Daily Tech News 2 November 2021

• An in-depth review of the Surface Pro 8. (Thurrott.com)
  
  He judges it the best tablet PC you can buy, but there isn't that much competition right now. Apple doesn't make one, Dell's attempts kind of suck, and HP has a nice model but seems to hide it away where customers won't find it.
  
  
  

• A new storage method can pack 500TB onto an optical disk using a technique known as notched quanta. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Albeit a glass disk rather than a more robust polymer like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays.
  
  Downside is it writes at CD speed, and can't be pressed in bulk like existing formats. But they're working on it.
  
  
  
• Nvidia's rumoured video cards only with more RAM are rumoured again. (WCCFTech)
  
  This time it's a 3070 Ti with 16GB and a 3080 with 12GB, because... I dunno.
  
  
  
• MangoDB is an, um, thing. (MangoDB)
  
  It's an interface that talks MongoDB wire protocol on one side and PostgreSQL on the other. Which is, um, useful I guess.
  
  
  
• Complexity is killing software developers. (InfoWorld)
  
  The solution is to throw Node.js developers into a volcano. It may or may not appease the Volcano God, but at least you'll be rid of the Node.js guys.
  
  
  
• Some older MacBooks are being bricked by the MacOS whatever update. (MacRumors)
  
  "Well, don't do that then" applies.
  
  As bad as Windows updates can be, they generally don't destroy your computer.
  
  
  

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