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  1. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of September 14 in ~games

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    The Last Express is on sale on GOG, for 80% off, or $1.19 USD It's the perfect time, if anyone wanted to join in on the discussion Tildes has going on it

    The Last Express is on sale on GOG, for 80% off, or $1.19 USD

    It's the perfect time, if anyone wanted to join in on the discussion Tildes has going on it

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  2. Comment on 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' review: Change is afoot (again) in ~movies

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    We loved the series, and I don't remember much about the movie before this, but it's great to hear they made another one! I'll be honest, I haven't read too far in this review, it looks like it...

    Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes place in 1930 and is much better than the last Downton movie. Creator Julian Fellowes cuts back on the convoluted plotting and zeroes in on emotional dynamics.

    We loved the series, and I don't remember much about the movie before this, but it's great to hear they made another one!

    I'll be honest, I haven't read too far in this review, it looks like it has potential spoilers in it, and I'm thinking I'll go ahead and hit ignore on my own post, because I haven't seen the new movie yet, so yeah... I posted this because I didn't know they were making a new Downton movie, and just wanted to let anyone else know if they didn't know

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 8 in ~society

  7. Comment on Russia's Enteromix vaccine has demonstrated 100% efficacy in preclinical trials, showing promise in fighting cancerous tumors in ~health

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    Skvortsova stressed that repeated administration of the vaccine remained safe, while also showing impressive results. Tumour growth slowed by 60–80%, survival rates improved, and significant reductions in tumour size were observed.

    The vaccine’s initial focus will be on colorectal cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. But the research does not stop there. Scientists are also developing versions for glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain tumour, and specific types of melanoma, including ocular melanoma, all of which are at advanced stages of study.

    According to the American Cancer Society, some cancer vaccines already exist for bladder and prostate cancers, while the HPV vaccine prevents several types of cancer before they begin. Enteromix, however, belongs to a growing line of therapeutic vaccines designed to treat cancer directly, making the body’s natural defences more powerful.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on One of Valve’s forty majillion secret hardware projects is called the Steam Frame, probably in ~games

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    Someone on X/Twitter did a datamine, and this might be VR related https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1963491451049771216 My gosh my hype cannot be contained

    Someone on X/Twitter did a datamine, and this might be VR related

    https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1963491451049771216

    After datamining tonight's HUGE SteamVR Beta:

    I can confirm that Valve is definitely rebranding SteamVR "Overlays" to "Frames"

    Therefore, if Deckard's product name is The Steam Frame: you should now understand what it's major selling point is going to be...

    SPATIAL GAMING ✨

    My gosh my hype cannot be contained

    11 votes

  11. Comment on Which other sites do you visit? in ~tech

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    I spend an unhealthy amount of time browsing the Steam storefront, and occasionally checking in on my friends' game play activity. I only buy games infrequently, compared to the much larger time I...

    I spend an unhealthy amount of time browsing the Steam storefront, and occasionally checking in on my friends' game play activity. I only buy games infrequently, compared to the much larger time I spend on just browsing and organizing my wishlist

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  12. Comment on With 'Golden' topping 'Ordinary,' a K-pop girl group hits No. 1 for the first time in ~music

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    We loved KPop Demon Hunters, and it was probably after I saw the Tildes post that got us to watch it, and we loved the music! We even played the movie in the background a second time, to hear the...

    The members of HUNTR/X — the fictional K-pop group made up of nonfictional singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — have just become the first women K-pop artists ever to hit No. 1. (If you're wondering about "APT.," last year's duet between BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars, it peaked at No. 3.)

    K-pop acts routinely top the Billboard 200 albums chart, and eight K-pop songs hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 prior to "Golden" — all of them connected to the boy band BTS. Now, a K-pop girl group has finally topped the Hot 100 in the U.S.

    We loved KPop Demon Hunters, and it was probably after I saw the Tildes post that got us to watch it, and we loved the music! We even played the movie in the background a second time, to hear the soundtrack lol

    By the way, I'm not sure if anyone here cares, but we found out the Japanese dub also includes Japanese versions of the girls' songs, not the boys' though. It carried over our setting from watching anime

    10 votes

  14. Comment on Fate/hollow ataraxia Remastered is out on Switch and Steam in ~games

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    So I've read through the first Fate VN, and the first season of Grand Order, which is the phone gacha game, for anyone who doesn't know. The gacha game was huge a decade ago, we could call it the...

    So I've read through the first Fate VN, and the first season of Grand Order, which is the phone gacha game, for anyone who doesn't know. The gacha game was huge a decade ago, we could call it the OG phone gacha game

    I would recommend the original, Fate Stay Night, it is really long though, so I'd totally understand not having time for it as a busy adult

    I've heard Hollow Ataraxia is a good time too, when it came out there wasn't a franchise around Fate, so it was filling a gap when fans were left wanting more after the original VN. Any big fan of Fate will enjoy it, I'm sure, but other people would know better than me.

    Grand Order? In short, it's hard for me to recommend in 2025 personally. In 2025, there are plenty of choices for free to play story based games, with better gameplay than FGO and its drip feed story. Steam has a lot of them, and there are Hoyoverse games like Genshin Impact, and so on. FGO's story is very mid until a few chapters in, when the company was blown away by the number of players they had, and started to put effort into it. One of the biggest draws was the collection of waifus and husbandos, but those aren't hard to find these days either

    I ended up rambling there, anyways it's a cool franchise lol

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Jane Street barred from Indian markets as regulator freezes $566 million over Nifty 50 manipulation claims in ~finance

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    According to SEBI's 105-page interim order, Jane Street would aggressively buy large amounts of stocks and futures that are part of the BANKNIFTY index, which tracks the performance of India's banking sector, early in the trading day. The quantitative trading firm would then place large bets that the index would decline later in the day.

    Jane Street would then sell off the positions it had bought earlier, dragging the index lower and making their earlier bets in the options market far more profitable.

    13 votes

  17. Comment on I tried to make something in America (The Smarter Scrubber experiment) in ~engineering

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    We're collectively waking up to the fact America's manufacturing industry is in dire straits, and it needs our immediate attention, and it gets worse as people retire and leave their positions...

    We're collectively waking up to the fact America's manufacturing industry is in dire straits, and it needs our immediate attention, and it gets worse as people retire and leave their positions unfilled.

    This Youtube video is really insightful about the current situation, showing us how hard it is to find made in America components, but how it's still possible if someone puts in enough effort

    At one point they talk to this company called Mantle, who do 3D metal printing, which sounds very cool and innovative, their website is https://mantle3d.com/

    As usual, I'll point out I have no relation with any of these people or companies, it's just something we should all be paying attention to imho

    30 votes

  19. Comment on Help cleaning stains off laminate in ~life.home_improvement

  20. Comment on Help cleaning stains off laminate in ~life.home_improvement

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    I'll throw this idea out there, even though it doesn't exactly match the story with the fruit trees... In the past we had mysterious stains that eventually came out with acetone, nail polish...

    I'll throw this idea out there, even though it doesn't exactly match the story with the fruit trees... In the past we had mysterious stains that eventually came out with acetone, nail polish remover. They were light brown glossy stains on door frames that, in hindsight, someone doing work on our home may have left behind, and we tried all sorts of cleaning products, and none worked, until we finally tried acetone

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