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What scifi weapon would you want?
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It does!
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What scifi weapon would you want?
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It does!
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Abkehr vom Verbrenner-Aus: Unterhändler im Europaparlament finden Kompromiss
Damit verschaffen wir unserer Autoindustrie noch etwas mehr Zeit bevor sie in der Bedeutungslosigkeit verschwindet.
E Mobilität ist gekommen um zu bleiben. Ob sie das nun wollen oder nicht.
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EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption attempting to neuter SKG.
"Support for all games cannot last forever."
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Again and again and again... Sigh... Sadly I'm sure many of the comission will just believe that shit...
But then again, the big companies are obviously scared, that's a good sign at least.
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The world just ended.
Laughs in GOG installers and good old physical media
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Take that YouTube
It's funny. Before this crackdown none of my co-workers used adblockers. To install an add-on was too much hassle. They just watched the ads.
Now suddenly they became interested after hearing about them again, and almost all are running Firefox with ublock origin now.
YouTube should have just kept quiet, I don't believe they are better off now more than before.
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In Germany the streets are far too often a fight for survival. I miss the Netherlands, driving there, bike or car, was so much more relaxing.
But, you know, Germans and their cars...
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Europeans over 65 will outnumber those under 15 next year
And everyone is afraid of immigration. It's bizarre.
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Why Germans put up with snail-speed internet
In the 80s there was a plan to roll out fiber optic throughout the country. But media mogul Leo Kirch lobbied for normal cable connections because he wanted his cable network TV to take off. Chancellor Helmut Kohl, his buddy, of course did what he was asked to.
So that today we could have fiber nationwide, but thanks to lobbying we don't. Thanks to Helmut Kohl and Leo Kirch.
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Viktor Orbán concedes defeat as Hungary's Tisza Party heads for election win
Thank god! I hope that's the last time we see Orban for a very very long time!!
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Wonderful (a 1912 comic)
I'm still sometimes amazed of our modern technology while my little ones more or less ignore it. But when I showed them a telefone with a dial and a cable and told them that I could not move it around they would not believe me at first.
Like the man in the comic said, "uncanny".
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2024 European Parliament election in Germany
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I'm tired of calling it protest votes. The last idiot in a cave should have heard by now that they are literally Nazis. People who voted for them are Nazis. Which gives me the creeps as a citizen of Germany.
But on the national issues thing I'm full on your side.
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In 2025, solar and wind produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union
It's unstoppable. But it could go faster...
I mean, why is China investing so heavily into renewables? Not because they want to do good for the planet and from the goodness of their hearts. It's the cheapest energy source there is, and it could not give less fucks about some global crisis.
So please, EU, put the pedal to the metal.
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In surprise vote, European climate protection plan shelved following farmer protests
The same farmers will protest in 10 years when their harvests will be destroyed constantly by heatwaves and draughts. "We had no idea..."
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EU group chat
The good thing: It's voluntary for companies. The bad thing is: For now.
Signal will not comply, so all the more reason to use this.
But the big companies (meta, Google etc) will definitely use this. If only to get them an itsy bitsy tiny more data about people. Sorry, I meant the ability to protect the children of course.
The EU in itself is a really good thing, but with this they really fucked up, putting the absolutely dubious way to reach this goal aside.
Climate change, wars, rise of Nazi parties everywhere, aren't we fucked enough already?
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Legendary Half-Life YouTuber plans class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft for killing The Crew
I got the game for free, and I've been playing it since every three months for a few days, just driving around. I bought the sequel, but it sucked.
I never used the multiplayer component, I treated it like a single player game. And now it's going to vanish? This whole world? They can't be serious. This isn't a multiplayer only title, it's single player with an optional mp stacked upon it. At least put an offline patch out... Assholes!
But that's the crux with only buying licenses. Or games with always online requirements. I hope fans find a way to crack the online code!!
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If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe
If you are a European Citizen, sign it. It takes a minute of your time. Not more.
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Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe
Still need a Microsoft account, but that gives many people one more year of breathing space. And who knows, maybe in this year the ridiculous hardware requirements for 11 might fall as well?
I still can't believe millions of functioning hardware will be destroyed for this shit.
And no, the average computer user won't switch to Linux, no. Sadly, but it is what it is.
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Intel's New GPU Drivers Boost Performance Up To 750% in DX11, 53% in DX12
I sadly don't have the time nor the nerves to fight my PC, but I sincerely hope that intel GPUs become a force on the market to consider in the future, prices from the big two are way too high, competition might change that.
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I've used Intel CPUs for years, but I'm going back to AMD | Digital Trends
First thing everybody has to learn about computers: Don't get attached to a brand/company.
2015 the core i7 gave me the most performance for my money. Last year it was the 7800x3D.
I had mostly AMD GPUs, but last year I got a 4700 because it's power consumption was unbeatable for the performance it has.
Always buy the best stuff you can get for your money, don't give a fuck about the companies.
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Wait a minute
As a non native English speaker this is painful to read grammatically.