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AMD denies 9070 XT leaked prices — '$899 USD starting price point was never part of the plan' in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They may have done in performance terms - marginal performance increase in most workloads and relying on dlss4 for any impressive fps gains. If AMD can give a decent performance boost over the 7000 series they stand a chance in the mid to low end.

Don't tell anyone I like Japanese Arthur a lot in c/historymemes

[–] scholar 24 points 3 days ago

King Arthur is post Roman Britain ~5th century CE so full plate armour wouldn't exist for several hundred years.

Former Arkane designer says Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim, and while it didn't meet Bethesda's sales expectations, the series' reputation still 'saved the studio' in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Arkane Austin made Prey and was a brilliant game that showed how much potential the studio had before they were forced off to the live service gulag.

Former Arkane designer says Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim, and while it didn't meet Bethesda's sales expectations, the series' reputation still 'saved the studio' in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 17 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Then they were forced to make a live service game that they had no passion for and weren't adept at which naturally failed and killed the studio

1955 - Moomin and family life (9/68) in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

well, he is mooning us...

Zelensky is ’no angel’ — Trump criticizes Ukraine’s president for ’wanting to fight’ at war’s onset in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 69 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Imagine wanting to defend your home...

moms rule in c/showerthoughts

[–] scholar 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Not completely wrong at all, even if you disagree with the generation length (which is an average after all) the maths is correct. The 0AD thing isn't, but you can't have everything.

This Owl Kept a Hidden Chinese Secret for Over 3000 Years! in c/superbowl

[–] scholar 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought it was a very strange owl until I realised it was facing to the right

I'm not sure it's worth caring about, but what do I do when .world mods abuse their power? in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 2 points 1 week ago

Report, Confront (non emotionally), Expose

Caption This in c/[email protected]

[–] scholar 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Noo-Noo often straggled towards the end of the walk

TIL the granddaughter of the fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini made a Japanese city pop album in 1982 in c/til

[–] scholar 1 points 1 week ago

She did a bit of that as well wierdly

Water into Wine in c/comicstrips

[–] scholar 20 points 1 week ago

Ethanol poisoning apparently

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Deus Ex and the federated net (self.deus_ex)

submitted 2 years ago by scholar to c/[email protected]

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One of the things that Deus Ex captured really well was the pseudonymous federated internet; interactions between random strings on different networks that could go on and on without either party learning who they were speaking to. Alex Jacobson had no idea that the Oracle he was receiving messages from was actually a self aware AI on the net.