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  1. Comment on Made in Abyss anime to be continued in new series of movies in ~anime

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    It might be like the last series of movies where 1 and 2 were a shortened version of season 1 and only 3 was new.

    It might be like the last series of movies where 1 and 2 were a shortened version of season 1 and only 3 was new.

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  2. Comment on Meta violated privacy law, jury says in menstrual data fight in ~health

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    To clarify the point made my sodliddesu, Facebook isn't selling the data itself. They are selling targeted advertising using the data. So women who don't have a menstruation for the past several...

    To clarify the point made my sodliddesu, Facebook isn't selling the data itself. They are selling targeted advertising using the data. So women who don't have a menstruation for the past several months will start seeing targeted ads for baby products as one example.

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  3. Comment on Tech keeps stealing my life, and I want tips on how to make it stop doing that in ~tech

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    I think the first step is to stop using Release Candidate software. Use only full releases of software. After that, I'm not sure. I honestly don't run into that many new bugs, so I haven't had the...

    I think the first step is to stop using Release Candidate software. Use only full releases of software. After that, I'm not sure. I honestly don't run into that many new bugs, so I haven't had the experience of issues coming up like you have. The few bugs that I do run into (audio crackling because of PipeWire or my dac needing a restart, Rocket League putting me into matches without the party leader (or various issues that come and go like notifications), or Team notifications not always working at work (more common now that I've been forefully upgraded to Win11) are consistent issues that I expect and no longer have an emotional reaction to just resignation. For some of them I have workaround (restarting my computer/dac for audio), aren't too meaningful (game bugs), or I just don't care about (if I don't get notifications because the software my company uses is bad - that's a them problem. Provide me with better software or cope.)

    Can you tell us more about how the glitches have affected you? You've mentioned that you've spent a lot of time trying to fix them. How else have the affected you/what is motivating you to spend time fixing them?

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  4. Comment on The Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling gaming hardware in US history in ~games

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    AAA devs have been losing money on new titles since at least 2023, but yeah they've only been losing money post-COVID afaik. Prior to COVID they may have made money but I don't think the market...

    AAA devs have been losing money on new titles since at least 2023, but yeah they've only been losing money post-COVID afaik. Prior to COVID they may have made money but I don't think the market was healthy overall. A lot of investor meetings had questions about the profitability of video game developers vs the DOW already which had resulted in a lot of questionable monetization practices being adopted. I think those practices have led to some staleness in the market as game devs have focused on revenue over delivering a good experience. Even if games aren't losing money they still have to deliver enough profit to appease shareholders or else gamers get squeezed. I don't think any developer has found a good answer to this - but it's relatively apparent that the current situation is untenable.

  5. Comment on The Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling gaming hardware in US history in ~games

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    What record profits for AAA? There are some individual games that buck the trend, but new AAA games in general have been losing money since the cost of making them is outstripping the growth of...

    What record profits for AAA? There are some individual games that buck the trend, but new AAA games in general have been losing money since the cost of making them is outstripping the growth of people playing console/pc games - even when not factoring in that a greater share of people are playing either eSports titles or older AAA games than before.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech

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    There isn't a 5070Ti FE, so you have to buy third party. The list looks fine to me, have you picked out a monitor? 1440p 240Hz OLEDs have been dropping in price, looks like the cheapest are around...

    There isn't a 5070Ti FE, so you have to buy third party.

    The list looks fine to me, have you picked out a monitor? 1440p 240Hz OLEDs have been dropping in price, looks like the cheapest are around 450. Might be worth waiting for a sale on one.

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  7. Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech

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    5070 Ti is only a bit cut-down version of the 5080 so it likely won't be too much slower, although we can't know for sure until it releases. 5080 launching first to get the impatient buyers of...

    5070 Ti is only a bit cut-down version of the 5080 so it likely won't be too much slower, although we can't know for sure until it releases. 5080 launching first to get the impatient buyers of course.

    CPU-wise I'd say 7500F -> 7600x3d -> 9800x3d are the logical increments for a gaming-only PC. Get the cheapest B650 from any of MSI, Gigabyte, or AsRock with BIOS Flashback that has the USB and M.2 ports you need, since all of the mATX and ATX boards have sufficient VRMs. Get 16 or 32 GB of memory depending on how long you want the build to last, but make sure it is a 2 dimm kit (4 dimm ddr5 is awful) ddr5-6000 c30 is the standard.

    Phantom Spirit 120 EVO is the standard air cooler unless you want to get into (non-reference layout) SFF, it basically matches the D15 (original, not G2) at ~$36. For the case, just get something with airflow that you like the look of. If the case fans are bad, P12 Max/P14 Max are cheap replacements. A12x25, A14 G2, or T30-120 if you have budget.

    PCIe 4.0 M.2's are pretty reasonably priced so I'd go for one of those, at least 1tb so you have room for modern games. Make sure to avoid ADATA and Silicon Power since their drives have a reputation for losing data. Innogrit controllers and YMTC NAND have issues, so avoid any drives that use either of them.

    Make sure to get a quality power supply. Not super high wattage or high efficiency necessarily but high quality. Corsair RM750 is a classic, but might break your total budget. I don't know lower-priced components since I mostly stick to SFF so good luck.

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  8. Comment on Cargo ship hits major bridge in Baltimore, triggering collapse (gifted link) in ~transport

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    Why not use an SMS warning? According to my phone's settings they are available at the state and local level. I would hope that emergency services has the ability to send texts via those systems.

    Why not use an SMS warning? According to my phone's settings they are available at the state and local level. I would hope that emergency services has the ability to send texts via those systems.

  9. Comment on Environmental experts have criticised the Swedish government's plan to build at least ten nuclear reactors in the next twenty years in ~enviro

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    From the article Sweden needs to double electricity production by 2030 in order to meet electrification goals. So I would look at 6 reactors as 15% which makes 16 reactors 40% if all of them have...

    From the article Sweden needs to double electricity production by 2030 in order to meet electrification goals. So I would look at 6 reactors as 15% which makes 16 reactors 40% if all of them have the same output

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