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Moved it here to the RB/TR thread... Honda has been making huge progress and solved their reliability issues; bring a bit more power and qualifying mode and things might get very interesting. Love it!

omg, you found the mad villain's HQ!

Season 3 is out!

WTF did I just watch A furry orgy?

Elon Musk's Neuralink announced plans to start testing its BMI implants on human volunteers next year. Basically a “high bandwidth” brain-computer connection, made using thin flexible threads and implanted via sewing machine-like robot surgery and they apparently successfully tested it on rats and monkeys already. Short-term initial goal is to help people with brain and spinal cord injuries or congenital defects, the ultimate goal is symbiosis of the human brain with AI. Now it's Musk after all, so we should take this announcement with a pinch of salt, but this is definitely very interesting and ambitious. White paper of their technology: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6204648/Neuralink-White-Paper.pdf Video of the recorded livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vbh3t7WVI Informative CNET article with a lot of details: https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-neuralink-works-monkeys-human-test-brain-computer-interface-in-2020/ Thoughts? @Mel81x

No asphalt run-off at Zandvoort: F1 wants “heritage” gravel traps to stay

No worries, I still have The Long Dark to entertain me (or piss me off) after work so I'm not in a hurry for new games anyway

I like the idea of the Groundhog day-like scenario; a unique concept I haven't seen in gaming. And there's also space...what's not to like haha. Keep us updated once you check it out.

Looks like something I'd enjoy...

That Rich Energy dude is completely bonkers

Maybe the agent just tried to get you on the casting couch

What show?

A coyote teaching its pups how to howl. Amazing photo by Debbie DiCarlo... @Bluewolf @CaaC (John) @The Rebel CRS

Red Bull overtakes Ferrari: second power behind Mercedes https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/red-bull-ueberholt-ferrari-zweite-kraft-hinter-mercedes/

Today 4pm UK time they are supposed to stop using the antlers logo they stole and also have to show their financials as per court order... Stay tuned for more fun

True, but there are also plenty of Vietnamese who are more than able to afford it as well plus there's the benefit of increased levels of tourism that hosting an F1 race is supposed to bring. Also let's be honest - an average Vietnamese isn't particularly interested in F1 in the first place. The ones who are interested more or less fall into the category of young urbanites from families with expendable income higher than the average national statistic + the rich from surrounding Southeast Asian countries and China.

Well yeah... compared to most of the other GP destinations it's cheap.

Vietnam GP 2020 tickets are on sale now; only 74€ for a 3 day pass.

I hope you're not going to spend the time at the Bachelor's party reading a book though! I just ordered Star Wars: Tarkin and Master and Apprentice...

Red Bull broke pit stop world record in Silverstone 1.91s; fasted pit stop ever recorded! And their second best pit stop yesterday was 1.96s Incredible; amazing job by the mechanics!

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Finally watched it as I had enough time on my flight. Really can't understand all the raving reviews on social media. I like Queen and Freddie Mercury and the movie just didn't work for me. Granted Rami Malek's performance is great (acting is good in general) and I liked the music scenes but everything else...Too generic, little depth, too many cliches. Don't get me wrong - it's a decent movie, but extraordinary? Not at all. Freddie deserves better. 6.5/10

Ah, you got the No Man's Sky vibes here? Nah it's made by the Hinterland Studio, an independent Canadian game studio. I don't think they have released any other games prior to this one... What I found interesting is the fact that the Department of Canadian Heritage were the main financial backers of this project.

Let me know what you think once you check it out...I spent quite a few hours playing it over the weekend; love it. Although it can be frustrating; I was pretty pissed off yesterday when I was exploring some abandoned cars looking for useful stuff only to turn around and get attacked by a wolf...right after getting out of the ravine and surviving a heavy storm. Just shows how you can never feel safe and turn your guard down in a survival situation I guess Apparently when it was first released, there was only the sandbox mode so those who played it at the beginning were just thrown right into it and had to figure it out all by themselves. Story mode (called Wintermute) which was released later apparently failed to impress those who played the sandbox initially, but as someone completely new to the game, I'm enjoying it a lot, especially since it serves as a tutorial (you basically get objectives to complete) to what seems like an extremely tough and challenging game. Can't wait to delve into the survival open world mode once I get the most out of the story mode; it's endless fun. Some people have clocked hundreds or even thousands (!) of hours, madness...

A little update on the Dawn of Man: another 5-6 hours and I reached the Bronze Age (5th out of 6 eras). The game has become reasonably more complex after entering more advanced eras, as more different resources and buildings come into play and raider attacks become more often, so defensive buildings start making sense. That said, I still find it a bit too easy, at least on 'normal' difficulty on a regular map - once you sort out your farming fields and domesticate animals, food scarcity isn't an issue anymore. Resources are plentiful, hunting game meat is abundant, raider attacks are a nuisance but does no serious damage. The biggest challenge so far is increasing the population, but only because it takes time and you actually lose people due to old age, animal & raider attacks, infections and diseases, etc. (that said, you also get newborns to increase the population as well). I personally enjoy it as it still manages to not be boring and I also like the limited scope of a prehistoric town (as compared to other games where you build huge complex cities), but for someone who wants the game to be more challenging it could be problematic (I haven't tried the 'hardcore' difficulty on harsher maps and haven't done any challenges yet though - it's possible that it makes the game hard and just challenging enough!). All in all, it's around 30 hours of play. @Bluewolf