ostechnix: The Expand and Unexpand commands are used to replace TAB characters in files with SPACE characters and vice versa.
Source: Linux Today – Expand And Unexpand Commands Tutorial With Examples
Monthly Archives: May 2019
ASUS ROG Strix X570-E and ROG Strix X570-F Gaming Motherboards Announced
ASUS has unveiled a number of X570 motherboard at Computex 19 with a range of boards in different price brackets. Also announced is the ROG Strix X570-E Gaming and the ROG Strix X570-F which feature similar aesthetics, but differ slighting in terms of features.
ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming – apologies for the blurry picture, we’ll update it when we visit ASUS later this week
Starting with the higher spec model of the pairing, the ASUS ROG Strix X570-E includes the gaming-focused Realtek RTL8125G 2.5 GbE LAN with a second port controlled by an Intel I211-AT Gigabit controller, with the wireless capabilities coming from the new Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax adapter. The board boasts three full-length PCIe 4.0 slots which operate at x16, x8/x8, and x8/x8/x4, with the final four being from the chipset. The Strix themed chipset heatsink has two M.2 heatsinks emanating from the top and bottom side for the boards dual PCIe 4.0 M.2, with a cooling fan integrated which is designed to keep the X570 chipset cool. The ROG Strix X570-E also has eight SATA ports and four DDR4 memory slots.
ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming rear panel
Also featured are seven USB 3.1 G2 Type-A, one USB 3.1 G2 Type-C, and four USB 3.1 G1 Type-A ports on the rear panel. A SupremeFX S1220 HD audio codec adds five color-coded 3.5 mm jacks, and an S/PDIF optical out. A pair of video outputs consisting of an HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 output is present and for use with the Ryzen APUs.
ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming
On the PCB of the ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming is three full-length PCIe 4.0 ports which are configured to run at x16, x8/x8, and x8/x8/x4. Also featured is two PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots with a pair of M.2 heatsinks which is likely to be needed to run the latest PCIe 4.0 x4 SSDs. The board also includes eight SATA ports and four DDR4 memory slots.
ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming rear panel
The ASUS ROG Strix X570-F drops the Wi-Fi capability and just uses a single Intel I1211-AT Gigabit powered LAN port. While both models share the same SupremeFX S1220 HD audio codec, the Strix X570-F has less USB 3.1 G2, with just three USB 3.1 Type-A, and one USB 3.1 G2 Type-C on the rear panel. This also includes four USB 3.1 G1 Type-A ports.
Both the ASUS ROG Strix X570-E and Strix X570-F Gaming motherboards are expected to be available prior to the launch of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series processors on 7/7. Pricing information is currently unknown, but it is likely to be announced closer to the launch of the chipset.
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Source: AnandTech – ASUS ROG Strix X570-E and ROG Strix X570-F Gaming Motherboards Announced
Make Eye Contact With Drivers So They Won't Run You Over
The Lifehacker staff works out of Times Square in New York, which means we’re constantly under the threat of being hit by a passing car. Just today, an SUV nearly ran me over, even though it had a red light.
Source: LifeHacker – Make Eye Contact With Drivers So They Won’t Run You Over
11 More Minor League Baseball Alternate Hats That We Really Love
We’ve already geeked out over Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión alternate hats, but a bunch of minor league teams have other alternative logos, names, and uniforms that they use throughout the year as well.
Source: Gizmodo – 11 More Minor League Baseball Alternate Hats That We Really Love
Try Fishing on 'Free Fishing Days' Without a License
I have a vivid memory from some point in my childhood of fishing on a pier somewhere with my family. I decided at some point to try out some sort of fly fishing move I’d seen on TV, which ended in my brother getting a hook in his ear and me giving up fishing.
Source: LifeHacker – Try Fishing on ‘Free Fishing Days’ Without a License
How the Pokémon Games (and Even Avengers: Infinity War) Influenced Detective Pikachu's Wild Climax
Detective Pikachu is already a pretty weird movie—it’s a noir film for kids starring outlandish creatures, one of which wears an incredibly adorable deerstalker hat. But it takes an even weirder turn for its climactic third act. A turn that required VFX studio MCP to explore not only the games for inspiration, but…
Source: io9 – How the Pokémon Games (and Even Avengers: Infinity War) Influenced Detective Pikachu’s Wild Climax
Apple Reportedly Plans to Limit Tracking in Kid’s Apps
Sometimes I lose track in Silicon Valley. Apple is supposed to be the privacy company, right?
Source: Gizmodo – Apple Reportedly Plans to Limit Tracking in Kid’s Apps
Hydro Flask Is Our Readers' Favorite Water Bottle
All our water bottle Co-op finalists are good, but one really blew the others out of the water. Hydro Flask emerged as the winner in our battle of the bottles.
Source: io9 – Hydro Flask Is Our Readers’ Favorite Water Bottle
More Than Half a Million Corals Died to Bring Bigger Ships Into Miami Port
Off the coast of Miami, corals are dying. Why? Because of a 16-month-long project to expand the harbor channel. A new study shows how the project killed over half a million corals between 2013 and 2015.
Source: Gizmodo – More Than Half a Million Corals Died to Bring Bigger Ships Into Miami Port
Spotify Is Reportedly Cooking Up A Social Listening Feature For Users
Spotify is a big name in the streaming audio market and hit 100 million paid subscribers in April. Spotify is also the reason that the EU is set to launch a probe against Apple. Spotify is working on a new social listing feature that will allow users to listen to their favorite music with friends.
The feature is called Social Listening,
Source: Hot Hardware – Spotify Is Reportedly Cooking Up A Social Listening Feature For Users
How to Reboot Linux Using the Command Line
Sometimes when debugging an issue or updating the kernel you may need to reboot your Linux system. If you have a headless server you need to know how to restart the system from the command line.
Source: LXer – How to Reboot Linux Using the Command Line
Cooooool: Hot Wheels Cars Play A Tune On Xylophone Keys Dangling Above Their Tracks
Note: gif has no sound no matter how loud you turn up your speakers.
This is a video of a bunch of white 1974 Ford Mustang Hot Wheels cars playing a little song on the xylophone keys hung over their tracks (computer edited, there were a total of 374 notes but the whole thing was not played in a single take). Some people are so clever. Unfortunately I’m not one of them, which is why I’m having a little trouble escaping this bathroom stall. “Use the latch.” I tried — my penis couldn’t reach it. “Maybe don’t use your penis?” WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER, everyone pulls their own weight.
Keep going for the video.
Source: Geekologie – Cooooool: Hot Wheels Cars Play A Tune On Xylophone Keys Dangling Above Their Tracks
'Robots' Are Not 'Coming For Your Job' — Management Is
merbs writes: If the robots are simply “coming,” if they just show up and relieve a helpless lot of humans of their livelihoods, then no one is to blame for this techno-elemental phenomenon, and little is to be done about it beyond bracing for impact. Not the executives swayed by consulting firms who insist the future is in AI customer service bots, or the managers who see an opportunity to improve profit margins by adopting automated kiosks that edge out cashiers, or the shipping conglomerate bosses who decide to replace dockworkers with a fleet of automated trucks. These individuals may feel as if they have no choice, with shareholders and boards and bosses of their own to answer to, and an economic system that incentivizes the making of these decisions — and sometimes the technology will perform obviously superior work to the human — but they are exactly that: decisions, made by people, to call in or build the job-threatening robots.
Pretending otherwise, that robots in every use case are inevitable, is the very worst form of technological determinism, and leads to a dearth in critical thinking about when and how automation *is* best implemented. Because even the most ardent robot lovers will agree, there are plenty of cases of badly deployed automation; systems that make our lives worse and more inefficient, and that kill jobs en route to worse outcomes. And such automated regression is often implemented under the logic of ‘robots are coming,’ so better hop aboard. We will be able to make better decisions about embracing effective automation if we understand that, in practice, ‘the robots are coming for our jobs’ usually means something more like ‘a CEO wants to cut his operating budget by 15 percent and was just pitched on enterprise software that promises to do the work currently done by thirty employees in accounts payable.’
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – ‘Robots’ Are Not ‘Coming For Your Job’ — Management Is
Finally, I can use my iPhone to ride the NYC subway
This morning, as I’ve done regularly since moving to New York City years ago, I left my Brooklyn apartment to head to Engadget headquarters in Manhattan. In an ideal world, I would’ve been able to use my iPhone to get through the turnstile at my near…
Source: Engadget – Finally, I can use my iPhone to ride the NYC subway
Gran Turismo Sport Has Spent Two Years Adding Great Stuff For Free
When Gran Turismo Sport launched in October 2017, it was easy to regard it with suspicion. Despite being the first—and at this rate, perhaps only—Gran Turismo game on the PlayStation 4, it lacked the numeral that would’ve clearly signaled it as the next step in one of the longest-running platform-exclusive series in…
Source: Kotaku – Gran Turismo Sport Has Spent Two Years Adding Great Stuff For Free
How to Get Your Kid Devoted to Your Favorite Sports Team
My husband and I are sports fans. College and professional, basketball, football and baseball—we tend to like it all. So we hoped that our son would grow up to enjoy watching sports as much as we do. Not just because that would make life a little easier, but also because being a sports fan can be good for you in…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Get Your Kid Devoted to Your Favorite Sports Team
California Man Becomes the First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation
A terminally ill patient who opted for assisted death has undergone cryonic preservation at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. This preservation—the first of its kind—signifies an important milestone for cryonics advocates, who argue that the right to death, paradoxically, is a potential pathway to an eternal life.
Source: Gizmodo – California Man Becomes the First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation
How Was the Stairs Challenge?
It’s the end of our stairs challenge, so tell us how it went! Did you do a lunge-focused lower body workout? Try our ladder of increasingly difficult push-ups?
Source: LifeHacker – How Was the Stairs Challenge?
Microsoft Again Warns Users To Patch BlueKeep Wormable Windows Bug
Earlier this month, we brought you news of an incredibly nasty remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows systems; specifically, Windows 7, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, and even the ancient Windows XP. Microsoft in fact was so worried about this WannaCry-style malware that it even pushed out a patch
Source: Hot Hardware – Microsoft Again Warns Users To Patch BlueKeep Wormable Windows Bug
Judge demands Facebook hand over data privacy records
Facebook will have to hand over emails and records related to how it handled the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In September, shareholders sued the company in order to obtain information pertaining to the leak. Today, a US judge sided with shareholders…
Source: Engadget – Judge demands Facebook hand over data privacy records