Monday, October 08
Daily News Stuff 8 October 2018
Tech News
- Tim Berners Lee has a plan to fix the web with an open source... Thing. That does... Things. (TechDirt)
I'll take a look at this, but I don't see exactly what it's supposed to do that fixes anything.
- Google has sprung a leak. (TechCrunch)
Just a marketing leak, fortunately, not a security leak, but every detail of every product in their fall lineup seems to be public at this point. To the point that people are actually buying them before they've even been announced. (The Verge)
- Intel has fall lineup leaks too. (WCCFTech)
No surprises - 6 and 8 core mainstream chips, 18 core flagship parts, and a special 28 core unobtanium part.
The launch event is happening right now as I type this, but it's late (curse you Daylight Saving Time!) and I'm off to bed.
I found a 28 core pic.twitter.com/paYpBTBc0O
— Ian Cutress (@IanCutress) October 8, 2018 - Gigabyte's Aorus RTX 2080 Xtreme has three HDMI ports, three DisplayPort ports, and a USB-C port. Of which you can only use four at a time, but still kind of handy.
- IBM's Power9 can scale up to 1.2TB/second of I/O (Wikichip)
That's... Rather a lot. Like two thousand SATA SSDs running flat out a lot.
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So recently I listened to the audiobook version of Good Omens, and the entire way through I was pretty sure the reader was impersonating David Tennant for Crowley. I thought "what a good choice, yes, I could see him in that." And then I laughed bitterly to myself, because I was of the opinion that there was no chance in hell (see what I did there?) that THAT would happen.
Yes. Well. Hm.
Yes. Well. Hm.
Posted by: Wonderduck at Monday, October 08 2018 06:30 PM (8i+JN)
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I am trying not to get my hopes up too high, but this looks good.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Monday, October 08 2018 09:40 PM (PiXy!)
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That slate looks nice. I bet it's going to be stupidly expensive, though.
Last year I bought an 8" Galaxy Tab S 2. The 9.7" was selling for $500. I just saw it yesterday for $309 at Costco.
Last year I bought an 8" Galaxy Tab S 2. The 9.7" was selling for $500. I just saw it yesterday for $309 at Costco.
Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, October 09 2018 02:21 AM (Q/JG2)
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Yeah, the Tab S4 is out now, so the older models will be on clearance. The S4 is overpriced though.
I have my Mediapad M3 which I'm quite happy with, and of course now the Spectre x2 if I want a large tablet.
I have my Mediapad M3 which I'm quite happy with, and of course now the Spectre x2 if I want a large tablet.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, October 09 2018 09:54 AM (PiXy!)
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The Mali-T880 MP4 in the M3 seems to be a decent bit less powerful than the S2's Adreno 510, and isn't in the same ballpark as the S4's Adreno 540, though.
I'd love to see an 8" tablet with a more rectangular form factor with a decent CPU but a good GPU, and it wouldn't have to have stupidly-high dpi, either; just something that I could have nice performance with mobile gaming.
I'd love to see an 8" tablet with a more rectangular form factor with a decent CPU but a good GPU, and it wouldn't have to have stupidly-high dpi, either; just something that I could have nice performance with mobile gaming.
Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, October 09 2018 11:01 AM (Iwkd4)
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The newer M5 has twice the GPU performance. (But lacks a headphone jack, sigh.)
It doesn't affect any of the games I play since they're almost all 2D anyway, but it is an issue for some people. I wanted the high DPI for reading books, and it is wonderful for that.
It doesn't affect any of the games I play since they're almost all 2D anyway, but it is an issue for some people. I wanted the high DPI for reading books, and it is wonderful for that.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, October 09 2018 11:45 AM (PiXy!)
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I don't object, per se, to high DPI, I just don't feel an urgent need for it, if a lower resolution would result in increased performance.
I've mentioned this before: I have one (I believe Unity-based) game I play a lot, that really needs a flagship-level GPU.
Looks like the Mali-G71 MP8 of the M5's GPU (Kirin 960s) slots in roughly halfway between the Adreno 506 of the Moto G5S Plus (SD625) and the Adreno 540 of the Essential PH-1 (SD835).
I've mentioned this before: I have one (I believe Unity-based) game I play a lot, that really needs a flagship-level GPU.
Looks like the Mali-G71 MP8 of the M5's GPU (Kirin 960s) slots in roughly halfway between the Adreno 506 of the Moto G5S Plus (SD625) and the Adreno 540 of the Essential PH-1 (SD835).
Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, October 09 2018 01:44 PM (Iwkd4)
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Yeah, it's a big jump but hardly flagship level.
The M3 and M5 do have an option to render 3D at a lower resolution than 2560x1600, but I still wouldn't recommend either device for a heavy 3D app.
The M3 and M5 do have an option to render 3D at a lower resolution than 2560x1600, but I still wouldn't recommend either device for a heavy 3D app.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, October 09 2018 02:29 PM (PiXy!)
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