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Always liked Falling Down, and this is a very solid deconstruction of it.
I don't really necessarily agree with the conclusion, but it's a solid analysis otherwise.
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Always liked Falling Down, and this is a very solid deconstruction of it.
I don't really necessarily agree with the conclusion, but it's a solid analysis otherwise.
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Falling Down is a great flick, I've not watched it in ages, might have to revisit it soon.
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I first saw it in chunks as a teenager, as it was regularly shown on daytime tv in my country, which is really weird considering the mature content.
But every time I'd catch it I was glued to the screen.
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God damn this guy has a way with words. Goes without saying, but only watch if you already played the game
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As predicted SSD prices are going to get more expensive due to shortages.
www.tomshardware.com
SSDs pricing to 'skyrocket' as flash shortages are already underway — critical NAND packages are already in short supply, high-capacity SSD models will be first to see price hikes
Consumer SSDs will get substantially more expensive soon.
www.tomshardware.com
Shortage again? I thought they already played that card.
Same shortage that was predicted but now happening.
Less production causes a shortage, doesn't meet demand, Higher prices and Profits.
I'm not sure it's the real cause. They indeed reduced the production because the offer was much higher than the demand, but reducing it too much isn't profitable either. From what I read, there's a shortage of materials, but I'm not sure why. Was it because of the earthquake near the Toshiba factory, or a far consequence of the Covid?
Also, the predictions seem to suggest a significantly cost increase for the next 4 years, at least. That is, if there isn't a new, denser technology coming on the market before.
Don't worry China will come to the rescue as always. They are going to corner the market with cheap chips with high fail rates, but are cheaper nobody will be able to compete.
Amazon is flooded with them already.
Amazon is flooded with them already.
Yeah, it's difficult to find any product that isn't from China on Amazon, except books and known brands. They're very creative with the name of the companies by making them sound European on European Amazon websites. I usually buy elsewhere or, if I don't find anything, I take the time to find a provider who isn't Chinese if possible.
The local newspaper writes that the solar panel industry slowly but surely gets pwned by China by undercutting prices, this driving normal manufacturing firms into ruins - and then dominating the complete industry, down to the smallest components. Same as they are dominating amazon now.
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Well this is depressing news for future games. As I despise always online SP games.
kotaku.com
Over 500 Studios Are Working On Live-Service Games
New survey shows we'll be getting a lot more always-online shooters and RPGs in the future
kotaku.com
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They can make them and put them out, it's up to us to ignore 'em. And I can do that with ease.
It's the trend with everything. From what I've heard these last few years, even cars will be a service, eventually. Who knows, maybe even houses. Owning is overrated.
It's the perfect DRM. As I always said.
Except it binds you to a connection and the availability of a server. It's always proven to be problematic and frustrating.
The US Energy Information Administration estimates that the electricity use from cryptocurrency mining amounts to 0.6 to 2.3% of the total US electricity consumption.
arstechnica.com
From the original report,
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin
US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.
arstechnica.com
From the original report,
I thought crypto-mining was on the decline. Either way, that information isn't very useful with that much of a variance between the numbers.
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I'm ok with cars being a service as not everyone should be licensed to drive. And not all of us can even perform that task.