AwesomeCast 352: Teraflops

Published: June 14, 2017, midnight

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Sorg is back in studio, and we\\u2019re getting creative due to an internet service outage. We\\u2019re not going to let it stop us from talking about what\\u2019s new in tech this week \\u2013 including some E3 chat! Chilla joins Sorg for a little extra geeky AwesomeCast 352, including:
\\nSorg troubleshoots some tech outages while podcasting.
\\nVerizon has failed this podcast this week.
\\nE3 was a thing that happened this week. We\\u2019re sharing some of the gaming news you should know.
\\nMicrosoft is giving us a backwards compatible console.
\\nIf we\\u2019re not live for next week\\u2019s show, we may be playing some Crimson Skies.
\\nPokemon GO has some anniversary events for players.
\\nSorg made some friends while traveling thanks to Pokemon GO gym takedowns.
\\nThere may be a \\u201cproper\\u201d Pokemon game via Nintendo Switch in our future.
\\nWe\\u2019re having some great discussions about Playstation Pro.
\\nTeraflops are not to be confused with terrible flops.
\\nIs XBox worth the $100 more than its competitors?
\\nChilla wants SSDs as an option for his gaming consoles.
\\nSorg and Chilla may be deep-diving gaming console backwards compatibility.
\\nIs Playstation to XBox like going from Mac to PC?
\\nIdentical OS across consoles? We may like this idea of fluent design.
\\niMacs have upgradeable RAM and CPUs now?
\\nThe new iMac STARTS at $5K.
\\nDon\\u2019t bother with the new iMac unless you\\u2019re Pixar.
\\nRussia has a vending machine that will sell you fake likes.
\\nPerfect timing by Mayor Peduto. We just mentioned this on our show to our listeners:
\\n@billpeduto A new interactive map allows you to track & search @pgh2o information on curb box inspections for lead pipes http://www.pgh2o.com/CBI

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