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What fascinates me most about this video (yeah it a bit long) is the fact that Intel only said its product name ONCE in the entire presentation. Keep in mind that its a deck spanning 100s of pages and they consistently called out their competitor (yes AMD is a real competitor in the space now) more times. I hope someone lost their job over this and more importantly I hope Intel finally bucks up and gets it pricing act together. They could obliterate AMD just by market-share of instruction-set space and send Apple a clear message to fuck off back to the lab for all eternity. But no, lets talk about what everyone else is doing versus doing it ourselves. AMD doesn't really win this round because it wasn't ever really participating but watch this space because in a few years from now laptops are going to get a lot cheaper and when they do we can all thank AMD and ARM for not pulling their punches and doing something innovative as compared to their competitor. P.S. I also like how the benchmark discussions went and of course theres a bit of BS there because you need a common denominator workload to test products irrespective of the instruction set being used.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/apple-terminates-epics-app-store-access-following-fortnite-dispute/ Apple dropped the hammer. Now we will have to wait and see what happens next. I think Sweeney was playing with fire here and got burned as a result. The real question now is can they prove in court with the further hearings that Apple is being monopolistic and unfair in their decision. Epic has some pretty strong stances on banning users so its nice to see them get fucked in all of this even if the company doing said act is also shady when it comes to platform governance.

From the new album that came out this month.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/playstation-5s-preorder-phase-begins-based-on-fans-playstation-activities/ Interesting way to go about it. Probably done to generate hype more than anything else as I really do believe this time the XBox will be cheaper than the Playstation on launch day. Sadly thats not going to stop Sony from steam-rolling Microsoft over the holidays once again.

Good luck you've got this just remember your Python programming.

Always wanted to see Imphal. Looks quite nice that and they is that chocolate milk in the last pic?

It's time to stop playing when you get a wake up call like this. Apparently its the third time now.

This comment made me laugh "When you work in IT and you kissed a girl for the first time at 40". Totally apt for that crowd on stage.

I think Apple will eventually have to come to terms with what Epic are doing because its setting a bad precedent for them as a company that is now going to lose a big game driver on their mobile platform if they somehow manage to lose Unreal Engine. The company that could stand to benefit here is Google if they find a way to placate Epic and create a better eco-system for games on their platforms irrespective of how fragmented the Android landscape is right now.

https://kotaku.com/epic-tells-court-its-apple-case-had-to-be-a-big-fight-1844834599 Apparently the courts have given their first ruling. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has issued a temporary verdict on two of the case’s most pending issues, namely whether Fortnite would be allowed back on the App Store and whether Apple could restrict the use of apps using Epic’s Unreal Engine. She denied Epic’s request to have Fortnite reinstated but, as Bloomberg report, “granted the company’s request for a temporary order blocking Apple from limiting the game developer’s ability to provide Unreal Engine, key graphics technology, for other apps” What's truly odd is that Epic are claiming they had to break the contract with the AppStore to get into court which I think is bogus considering BigTech just got roasted by a Senate hearing not so long ago. Shit company that Epic but they do have a case for the Unreal Engine shit Apple is throwing back at them.

I used to play competitively and there was one guy, you know that one guy. I was in college at the time and he'd come down from his dorm room to the common area like he'd just woken up and pick the most absurd characters like Dudley and give me a ass whooping. I told him to compete but he was too lazy to go to competitions.

I always like Martin Miller's setups and Felix is such a tight drummer especially on this track.

I think the local play would be fun but I also think it would take away from the mess it becomes when you have 60 people start out trying to race to a finish line. Still, if you want to do mini-tournaments it might be a lot of fun. I've been playing it about 20 minutes a day and I kind of like that its pure chaos.

I have had my fill of mischief on it over the weekend. Its good fun when you play with friends and are all chatting with each other. Good solo too but not quite as fun imo.

Started playing "Fall Guys" with some friends and its quite fun.

Think Messi would be a bit silly to leave Europe right now. Leaving Barcelona, however, seems like it is the time. The club have done absolutely nothing substantial to bolster anything that they built their success on and its in a consistent downward spiral. I really do hope he leaves and tries another league but hes done this with Argentina and it seems like he will continue to do this with Barcelona too. Shame really because he has it in him to win another CL with the right team and no that is not Barcelona.

This might work but I was thinking of something like this, just smaller and the ability to move it fast over the locked rail but also be able to adjust the height and bend the recording device any way i wanted. I'll take a look into that sliding arm a bit more as I think I could achieve what I want with it. Thanks. https://www.amazon.in/Proaim-2ft-Zeal-Slider-Stabilization/dp/B00N9WSPJE/ref=asc_df_B00N9WSPJE/?tag=googleshopdes-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=397080840656&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17653685172003575840&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9062032&hvtargid=pla-403917183027&psc=1&ext_vrnc=hi

That works for circular motion but I also need X-axis motion to move back and forth as well. Kind of like those cameras they put on rails to shoot really fast events like the 100m. So imagine I have it set at a height and you want to be able to slide i to the center of a table and away if necessary. The ballhead doesn't help there neither does a bending arm. This is where my conundrum starts. I have seen pro rigs but they have these complicated locks and I don't need that. Just wondering if something commercial is available.

Have a very specific requirement and maybe I am looking for it all wrong but I am looking for a boom-arm that supports a 1/4 screw that can extend out onto a table for a camera (classic/mobile) to do some video work for a project. Anyone have any ideas what I should be looking for specifically? It's kind of like a mic boom-arm but it would allow the video capture device to shift over the table and attaching a gimbal for X-axis rotation or Y/Z if required. I am coming up blank in a lot of places.

Out of those three Lambert shocked me the most. I thought he'd do well for us but it just never happened.

Read this earlier today and I am now struggling to see how Epic gets any traction with the Apple block if they choose to stay away from the AppStore. Apple can just stop their app installations by locking them out of the eco-system stating that they won't allow non-authorized apps to be installed. I thought they weren't after Google? Considering the PlayStore never had any issues with this in the first place.

Just finished Ghost of Tsushima, what a ride. I'll be very surprised if this doesn't get nominated for a GOTY award just because the story is extremely good and while the gameplay can get a bit monotonous at times they switch it up enough.

Done quite well for himself Mo has.

Tesco should spend the 1.5m and find the containers then make sure they are all fed to him in jail as the only source of food.