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Haha, no CD drive in my laptop either, I'm afraid... You'd have to wait until I settle down in one place and get a desktop PC

Just Google it, it's not rocket science

Buy an empty CD-R, download Tekken 3 ROM and burn it onto the CD.

I have no idea why you quoted me, but that actually looks like an interesting series... Have you watched it?

Yes I know, but Jedi: Fallen Order didn't have any loot boxes nor microtransactions or "live service" passes, and Squadrons followed the same path. In fact, ther was absolutely no post-purchase monetisation whatsoever in both games, so that gives me hope!

Yeah, Jedi: Fallen Order was class though, and Squadrons wasn't bad, either (if you don't count me being shit at it)

Three new Star Wars Games in the works... That's not counting The Eclipse which will come out this year.

Wtf. It's properly confusing. Duels? What is this, fencing?...

Orbital insertion burn is complete! JWST has successfully arrived

So they are basically saying that a man on foot is faster than Formula E cars? Really great marketing In all seriousness, the video looks great, but I'm honestly not sure if showing a massive crash from last season and then drivers outrunning their cars is a great way to advertise the series...

Almost arrived! The James Webb Space Telescope will fire its engines and brake into its halo orbit around L2 today. The course correction is scheduled for 8pm CET.

I loved it... Probably still my all time favourite TV series.

Jean-Claude Mézières, a reknowned French comics artist and illustrator, has passed away today Most famous for his Valérian artwork and ongoing contributions to Métal Hurlant (the original Heavy Metal), his artwork also inspired a lot of sci-fi movies - most notably the Star Wars franchise. Some of the influences in Star Wars looks like a straight out rip off of his earlier work: Also, his concept art for the Fifth Element:

Looks fantastic. The second pic looks like something straight out of LOST series (which was also shot in Hawaii, so that makes sense...)

Nearly finished with it... Next in line:

Shit about to go down?

I usually go for a top sirloin if I cook myself. Good price-quality ratio, lean but still enough marbling for plenty of flavour.

Association between myocarditis and COVID vaccines is actually quite well established in science already, only the estimated incidence rates vary - sometimes quite widely - from study to study. It might be a low risk, but it's still a risk, especially in young men, and it absolutely should be taken seriously, and such findings should influence public health policies. For example, in numerous studies, the risk of myocarditis in men under 40 after vaccination with Moderna was estimated to be higher than their risk of myocarditis from COVID infection, so it's pretty obvious that for this demographic, Moderna is not the best choice of vaccine and shouldn't be used (and several countries already banned it for under 40s for this specific reason). Similarly, those who experienced heart issues after mRNA vaccination, should be offered a different kind of vaccine (virus vector, protein subunit, etc) for their booster as a precaution instead of dismissing their concerns. Honestly, I find both extremes equally annoying - those who actively advocate against vaccines and encourage people not to take it, and those who vehemently defend it and refuse to consider the shortcomings and potential dangers of it. It's clearly helpful in preventing severe course of disease and deaths, and it also clearly has shortcomings (lack of protection against infection and transmissibility, for example) and potentially serious negative side effects for certain people (myocarditis with mRNA vaccines for young men, CVT & VITT with viral vector vaccines for young women). Research is still ongoing and will be for years, there will likely be new findings and arguments for and against, so to me, it's an extremely weird hill to die on. Just a few days ago, there was an editorial in BJM (British Journal of Medicine) calling all vaccine manufacturers to make their data freely available publicly for independent analysis - which is definitely a very reasonable thing to ask, given that the data is supposed to be behind major public health interventions, and yet it is still not accesible for researchers, doctors and the general public. Well worth a read: https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o102

Really? How weird... Still available on my Netflix. Season 3 starts next Tuesday, too.

Since The Expanse TV series has ended, I can finally read the novels now... Started with the first one, Leviathan Wakes, last night: Went through almost a half of it in one sitting... Fantastic writing.

More intriguing findings, this time in a shape of carbon isotopes: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-curiosity-rover-measures-intriguing-carbon-signature-on-mars Possible explanations so far: UV radiation Interstellar dust Ancient life It's crazy to think that we've only just started looking and have barely scratched the surface, and we're finding out a lot of new stuff already...

Looks fantastic! How long are you staying? Anything special planned?

Queue jumping, bad manners, rudeness etc. is one thing and it's indeed very common everywhere; treating locals as if they are inferior and only there to serve is what makes my blood boil.