Non-IT News Thread
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Fast satellite coming.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Fast satellite coming.
Sounds like they are trying to compete with SpaceX's LEO satellites that are supposed to have ~20ms of latency.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Fast satellite coming.
Sounds like they are trying to compete with SpaceX's LEO satellites that are supposed to have ~20ms of latency.
SpaceX would eat my lunch, depending on what they are offering.
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Fast satellite coming.
They'll still have latency issues.
Outside of live things, it's probably not a real problem. yeah, you don't want it if you are a gamer, and you might get some issue with video chat, but general surfing, using of the web, streaming media, should be totally usable.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Fast satellite coming.
They'll still have latency issues.
Outside of live things, it's probably not a real problem. yeah, you don't want it if you are a gamer, and you might get some issue with video chat, but general surfing, using of the web, streaming media, should be totally usable.
It's slow enough that web pages noticeably slow down. Things like voice are often impossible.
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Amazon Instant Pickup is coming.
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Intel decided being overly political might not be in their best interests.
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2017-solar-eclipse-einstein-general-relativity
More on the eclipse, who would have guessed?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Fast satellite coming.
They'll still have latency issues.
Outside of live things, it's probably not a real problem. yeah, you don't want it if you are a gamer, and you might get some issue with video chat, but general surfing, using of the web, streaming media, should be totally usable.
It's slow enough that web pages noticeably slow down. Things like voice are often impossible.
The 3mp upload is optimistic at best. You need a small sat to transmit up through the ionsphere, and they are doing it with a lower powered dish. Similar problems to early wireless.
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/ai-bot-takes-on-the-pros-at-dota-2-and-wins/
Elon Musk's Dota 2 AI does a pretty good job.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/ai-bot-takes-on-the-pros-at-dota-2-and-wins/
Elon Musk's Dota 2 AI does a pretty good job.
Very cool
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Bitcoin value passes $4,000
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/two-reasons-bitcoin-just-surged-past-4000/
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2017-solar-eclipse-knowledge
I hope they make a time lapse of the collected 2 mins from those 68 cameras.. that should be pretty cool to watch.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2017-solar-eclipse-knowledge
I hope they make a time lapse of the collected 2 mins from those 68 cameras.. that should be pretty cool to watch.
I expect that they will. That'll be really cool.
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More self driving companies getting into the game.
