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Anon loves marvel movies
I don't need to know who owns the licenses to the 40 background tracks, or which 3D artist crunched long nights to make that bendy spaghetti Black Panther fighting scene.
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Anon loves marvel movies
I don't need to know who owns the licenses to the 40 background tracks, or which 3D artist crunched long nights to make that bendy spaghetti Black Panther fighting scene.
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Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country
Take note US. This is how we handle shitty practices in scandinavia.
Imagine if someone tried to implement tipping culture here.
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Anon helps with his gf's vaping addiction
50% nic lmao. Fake as hell.
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Todd Howard asked on-air why Bethesda didn't optimise Starfield for PC: 'We did [...] you may need to upgrade your PC'
They didn't optimize it for consoles either. Series X has equivalent of 3060 RTX graphical grunt, yet it's capped to 30fps and looks worse than most other AAA games that have variable framerates up to 120fps. Todd says they went for fidelity. Has he played any recent titles? The game looks like crap compared to many games from past few years, and requires more power.
The real reason behind everything is the shit they call Creation Engine. An outdated hot mess of an engine that's technically behind pretty much everything the competition is using. It's beyond me why they've not scrapped it - it should have been done after FO4 already.
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I'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" button
With Sync you can just pre-emptively filter based on keywords.
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Teen’s death after eating a single chip highlights risks of ultra-spicy foods
Still no proof capsaicin caused the death. I'm eagerly awaiting for what the autopsy unveils
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Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership: authorities
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If it continues, insurance companies will not insure Teslas. Already happened to certain Audi and Porsche models that had subpar plating underneath. Spontaneous combustion would easily do that to Teslas.
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What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.
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Got to argue, I'm a 39 year old gamer, started with PCs back in 90s.
The games are casual fun, they work great as co-op shooters. Story is what it is, but the games themselves are lighthearted and just pure entertaining fun.
Not masterpieces. Just good.
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Game ad notification on Windows...
You can uninstall the Xbox app. Why that's not done by your work domain admin is peculiar, or are you using random consumer installations?
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What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.
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Apart from the politics, the Borderlands games themselves are hardly utter shit for the most part.
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Anon turns on raytracing
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The difference is pretty big when there are lots of reflective surfaces, and especially when light sources move (prebaked shadows rarely do, and even when, it's hardly realistic).
A big thing is that developers use less effort and the end result looks better. That's progress. You could argue it's kind of like when web developers finally were able to stop supporting IE9 - it wasn't big for end users, but holy hell did the job get more enjoyable, faster and also cheaper.
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Letting the world know you
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That's because the law wasn't made because rich assholes, but because broken exhausts, wether by design or by negligence, are a god damn nuisance.
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After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year
I mean, Spotify is a great service for the consumer. One reasonable monthly fee for most of the music in the world.
If a similar video streaming service existed for 40€/month, I'd pay for it in a heartbeat. Now I have a plethora of arr apps and a vpn, and Plex. But it's a hassle sometimes.
We're all aware of the issues it created for the artists, and I'd be willing to double the fee if that money directly went to the artists, but this is where the capitalist model fails, as that won't maximize the profits for shareholders.
If we ever come up with a way to fix the underlying greed models that come with publicly traded companies, that would be great.
As it stands, it is what it is, but I'm glad we have this, instead of a "different Spotify per music publisher".
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PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022
There's a system over at Nova Discord where we reply to polls about the new features, we're basically guinea pigs trying out stuff Branch is going to push out via their deals with OEMs. That's how I've understood it.
There is no bytes being sent out with the beta, and replying in Discord is voluntary, obviously.
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Euro bottles are so much better now
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high speed rail go brrr
Ya all looking at this like it's a conspiracy. It's just a guy looking to sell more cars. Shame on anyone who thought it's a real thing.
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Firefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Government
I am personally unaware of any serious reason to believe that Firefox’s numbers will improve soon.
Yeah about that. Manifest V3 will infuse Firefox userbase nicely come next summer.
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Anon helps with his gf's vaping addiction
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I've vaped since 2013 and have literally never heard of this. Could be regional 💁♂️
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Firefox starting to remove tracking parameters from shared URLs
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Not all queryparameters are tracking, so the option to copy the actual href of the hyperlink is useful.
Most of the time I appreciate a feature that strips them automatically
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Closing toilet lid before flushing doesn't keep viral spray inside, study suggests
Mythbusters busted this myth long before studies. Turns out that air pressure is enough to push the particles flying from the bowl despite the lid, because the toilet lid isn't a good air tight seal, and the air is pushed out due to water volume increase.
So basically closing the lid doesn't help.