Apologies for linking to Reddit, but: https://www.reddit.com/r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT/

It makes sense for all of Eastern Europe to be the same level.

The marvel reference is on point, because it’s the exact same thing that’s happened to movies.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290363/chinas-hypersonic-jumbo-jet-prototype-hits-mach-6-gobi-desert-test-flight

Nice, thanks for this extra background! My first thought was scramjet too, but it would be nice of them to mention how it takes off and lands.

The original rendering looks awesome, in a bonkers sci-fi kind of way.

Based on the renderings (as there are no actual photos of this thing, other than the blurry-ass pic of what appears to be a rocket taking off vertically) it’s nowhere near the size of a 747. It actually looks rather like an elongated SR-71, which makes me very skeptical that it can actually hit Mach 6.5 because ramjet engines have a hard limit due to something called “physics”. That fact, plus the rocket-like takeoff, are why I think this is more like the X-15 and can’t sustain its top speed for long.

Uhh OK, they’ve matched something the X-15 was doing 65 years ago. What’s the endgame here? Build a ludicrously inefficient passenger aircraft?

just looking for something that runs a game smoothly in 1080p without overpaying

I bought a 7800XT this fall and am very happy with it, FWIW

Sure, but that difference is less than the variability based on load. The difference in efficiency between a Gold and Platinum PSU is like 4%, but load can vary that efficiency by 10 or 15%

The PSU doesn’t use more power just because it has a higher maximum capacity. Plus, a PSU is most efficient at partial loads (usually around 60-70%)

Eeeewww. You know there’s a panel on the other side to hide all that, right?

But there’s no installer, so I can’t reinstall it on another device. With GOG I have an installer just like I’d have with physical media.

I’m well aware — that’s the whole point of DRM-free games.

You still need your gog account to download games though.

I need an account to make the purchase and download, but I can then delete my account and keep the installers on a hard drive.

Because I can download and save installers for GOG games and install them without needing to connect to GOG at all. It’s more akin to buying physical media than it is to Steam or other storefronts.

I imagine GOG is exempt?

Whoa, you should preface your posts with a warning, lest anyone cut themselves on all that edge.

GabeN will name twelve disciples who will spread His word and continue His work.

The leaked data targeted primarily Ashkenazi Jews.

$30M for 6.4M people - so minus legal fees they can expect about two dollars each? I thought these damages were supposed to be punitive?

Sure, 20% of 1.4B is 280 million, more than almost any country’s total population.

It’s “leading” with only ~20% market share, though.

Very good article, but it would have benefited from a few historical references, because none of this is new. The insularity and navel-gazing of royal and imperial courts, for example, are legendary — with their own customs, shibboleths, and of course everyone within believing they have the answers, despite being totally dsconnected form the “real world”.

I get that, but Twitter isn’t based in Brazil at all. What happens if, say, China declares that certain posts are “misinformation”? Should those be taken down without complaint?

Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts, as he investigates so-called “digital militias” that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages

I hate to defend that cesspool of a site, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for social media websites to ban accounts at the whim of foreign governments. Reasonable people should just choose to stop using Twitter altogether and leave it to the Nazis so that it can finally go the way of Gab et al.

What year did you start playing, though? Back in 2005 the game was a revelation. The mundane gameplay you describe was pretty much how all games worked at the time.

they really made a gold standard game

They really did. I still remember the first time I logged in — pure magic. I’ve never felt that way about a game since.

I can’t believe there are still 500 people working on it after all these years. The vast majority of people I know who played (myself included) quit after Cataclysm or thereabouts.

The biggest surprise here is that as many as 16% are willing to pay more…

I guess this is a sign that I need to update my rig…

I’m guessing this is a futureproofing thing, so we aren’t caught with pants nearly down like with ipv4.

Finally some good “AI” news. Those things aren’t going away, so I’m happy to see any improvements to their energy efficiency.

Inquisition is pretty good, if you haven’t tried it yet.

I haven’t seen much sealioning on Lemmy. People here tend to be pretty upfront with their (strongly-held) opinions.

setting things up so their externalities are part of their cost

Yeah, this is the real problem, and it goes far beyond LLMs (pretty much any resource extraction or heavy industry, for example).

I sort of agree with you, but also think we need to incentivize efficiency (or disincentivize inefficiency). As mentioned in the article, there is also the issue of the immense quantities of water used by data centers, a byproduct of power use and inefficiency. If we could at least capture and store that heat energy to do something useful, it would be a huge improvement.

Ah yes, the S400, or “S300 with a new software patch”. Since you like Business Insider, try this: https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-s-400-formidable-not-quite-up-to-the-hype-2024-5

Please do provide sources that Starklink is used for targeting weapons.

Are you serious? Did you not read the article you yourself posted, or just saw the “Murica bad” headline and rolled with it?

I said OP is a Russian propagandist (check their post history)

Starlink is the weak link here. The US military have access to their own satellite network but obviously won’t share that with Ukraine, hence the relative ease of jamming in this case. Russian tech being able to jam civilian satellites isn’t noteworthy.