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Comment · 2 days ago
So based on this, the safest place to sit is presumably the middle carriage?
Comment · 8 days ago
4TB HDD is now close to 200 Euros. What do you mean "what cost"?
Comment · 10 days ago
It's sort of nuts how bad the Codex app is. In a month, I've "vibe-coded" my own replacement which does everything I care about significantly better, especially their remote chat functionality which just feels completely half-baked and broken. And I'm not getting a 6 figure salary to work on it. I don't understand what they're doing.
Comment · 13 days ago
Are those languages ready for production use?
Comment · 27 days ago
Okay, what about all the other examples?
Comment · 1 month ago
No, the US is screwed over. From what I've read, many areas in the US are completely reliant on imports because of how the current logistics and production/processing chain/infrastructure is setup. And the market disruption caused by an export ban would wreak complete havoc in those regions and cause significant price spikes starting from diesel and then rippling out to anything reliant on it.

This is why he hasn't done it yet. Everybody in the US with money at stake called him and told him it was a stupid idea.

Comment · 1 month ago
Well, this is upsetting. I was already maxing out two $200 subscriptions days before the weekly limit. I wonder how bad it'll be after this change.
Comment · 1 month ago
In theory. This up to the manufacturers and they're not doing that, so it's quite different from non-ARM laptops, where this is basically standardized.

It's not necessarily any better on Windows. I've worked with Qualcomm based laptops that wouldn't work without a bespoke Windows image from the manufacturer. I also had one where the "generic" ARM Windows image wouldn't work with it even though it should've and the manufacturer never provided a bespoke image.

Comment · 1 month ago
Sorry, what? The benefit is that we have these games to play. That is the intrinsic benefit. Most of us don't care about the other things you listed when all we want to do is play old games. You're free to value those things in this context and that's fine, but it's weird to impose those values on others when they're providing what people want.
Comment · 1 month ago
I suspect the improvements are even more dramatic going from Zen 1 through to Zen 5. AMD has really hit the jackpot with how scalable the Ryzen CPU is considering how they're able to improve the performance from year to year. This is a stark difference to the FX series during the 2010s, which saw very small YoY performance increases by comparison. Ryzen really is AMD's equivalent to what Nehalem/Core was for Intel back in the mid 2000s.
Comment · 1 month ago
Steam does this. If I want to login, it shows a barcode I can scan with the app and it logs me in without needing to enter my login information. Phone needs internet access, doesn't need to be on the same network as the device I'm logging in on.

I assume the QR code contains a token for the device, which is used by the app to authorize the login and the server automatically logs in the client on the device with the matching token.

Seems a lot safer to me than using my login credentials on a potentially unsafe device.

Comment · 1 month ago
I don't know why this myth keeps getting perpetuated. It's simply not true. The countless game discs I own that let me install and play the game without internet access are proof of that. There are some games where the game acts as a key and doesn't contain the full game, but this isn't the rule.
Comment · 1 month ago
What a shame too. Quake Wars on idTech performed incredibly well for such large maps and so many players. The vehicles were also fun to drive.

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