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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?
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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?
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Framework’s first desktop is a strange—but unique—mini ITX gaming PC
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The CEO of Framework said that this was because the CPU doesn't support unsoldered RAM. He added that they asked AMD if there was any way they could help them support removable memory. Supposedly an AMD engineer was tasked with looking into it, but AMD came back and said that it wasn't possible.
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Dad & Dungeons & Dragons [Admiral Wonderboat]
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Similar experience to my current campaign. Started in a tavern, someone got punched.
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VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network
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Someone who is planning to commit crime could do so from your home IP address. At best, the police/FBI recognize that you didn't do the crime. At worst, you get charged for something you didn't do.
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Microsoft closes the door on Windows 11 supporting older hardware
Why have we stopped talking about how the $15 TPU TPM can make upgrading older systems possible? Does that not work anymore?
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"Hello, emergency services? I've witnessed a murder."
Oof. This one feels like an insult that a DM might take personally before realizing it was meant for the NPC
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PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby
My guess is that the "next generation" of PC gamers will be getting the next generation of consoles instead. Hopefully that doesn't also mean that we stop getting PC ports of the good console titles.
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Boundaries
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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
Just finished Outerwilds. Next up is Wagatobi to help practice my Japanese before a trip in a few months.
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Find a DM who can do both
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What system do you recommend for a first game?
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Google Fi is launching a $35 / month unlimited plan
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Some of them are ISPs. I've received mail from both Verizon and AT&T about getting a 5G Internet "connection". It just connects to the cell towers.
Someone came by so I demoed one and it was awful. The latency was, predictably, unhinged.
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT For $599 & RX 9070 For $549 Launched: RDNA 4 GPU Up To 2.97 GHz, 16 GB Memory, Up To 68% Faster Than 7900 GRE
I love that AMD is comparing this to the 7900 GRE. That was the card that I bought, and I just assumed that everyone else forgot about it.
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2024 Miami Grand Prix - [SPRINT QUALIFYING] discussion thread
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Any one know how heavy those are? Hinchcliff made the joke about it buffing out and now I'm wondering if it may have dented the front wing
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Kaspersky: Biden administration preparing to prevent Americans from using Russian-made software over national security concern | CNN Politics
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As someone who has used FileZilla for years, I am shook and I appreciate you pasting the link
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Pokemon GO Fest 2025 is Bringing the Heat with Volcanion, Zacaian, Zamazenta, and a Global Raid!
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Yeah, but I suppose it might be for the people who are botting
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BioShock creator says "audiences reward" single-player games that don't have "other methods of monetization," like Baldur's Gate 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Who buys them?
Play Nice by Jason Schreier mentions that the "Pay to Win" style of monetization is very popular in Chinese markets.
I'd wager that, since other markets strongly oppose that, public companies focused on profits over player sentiment needed to find a middle ground. (That dichotomy is the main focus of the last half of the book)
We revolted when Battlefront 2 had loot boxes at the center of game progression, so companies hoping to make the most money in both markets need to make the purchasable items either purely cosmetic or only helpful in early game progression (starter packs).
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White mates in 2 !
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I need to open my mind a little more. I never saw that first move as an option.
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Why is my Queen move an Inaccuracy?
I'm only 1100 rated, and haven't checked with an engine.
My guess is that after 10. .. qd7, 11. Bxf7 gxf7 makes the king too vulnerable. If you had played 10. ... ng6, then you could take with the queen and 11. Bxf7 isn't as strong. Your pawns can stay unstacked and play can continue
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The Confusion
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