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NVIDIA To Acquire Datacenter Networking Firm Mellanox for $6.9 Billion
Starting off the week bright and early, NVIDIA this morning announced that they’re acquiring datacenter networking and interconnect Mellanox. With a price tag of $6.9 billion, NVIDIA’s acquisition will be vaulting the company deep into the datacenter networking market, making them one of the leading vendors virtually overnight.
That seems like a pretty cool purchase.
Who else is thinking of that AMD graphics card with a Killer NIC onboard as well? That thing was just silly, but people believed that a NIC could enhance games.
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The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings
2D image sensor gets fooled by 2D images.
Here's another friendly reminder that, if your Android phone doesn't have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn't very secure. The latest phone to implement face unlock with nothing but the normal front camera is the Galaxy S10, and users across the web are reporting that the feature is easily confused or defeated.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings
2D image sensor gets fooled by 2D images.
Here's another friendly reminder that, if your Android phone doesn't have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn't very secure. The latest phone to implement face unlock with nothing but the normal front camera is the Galaxy S10, and users across the web are reporting that the feature is easily confused or defeated.
Such a bad idea.
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Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings
2D image sensor gets fooled by 2D images.
Here's another friendly reminder that, if your Android phone doesn't have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn't very secure. The latest phone to implement face unlock with nothing but the normal front camera is the Galaxy S10, and users across the web are reporting that the feature is easily confused or defeated.
Such a bad idea.
I didn't know that they were still doing that lol
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
What are you worried about exactly?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
What are you worried about exactly?
Discontinuation of the product, refocus of resources, change of licensing.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
What are you worried about exactly?
Discontinuation of the product, refocus of resources, change of licensing.
Oh... Is that all?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
What are you worried about exactly?
Discontinuation of the product, refocus of resources, change of licensing.
Well you have apache has fallback for reverse proxy server.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
What are you worried about exactly?
Discontinuation of the product, refocus of resources, change of licensing.
Well you have apache has fallback for reverse proxy server.
Yeah, but it isn't as good.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
What are you worried about exactly?
Discontinuation of the product, refocus of resources, change of licensing.
Well you have apache has fallback for reverse proxy server.
You could also use HAProxy. Which is decent.
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You could also run out and Fork NGinx real quick like.... Just to have it on hand.
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@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
You could also run out and Fork NGinx real quick like.... Just to have it on hand.
I'm sure someone will if they change the license in the newer versions.
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Next Windows release will include DTrace support
Popular open source Unix tool is now a part of Windows too.
The forthcoming Windows 10 feature update will bring support for DTrace, the open source debugging and diagnostic tracing tool originally built for Solaris. The port was announced at the Ignite conference last year, and today the instructions, binaries, and source code are now available.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
I'm glad you said this. I felt the same way when I read this.
I see it more likely that F5 will try to nuter or completely kill off Nginx to push people to their paid product.
I mean I'm glad that Nginx was able to get enough support contracts to keep themselves affloat, but this is a hugely different company who lived in closed source, closed door sales plus support.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
I'm glad you said this. I felt the same way when I read this.
I see it more likely that F5 will try to nuter or completely kill off Nginx to push people to their paid product.
I mean I'm glad that Nginx was able to get enough support contracts to keep themselves affloat, but this is a hugely different company who lived in closed source, closed door sales plus support.
F5’s product does not do the same thing.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
I'm glad you said this. I felt the same way when I read this.
I see it more likely that F5 will try to nuter or completely kill off Nginx to push people to their paid product.
I mean I'm glad that Nginx was able to get enough support contracts to keep themselves affloat, but this is a hugely different company who lived in closed source, closed door sales plus support.
F5’s product does not do the same thing.
They are very similar. They both can be used in a load balancer and reverse proxy implementation.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Just got this in my inbox
Nginx to join F5
https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-joins-f5/This worries me. Not that I dislike F5, but Nginx was doing so well as they were.
I'm glad you said this. I felt the same way when I read this.
I see it more likely that F5 will try to nuter or completely kill off Nginx to push people to their paid product.
I mean I'm glad that Nginx was able to get enough support contracts to keep themselves affloat, but this is a hugely different company who lived in closed source, closed door sales plus support.
F5’s product does not do the same thing.
A lot of overlap, they are competitors.
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Fitbit Inspire HR review: A worthy $99 investment in your health
Fitbit packed many essentials into its $99 replacement for the Alta HR.
Apple may be dominating the wearable space, but Fitbit isn't far behind. Long before Apple even made smartwatches, Fitbit made fitness trackers for all types of people who would like to become healthier or advance their training to the next level. And as of late, Fitbit's $129 Alta HR surpassed others as our favorite simple-yet-powerful fitness band that could work for almost anyone.
