Miscellaneous Tech News
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TikTok: Chinese app may be banned in US, says Pompeo
Would you recommend downloading TikTok? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was asked that question on Monday night on Fox News.
"Only if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party," he replied. Asked if he would ban Chinese apps - including TikTok - he said: "I don't want to get out in front of the president, but it's something we're looking at". That is a very worrying statement for TikTok. The huge Chinese social media company has experienced phenomenal growth in the last three years. It's been downloaded more than two billion times. But around the world, and not just in the US, TikTok is facing a backlash. It's finding out the hard way that being international, a tech company, and Chinese isn't a great combination right now. -
BBC News - New video format 'halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs'
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - New video format 'halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53322755Except a LOT of stuff is still using H.264
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - New video format 'halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53322755Except a LOT of stuff is still using H.264
Neat. 4k movies use a lot of storage and muscle so it'll be good to see this deployed/popular, if it is a good quality.
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@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - New video format 'halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53322755Except a LOT of stuff is still using H.264
Neat. 4k movies use a lot of storage and muscle so it'll be good to see this deployed/popular, if it is a good quality.
I would expect it is. People still complain that H.265 is somehow bad. When it is much more likely a bad source or a dumb ass encoder.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
BBC News - New video format 'halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53322755Except a LOT of stuff is still using H.264
Neat. 4k movies use a lot of storage and muscle so it'll be good to see this deployed/popular, if it is a good quality.
I would expect it is. People still complain that H.265 is somehow bad. When it is much more likely a bad source or a dumb ass encoder.
Yeah. Encoding is the worst.
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'UK faces mobile blackouts if Huawei 5G ban imposed by 2023'
BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huawei's equipment out of their 5G networks.
Executives from the network providers told MPs that they wanted at least five years, and ideally seven, if such an order is made. The government is expected to announce new curbs on the use of the Chinese firm's kit within the next two weeks. Huawei has urged it to take more time. "There isn't a burning bridge," said Huawei's UK vice president Jeremy Thompson, adding that it was too soon to determine what impact new US sanctions would have. The company also denied claims it would ever act against its clients' interests, even if told to do so by the Chinese government. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
'UK faces mobile blackouts if Huawei 5G ban imposed by 2023'
BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huawei's equipment out of their 5G networks.
Executives from the network providers told MPs that they wanted at least five years, and ideally seven, if such an order is made. The government is expected to announce new curbs on the use of the Chinese firm's kit within the next two weeks. Huawei has urged it to take more time. "There isn't a burning bridge," said Huawei's UK vice president Jeremy Thompson, adding that it was too soon to determine what impact new US sanctions would have. The company also denied claims it would ever act against its clients' interests, even if told to do so by the Chinese government.Wow, the UK and US are just falling farther and farther behind.
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TikTok: Amazon says email asking staff to remove app 'sent in error'
Amazon has said an email sent to employees asking them to remove the video-sharing app TikTok from any mobile device that can access their company email was sent in error.
An internal memo sent to staff earlier on Friday had said employees should delete the app over "security risks". The app, owned by a Chinese company, has come under scrutiny because of fears it could share data with China. TikTok said it did not understand Amazon's concerns. "This morning's email to some of our employees was sent in error. There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok", a company spokesperson told the BBC. But earlier on Friday, a memo sent to staff seen by multiple news outlets stated that the app must be removed from mobile devices. -
Proxmox Backup Server
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-backup-server-beta.72677/
https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/proxmox-backup-serverProxmox Backup Documentation
https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/item/proxmox-backup-admin-guide -
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
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@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
This gives a little insight.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/U5C4CC2O44E7Q4MVTT772NP667HTP25S/ -
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
I was once interviewed for a job where I said I preferred nano, and this offended one of the people there. I can use vi, but I also like not having to look on a cheat sheet for less-often used commands, whereas I've used pico/nano since the 90s when it was part of pine.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
So sad. I really hate Nano. I'm sure it's because I learned vi and once you know it, it's so fast and easy. But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
So sad. I really hate Nano. I'm sure it's because I learned vi and once you know it, it's so fast and easy. But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
I can empathize. I don't use a ton of features with
vibut it's not hard to learn how to write/close a file and search for text. I suppose this would change if I used it more, but Nano just feels awkward to me. -
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
So sad. I really hate Nano. I'm sure it's because I learned vi and once you know it, it's so fast and easy. But every time I have to deal with someone using Nano everything is so slow and it's so hard to figure out what it going on.
I can empathize. I don't use a ton of features with
vibut it's not hard to learn how to write/close a file and search for text. I suppose this would change if I used it more, but Nano just feels awkward to me.Yeah, same here. I have a basic set of editing features that I use every day and it's so fast. With Nano, I find that it takes more steps and is harder to see on many screens.
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@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
This gives a little insight.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/U5C4CC2O44E7Q4MVTT772NP667HTP25S/Oh I see. I kind of forget sometimes that there is no default editor because I just use vi every time. However I can understand for new users that have just switched over.
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@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@jmoore said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@EddieJennings said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://fossbytes.com/with-fedora-33-nano-will-be-the-default-terminal-text-editor/
I suppose it was inevitable.
Anyone know why?
This gives a little insight.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/U5C4CC2O44E7Q4MVTT772NP667HTP25S/Oh I see. I kind of forget sometimes that there is no default editor because I just use vi every time. However I can understand for new users that have just switched over.
True, I like that a default is being added. But I've seen so many people burned by not learning vi over the years. Seems like setting people up a bit to make it "feel approachable."
That said, I liked the "it asks you what you want" thing from before. Maybe they could put it into the installer so that it's trivial to select at that time if you want vi instead of nano or joe.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
True, I like that a default is being added. But I've seen so many people burned by not learning vi over the years. Seems like setting people up a bit to make it "feel approachable."
Yeah its good that a default is being included but any Linux user needs to be familiar with most of the basic tools. vi is one of those tools in my opinion because it is so prevalent.
