A reminder for all the web developers out there: Not every visitor to your site is on a high speed fibre connection!
I'm currently in Africa, so sending 115 requests and downloading 13.5 MB for a simple Issue Tracker (hello #JetBrains) takes a significant amount of time, and is really a bit over the top.
Stylized 3D illustration for a 2008 issue of the Dutch ComputerTotaal magazine, about the launch of the then-fast ADSL 2+ internet connection speed (before fiber optic internet became the standard).
Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources tell Rolling Stone
Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources tell Rolling Stone
“Welsh 20mph speed limit is a success, claims government. Figures show speeds on many roads have dropped by 4mph. Natasha Asghar, the Welsh Conservative shadow minister for transport, said: “These findings prove what a monumental waste of time and resources from the Labour government the 20mph limit has been. On day one of a Welsh Conservative government, this barmy policy would be scrapped, and common sense would prevail.”” Are a few more Tory votes really worth a few more road deaths? #speed
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10 songs that invented thrash metal, according to Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian
Scott Ian on 10 proto-thrash bangers that changed the face of 80s metal
Oh look it works again, thought when it wanted to access #X anonymously it didn't work anymore. Apparently it now works again like on #Twitter and you can distribute its anonym here in the #Fediverse over a #Nitter instance. It's more convenient to avoid the data collection frenzy of this #web recording for your #privacy.
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The lovely people at Mokin keep sending me their USB-C hubs to review, and I'm happy to do so. They work splendidly with my Linux and Windows machines, and they provide more ports than I ever thought necessary.
Plug your power adapter into the hub, and then the hub into your laptop. With most hubs, that's it; you've lost a C port. This has an extra USB-C port - so you don't lose anything. Personally, I'd prefer more USB-C ports.
Instead, you get 3x USB-A 3.0 ports, and 2x USB-A 2.0 ports. That's a lot of room for peripherals. They're all well spaced out, so you should be able to cram everything in.
All these sorts of hubs tend to have an SD slot and a microSD slot. Read and write speeds hit the limit of the cards I had - but you may be better off using the USB 3 ports if you really need speed. Speaking of which...
Obviously, if you have a hundred gadgets plugged in - and only one USB-C cable - there's a limit to the total throughput. That said, the Ethernet port topped out my 650Mbps broadband - and I don't have anything much faster than that!
There are two HDMI ports and a legacy VGA port. I'll be honest, I can't remember the last time I needed to plug my laptop into an analogue video cable. But I guess if you go to lots of crappy conference venues it might be useful?
My old laptop was able to drive two monitors at the same time, which was pretty useful. You're limited to one at 4k@60Hz - if you're using two HDMI, you'll only get 30Hz. But if you're happy with 1080p, you'll get 60Hz on both.
USB's Power Delivery mode is a still a bit confusing. I used a 100W Dell charger and, USB-C PD tester saw that about 80% of the power was making it to the laptop.
With the power unplugged, the hub drew electricity from the laptop in order to charge all the gadgets.
Weirdly, the analogue sound out didn't show up for me in Linux. I'm not heartbroken by that - either my laptop has a speaker out or the HDMI device does. But it is a bit weird that it didn't show.
As with all modern devices, it is plug-and-play. All my gadgets worked fine with it. This is what Linux sees:
ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet AdapterID 2109:0817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub ID 2109:0817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub ID 1a40:0801 Terminus Technology Inc. USB 2.0 Hub2109:8817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB Billboard Device ID 2109:2817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub ID 2109:2817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
It's a neat little halfway house between a small adapter with a couple of ports and a massive docking station. But if you don't need all those ports, there's probably something cheaper.
I guess this is aimed at people plugging in to all sorts of weird screens on their travels. I think a DisplayPort would have been a better choice than double HDMI.
So a bit of a mixed bag. If you need these options, it is close to perfect. But it may be excessive for some.
You can never have too many USB-C ports, right? It's rubbish having a cheap laptop with only a single USB-C port. So, the good folks at Mokin have sent me a gadget which turns your single and lonely USB-C port into FIVE USB-C ports.
As will all modern hubs, there's nothing to install. Plug it in and it starts working. Copying a large file from a USB 2.0 phone got a respectable 90mbps.
When plugged into ethernet, it got up to 660Mbps - which is about as fast as my broadband goes.
And I don't think I have any faster devices than that to check!
I used my USB-C PD tester. I plugged in a 100W capable charger into the hub's PD socket, and the output into my laptop. The hub passed through about 80% of the power I got when I was plugged in normally. So there is a bit of a hit in the power delivery.
That said, it happily charged the laptop and all the devices attached to it. Even without power attached, the hub drew power from the laptop and charged the gadgets.
It doesn't support "Fast Role Swap". So if you disconnect the power from the hub, your devices will briefly disconnect and reconnect again. Usually not a problem unless you're in the middle of a file transfer.
You can get this for about £20 on Amazon depending on whether the algorithm likes you or not.
For the price, I think it is excellent. I can't find anything so cheap or slim which does support video. Or has as many ports.
If all you need are a bunch of extra C ports, this is perfect. Speeds are good, power transfer is good, and it works on Windows and Linux flawlessly. If you need video, try Mokin's USB-C Docking Station.
They call for more data on the "death Toll", money and more (killer) roads, but never for a radical infrastructure redesign. No data on "roadkill" of native animals either.
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