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adhd is truly having to have 3 different youtube videos playing in the bg while i work or working is unbearable for me
#txt#video game let’s plays on my right monitor#dashcam compilations on the left#(they’re both muted but with subtitles)#then my phone playing something with sound with my headphones
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me: [watching a dashcam compilation that includes a video of a Tesla trying to cut-off a semi that signalled in plenty of time to enter the left lane and overtake slower traffic in Pennsylvania] me: [goes to the comments and likes the comment of someone saying that the Tesla driver was an entitled asshole bc there was no reason for him to cut the truck off like that] european weirdo: well in europe truckers aren't allowed to take the fast lane if there are three lanes multiple people: this didn't happen in europe tho. in america anyone can take the left lane if they're overtaking traffic european weirdo: there's three lanes. it's illegal for the truck to take the fast lane multiple people: not in america tho!!!
#why are europeans like this sometimes#ur weird european traffic laws don't mean anything in america!!!!
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Theories and Conjectures the r/batfam subreddit has compiled about the group of Gotham vigilantes known as The Batfamily
Most well known facts
The Batman has been operating for about two decades
The first Robin grew up to be Nightwing; has been operating about 15 years
The first Batgirl disappeared for unknown reasons; operated about a decade.
The second Robin died; operated about 2-3 years
The third Robin may be Red Robin; possible operating timeline is 4-6 years
The fourth Robin is the current Batgirl; has been operating for 5 years
Black Bat has been operating for 4 years
The fifth Robin is the current Robin; has been operating for 3 years
The Signal has been operating for 1 and a half years.
Numerous pieces of evidence indicate the majority of the Batfamily refer to each other as siblings, with Batman being the patriarch of the colony.
Popular Theories under dispute
While Batman has been known to be out of commission at times, compelling evidence indicates that for a year the man behind the cowl of the Batman was not the original but somebody else. Possibly Nightwing, as suggested by his significant decrease in presence in Bludhaven during that year. This "missing year" also coincides with the introduction of the current Robin.
The Red Hood, a known crime lord in Gotham, committed a number of murders and violent crimes during his first year in Gotham, but scant accounts suggest the Red Hood may work with the Batfam for unknown reasons.
The Batfamily are metahumans.
Lex Luthor is secretly funding Batman. While interesting, the evidence is all circumstantial.
u/redssbitchess post about the Wayne family being the Batfamily may or may not have existed and may or may not have been permanently wiped from the internet by forces unseen.
A few personal accounts seem to indicate there is another member of the Batfamily named "Agent A" who has never made a public debut.
Batfamily members have reportedly made repeated references to an "Oracle". Unknown who or what they may be referring to.
The Signal appears to be a metahuman. His powers remain unclear. Theories range from precognition to telekinesis to telepathy.
A shortened list of Batfamily Trivia
The Batfamily will routinely buy food while patrolling Gotham. Apparently, Batman likes dark chocolate ice cream.
The current Robin appears to be a master duelist, according to analysis of video footage.
The Batfamily has purportedly hacked the Pentagon. The Pentagon denies this.
Catwoman, a thief operating out of Gotham City for the past two decades, and notable occasional ally of the Batman, appears to be a Whip Master.
The Black Bat communicates primarily through American Sign Language.
The Batfamily all have thick New Jersey Gothamite accents.
A rough approximation of the known languages used by the Batfamily range from 26-74.
Several members, if not all, of the Batfamily are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Footage and Images
Audio and visual footage of the Batfamily is notoriously hard to catch.
The most well known picture of the Batman is a dark and grainy photograph taken from street level, depicting Batman leaning over the edge of a roof, looking out over Gotham City.
Dashcam footage from a police cruiser parked on the street. The police officers get out, shouting something, and a few moments later the Batman enters from the right side of the frame, passes in front of the hood, and exits out of the left side of the frame, following the officers.
Audio footage from the phone of a hostage while being rescued by the Batman. Most of it is unintelligible, but near the end of the clip someone in a gravelly voice (assumed to be Batman) says, "The car is… Robin… the ambulances are…" before the clip ends. This is the first documented instance of Batman calling a partner "Robin".
Footage taken behind an overturned car of the Signal facing the Scarecrow. The Signal raises his hand, then the footage goes black while the videographer swears. The footage ends after a minute of complete darkness interspersed with screaming.
A photo taken of a drive thru photograph of the Batmobile in a Wendy's Drive Thru. The Batmobile was reportedly being driven by Batgirl with Robin in the passenger seat.
A photograph of a young man in a domino mask holding what appears to be the Red Hood helmet in one hand and a cigarette in his other hand.
#batman#batfam#bruce wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#tim drake#damian wayne#cassandra wayne#duke thomas#dc#the burd squawks#only in gotham
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House Online Forum Manuals How do you stop an Out-of-control Automobile?
Vehicles are obtaining more secure regularly. With anti-skid brakes, automated parking, back-up cameras, air bags, radar collision detection-- you 'd nearly assume nothing could fail while you're driving, assuming that you're a sensibly good vehicle driver and don't act like an idiot behind the wheel. Yet what if something fails-- your brakes quit working or your cars and truck won't quit accelerating? Some Driving Fails: Or you find on your own driving a little also riskily under unsafe problems, like ice, snow or damp roadway surface areas? We have 2 words for you-- stolen from Douglas Adams' book, "The Hitchhiker's Overview to the Galaxy"-- don't panic!If you recognize what to do, you can generally get your auto safely back in control when it starts acting like it has a mind of its own. You just need to be prepared and also maintain an amazing head. Right here are some suggestions for how to handle an out-of-control auto. We'll damage them down right into two basic categories: mechanical failures and also bad road problems. Or a quit vehicle. Or you require to slow down for a turn. Yet when you put your foot on the brake pedal, absolutely nothing occurs. This usually takes place since you have actually shed brake fluid or you have actually had too much wear and tear on your brake pads. Okay, you must have had these things took a look at in advance, however understanding that doesn't help much when the brakes fall short. What do you do?Obviously, you should not push the accelerator, however you figured that out yourself, right? Live Videos From Dashcam Russia: If your brake pedal will not decrease, inspect to make certain there's absolutely nothing obstructing it, like a loosened container that's rolled below. If so, just eliminate it. If the pedal drops, try utilizing the engine to brake. If you have a manual transmission, struck the clutch as well as decline to the following reduced gear and then the next reduced, though you might not want to drop right to first unless you absolutely need to. The majority of transmissions will certainly let you shift into reduced gears also, however you will not need the clutch. If it's a real emergency situation and you will collide with something, you can drop greater than one gear in a solitary downshift, but be advised that this may ruin your transmission. Still, it's a whole lot much better than colliding with someone's rear bumper. Ultimately, you can use the emergency situation brake.(That's probably why they call it an emergency situation brake. )This doesn't function horribly well, as anyone that's unintentionally started driving without taking the brake off can inform you, yet it's far better than nothing as well as can be utilized in conjunction with engine braking to reach a total halt.Runaway acceleration: Every once in a while you find out about a vehicle that takes off like a rocket sled despite the fact that nobody's raised the stress on the accelerator. Normally this leads to a maker's recall, so it's likely you'll never ever have it happen to you. If it does, first check to make sure it isn't just a stuck accelerator pedal, where the pedal decreased yet came to be mechanically obstructed and wouldn't return up. Because situation, wedge your appropriate foot under the pedal to pull it back up as well as strike the brake with your left foot to reduce back down. Videos of Car Crash Compilation are Bad: Even if the accelerator isn't stuck, put the auto in neutral as well as use firm, continuous pressure to the brake pedal to reduce the auto down. If somehow this still does not function, turn the engine off.( In a Toyota with an engine button, this might require holding the button down for three seconds prior to it will react.)If you have a vital ignition, do not draw the trick out. That would secure the steering wheel. (If your auto is struck by a twister, we truly can't assist you.)Let's consider those one at a time: Rain: If the weather has been dry for some time, a layer of oil can build up when driving which , when combined with an abrupt rainstorm, can make the roadway dangerously slick. The good news is that the oil layer washes off fairly quickly, yet the initial few hours after rain begins falling are the most harmful, due to the fact that the oil is still there.
Russian Car Crash Could be The Worst
Try to drive extra slowly than you usually would and stay clear of stopping instantly. In especially negative rainstorms, where the road surface is covered with a layer of water, an extremely unsafe condition can happen: hydroplaning. This is when the water accumulates so quickly under your tires that your auto essentially begins to drift, driving on top of the water rather than the road. Your brakes will not work usually while hydroplaning since you no longer have traction. The steering wheel will no longer make your car turn properly. Avoid hydroplaning by maintaining your speed down, once it takes place take your foot off the accelerator to allow the auto decrease, don't brake hard because it can cause a skid, as well as drive in a straight line. You have one of the most control when relocating a straight line, so aim the wheels directly in advance. If you turn the wheels at an angle to the direction in which you're traveling, you're likely to enter into an unsafe skid. Okay, it's easy to state that you must go directly when you're heading toward a barrier, but you'll be stunned at how rapid you obtain control once again as you slow down and also the brakes start functioning. If your vehicle will not leave its auto parking place before your residence, it's most likely informing you to stay at home. Otherwise, the policies are similar to those for hydroplaning. If you start skidding, let up on the accelerator, try to drive in a straight line to get regulate back and also never ever, ever before attempt to go quickly on a snow-covered road. If you don't have anti-skid brakes, pump your brakes rather than tromping on them. If you do have abdominal muscle, this will certainly be done automatically.Ice: Probably one of the most treacherous climate condition for driving is freezing rain. This is when supercooled raindrops-- water that's been cooled down listed below the typical freezing point of 32 level Fahrenheit-- hit the road surface and also freeze quickly , transforming the freeway right into an ice-coated skating rink. Prevent driving under these conditions if whatsoever possible, since it's practically impossible to drive on a slickly icy roadway surface. If you definitely need to, drive as gradually as you can. Brake gently as well as long before you actually require to stop. Follow the hydroplaning policies and try to drive in a straight line if you feel your car starting to skid (however on an ice-coated roadway, it's remarkably difficult not to skid). Watch for unsafe places when traveling surface area, yet remember that you won't always be able to see them. Supposed" black ice"is properly invisible as well as you will not understand it exists till you enter into a skid, so in freezing rainfall just presume the roadway is alarmingly slick unless you have engaging proof to the contrary, like autos driving in advance of you melting the ice with the rubbing of their tires. Bad Drivers are Everywhere: Perhaps the most effective rule for driving on icy roads is to stay home with a cozy beverage and also wait for the thaw. You might miss out on the motion picture you intended to see or a celebration with buddies, however you and also your car will certainly weather the tornado in good problem. My very first vehicle accident, at age 17, took place on a rain glossy roadway. I was driving a little too quick for
problems. I transformed an edge and also a vehicle was stopped in front of me. I hit the brakes and absolutely nothing happened. Thankfully, nobody was injured when I rear-ended the vehicle in front of me, yet my own cars and truck was in the repair shop for several days. Years later on, I made the error of heading out shopping on a snowy night as well as wrecked the placement on my Toyota Corolla when I entered into a sidewards skid as well as hit the curb. I would love to believe I've learned enough because both of those accidents that they'll never occur once again (I have actually additionally transferred to a warmer climate, where the only weather condition trouble is the occasional rainstorm), yet all I can say is that you ought to exercise what I teach and also not what I've been recognized to do. Those mishaps showed me to deal with wet and also icy roadways with regard-- as well as I wish you do the same.
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DODGE CHALLENGER RACES A TESLA AND ENDS IN MASSIVE CAR CRASH | TESLACAM STORIES #48 - YouTube
In George Orwell's infamous dystopian fiction novel, 1984, he describes a society where "Big Brother" is always watching. The same can be said for 2021, where cameras are just about everywhere and everything you do in public probably ends up as video footage-that includes what you do in your car on public streets.A clip posted to YouTube shows the view from a Tesla Model 3 as a Dodge Challenger chases the all-electric sedan. Both vehicles seem to be traveling quickly, You may also like: bluedriver lsb2 obdii scan tool. racing against one another when the Challenger fails to change lanes at the right time and causes an accident that never should've happened. And the kicker is, he probably had no clue it was all on camera.The footage, which was spotted by InsideEVs, is from the Wham Baam Tesla Cam YouTube channel, which posts compilation videos made from clips that viewers send in of their Tesla's onboard cameras capturing noteworthy events. According to commentary from the video's producer, the Tesla Model 3 that captured the footage was driving late at night in the left-most lane of a busy Los Angeles freeway. He goes on to mention that the driver of the Tesla who sent in the clip claims that they were overtaking slower traffic, including a Dodge Challenger, but it's hard to defend that statement seeing how they both blew through the jam. Evidently, the Challenger took the pass as a call-out because that car can be seen poking out of its lane and weaving through traffic to catch up to the Tesla.The Challenger then passes a large SUV, which looks like a ninth-generation Chevrolet Suburban, by cutting into the right lane. As the Dodge does this, the Model 3 exits the left lane and effectively hides behind the SUV. It appears that the driver of the Challenger may have meant to cut into the same lane as the Tesla, but was caught off-guard by the Model 3's abrupt change and instead rear-ended the car in front of it. The 4,400-pound Challenger continued to barrel down the highway and lost control, striking the next car in the lane and sending at least two of the involved vehicles into the concrete barrier on the side of the highway.Now, there's a lot to unpack here and unfortunately, we couldn't find any reports from local news to give a clear picture of what authorities believed may have happened. But it sure does feel like the two cars were both traveling at unsafe speeds when the accident happened.While the Tesla driver claims to have been passing slower-moving traffic, the video reads like the two cars were having too much fun on public roads and things got out of hand when both tried to shoot the gap. The Tesla driver also said that they didn't notice the carnage behind them-despite the sparks and inevitable sound from the wreck-but still went home and checked the footage from TeslaCam where they then saw the accident. Unfortunately, there's not enough footage in the YouTube video to draw any conclusion, but something doesn't smell right about the explanation.Regardless, this is a perfect reminder to play it safe on the public highway, especially as traffic begins to pick up again. And if you do end up driving in an unsafe manner, remember that cameras aren't just on the side of the road to catch your speed anymore-anybody with a Tesla (or a dashcam) can post your douchebaggery to YouTube.
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Two US Park Police officers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2017 shooting of Bijan Ghaisar
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Two US Park Police officers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2017 shooting of Bijan Ghaisar
Each officer faces one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of reckless discharge of a firearm, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said at a news conference. The charges have a combined maximum of 15 years in prison.
“I wish this could have been done in a faster fashion,” Descano said Thursday. “However, there are no shortcuts to justice.”
In a statement, Ghaisar’s family said their hearts were “a little lighter” that the officers are “closer to being held accountable for what they did.”
“Too many of the people who are sworn to protect and serve our communities commit heinous acts of violence and go unpunished,” the statement said. “With these charges we are reminded that, at least here in Fairfax County, Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard are not above the law.”
Attorneys for the officers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The shooting
Ghaisar has been described by his family as a loving brother and son and a huge fan of the New England Patriots. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he earned a degree in accounting and was an involved member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, his sister told Appradab. After college, Ghaisar went to work for his father’s accounting firm in McLean, Virginia.
He also was a vocal opponent of gun violence, his family says.
On the evening of November 17, 2017, Ghaisar was driving south on the George Washington Memorial Parkway outside Washington when he was rear-ended, according to a collision report obtained by Appradab. For some reason, Ghaisar left the scene of collision, which is illegal in Virginia, and the Park Police soon located his vehicle and began a pursuit.
The Park Police officers’ vehicle did not have a dashboard camera, nor were they wearing body cameras. But footage of the encounter was captured by the dashcam of a Fairfax County police officer who joined the pursuit in support of the Park Police.
According to that footage, which was released by Fairfax Police in January 2018, Ghaisar stopped at least three times. Each time, the Park Police officers exited their own SUV and approached Ghaisar’s vehicle with their guns drawn.
The first two stops, Ghaisar maneuvered his vehicle around the police officers and drove away, the footage shows. At no time did the officers appear to be in danger of being hit by Ghaisar’s vehicle.
At the third stop, the Park Police SUV pulls in front of Ghaisar’s vehicle and the officers exit. As Ghaisar’s car inches forward, a series of gunshots ring out. Ghaisar’s Jeep is seen idly rolling into a roadside ditch.
Ghaisar was hospitalized and died 10 days later.
Justice Department did not cooperate with Fairfax probe, prosecutor says
The FBI took over the investigation three days after the shooting, but the Justice Department remained virtually silent until last November, when it announced charges would not be filed against Vinyard and Amaya.
The nearly three years since have so far been a search for answers and justice for Ghaisar’s family, who have filed a lawsuit against the federal government that’s set to go to trial next month.
“We have so much anger and we’re fighting so hard and we have so much pain that we don’t even have a minute to process or mourn,” Negeen Ghaisar, Bijan’s sister, told Appradab about a year after the shooting.
Descano took over the case from his predecessor following his election last year. On Thursday, he called the case “complex and nuanced,” pointing to the review of 11,000 pieces of documents and interviews conducted in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Making this more difficult was the US Department of Justice’s refusal to produce witnesses for the benefit of our grand jury or our trial,” Descano said, adding that his case had to rely entirely on evidence compiled by Fairfax County police.
The Justice Department declined to comment Thursday.
Descano said he believes the officers will attempt to move the case to federal court and that the federal government will try to have the case dismissed under the supremacy clause, which says that in the event of conflict between state and federal laws, the latter takes precedence.
Descano’s office is prepared, he said, and his office requested the help of Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring in case there’s any federal litigation.
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Review of the Surface Book 3 for Developers
I was offered a Surface Book 3 to use as a loaner over the the last 5 weeks. I did a short video teaser on Twitter where I beat on the device with a pretty ridiculous benchmark - running Visual Studio 2019 while running Gears of War and Ubuntu under WSL and Windows Terminal. I have fun. ;)
Hey they loaned me a @surface book 3! So...I threw EVERYTHING at it...Visual Studio, Gears of War, Ubuntu/WSL2/Windows...*all at the same time* because why not? LOL (review very soon) pic.twitter.com/FmgGCBUGuR
— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 14, 2020
Size and Weight
My daily driver has been a Surface Book 2 since 2017. The new Surface Book 3 is the exact size (23mm thick as a laptop) and weight (3.38 and 4.2 lbs.) as the SB2. I have had to add a small sticker to one otherwise I'd get them confused. The display resolutions are 3000×2000 for the 13.5-inch model and 3240×2160 for the 15-inch one that I have. I prefer a 15" laptop. I don't know how you 13" people do it.
Basically if you are a Surface Book 2 user the size and weight are the same. The Surface Book 3 is considerably more power in the same size machine.
CPU and Memory
They gave me an i7-1065G7 CPU to test. It bursts happily over 3.5 Ghz (see the compiling screenshot below) and in my average usage hangs out in the 2 to 1.8 range with no fan on. I regularly run Visual Studio 2019, VS Code, Teams, Edge (new Edge, the Chromium one), Ubuntu via WSL2, Docker Desktop (the WSL2 one), Gmail and Outlook as PWAs, as well as Adobe Premiere and Audition and other parts of the Creative Suite. Memory usually sits around 14-18 gigs unless I'm rendering something big.
It's a 10th gen Intel chip and as the Surface Book 3 can detach the base from the screen, it's both a laptop and tablet. I gleaned from Anandatech that TDP is between 10 and 25W (usually 15W) depends on what is needed, and it shifts frequencies very fast. This is evident in the great battery life when doing things like writing this blog post or writing in Edge or Word (basically forever) versus playing a AAA game or running a long compile, building containers, or rendering a video in Premiere (several hours).
FLIP THE SCREEN AROUND? You can also when docked even reverse the screen! Whatever do you mean? It's actually awesome if you want an external keyboard.
All this phrased differently? It's fast, quickly, when it needs to be but it's constantly changing the clock to maximize power/thermals/battery.
SSD - Size and Speed
The device I was loaned has a Toshiba KXG60PNV2T04 Hard Drive 2TB NVMe M.2 that's MASSIVE. I'm used to 512G or maaybe a 1TB drive in a Laptop. I'm getting used to never having to worry about space. Definitely 1TB minimum these days if you want to play games AND do development.
I ran a CrystalBenchmark on the SSD and it did 3.2GB/s sequential reads! Sweet. I feel like the disk is not the bottleneck with my development compile tests below. When I consulted with the Surface team last year during the conception of the Surface Book 3 I pushed them for faster SSDs and I feel that they delivered with this 2TB SSD.
GPU - Gaming and Tensorflow
The 13.5-inch model now comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU with 4GB of GDDR5 memory in its Core i7 variant, while the 15-inch unit features a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q with 6GB of GDDR6 memory. When running the Gears 5 Benchmark while plugged in (from the Extras menu, Benchmark) is has no issues with the default settings doing 60fps for 90% of the benchmark with a few dips into the 57 range depending what's on screen.
It's not a gaming machine, per se, but it does have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti so I'm basically able to 1080p 60fps AAA games. I've played Destiny 2, Gears of War 5, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare on default settings at 60 fps without issue. The fan does turn on but it's very manageable. I like that whenever we get back into hotels I'll be able to play some games and develop on the same machine. The 15" also includes an Xbox Wireless Adapter so I just paired my controller with it directly.
I was also able to run Tensorflow with CUDA on the laptop under Windows and it worked great. I ran a model against some video footage from my dashcam and 5.1 gigs of video RAM was used immediately and the CUDA engine on the 1660Ti is visible working in Taskman. The commercial SKU has an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 that is apparently even more tuned for CUDA work.
Developer Performance
When I built my Intel i9 Ultimate Desktop 3.0 machine and others, I like to do compile tests to get a sense of how much you can throw at machine. I like big project compiles because they are a combination of a lot of disk access and a lot of parallel CPU work. However, some projects do have a theoretical maximum compile speed because of the way the dependences flesh out. I like to use Orchard Core for benchmarks.
Orchard Core is a fully-featured CMS with 143 projects loaded into Visual Studio. MSBUILD and .NET Core supports both parallel and incremental builds.
A warm build of Orchard Core on IRONHEART my i9 desktop takes just under 10 seconds.
My 6 year old Surface Pro 3 builds it warm in 62 seconds.
A totally cold build (after a dotnet clean) on IRONHEART takes 33.3 seconds.
My Surface Pro 3 builds it cold in 2.4 minutes.
I'll do the same build on both my Surface Book 2 and this new Surface Book 3 to compare. I've excluded the source folders from Defender as well as msbuild.exe and dotnet.exe. I've also turned off the Indexer.
A cold build (after a dotnet clean) on this Surface Book 3 takes 46 seconds.
A warm build is 16.1 seconds
A cold build (after a dotnet clean) on my Surface Book 2 takes 115 seconds.
It's WAY faster than my Surface Book 2 which has been my daily driver when mobile for nearly 3 years!
Benchmarks are all relative and there's raw throughput, there's combination benchmarks, and all kinds of things that can "make a chart." I just do benchmarks that show if I can do a thing I did before, faster.
You can also test various guesses if you have them by adding parameters to dotnet.exe. For example, perhaps you're thinking that 143 projects is thrashing to disk so you want to control how many CPUs are used. This has 4 physical cores and 8 logical, so we could try pulling back a little
dotnet build /maxcpucount:4
The result with Orchard Core is the same, so there is likely a theoretical max as to how fast this can build today. If you really want to go nuts, try
dotnet build -v diag
And dig through ALL the timing info!
Webcam Quality
Might be odd to add this as its own section but we're all using our webcams constantly right now. I was particularly impressed with the front-facing webcam. A lot of webcams are 720p with mediocre white balance. I do a lot of video calls so I notice this stuff. The SB3 has a 1080p front camera for video and decent light pickup. When using the Camera app you can do up to 5MP (2560x1920) which is cool. Here's a pic from today.
Ports and Power and Sound and Wi-Fi
The Surface Book 3 has just one USB-C port on the right side and two USB 3.1 Gen 2s on the left. I'd have liked one additional USB-C so I could project on stage and still have one additional USB-C available...but I don't know what for. I just want one more port. That said, the NEW Surface Dock 2 adds FOUR USB-C ports, so it's not a big deal.
It was theoretically possible to pull more power on the SB2 than its power supply could offer. While I never had an issue with that, I've been told by some Destiny 2 players and serious media renderers that it could happen. With the SB3 they upped the power supply with 65W for the base 13.5-inch version and a full 127W for the 15-inch SKUs so that's not an issue any more.
I have only two Macs for development and I have no Thunderbolt devices or need for an eGPU so I may not be the ideal Thunderbolt consumer. I haven't needed it yet. Some folks have said that it's a bummer the SB3 doesn't have it but it hasn't been an issue or sticking point for any of my devices today. With the new Surface Dock 2 (below) I have a single cable to plug in that gives me two 4k monitors at 60Hz, lots of power, 4 USB-C ports all via the Dock Connector.
I also want to touch on sound. There is a fan inside the device and if it gets hot it will run. If I'm doing 1080p 60fps in Call of Duty WarZone you can likely hear the fan. It comes and goes and while it's audible when the fan is on, when the CPU is not maxed out (during 70% of my work day) the Surface Book 3 is absolutely silent, even when running the monitors. The fan comes on with the CPU is bursting hard over 3Ghz and/or the GPU is on full blast.
One other thing, the Surface Book 3 has Wi-Fi 6 even though I don't! I have a Ubnt network and no Wi-Fi 6 mesh points. I haven't had ANY issues with the Wi-Fi on this device over Ubnt mesh points. When copying a 60 gig video file over Wi-Fi from my Synology NAS I see sustained 280 megabit speeds.
The New Surface Dock - Coming May 26th
I'm also testing a pre-release Surface Dock 2. I suspect they wanted me to test it with the Surface Book 3...BUT! I just plugged in every Surface I have to see what would happen.
My wife has a Surface Laptop 2 she got herself, one son has my 6 year old old Surface Pro 3 while the other has a Surface Go he got with his allowance. (We purchased these over the last few years.) As such we have three existing Surface Docks (original) - One in the kids' study/playroom, one in the Kitchen as a generalized docking station for anyone to drop in to, and one in my office assigned me by work.
We use these individual Surfaces (varying ages, sizes, and powers) along with my work-assigned Surface Book 2 plus this loaner Surface Book 3, so it's kind of a diverse household from a purely Surface perspective. My first thought was - can I use all these devices with the new Dock? Stuff just works with a few caveats for older stuff like my Surface Pro 3.
RANDOM NOTE: What happens when you plug a Surface Pro 3 (released in 2014) into a Surface Dock 2? Nothing, but it does get power. However, the original Surface Dock is great and still runs 4096 x 2160 @30Hz or 2960 x 1440 @60Hz via mini DisplayPort so the Pro 3 is still going strong 6 years out and the kids like it.
So this Surface Dock 2 replaces the original Dock my office. The Surface Dock 2 has
2x front-facing USB-C ports (I use these for two 4k monitors)
2x rear-facing USB-C ports
2x rear-facing USB-A 3.2 (10Gbps) ports
1x Gigabit Ethernet port
1x 3.5mm audio in/out port
Kensington lock slot - I've never used this
First, that's a lot of USB-C. I'm not there yet with the USB-C lifestyle, but I did pick up two USB-C to full-size DisplayPort cables at Amazon and I can happily report that I can run both my 4k monitors at 60hz plus run the main Surface Book 3 panel. The new Dock and its power supply can push 120 watts of power to the Surface with a total of 199 watts everything connected to the dock. I've got a few USB-C memory sticks and one USB-C external hard drive, plus the Logitech Brio is USB 3, so 6 total ports is fine with 4 free after the two monitors. I also Gigabit wired the whole house so I use the Ethernet port quite happily.
Initially I care about one thing - my 4k monitors. Using the USB-C to DisplayPort cables I plugged the dock into two Dell P2715Q 4ks and they work! I preferred using the direct cables rather than any adapters, but I also tested a USB-C to HDMI 2.0 adapter I got in 2018 with some other Dell monitors in the house and that worked with the Surface Book 3 as it had previously with the Book 2.
SURPRISE NOTE: How does the super-thin Surface Pro X do when plugged into a Surface Dock 2? Amazing. It runs two 4k monitors at 60 Hz. I don't know why I was shocked, it's listed on the support page. It's a brand new device, but it's also the size and weight of an iPad so I was surprised. It's a pretty amazing little device - I'll do another post on just the ARM-based Surface Pro X another time.
One final thing about the new Dock. The cable is longer! The first dock had a cable that was about 6" too short and now it's not. It's the little things and in this case, a big thing that makes a Dock that much nicer to use.
Conclusion
All in all, I'm very happy with this Surface Book 3 having been an existing Surface Book 2 user. It's basically 40-50% faster, the video card is surprisingly capable. The SSD is way faster at the top end. It's a clear upgrade over what I had before, and when paired with the Surface Dock 2 and two 4k monitors it's a capable developer box for road warriors or home office warriors like myself.
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Review of the Surface Book 3 for Developers
I was offered a Surface Book 3 to use as a loaner over the the last 5 weeks. I did a short video teaser on Twitter where I beat on the device with a pretty ridiculous benchmark - running Visual Studio 2019 while running Gears of War and Ubuntu under WSL and Windows Terminal. I have fun. ;)
Hey they loaned me a @surface book 3! So...I threw EVERYTHING at it...Visual Studio, Gears of War, Ubuntu/WSL2/Windows...*all at the same time* because why not? LOL (review very soon) pic.twitter.com/FmgGCBUGuR
— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 14, 2020
Size and Weight
My daily driver has been a Surface Book 2 since 2017. The new Surface Book 3 is the exact size (23mm thick as a laptop) and weight (3.38 and 4.2 lbs.) as the SB2. I have had to add a small sticker to one otherwise I'd get them confused. The display resolutions are 3000×2000 for the 13.5-inch model and 3240×2160 for the 15-inch one that I have. I prefer a 15" laptop. I don't know how you 13" people do it.
Basically if you are a Surface Book 2 user the size and weight are the same. The Surface Book 3 is considerably more power in the same size machine.
CPU and Memory
They gave me an i7-1065G7 CPU to test. It bursts happily over 3.5 Ghz (see the compiling screenshot below) and in my average usage hangs out in the 2 to 1.8 range with no fan on. I regularly run Visual Studio 2019, VS Code, Teams, Edge (new Edge, the Chromium one), Ubuntu via WSL2, Docker Desktop (the WSL2 one), Gmail and Outlook as PWAs, as well as Adobe Premiere and Audition and other parts of the Creative Suite. Memory usually sits around 14-18 gigs unless I'm rendering something big.
It's a 10th gen Intel chip and as the Surface Book 3 can detach the base from the screen, it's both a laptop and tablet. I gleaned from Anandatech that TDP is between 10 and 25W (usually 15W) depends on what is needed, and it shifts frequencies very fast. This is evident in the great battery life when doing things like writing this blog post or writing in Edge or Word (basically forever) versus playing a AAA game or running a long compile, building containers, or rendering a video in Premiere (several hours).
FLIP THE SCREEN AROUND? You can also when docked even reverse the screen! Whatever do you mean? It's actually awesome if you want an external keyboard.
All this phrased differently? It's fast, quickly, when it needs to be but it's constantly changing the clock to maximize power/thermals/battery.
SSD - Size and Speed
The device I was loaned has a Toshiba KXG60PNV2T04 Hard Drive 2TB NVMe M.2 that's MASSIVE. I'm used to 512G or maaybe a 1TB drive in a Laptop. I'm getting used to never having to worry about space. Definitely 1TB minimum these days if you want to play games AND do development.
I ran a CrystalBenchmark on the SSD and it did 3.2GB/s sequential reads! Sweet. I feel like the disk is not the bottleneck with my development compile tests below. When I consulted with the Surface team last year during the conception of the Surface Book 3 I pushed them for faster SSDs and I feel that they delivered with this 2TB SSD.
GPU - Gaming and Tensorflow
The 13.5-inch model now comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU with 4GB of GDDR5 memory in its Core i7 variant, while the 15-inch unit features a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q with 6GB of GDDR6 memory. When running the Gears 5 Benchmark while plugged in (from the Extras menu, Benchmark) is has no issues with the default settings doing 60fps for 90% of the benchmark with a few dips into the 57 range depending what's on screen.
It's not a gaming machine, per se, but it does have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti so I'm basically able to 1080p 60fps AAA games. I've played Destiny 2, Gears of War 5, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare on default settings at 60 fps without issue. The fan does turn on but it's very manageable. I like that whenever we get back into hotels I'll be able to play some games and develop on the same machine. The 15" also includes an Xbox Wireless Adapter so I just paired my controller with it directly.
I was also able to run Tensorflow with CUDA on the laptop under Windows and it worked great. I ran a model against some video footage from my dashcam and 5.1 gigs of video RAM was used immediately and the CUDA engine on the 1660Ti is visible working in Taskman. The commercial SKU has an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 that is apparently even more tuned for CUDA work.
Developer Performance
When I built my Intel i9 Ultimate Desktop 3.0 machine and others, I like to do compile tests to get a sense of how much you can throw at machine. I like big project compiles because they are a combination of a lot of disk access and a lot of parallel CPU work. However, some projects do have a theoretical maximum compile speed because of the way the dependences flesh out. I like to use Orchard Core for benchmarks.
Orchard Core is a fully-featured CMS with 143 projects loaded into Visual Studio. MSBUILD and .NET Core supports both parallel and incremental builds.
A warm build of Orchard Core on IRONHEART my i9 desktop takes just under 10 seconds.
My 6 year old Surface Pro 3 builds it warm in 62 seconds.
A totally cold build (after a dotnet clean) on IRONHEART takes 33.3 seconds.
My Surface Pro 3 builds it cold in 2.4 minutes.
I'll do the same build on both my Surface Book 2 and this new Surface Book 3 to compare. I've excluded the source folders from Defender as well as msbuild.exe and dotnet.exe. I've also turned off the Indexer.
A cold build (after a dotnet clean) on this Surface Book 3 takes 46 seconds.
A warm build is 16.1 seconds
A cold build (after a dotnet clean) on my Surface Book 2 takes 115 seconds.
It's WAY faster than my Surface Book 2 which has been my daily driver when mobile for nearly 3 years!
Benchmarks are all relative and there's raw throughput, there's combination benchmarks, and all kinds of things that can "make a chart." I just do benchmarks that show if I can do a thing I did before, faster.
You can also test various guesses if you have them by adding parameters to dotnet.exe. For example, perhaps you're thinking that 143 projects is thrashing to disk so you want to control how many CPUs are used. This has 4 physical cores and 8 logical, so we could try pulling back a little
dotnet build /maxcpucount:4
The result with Orchard Core is the same, so there is likely a theoretical max as to how fast this can build today. If you really want to go nuts, try
dotnet build -v diag
And dig through ALL the timing info!
Webcam Quality
Might be odd to add this as its own section but we're all using our webcams constantly right now. I was particularly impressed with the front-facing webcam. A lot of webcams are 720p with mediocre white balance. I do a lot of video calls so I notice this stuff. The SB3 has a 1080p front camera for video and decent light pickup. When using the Camera app you can do up to 5MP (2560x1920) which is cool. Here's a pic from today.
Ports and Power and Sound and Wi-Fi
The Surface Book 3 has just one USB-C port on the right side and two USB 3.1 Gen 2s on the left. I'd have liked one additional USB-C so I could project on stage and still have one additional USB-C available...but I don't know what for. I just want one more port. That said, the NEW Surface Dock 2 adds FOUR USB-C ports, so it's not a big deal.
It was theoretically possible to use pull power on the SB2 than it's power supply could push. While I never had an issue with that, I've been told by some Destiny 2 players and serious media renderers that it could happen. With the SB3 they upped the power supply with 65W for the base 13.5-inch version and a full 127W for the 15-inch SKUs so that's not an issue any more.
I have only two Macs for development and I have no Thunderbolt devices or need for an eGPU so I may not be the ideal Thunderbolt consumer. I haven't needed it yet. Some folks have said that it's a bummer the SB3 doesn't have it but it hasn't been an issue or sticking point for any of my devices today.
I also want to touch on sound. There is a fan inside the device and if it gets hot it will run. If I'm doing 1080p 60fps in Call of Duty WarZone you can likely hear the fan. It comes and goes and while it's audible when it's one, when the CPU is not maxed out (during 70% of my work day) the Surface Book 3 is absolutely silent, even when running the monitors. The fan comes on with the CPU is bursting hard over 3Ghz and/or the GPU is on full blast.
One other thing, the Surface Book 3 has Wi-Fi 6 even though I don't! I have a Ubnt network and no Wi-Fi 6 mesh points. I haven't had ANY issues with the Wi-Fi on this device over Ubnt mesh points. When copying a 60 gig video file over Wi-Fi from my Synology NAS I see sustained 280 megabit speeds.
The New Surface Dock - Coming May 26th
I'm also testing a pre-release Surface Dock 2. I suspect they wanted me to test it with the Surface Book 3...BUT! I just plugged in every Surface I have to see what would happen.
My wife has a Surface Laptop 2 she got herself, one son has my 6 year old old Surface Pro 3 while the other has a Surface Go he got with his allowance. (We purchased these over the last few years.) As such we have three existing Surface Docks (original) - One in the kids' study/playroom, one in the Kitchen as a generalized docking station for anyone to drop in to, and one in my office assigned me by work.
We use these individual Surfaces (varying ages, sizes, and powers) along with my work-assigned Surface Book 2 plus this loaner Surface Book 3, so it's kind of a diverse household from a purely Surface perspective. My first thought was - can I use all these devices with the new Dock? Stuff just works with a few caveats for older stuff like my Surface Pro 3.
RANDOM NOTE: What happens when you plug a Surface Pro 3 (released in 2014) into a Surface Dock 2? Nothing, but it does get power. However, the original Surface Dock is great and still runs 4096 x 2160 @30Hz or 2960 x 1440 @60Hz via mini DisplayPort so the Pro 3 is still going strong 6 years out and the kids like it.
So this Surface Dock 2 replaces the original Dock my office. The Surface Dock 2 has
2x front-facing USB-C ports (I use these for two 4k monitors)
2x rear-facing USB-C ports
2x rear-facing USB-A 3.2 (10Gbps) ports
1x Gigabit Ethernet port
1x 3.5mm audio in/out port
Kensington lock slot - I've never used this
First, that's a lot of USB-C. I'm not there yet with the USB-C lifestyle, but I did pick up two USB-C to full-size DisplayPort cables at Amazon and I can happily report that I can run both my 4k monitors at 60hz plus run the main Surface Book 3 panel. The new Dock and its power supply can push 120 watts of power to the Surface with a total of 199 watts everything connected to the dock. I've got a few USB-C memory sticks and one USB-C external hard drive, plus the Logitech Brio is USB 3, so 6 total ports is fine with 4 free after the two monitors. I also Gigabit wired the whole house so I use the Ethernet port quite happily.
Initially I care about one thing - my 4k monitors. Using the USB-C to DisplayPort cables I plugged the dock into two Dell P2715Q 4ks and they work! I preferred using the direct cables rather than any adapters, but I also tested a USB-C to HDMI 2.0 adapter I got in 2018 with some other Dell monitors in the house and that worked with the Surface Book 3 as it had previously with the Book 2.
SURPRISE NOTE: How does the super-thin Surface Pro X do when plugged into a Surface Dock 2? Amazing. It runs two 4k monitors at 60 Hz. I don't know why I was shocked, it's listed on the support page. It's a brand new device, but it's also the size and weight of an iPad so I was surprised. It's a pretty amazing little device - I'll do another post on just the ARM-based Surface Pro X another time.
One final thing about the new Dock. The cable is longer! The first dock had a cable that was about 6" too short and now it's not. It's the little things and in this case, a big thing that makes a Dock that much nicer to use.
Conclusion
All in all, I'm very happy with this Surface Book 3 having been an existing Surface Book 2 user. It's basically 40-50% faster, the video card is surprisingly capable. The SSD is way faster at the top end. It's a clear upgrade over what I had before, and when paired with the Surface Dock 2 and two 4k monitors it's a capable developer box for road warriors or home office warriors like myself.
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More Motorists Equipping Vehicles with Dash Cams
(Daily PR News) London, United Kingdom—Among the many useful features that motorists can equip their cars with today is something called a dashcam. Typically associated with a police vehicle, increasingly, civilian drivers are equipping themselves with dashboard cams for their own safety. As more motorists seek to protect their vehicles with dash cams, they are turning to one site,DashboardCamReviews.co.uk, for guidance to the best devices on the market.

Dashboard cams are becoming popular for safety reasons primarily. Many dashcams can simultaneously provide coverage of both behind and in front of the vehicle. A dashboard cam usually attaches to the windshield itself, or to the dashboard using an adhesive tape mount or a suction cup. Dashboard cams provide security to motorists in cases of vehicular accidents. While just purchasing a dash cam may not provide an immediate discount on insurance premiums, the footage that it records could be invaluable in a hit-and-run situation or any other accident. Dashboard cams have the advantage of being able to capture footage of the vehicle even while the vehicle is parked and turned off. To save on battery power and memory storage, some dash cams can be equipped with a motion sensor, recording only when an approaching vehicle or human is detected.
To help motorists find the best devices for their vehicles, Dashboardcam Reviews offers free guidance and reviews on their site,http://dashboardcamreviews.co.uk/. The online resource has compiled comprehensive reviews on everything there is to know about the best dash cam for today’s drivers.
David Conway, the creator of the site, recognises this item is a must-have in protection against reckless driving and fraud, not to mention numerous other safety issues. Conway put together this resource after being himself the victim of a fraudulent crash scheme. With no dashcam to prove that the accident had been intentionally caused by the other driver, he was left to pay for what appeared to be a rear-ending that was not, in fact, his fault.
DashboardcamReviews discusses both the essential features and the extras of the dashcams available in today’s market. They offer comparisons on numerous cams regarding features and price. Although they publish separate entries for different categories of cams, they’ve also compiled all of their reviews into a simple table, so that readers can easily compare numerous models at once.
As dashboard cams are becoming increasingly prevalent, online resources like Dashboardcam Reviews are providing importance guidance to help motorists find the best devices to protect themselves and their vehicles.
Media Contact Company Name: Dashboardcam Reviews Contact Person: David Conway Phone: 02088545521 Country: United Kingdom Website: http://dashboardcamreviews.co.uk/
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12 Must Have Products Going Viral in 2017
Must Have Viral Products. . .those words bring to mind cool products, interesting items, and wacky gizmos. Sometimes, you might be tempted to spend your whole paycheck on the amazing inventions of everyday citizens. These 12 products make great stocking stuffers with Christmas only a few months away, maybe these will give you some ideas.
This is a compilation of 12 of the coolest, most innovative and most awesome products that sold out fast in 2017. Many of them are products you’d never even expect to go viral, but they sold millions worldwide! Not only can you read about them here, you can click the links provided if you want to order them, without having to pick up the phone. . .or even leaving your house.
1. TrackR Bravo – Track Anything
When you attach this coin-size tracking device to an item and lose the item, you have a 20,000-times chance of getting it back. The accompanying app enlists the network of 20,000 TrackR users to locate your lost bag, bike or dog. You can also track your lost wallet (or whatever) yourself. The TrackR app displays how far you are from your keys or purse you dropped, and it will sound the alarm to help you pinpoint its exact location. If you realize you left your bag in another location, all other TrackR users in the network are notified, and when one passes your missing article, you’ll get an update sent to your phone. What if you can’t find your phone? Use TrackR to ring it, even if it’s on silent mode, and you’ll find your phone fast. TrackR helps you keep your stuff…especially if you’re a chronic (keys/wallet/bike/car/bag) misplacer.
2. Siren Song – Personal Protection Alarm
Inspired by the Military, the Siren Song uses ear piercing sound (over 130 decibels) to deter bad guys and is quickly becoming one of the most sought after safety devices in America. It will most likely be on every kid’s keychains or backpacks by the end of the year, but it should also be carried by every woman in America. With over 100,000 units sold in 2017 alone, this product makes our 2017 viral gadgets list!
But the Siren Song isn’t just to help protect you, your kids and your grandkids from an attack. It can also be used as a life saving device to call for help if you’re having a heart attack or have some other health condition that can prevent you from yelling for help.
Don’t let your worst nightmare become your reality. Safety doesn’t happen by accident. Purchase a personal alarm for yourself, for your child, or for a loved one. The Siren Song is particularly suitable for teenagers, parents, night owls, delivery route employees, business owners, and college students, or the elderly who may need to call for help. The keychain design is perfect for use with house keys or car keys. It can also be attached to a backpack or a purse.
3. KeySmart – The Future of Keychains
You might be thinking that you already have a keychain. But it probably doesn’t compare to this new futuristic keychain. Here’s a fact everyone can agree upon: bulky keychains are both unsightly and cumbersome to handle. Not to mention, they won’t protect your pockets from getting shredded to bits by your expansive key collection.
That’s where the KeySmart comes in. This handy key organizer offers a simple, elegant solution for organizing your keys – allowing you to eliminate your keychain for good.
Let’s start with the basics: this durable key holder can hold up to 14 keys in a compact fashion, and is durable to boot. It consists of two 3mm thick plates made of aircraft grade aluminum, meaning you won’t have to worry about handling it with kid gloves.
No surprise, then, that we also guarantee that the KeySmart will take anything life throws at it. Take it anywhere – from work, to the beach, and much more – knowing it won’t get dented or scratch easily.
You won’t have to worry about the contents of your pockets getting scratched, either! For instance, you can rest assured your keys won’t scratch your phone. And as an added bonus, you’ll be able to walk around without being heard a mile away due to your keys jingling and jangling about – as they would on a conventional keychain.
And how’s this for ultimate convenience? The KeySmart boasts a built-in clip that allows you to attach it to any pocket, belt, or bag. (If you’d prefer to go without the clip, you can easily remove it.) You can even customize your KeySmart by adding accessories like USB drives and bottle openers to it, all available separately on the KeySmart website.
4. Fixd — Car Diagnostic
Have you ever gone to an auto repair shop for an oil change, only to have the mechanic say you need a new transmission? Or has the mysterious “check engine” light come on, and next thing you know the mechanic has a list of expensive engine parts that need replacing? Unfortunately, mechanics know taking advantage of people is easy, given their lack of knowledge about car maintenance needs. But there’s a new device you can carry with you in your car to tell you exactly what’s wrong with it. If you own a car built after 1996 then you can use this brilliant new device called Fixd to instantly diagnose any car problems. This means the next time your “Check Engine Light” happens to come on, you’ll know exactly what the issue is and the Mechanics won’t be able to lie to you! In the United States alone, this product has done over $50,000,000 in sales in 2017, so it definitely qualifies for our viral products list.
5. Peeps — Cleaner Glasses
This is a relatively new product that is picking up steam fast and is quickly going viral among people who own glasses. The Peeps eyeglass cleaner is designed specifically for cleaning eyeglasses, sunglasses, and reading glasses. Peeps uses a unique invisible carbon cleaning compound to safely and easily clean your glasses from oily fingerprint smudges to dust and facial oils. The Peeps glasses cleaner is the safest and most tested lens cleaning technology in the world. In fact, the technology is literally out of this world – being the only cleaners on the Space Station used for lens cleaning by NASA. It’s easy to use, compact and never expires! Their technology will clean your lenses 500 times! The perfect size eye wear cleaner to take with you – it measures approximately 4x1x1 inches and is available in 7 different colors. They are now shipping worldwide.
6. Snap SmartCam — Catch a Thief
This high quality full HD 1080p USB security camera also doubles as a smartphone charger and it’s getting a lot of attention on the web right now. It’s the perfect gift idea for someone with young kids or pets who needs to keep an eye on them while they’re out of the house. Think of it as a nanny cam that you can also use to charge your phone! In fact, this disguised HD video camera has been used to apprehend criminals in several home invasion cases. The Snap Smart Cam will automatically start recording and when it reaches full memory capacity, it will automatically overwrite the earliest videos recorded. Also, with cell phone wall chargers being everywhere these days, this item is sure to blend into any environment. Think it needs batteries? Nope, not at all, no batteries required, so you can be sure that you’re recording at all times as long as it’s plugged in. Perhaps we should be worried about this viral product though as we really don’t want to be spied on wherever we are!
7. Battle Flashlights — Long-Lasting Bright Light
A strong flashlight is something you’d never think would be a viral product. But this specific flashlight isn’t just your run of the mill ordinary flashlight. It went viral in 2017 and sold over 20,000 units in just a few months. The perfect flashlight for emergency situations is the Battle Flashlight. This was built to withstand anything! You might be thinking that you already have a flashlight. But do the U.S. Navy Seals and the U.S. Coast Guard rely on the kind of flashlight you have? The Battle Flashlight uses military-grade LED technology that can illuminate a field or blanket a work area with 800 lumens of light. It can also blind an attacker. The skin is tough aircraft-grade-aluminum. Throw it, drive over it—it’ll still work. Drop it in six feet of water—it’ll still work. This tough gadget is also versatile. It comes with a strobe setting if you are stranded and need to signal for help, and you can zoom and focus its LED beam to see far, far away. 3 AAA batteries give it 1,000 hours of life. That makes it ideal for reliable, abundant light during a prolonged natural disaster or emergency…and for lots of everyday uses. This is standard gear if you want to be prepared for anything. Keep it in your car with you or your house.
8. DashCam Pro HD
Have you ever been easin’ on down the road when BAM! Some knucklehead runs a red light and hits you? The police show up and it’s your word against Knucklehead’s. Never again! This little windshield-mounted cam’s got your back. And your front. When you turn on the car, the camera starts rolling. And if somebody rolls into you, you’ve got the video in hand to show the police. Or the judge! The DashCam Pro can save you thousands of dollars in legal fees and lawsuits when it proves the other driver was wrong—in vivid color. You can even swing it around to record inside the car as well, and it picks up audio too. With more and more distracted drivers on the roads these days, it really is important everyone has a quality Dashcam for those just in case moments. The DashCam Pro HD will keep your insurance premiums low and minimize any legal fees or charges from accidents, insurance fraud or hit-and-runs.
And if someone harasses you at your window, just turn the camera towards them to deter a potential assault or theft on the spot.
NOTE: Many parents also love DashCam Pro HD to track their teen’s driving or capture breathtaking scenery on road trips.
9. Xtra PC
If you’re tired of having a slow barely functioning computer, then this is the product you want. It’s incredibly frustrating when computers slow down or stop working for seemingly no reason at all. And even after all the diagnostics, upgrades, and money spent, the amount of time waiting for that spinning wheel or hourglass to disappear never seems to get any shorter. Your once new, lightning-fast, computer just keeps getting slower as each day passes.
That’s where this new gadget called Xtra PC can help. It works with any computer (Mac or Windows) made after 2004 and is definitely the fastest. easiest and cheapest solution to getting yourself a new computer without spending a big amount of money. It’s so easy that all you have to do is plug in Xtra PC and you’re good to go. A brand new PC on a memory stick! We can see this product continuing to sell well for the foreseeable future.
10. HD Zoom – Transform Smartphone into DSLR
What’s that in the sky? Could it be Santa and his reindeer? The only way to tell is with an HDZoom360! Get sharp, clear, precise images on your phone and see up to MILES AWAY! Capture breathtaking photos in any weather with this must have smartphone accessory. It’s waterproof, fog proof and scratch resistant with an anti-skid frosted grip so you can catch Santa in the action! Perfect for watching sporting events, concerts, or plays, with this zoom lens you won’t miss a thing! It’s small enough to fit in your pocket (or Christmas stocking), but powerful enough to compete with a $6,000 DLSR. This gadget is perfect for the photography nut on your shopping list.
11. NightSight Driving Glasses – What A Difference
Seriously, did you know that the vast majority of car accidents happen at night and right before dawn? A lot of that has to do with glare and the problems with vision many people experience. Maybe that’s the reason these driving glasses are selling by the truckload. Night Sight HD promises to reduce night driving glare and eye strain, and it will dramatically improve seeing at night during snow or rainy conditions. It lets you see enhanced colour, is durable, lightweight and is fully equipped with polarized lenses. Unlike clip-ons it protects your eyes from all sides, and you can just slide it over your existing prescription lenses. Whether driving, reading or golfing, these versatile goggles make seeing a whole new experience.
12. TV Fox Antenna — Free TV
Did you know you can pick up network TV for free? You just need the right antenna — TV Fox’s indoor antenna. No subscription fee. No installation fee. No satellite dish. Attach the sleek antenna to your wall or hide it under a cabinet or behind a picture — as long as there is a good signal — and enjoy watching leading networks, including 90 of the top 100 programs. All for free! (Yes, it’s legal.) You also get free DVR capability with an on-screen channel guide. What will you use the extra money for when you cancel your monthly cable or satellite TV subscriptions and get TV Fox? You can think about that while you enjoy free TV.
Bonus #1. Huddy – Transform Your Smartphone Into A Heads Up Display
We couldn’t have our viral product list end without including something that more and more drivers have been purchasing in the past month. This brilliant new device turns your smartphone into a heads up display for your car. It’s called Huddy – and although it was only just released, it’s taken the Internet by storm. All you have to do is take it out of the box and place it on your dash, place your smartphone on top of it and let it do all the navigating while you drive. It’s a transparent display that works in any weather, day or night. It also fits any smartphone no matter the size, and it’s slip resistant. Best of all, there are tons of apps available that you can use to see traffic conditions, a speedometer, street maps & much more. You can use it in any car – it has an ultra-grip mat that leaves no messy residue on the dash. We can see this being one of the most purchased gifts for the upcoming Holidays, so check it out while it’s still available.
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Bad Drivers of the Lehigh Valley
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[undervideobanner] Alright, I've jumped on the bandwagon. I've owned a dashcam for a while now, and I've been saving up footage to put into this video. This is a compilation of clips that feature idiotic, aggressive, and lousy drivers from across the Lehigh Valley (a region in eastern Pennsylvania). Enjoy! [undervideotext]
Bad Drivers of the Lehigh Valley is property of Lehigh Valley PA Guide
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Review of the Surface Book 3 for Developers
I was offered a Surface Book 3 to use as a loaner over the the last 5 weeks. I did a short video teaser on Twitter where I beat on the device with a pretty ridiculous benchmark - running Visual Studio 2019 while running Gears of War and Ubuntu under WSL and Windows Terminal. I have fun. ;)
Hey they loaned me a @surface book 3! So...I threw EVERYTHING at it...Visual Studio, Gears of War, Ubuntu/WSL2/Windows...*all at the same time* because why not? LOL (review very soon) pic.twitter.com/FmgGCBUGuR
— Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) May 14, 2020
Size and Weight
My daily driver has been a Surface Book 2 since 2017. The new Surface Book 3 is the exact size (23mm thick as a laptop) and weight (3.38 and 4.2 lbs.) as the SB2. I have had to add a small sticker to one otherwise I'd get them confused. The display resolutions are 3000×2000 for the 13.5-inch model and 3240×2160 for the 15-inch one that I have. I prefer a 15" laptop. I don't know how you 13" people do it.
Basically if you are a Surface Book 2 user the size and weight are the same. The Surface Book 3 is considerably more power in the same size machine.
CPU and Memory
They gave me an i7-1065G7 CPU to test. It bursts happily over 3.5 Ghz (see the compiling screenshot below) and in my average usage hangs out in the 2 to 1.8 range with no fan on. I regularly run Visual Studio 2019, VS Code, Teams, Edge (new Edge, the Chromium one), Ubuntu via WSL2, Docker Desktop (the WSL2 one), Gmail and Outlook as PWAs, as well as Adobe Premiere and Audition and other parts of the Creative Suite. Memory usually sits around 14-18 gigs unless I'm rendering something big.
It's a 10th gen Intel chip and as the Surface Book 3 can detach the base from the screen, it's both a laptop and tablet. I gleaned from Anandatech that TDP is between 10 and 25W (usually 15W) depends on what is needed, and it shifts frequencies very fast. This is evident in the great battery life when doing things like writing this blog post or writing in Edge or Word (basically forever) versus playing a AAA game or running a long compile, building containers, or rendering a video in Premiere (several hours).
FLIP THE SCREEN AROUND? You can also when docked even reverse the screen! Whatever do you mean? It's actually awesome if you want an external keyboard.
All this phrased differently? It's fast, quickly, when it needs to be but it's constantly changing the clock to maximize power/thermals/battery.
SSD - Size and Speed
The device I was loaned has a Toshiba KXG60PNV2T04 Hard Drive 2TB NVMe M.2 that's MASSIVE. I'm used to 512G or maaybe a 1TB drive in a Laptop. I'm getting used to never having to worry about space. Definitely 1TB minimum these days if you want to play games AND do development.
I ran a CrystalBenchmark on the SSD and it did 3.2GB/s sequential reads! Sweet. I feel like the disk is not the bottleneck with my development compile tests below. When I consulted with the Surface team last year during the conception of the Surface Book 3 I pushed them for faster SSDs and I feel that they delivered with this 2TB SSD.
GPU - Gaming and Tensorflow
The 13.5-inch model now comes with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU with 4GB of GDDR5 memory in its Core i7 variant, while the 15-inch unit features a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q with 6GB of GDDR6 memory. When running the Gears 5 Benchmark while plugged in (from the Extras menu, Benchmark) is has no issues with the default settings doing 60fps for 90% of the benchmark with a few dips into the 57 range depending what's on screen.
It's not a gaming machine, per se, but it does have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti so I'm basically able to 1080p 60fps AAA games. I've played Destiny 2, Gears of War 5, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare on default settings at 60 fps without issue. The fan does turn on but it's very manageable. I like that whenever we get back into hotels I'll be able to play some games and develop on the same machine. The 15" also includes an Xbox Wireless Adapter so I just paired my controller with it directly.
I was also able to run Tensorflow with CUDA on the laptop under Windows and it worked great. I ran a model against some video footage from my dashcam and 5.1 gigs of video RAM was used immediately and the CUDA engine on the 1660Ti is visible working in Taskman. The commercial SKU has an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 that is apparently even more tuned for CUDA work.
Developer Performance
When I built my Intel i9 Ultimate Desktop 3.0 machine and others, I like to do compile tests to get a sense of how much you can throw at machine. I like big project compiles because they are a combination of a lot of disk access and a lot of parallel CPU work. However, some projects do have a theoretical maximum compile speed because of the way the dependences flesh out. I like to use Orchard Core for benchmarks.
Orchard Core is a fully-featured CMS with 143 projects loaded into Visual Studio. MSBUILD and .NET Core supports both parallel and incremental builds.
A warm build of Orchard Core on IRONHEART my i9 desktop takes just under 10 seconds.
My 6 year old Surface Pro 3 builds it warm in 62 seconds.
A totally cold build (after a dotnet clean) on IRONHEART takes 33.3 seconds.
My Surface Pro 3 builds it cold in 2.4 minutes.
I'll do the same build on both my Surface Book 2 and this new Surface Book 3 to compare. I've excluded the source folders from Defender as well as msbuild.exe and dotnet.exe. I've also turned off the Indexer.
A cold build (after a dotnet clean) on this Surface Book 3 takes 46 seconds.
A warm build is 16.1 seconds
A cold build (after a dotnet clean) on my Surface Book 2 takes 115 seconds.
It's WAY faster than my Surface Book 2 which has been my daily driver when mobile for nearly 3 years!
Benchmarks are all relative and there's raw throughput, there's combination benchmarks, and all kinds of things that can "make a chart." I just do benchmarks that show if I can do a thing I did before, faster.
You can also test various guesses if you have them by adding parameters to dotnet.exe. For example, perhaps you're thinking that 143 projects is thrashing to disk so you want to control how many CPUs are used. This has 4 physical cores and 8 logical, so we could try pulling back a little
dotnet build /maxcpucount:4
The result with Orchard Core is the same, so there is likely a theoretical max as to how fast this can build today. If you really want to go nuts, try
dotnet build -v diag
And dig through ALL the timing info!
Webcam Quality
Might be odd to add this as its own section but we're all using our webcams constantly right now. I was particularly impressed with the front-facing webcam. A lot of webcams are 720p with mediocre white balance. I do a lot of video calls so I notice this stuff. The SB3 has a 1080p front camera for video and decent light pickup. When using the Camera app you can do up to 5MP (2560x1920) which is cool. Here's a pic from today.
Ports and Power and Sound and Wi-Fi
The Surface Book 3 has just one USB-C port on the right side and two USB 3.1 Gen 2s on the left. I'd have liked one additional USB-C so I could project on stage and still have one additional USB-C available...but I don't know what for. I just want one more port. That said, the NEW Surface Dock 2 adds FOUR USB-C ports, so it's not a big deal.
It was theoretically possible to pull more power on the SB2 than its power supply could offer. While I never had an issue with that, I've been told by some Destiny 2 players and serious media renderers that it could happen. With the SB3 they upped the power supply with 65W for the base 13.5-inch version and a full 127W for the 15-inch SKUs so that's not an issue any more.
I have only two Macs for development and I have no Thunderbolt devices or need for an eGPU so I may not be the ideal Thunderbolt consumer. I haven't needed it yet. Some folks have said that it's a bummer the SB3 doesn't have it but it hasn't been an issue or sticking point for any of my devices today. With the new Surface Dock 2 (below) I have a single cable to plug in that gives me two 4k monitors at 60Hz, lots of power, 4 USB-C ports all via the Dock Connector.
I also want to touch on sound. There is a fan inside the device and if it gets hot it will run. If I'm doing 1080p 60fps in Call of Duty WarZone you can likely hear the fan. It comes and goes and while it's audible when it's one, when the CPU is not maxed out (during 70% of my work day) the Surface Book 3 is absolutely silent, even when running the monitors. The fan comes on with the CPU is bursting hard over 3Ghz and/or the GPU is on full blast.
One other thing, the Surface Book 3 has Wi-Fi 6 even though I don't! I have a Ubnt network and no Wi-Fi 6 mesh points. I haven't had ANY issues with the Wi-Fi on this device over Ubnt mesh points. When copying a 60 gig video file over Wi-Fi from my Synology NAS I see sustained 280 megabit speeds.
The New Surface Dock - Coming May 26th
I'm also testing a pre-release Surface Dock 2. I suspect they wanted me to test it with the Surface Book 3...BUT! I just plugged in every Surface I have to see what would happen.
My wife has a Surface Laptop 2 she got herself, one son has my 6 year old old Surface Pro 3 while the other has a Surface Go he got with his allowance. (We purchased these over the last few years.) As such we have three existing Surface Docks (original) - One in the kids' study/playroom, one in the Kitchen as a generalized docking station for anyone to drop in to, and one in my office assigned me by work.
We use these individual Surfaces (varying ages, sizes, and powers) along with my work-assigned Surface Book 2 plus this loaner Surface Book 3, so it's kind of a diverse household from a purely Surface perspective. My first thought was - can I use all these devices with the new Dock? Stuff just works with a few caveats for older stuff like my Surface Pro 3.
RANDOM NOTE: What happens when you plug a Surface Pro 3 (released in 2014) into a Surface Dock 2? Nothing, but it does get power. However, the original Surface Dock is great and still runs 4096 x 2160 @30Hz or 2960 x 1440 @60Hz via mini DisplayPort so the Pro 3 is still going strong 6 years out and the kids like it.
So this Surface Dock 2 replaces the original Dock my office. The Surface Dock 2 has
2x front-facing USB-C ports (I use these for two 4k monitors)
2x rear-facing USB-C ports
2x rear-facing USB-A 3.2 (10Gbps) ports
1x Gigabit Ethernet port
1x 3.5mm audio in/out port
Kensington lock slot - I've never used this
First, that's a lot of USB-C. I'm not there yet with the USB-C lifestyle, but I did pick up two USB-C to full-size DisplayPort cables at Amazon and I can happily report that I can run both my 4k monitors at 60hz plus run the main Surface Book 3 panel. The new Dock and its power supply can push 120 watts of power to the Surface with a total of 199 watts everything connected to the dock. I've got a few USB-C memory sticks and one USB-C external hard drive, plus the Logitech Brio is USB 3, so 6 total ports is fine with 4 free after the two monitors. I also Gigabit wired the whole house so I use the Ethernet port quite happily.
Initially I care about one thing - my 4k monitors. Using the USB-C to DisplayPort cables I plugged the dock into two Dell P2715Q 4ks and they work! I preferred using the direct cables rather than any adapters, but I also tested a USB-C to HDMI 2.0 adapter I got in 2018 with some other Dell monitors in the house and that worked with the Surface Book 3 as it had previously with the Book 2.
SURPRISE NOTE: How does the super-thin Surface Pro X do when plugged into a Surface Dock 2? Amazing. It runs two 4k monitors at 60 Hz. I don't know why I was shocked, it's listed on the support page. It's a brand new device, but it's also the size and weight of an iPad so I was surprised. It's a pretty amazing little device - I'll do another post on just the ARM-based Surface Pro X another time.
One final thing about the new Dock. The cable is longer! The first dock had a cable that was about 6" too short and now it's not. It's the little things and in this case, a big thing that makes a Dock that much nicer to use.
Conclusion
All in all, I'm very happy with this Surface Book 3 having been an existing Surface Book 2 user. It's basically 40-50% faster, the video card is surprisingly capable. The SSD is way faster at the top end. It's a clear upgrade over what I had before, and when paired with the Surface Dock 2 and two 4k monitors it's a capable developer box for road warriors or home office warriors like myself.
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