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Wednesday, October 16

Daily News Stuff 16 October 2019

Third Thursday Edition

Tech News

Much to everyone's suprise, Google announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. (AnandTech)

Starting at $799 for the Pixel 4 with 6GB RAM and 64GB flash. No microSD, no headphone jack. No fingerprint sensor either. Largest storage size is 128GB. Not sure what decade these idiots are living in.
Google also announced the Pixelbook Go which does have a headphone jack. (The Verge)

It's a magnesium-framed 1kg 13" Chromebook, available in a choice of black and I'm-not-sure-if-this-salmon-is-still-okay.

Starting at $649 with a Core m3, 1080p display, 8GB RAM, and 64GB storage - no SD card because, as we noted, idiots - and up to $1399 with a core i7, 4k screen, 16GB RAM, 256GB storage.
Fortnite developer Shitty Game Store Company said they wouldn't ban people for mentioning Hong Kong. (TechDirt)

Shitty Game Store Company is 40% owned by Tencent the Chinese Communist Party.

Rival Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, proudly announced mmph. (One Angry Gamer)

Riot is 100% owned by Tencent the Chinese Communist Party.

Meanwhile DroidHang, creator of mobile lootbox explorer Idle Heroes, is banning accounts that mention Hong Kong even in in-game DMs. (Reddit)

Since some players spend hundreds of dollars a month trying to get the new shinies this shows some real determination on the part of the developer.

And Blizzard, who started all this crap, is busy cancelling everything it can cancel and banning everything it can ban. (One Angry Gamer)

There's no such thing as bad publicity. There's just good publicity for someone else.
SpaceX has filed plans to launch another thirty thousand internet satellites. (Tech Crunch)

That is rather a lot.
A couple of small, cheap, silent, 10G Ethernet swi- oh of course they're fucking SFP -tches. (Serve the Home)
Google is launching their game streaming service Stadia on November 19th. (One Angry Gamer)

Because idiots.

Video of the Day

Today we look at motherboard. It's amazing this thing even works.

Disclaimer: Because idiots.

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1 What's wrong with SFP? I keep seeing people in the comments of reviews begging to put SFP ports in, say, high-end motherboards.

Posted by: Rick C at Wednesday, October 16 2019 10:15 PM (Iwkd4)

2 In the datacenter, nothing. At home, well, the major problem is that not a single device I own uses it. All the new high-end consumer motherboards with 5Gbit or 10Gbit Ethernet are good old RJ-45. I have Cat-5e and Cat-6/6a cables of every length and colour. Not one thing compatible with SFP.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Wednesday, October 16 2019 11:11 PM (PiXy!)

3 When my house was built 20 years ago, they ran a structured wiring bundle to every room. I thought, "great, I'll have two coax, two Cat-5, and two fiber". When I moved in, I found that they'd cut the fiber off inside the wall and wired up one of the Cat-5 drops with RJ-11 as a completely redundant set of phone jacks (less than 3 feet away from the standard ones in the kitchen and each bedroom). All the coax was wired into a big analog-cable-compatible switchbox that was obsolete the day I moved in.

If I ever get a place wired again, each room will have two sets of dual Cat-N drops on opposite walls, with extra PoE drops strategically placed near the ceiling for wireless coverage. And a place to store my lottery winnings. :-)

-j

Posted by: J Greely at Thursday, October 17 2019 02:34 AM (ZlYZd)

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