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  1. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    American "pants" or British "pants"?

    American "pants" or British "pants"?

    10 votes

  2. Comment on Help choosing a new linux computer? in ~tech

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    As someone who owns a Framework laptop and found out about this from your post... fuck, that's extremely disappointing.

    As someone who owns a Framework laptop and found out about this from your post... fuck, that's extremely disappointing.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on AI slop is killing our channel in ~tech

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    This reminds me of xkcd's Citogenesis comic, which stuck in my mind a long time ago when I was trying to find the original source of some outlandish claim. Except now, we can replace step 1 with...

    This reminds me of xkcd's Citogenesis comic, which stuck in my mind a long time ago when I was trying to find the original source of some outlandish claim. Except now, we can replace step 1 with "someone asks ChatGPT".

    24 votes

  4. Comment on ‘Simpsons’ movie sequel sets summer 2027 release date in ~movies

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    Maggie is legally able to run for president and she can't even walk or talk.

    Maggie is legally able to run for president and she can't even walk or talk.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Deus Ex Remastered | Announcement trailer in ~games

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    In a way, I'm kind of surprised this wasn't posted to Tildes yet, as a remaster of a game frequently cited as one of the best of all time would probably warrant. From IGN: [...] Personal thoughts...

    In a way, I'm kind of surprised this wasn't posted to Tildes yet, as a remaster of a game frequently cited as one of the best of all time would probably warrant.

    From IGN:

    Deus Ex Remastered is on the way, and it already has a release date of February 5, 2026, for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.

    Aspyr Media and Eidos-Montréal announced a refresh for the original Deus Ex video game during the September 2025 State of Play today. It comes with a trailer, teasing a re-release for a classic that is only a few months away from launch.

    [...]

    The newly established Deus Ex Remastered Steam page shares a few more details about what longtime fans and newcomers can expect. The 2000 video game has been given a facelift that includes new elements, such as reimagined lighting, dynamic shadows, water physics, particle effects, and new textures. Players will also notice some updated character models in today's new trailer, with Aspyr promising the remaster comes with better lip-sync animations and ragdoll physics, too.

    Quality of life changes in Deus Ex Remastered range from autosaves and faster loading to achievements and cloud saves. There's also controller support on PC, as well as multi-screen support.

    Personal thoughts

    As a massive fan of the original game, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

    Aspyr doesn't exactly have the best reputation when it comes to remasters (see: NWN2, Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection); I was hoping that a studio such as Nightdive would work on this, but apparently that wasn't an option.

    The original had what could be considered dated graphics even for its release year of 2000. This looks like someone ported the game over to the Doom 3 engine and added "shiny realism", remastering the graphics from 1999 to the far-off year of 2004. $30 for a game with awful textures is the gutpunch, considering the original is usually on sale for like a dollar and has a lot of mods that make the graphics look at least a bit more decent.

    I doubt the "faster loading" will actually be anything useful, considering the original loads extremely quickly on my laptop.

    Other than that, most of the upsides are included in several popular mods already, so this seems to be integrating those changes into a mainline game, which is cool, I guess, but it's still expensive for what it actually is.

    The only positive hope I have for this is the notion of multiscreen support. I wonder how that'll work and if it'll be of any use at all.

    I was hoping for a proper remaster; this probably won't be it. Now, I'm hoping to be proven wrong.

    20 votes

  7. Comment on The nVidia AI GPU black market: investigating smuggling, corruption, and governments in ~tech

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    The USB sticks aren't anywhere near ready to be sent out, though, since there were a lot of people who bought them and it needed to be uploaded to a lot of individual keys.

    EDIT: Steve encouraged people who got the video on USB stick (via some purchase on GN store) to upload it if his one was brought down and I've seen the video online somewhere else (don't have the link, sorry). What a great fanbase!

    The USB sticks aren't anywhere near ready to be sent out, though, since there were a lot of people who bought them and it needed to be uploaded to a lot of individual keys.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech

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    I remember heavily complaining about this on Tildes a few years ago when an Android update did the same thing to my Pixel 5a. (I distinctly remember using the phrase "Fisher-Price phone".) Not...

    It makes my device feel smaller and kinda childish? Like those toy phones with huge icons that make animal noises when pressed.

    I remember heavily complaining about this on Tildes a few years ago when an Android update did the same thing to my Pixel 5a. (I distinctly remember using the phrase "Fisher-Price phone".) Not glad to see another awful thing iPhone "stole" from Android.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on HELP: Suddenly seeing a huge influx of ethernet devices on my network in ~tech

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    It looks like the last blacked out machine has a similar MAC address as the new ones, from a quick check.

    It looks like the last blacked out machine has a similar MAC address as the new ones, from a quick check.

    12 votes

  10. Comment on The nVidia AI GPU black market: investigating smuggling, corruption, and governments in ~tech

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    From the video description: Steve teased this as a feature length video, and it didn't really disappoint in that regard. Strap yourselves in, since this is three and a half hours long. It gets...

    From the video description:

    NVIDIA (NVDA) GPUs have become so in-demand for so-called "AI" workloads that a black market has emerged around them. Where there's prohibition, there's smuggling, and there's money to be made for everyone in the chain. We found smugglers, users, fences, middlemen, and institutions in China, Taiwan, and the US involved in this pipeline flowing export controlled GPUs to China. This is in violation of US Government law, which now includes imposed numerous restrictions on semiconductor processing capabilities, making legitimate export of high-end GPUs to Chinese companies or governments impossible without rarely-granted licenses. But while this is going on, the US Government, NVIDIA, and AMD have been negotiating a cut of sales of two specific models of GPU in order to unblock over $6 billion in combined lost revenue between the companies.

    Steve teased this as a feature length video, and it didn't really disappoint in that regard. Strap yourselves in, since this is three and a half hours long. It gets pretty hands-on and more concrete than most investigations, going so far as to buy an export-controlled 5090 to see if it's actually possible, and even MacGyvering a 4090 with 48GB of VRAM from used parts.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on What is the most insane, tedious, difficult, and/or noteworthy gaming achievement you have completed or given up on? in ~games

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    I'm curious, did you not do manual saves?

    and then the game auto-saved, so I couldn't roll back

    I'm curious, did you not do manual saves?

    3 votes

  14. Comment on How electric scooters are driving China's salt battery push in ~transport

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    If anything, it feels like this would combine well with desalination plants that have difficulty getting rid of concentrated brine due to environmental concerns. If done in an environmentally...

    If anything, it feels like this would combine well with desalination plants that have difficulty getting rid of concentrated brine due to environmental concerns. If done in an environmentally conscious way, enough salt can be extracted in the process so that the salt inputs and outputs are the same.

    8 votes

  15. Comment on systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success in ~comp

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    As much as I like to poke fun at systemd for being "Microsoft Linux", this isn't really substantiative, since a lot of people on Microsoft work on Linux, directly or indirectly. For instance, the...

    As much as I like to poke fun at systemd for being "Microsoft Linux", this isn't really substantiative, since a lot of people on Microsoft work on Linux, directly or indirectly. For instance, the guy that found the xz backdoor attempt also works for Microsoft.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Red Bull sack team principal Christian Horner in ~sports.motorsports

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    Me, three and a half months ago: ...worth a shot: at the rate things are going, I won't win the lottery by Abu Dhabi? But seriously, this could be fuel for the speculation that Mercedes have...

    Me, three and a half months ago:

    At the rate things are going, we'll probably have Horner in the 2nd Red Bull seat by Silverstone.

    ...worth a shot: at the rate things are going, I won't win the lottery by Abu Dhabi?

    But seriously, this could be fuel for the speculation that Mercedes have signed Max behind the scenes, or whether this will ultimately spur that. It seems silly season has started early this year, and it may be bigger than Vettel's retirement announcement a few years back.

    I wonder if Laurent Mekies has what it takes to "get promoted from the junior team", or if it's going to end up like almost everyone else who had that happen.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

  18. Comment on Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    NICO HULKENBERG PODIUM THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE CURSE IS BROKEN

    NICO HULKENBERG PODIUM

    THIS IS NOT A DRILL

    I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL

    THE CURSE IS BROKEN

    19 votes

  19. Comment on The America Party in ~society

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    You joke, but I know of at least two people that voted for the New Blue Party in our provincial elections not too long ago, solely because of the name/colour.

    You joke, but I know of at least two people that voted for the New Blue Party in our provincial elections not too long ago, solely because of the name/colour.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Studios decry cinemas’ ad-filled preshows as AMC warns of “25-30 extra minutes”: Here are the consequences for movie biz in ~movies

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    When I went to the movies when I was younger, the ads were fairly predictable: there were miscellaneous commercials at the beginning, followed by trailers, followed by the actual movie. I remember...

    When I went to the movies when I was younger, the ads were fairly predictable: there were miscellaneous commercials at the beginning, followed by trailers, followed by the actual movie. I remember timing it out and coming when the trailers started, since the other ads were basically things you'd see regularly on TV anyway.

    When I went to see F1 and Mission Impossible this week, the commercials and trailers were interleaved, basically making that strategy moot, which was frustrating.

    The only thing that really "saved" that was that we were in a "VIP" cinema where you could order food to your seat. You didn't really have to pay attention either way.

    7 votes