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[g0ggles1994]

In addition.. Samsung are abandoning their own exynos chipset in favour of Qualcomm so expect to see good things in Europe. Maybe Samsung will get back to the top of the list.

I'm testing the Oneplus8 pro at the moment with Qualcomms unreleased drivers in games. And holy moly it is REALLY good.

*AHEM*! At first you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention!

F1 2020 game set for July 10th (Before the season is likely to start), includes the two new tracks, which will be the first time many people will be able to get a good idea of the Hanoi layout or Zandvoorts new banking as the real races are postponned. Also features a manager mode for an 11 team grid.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-f1-2020-videogame.dqdZ1FH1Se4uD8jBY6Ekp.html

Ooo. Certainly interested in the new team mangement bit. I always thought previous games were really shallow with off track stuff.

 

[looz]

F1 2020 game set for July 10th (Before the season is likely to start), includes the two new tracks, which will be the first time many people will be able to get a good idea of the Hanoi layout or Zandvoorts new banking as the real races are postponned. Also features a manager mode for an 11 team grid.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-f1-2020-videogame.dqdZ1FH1Se4uD8jBY6Ekp.html

Watching the virtual 2019 races has been a blast, definitely looking forward to this release. Should we arrange an OC3D event?

 

[NeverBackDown]

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/4622

For anyone interested, 4k AI upscaling textures for Witcher 3

Came across it from: https://wccftech.com/the-witcher-3-ai-4k-upscaled-project/

 

[Warchild]

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/4622

For anyone interested, 4k AI upscaling textures for Witcher 3

Came across it from: https://wccftech.com/the-witcher-3-ai-4k-upscaled-project/

 

[FTLN]

Windows 10 Spring 2020 Update

Windows 10 2004 (19041.207), most probably RTM :

https://mspoweruser.com/windows-10-...view-ring-may-be-final-may-2020-update-build/

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...etting-the-may-2020-update-ready-for-release/

Download from MS Sources here via uupdump.ml: https://uupdump.ml/selectlang.php?id=1f683f23-c660-4e58-844f-3ef8eff634f9

How to use uupdump.ml (my video) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGN6mCBw2mc&t=64s

We are now getting the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (20H1) ready for release and releasing Build 19041.207 to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview ring. We believe that Build 19041.207 is the final build and we will continue to improve the overall experience of the May 2020 Update on customers’ PCs as part of our normal servicing cadence.

Build 19041.207 (KB4550936) includes all of the 20H1 features in addition to the following quality improvements and security updates:

This build is cumulative and includes all the fixes released to Windows Insiders in the Slow ring in Build 19041.21 through Build 19041.173.
We fixed an issue that causes the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service (rpcss.exe) to close unexpectedly and the device stops working. Then you must restart the device.
We fixed an issue that causes the Device Enrollment Status Page (ESP) on managed devices to stop responding if a policy that requires a restart is installed on the device.
We fixed an issue that might prevent the rear camera flash from functioning as expected on devices that have a rear camera.
It also includes the latest security updates to the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Kernel, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Media, Windows Shell, Windows Management, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Authentication, Windows Virtualization, Windows Core Networking, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows Update Stack, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Malwarebytes launches their new VPN
https://www.malwarebytes.com/vpn/
and the blog:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2020/04/introducing-malwarebytes-privacy/

Kinda expensive considering how cheap you can get other VPNs like PIA, NordVPN(though I would stay away from them), etc. Though with their reputation I would say it is probably justified however they need to definitely offer way more than their reputation alone as only 180 servers worldwide is incredibly tiny compared to the competition.

 

[Avet]

Malwarebytes launches their new VPN
https://www.malwarebytes.com/vpn/
and the blog:
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2020/04/introducing-malwarebytes-privacy/

Kinda expensive considering how cheap you can get other VPNs like PIA, NordVPN(though I would stay away from them), etc. Though with their reputation I would say it is probably justified however they need to definitely offer way more than their reputation alone as only 180 servers worldwide is incredibly tiny compared to the competition.

I would w8 a month or two for a good review. I don't mind paying more if it is worth. But it is new, and there might be some quirks.

 

[NeverBackDown]

https://www.displayport.org/pr/vesa...rformance-to-usb4-and-new-usb-type-c-devices/


VESA announced DP 2.0 ALT mode for USB 4.0 type C.

 

[NeverBackDown]

https://medium.com/vsystems/v-syste...owered-internet-protocol-tachyon-4a946d171bec

Sunny King, the inventor of Proof of Stake (PoS), announced Tachyon as its first application to be built in the ecosystem, which is an X-VPN based decentralized internet protocol. PoS is essentially block chain and is the new data structure(relative to data structures) everyone is familiar with in regards to crypto currency.

This could have so many benefits. VPNs are useful yes but are very much not uncrackable and slow.

While the new WireGuard standard for VPNs will considerably increase security and speed, it still has the same problems of not being invulnerable.

Using the PoS data structure/concepts it could speed up the process depending on the algorithm, or if not maintain the current speeds yet without a doubt provide the absolute most security and near virtually impossible to find somebody.

It's really cool and the white paper on their website is very dense and I haven't gone through it all yet but this could be a big upgrade to VPNs in the nearish future.

 

[grec]

It's worth noting PoS is still unproven technology, and hasn't successfully been used for any meaningfully used cryptocurrency, all practical examples of cryptocurrencies rely on the much more stable Proof-of-Work system. While it's a workable concept with some nice upsides, it has some gaping security flaws that most implementations haven't managed to convincingly fix.

 

[NeverBackDown]

They aren't that different. In a PoW system you still have a stake in it. You forget they are both based off the block chain concept. Since they aren't using the exact same data structures for different problems slightly altering the data structure makes it easier to work with for a different application. It doesn't need to be proven because it's not a fundamental shift. It's the same thing just being used slightly differently to work with a slightly different application.

No different than using a React framework vs a Vue framework. You choose the one that best suits your needs. It's essentially doing the same thing but the small differences makes their pros and cons make development easier/harder for certain things.

 

[grec]

They aren't that different. In a PoW system you still have a stake in it. You forget they are both based off the block chain concept. Since they aren't using the exact same data structures for different problems slightly altering the data structure makes it easier to work with for a different application. It doesn't need to be proven because it's not a fundamental shift. It's the same thing just being used slightly differently to work with a slightly different application.

No different than using a React framework vs a Vue framework. You choose the one that best suits your needs. It's essentially doing the same thing but the small differences makes their pros and cons make development easier/harder for certain things.

I suggest you read further into this, including into the history around it, these are very different implementations of the blockchain concept, one is a proven concept with a decade of use(PoW), the other has failed to ever make it past experimental stages of very small altcoins despite some incredibly high profile efforts (Etheriums devs spent years trying to formulate a practical PoS system).

PoS sounds like a simple change in theory, but as soon as you get anywhere near implementation, the two concepts rapidly diverge, and even the practical use cases for PoS ends up wildly different, hence why even after many many years of attempts, nothing solid has came of the concept.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Having written block chain algorithms I don't really need to read up on anything. Thanks for the suggestion though.

This is just you once again going on and on about anything anyone says telling them they are wrong.

The implementations are not that different and rewriting an algorithm wouldn't be to difficult or even starting from scratch. All you are doing is moving the work around and changing the amount of work done for less wasted resources.

If you would like to continue PM me as this is a quick news thread.

 

[NeverBackDown]

EA/Dice announced the end of BFV and BF2 with the studio moving onto the next Battlefield 6 with a projected release next year, 2021. The longest gap in between 2 battlefield games in the franchises history.

https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-2021-dice-battlefront-2-last-update?sf121502588=1

 

[grec]

EDIT: On Topic: GN have done this very interesting review of the last decade of Intel CPUs and their gains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPWEdbfJ0oE

Having written block chain algorithms I don't really need to read up on anything. Thanks for the suggestion though.

This is just you once again going on and on about anything anyone says telling them they are wrong.

The implementations are not that different and rewriting an algorithm wouldn't be to difficult or even starting from scratch. All you are doing is moving the work around and changing the amount of work done for less wasted resources.

If you would like to continue PM me as this is a quick news thread.

If you've managed to make a working PoS algorithm then my friends on the Ethereium dev team would love to hear about it. But yano, they spent over half a decade on the transition from PoW to PoS to only conclude it was essentially impossible to implement the then purely theoretical mechanism properly, despite being the best funded crypto team in the industry for a portion of time(This is of course due to the need to create a range of completely new auxiliary systems in order to solve/avoid the inherent security risks & problems of PoS). I'd like to see how you came to a different conclusion.

As you say blockchain software is incredibly easy to write. Here in Malta we are the blockchain capital of Europe and possibly the world in terms of money put into developing blockchain tech(And host a popular large annual summit on the developments of AI & Blockchain tech). I've been working on and then developing software with blockchains since 2012 and my dissertation relied heavily on it.

If PoS was a workable solution, PoW would not still be the basis of most crypto currencies, due to the vastly larger energy conspmption patterns of these systems. This is a big deal to national governments. (Have you not noticed how the only person to even claim to create a working & practically usable system is the concepts mysterious creator(s), despite almost a decade of high profile attempts).

 

[g0ggles1994]

EDIT: On Topic: GN have done this very interesting review of the last decade of Intel CPUs and their gains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPWEdbfJ0oE

Good video, shame that they didn't include any IPC comparisons, that would have been interesting to see. Although I think that it would generally highlight that most of Intels gains over this decade have been from clock rate rather than IPC.

TTL, WYP. Please do this if you can!

 

[WYP]

Good video, shame that they didn't include any IPC comparisons, that would have been interesting to see. Although I think that it would generally highlight that most of Intels gains over this decade have been from clock rate rather than IPC.

TTL, WYP. Please do this if you can!

I don't think we have a motherboard for every Intel generation for the past decade. Interesting idea though.

IPC is also very applications specific, so testing that would be challenging. Stock for stock, a lot of Intel's gains are from higher clocks, but there have been IPC gains along the way.

 

[grec]

There is a completely perfect direct port of Mario 64 going round, uses DirectX12 and the original game data, supports any resolution, game controllers, ect.

https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/mario-64-pc-port-released/

 

[AlienALX]

https://www.techradar.com/news/inte...021-leaving-z490-motherboards-out-in-the-cold

MOAR SOCKITZ

 

[Dicehunter]

https://www.techradar.com/news/inte...021-leaving-z490-motherboards-out-in-the-cold

MOAR SOCKITZ

I can imagine Intels board meeting now -

Hey, So people love keeping hold of their extremely expensive motherboards for a fair few CPU generations like AMD has been letting buyers do, This sounds like a genuinely good move that has gained AMD a lot of market share, Let's not do that at all and introduce yet another different socket that will make most sane people jump ship to AMD, Great idea !