X "moonshot" division announced last week that it will receive $26 million in funding from a group of investors led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund that counts Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg as investors, and whose chairman is Bill Gates. The startup, called Malta, uses separate vats of molten salt and antifreeze-like liquid to store electricity as thermal energy and dispatch it to the grid when it's needed.
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Sure this doesn't go here, but I wasn't sure where it should go.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Sure this doesn't go here, but I wasn't sure where it should go.
Saw this email. it is a good deal. Buy a DID, get the credit, cancel the DID.
Net gain $14
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Office installations will default to 64-bit versions starting in Jan 2019 -
(I couldn't find a link that would work outside of Office admin center)"We’re making some changes to default installation settings
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Published On : December 22, 2018
Office ProPlus and Office 2019 will now be installed with 64-bit as the default setting. Previously, the default setting was 32-bit at installation. This change will begin rolling out in mid-January, 2019.How does this affect me?
After this change takes place, the 64-bit version of Office will automatically be installed unless you explicitly select the 32-bit version before beginning the installation process.
If you install the 64-bit version, but wanted the 32-bit version instead, you must first uninstall the 64-bit version before installing the 32-bit version. The same is true if you installed the 32-bit version but want to install the 64-bit version.
This change will begin rolling out in mid-January, 2019.
What do I need to do to prepare for this change?
There’s nothing you need to do to prepare for this change. Please click Additional Information below to learn more."
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@wrx7m This makes it easier for us just because of fewer clicks. That is about the only thing that changes for us.
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@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Office installations will default to 64-bit versions starting in Jan 2019
