Burrito of Peace wrote on Oct 4, 2018, 11:50:
I respect his attempt at this endeavor. I accept that he has personal demons that have prevented him from accomplishing all that he wished. I respect his decision to admit that he can't finish this and explain why.

In the end, who didn't see this as the inevitable, logical outcome?

Nullity wrote on Oct 2, 2018, 14:24:

CJ_Parker wrote on Oct 2, 2018, 02:34:

MDB wrote on Oct 2, 2018, 00:25:
LOL. Soldier of Fortune. Shooting people in the dick is always fun.

Yup. And that's pretty much everything the games had going for them: The brutality and the detailed rag doll damage model.
Other than that, they were very mediocre shooters that took themselves way too seriously.

Is this the re-release that makes SoF fun?

(come on, someone had to)

jdreyer wrote on Jul 5, 2018, 12:40:
Yesterday was the quietest fourth of July I can recall. We had our city's firework show, and that was it basically. Other than the occasional firecracker I heard almost nothing last night. And there was no lingering smoke at all, unlike previous years. Anyone experience anything different?

Beamer wrote on Jun 28, 2018, 14:55:

Bumpy wrote on Jun 28, 2018, 14:07:

RedEye9 wrote on Jun 28, 2018, 13:39:
It's not just "younger folk" sending photos. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/26438102/cow-dog-hotdogs/?hl=en
Here's a local food truck in my small hometown and there are millions of other businesses that use it.

Businesses may post on it but it's still the younger folk using it. Again, maybe my personal sample is skewed but most older and middle age adults go to a business's web site, not Instagram.

Business websites get such little traffic that few businesses maintain them. Your local restaurant's page probably look like the Space Jam page and is time consuming for someone to update. Consumers can get the same information, and more, from Yelp or Google maps. For CPG brands, the information is better from Amazon than a brand.com.

Also, and I know so many people over 40 bristle at this, but your habits and trends don't matter. You're spending way less money on these things, en aggregate than someone 25. So it's reaching them that matters.

Beamer wrote on Jun 21, 2018, 14:57:
Open question:

I'm looking for an example of a movie in which the hero was getting his ass kicked, realized he needed to change his strategy, and did so and won.

There are a few billion of these, but I can't think of any. The better known it is, the better. In case anyone has one off the top of their head.

Simon Says wrote on May 31, 2018, 21:43:
-Youtube is not a social network, it's a video platform.
-Instagram isn't a social network, it's a photo platform.
-Snapchat isn't a social network, it's a chat app.

Osc8r wrote on May 27, 2018, 18:14:
I would have bought DS if they had removed all the BS you had to go through just to play co-op with a friend, not to mention all the stupid limitations to go with it.

Just let people play co-op with friends, it's not that fkn hard.

eRe4s3r wrote on May 24, 2018, 00:19:

jdreyer wrote on May 23, 2018, 19:50:

NKD wrote on May 23, 2018, 17:19:
Wooo The Expanse. Some of the best scifi on TV in years and years.

Probably the best since BSG, before it jumped the shark in the fourth season.

I think it's actually substantially better than BSG.... for one, realistic space combat.

Wallshadows wrote on May 23, 2018, 22:48:
MFW this game retails for $120 though since it apparently won't come with loot boxes or DLC.

eRe4s3r wrote on May 12, 2018, 14:54:
Future proof that Syphilis fucking sucks, we got the god awful Lost in Space, the even worse Altered Carbon from Netflix, proof that Netflix still doesn't even come close to making good sci-fi shows, and then a big empty shitty plain of crap (in the sci-fi genre)

The Expanse is literally the only good sci-fi show on right now. How this can be canceled is absolutely beyond me.

DangerDog wrote on May 8, 2018, 15:57:
AI? Where??

"My CPU is a neural net processor, a learning computer"


... still waiting.

Conditional branch decision computing, just isn't as sexy as saying "AI".

I do love how Google always tries to paint a happy face on the utility of their apps. "Use google maps to locate that new hip coffee shop that just opened near where you live".

reality: "Use google maps to show the most recent crime reports and rapes in your neighborhood before going for that jog".

one is completely useless, the other might save your life.

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Apr 15, 2018, 13:04:
Things are getting better for upgrades/new builds:

gpu prices are coming down already, close to msrp in some places now.

1060 3gb back down @ $200

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Apr 13, 2018, 12:26:
I've been sitting patiently waiting for the next generation of GPUs to land to build a new computer. My CPU is a i7-4700K, ram is 16 gigs DDR3 and using a 500 gig second generation Intel SSD with a 980 Ti.

Its been working well on everything so far but I'm looking at a full upgrade and the caveat is the next generation from 1080 Ti..

So people that are in the know for processors, how did the new intels versus ryzen fan out and do you see these overtaking?

Rigs wrote on Apr 13, 2018, 11:04:
So is this where we are now? Forget GHZ, lets see how many cores we can stuff into a microscopic space? I wonder how much better those 8 cores would be at, oh, 7ghz? or 10ghz? Because that's where we should be by now. Hell, BY NOW, using Moore's Law, we should be at 50ghz. We're being held back! Conservatives? Liberals? Illuminati? Vulcans? I dunno, but cores are not our future! This industry was built on pushing the speed limit, MHZ then GHZ and now we've been hovering around 4ghz for more than a decade! This industry is stagnant and it's a fucking disgrace!

=-Rigs-=

Quinn wrote on Apr 10, 2018, 01:52:
What the hell? I always thought PoEt had a great reputation?! Is this good ol' Bluesnews negativity or did I get it all wrong?

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 13, 2018, 14:54:
Buick can do whatever they want with their badging... in 40 years of being a customer of the car industry, I've never had a single moment of interest in any Buick. I'm guessing I'll make it to the grave with that streak in tact...

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 11, 2018, 16:53:
Re: tiff -> No future, everything and everyone uses TGA and PNG. Last time I used TIFF was in the 90ies where I quickly dropped it after one of my image management tools dropped support for it (not wanting to pay the Adobe license I guess)