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    AMD 6000 reviews thread

    There are 2 games consoles which just came out, both using AMD's architecture. Sure, developers might do some extra work for supporting NV's implementation of features, but they will be doing the work on cross platform games which works for the AMD GPUs in both consoles, and also on the PC...
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    nVidia 3080 reviews thread

    A full 3 years on from my 1080Ti I can pay the same again to sometimes double my frame rate while using more power, and have less RAM. Disappointing if you look at the reality of it and ignore the 2080 cards. Now than 3 years to give us barely double the performance in maxed out cases, at the...
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    Valve enables gambling?

    It would all hold up in Japan, but then the US isn't Japan. In Japan you have pachinko machines, where you win balls. These balls can then be taken and converted to tokens inside the pachinko parlour. These tokens can to another shop outside the place the pachinko machine is located, and...
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    [VC] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Specifications Leaked, Faster than RX 480

    Things I care about: Performance/£. Maybe the UK won't get the NV tax this time round either.
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    System Shock Pre-Alpha Demo now up on Steam and GOG.

    They already did a playability update. https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock_enhanced_edition DRM free, has things like mouselook... you can either play classic (no mouselook/etc) or enhanced (mouselook/etc).
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    What is going on with Anandtech[Missing reviews]?

    A year you mean? (When the review comes out, not when the product comes out).
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    UK votes to leave the European Union

    So 4 years ago it was really really prohibitively expensive? I went 4 years ago and it was £1 = 120 JPY I went 2 years ago and it was £1 = 180 JPY Now it's £1 = 140 JPY.
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    GOG - Summer Sale 2016

    Only if you buy from GoG. Can't hoard if you buy DRM encrusted games.
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    AMD Polaris Thread: Radeon RX 480, RX 470 & RX 460 launching June 29th

    It has other meaning too. If you are launching a mid-range chip and are worse in terms of performance/mm^2, if limits your absolute performance with a higher end GPU, since there's a maximum reasonable size a GPU can be, and assuming both NV and AMD can max out at <600mm^2, AMD won't match NV's...
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    Apparently RX 470 cards won't be available on June 29th?

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/10413/amd-teases-future-radeon-rx-470-radeon-rx-460-cards/2 Not a single mention of a date.
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    Thoughts on MS acquiring LinkedIn

    Whatsapp wasn't worth $18b to most companies. It was worth $18b to Facebook to prevent anyone else buying it and become a competitor. It was a defensive move to retain existing company value, and had nothing to do with the value of Whatsapp itself, and everything to do with making sure it...
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    Thoughts on MS acquiring LinkedIn

    Sure, $400m a couple of decades ago for something that at the time gave them a userbase and email setup, total waste of money to change the name 15 years later and start to phase it out... sure... And MSN Messenger was a thing around 2000.
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    [Guru3d] Radeon RX 470 Benchmarks

    I would really care about performance/$ first and foremost. Then other things come into play. But that's just me.
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    TSMC owning the silicon manufacturing game

    Their nodes are not what they claim relative to Intel. This is not a new thing. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/221532-tsmc-will-begin-10nm-production-this-year-claims-5nm-by-2020 Further, EUV tech is primarily being driven by ASML, in which Intel, Samsung and TSMC have invested, with...
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    Bamboo cutting board

    And it's easier to get lots of wonderfully coloured plastic boards which makes them much more effective in a restaurant environment where you can colour code the use of boards to prevent cross contamination.
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    Try pinging eBay & PayPal

    The most hilarious bit is that Ebay spun off Paypal 9 months ago. Some monopoly.
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    New Master of Orion Early Access on Steam

    If anyone does want to try it, you can buy it from GOG.com, DRM free, and have a 14-day refund policy. https://www.gog.com/game/master_of_orion https://www.gog.com/support/support_view/games_in_development_faq#en
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    Amazon's Lumberyard. Yet another CryEngine fork.

    Maybe it's called Lumberyard because you head to a lumber yard to buy lumber to build shit... It has everything you need to start your build.
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    [ Hexus ] Nvidia launches GeForce GT 710, says its 10x better than an IGP

    Here you go: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-710 Happy now? It does, however, state "10x better performance" but "Gaming is even up to 80% faster". So something that isn't gaming is 10x faster... whatever that might be. Some edge case OGL software? Something run on CUDA...
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    SteamLink with a Steam Headless Server - Sound and Resolution Problem

    The resolution thing is probably due to Windows default resolution settings. When I use VNC to access a computer, it defaults to a low res (1024x768) when the monitor is off (it's DP so I think it detects it as not being attached if it's turned off). With the monitor turned on, it shows at the...
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    Things that trigger a bag search at the airport

    Was it Gunpowder tea?
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    For your child: Turn $3,000 ROTH into $50 million

    And kicking it down from 12% to 11% means you go from $4.75m to $2.6m. The incorporate inflation at something like 3.5% p.a. on average (1950-2015) and your $2.6m becomes $350k effective. Isn't finance amazing? Sure, it's still a lot more than $3k, but it also requires the future performance...
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    Abu Dhabi Fund Said to Be Exploring Sale of Globalfoundries

    Yeah and they are also "giving up" on a load of other investments. This isn't due to GF performance but due to oil price performance. No point trying to spin it as anything else. Plus GF is a capital intensive business that needs cash input to grow, which is the opposite of what Abu Dhabi...
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    Should CPU/Sockets be colour coded?

    They should just either give them distinct names, AMD style (but less screwy), or not mention the socket pins and go by chipset.
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    Is 8 years old too young to be left in a car?

    Also if they passed their test, then why shouldn't they be in a car alone... it might even be their own car.
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    GOG - Stardock now Boarding

    Offworld Trading Company sounded interesting until it was a Steam only thing. Now that it will be on GoG I am interested again.
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    Anyone taken someone to civil court in California or sold debt to collectors?

    $5k per claim? Is it possible to do multiple small claims if it's across multiple jobs?
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    Havok, Intel, Microsoft, PhysX and Asynchronous Compute

    Most high end games.
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    Chinese pop singer openly dating Canadian model 12 year old girl

    Dating doesn't typically have age limits. Sex on the other hand...
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    Samsung did not infringe Nvidia graphics chip patents: U.S. ITC

    It's Keystroller, trying to stir things up as usual.
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    And ANOTHER school shooting

    Are schools protected by the constitution? If not, I am 100% with you. Ban schools.
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    Picky eaters are childish and need to grow up

    No one in the world (except maybe you) talks about allergies when discussing picky eaters. Avoiding food because you have allergies isn't being a picky eater.
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    Picky eaters are childish and need to grow up

    Picky eating is fine as long as you keep it as your own issue, and don't fuck up other people's shit. Although I guess if you do that it would be being "grown up" rather than kicking up a fuss like a kid.
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    Pro golf - Jordan Spieth's caddie made about $2.1 million this season, more than 221

    It speculates how much he made based on typical prize money splits between the golfer and caddie, and is only high due to the performance of the golfer. 221 other "pro" players didn't win, so they don't get big payouts. Is it really surprising?
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    Failing a technical course as a CS Major

    Yeah. Random internet forums or... the people at the place you are at who are supposed to help you.
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    Farcry and Uplay

    Does the GoG.com version also have the same issue? http://www.gog.com/game/far_cry Also FC3 and FC4 are more like FC2 but way way better.
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    Have you seen one of the $20 for 20 steak trucks?

    Perfect breakfast steaks he grilled in the evening.
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    "Please confirm these are the recipients of this e-mail"

    We have a similar system but it's actually not that bad, and it's configurable (I know because I was in the test group and provided feedback similar to some of the comments above and the presentation was amended). Ours ONLY pops up when you are sending to external email addresses, which is fine...
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    Z Nation on SyFy

    Plus it's a play on the "NSA is everywhere" thing, so it adds to the satirical fun. Things like the Facebook stalking in one of the early episodes for example as well. I do find the actor really annoying though, since he was a really annoying person on Scrubs as well.
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    GOG - How GOG.com Save And Restore Classic Videogames (+ newer)

    If you contact them, they will try and help you resolve issues, and if you can't manage to resolve them they will give you a refund.