I recently did a monster build to run LLMs locally and as I have for decades a lot of my research into choosing the pieces for it relied on links on this website and digging deeper into those links.
During my research to decide which parts to buy I watched Linus for some (like the 4090RTX choices) and I definitely noticed a difference from the last time I watched that channel and it ended up not influencing my decisions.
It amazes me that when a channel reaches such success it doesn't focus on building excellence and thus is doomed.
The harrassment claims really bother me and I hope it is either a misunderstanding or at least rectified in a manner that apologies and future prevention are adequately examined and acted on.
Regardless Blue's Hardware Reviews section continues to be my 'go to' for starting research on purchasing decisions.

This will pay big dividends for the franchise in the battle for attention that has become almost insurmountable for even AAA publishers.
I can only hope the person or team that made this happened is properly appreciated.

About 10 years ago I asked my doctor (who is also a friend) how does he keep from catching patient's illnesses.
He said...
"I never touch my face without washing my hands first."

So I tried this.
If you have children, you know it is almost impossible to avoid illness but this actually worked for me for years.
Not always (it's impossible with your kids sneezing at you ) but a noticeable amount of times.

RIP Simon Hellwig
One of the few game company owners who truly enjoyed the games that their companies make.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 25, 2022, 15:16:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 25, 2022, 14:49:
I'm not sure how I missed this when it came originally dropped. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, ten stand alone episodes from 2017 on amazon.

I keep meaning to watch that. Maybe once I've caught up on RoP and Andor.

Watched them as they came out. I felt he spirit of PKD's work is respected by the screenplays and it was done well. Dark, though. But it made me think days/weeks later just like his books did.

Agreed 100%
Coincidentally, I replayed it on a Gamecube recently (was sidetracked from some emulation research I was doing on the GC). I forgot how much it felt like a real Bond movie.

If there's a hint of the existence of a large post-game hidden dungeon, I'm getting there.
Hopefully, Santa will be there to sell me the items I need to get through it

This reminds me, it's been a while since I've seen a "Big Game/Platform Demands a Commission for Streamed Games"

My relationship with crypto has been love/hate. I love it and work on code, then some stupid shit just vexes me beyond endurance and I leave for a few years.

I always keep some crypto in case a client gets ransomware and decides (against my advice) to pay it. So that has actually done well for me.
I love defi (new liquidity techniques, tricks for increasing transactions per second, arbitrage mechanisms, zero knowledge proofs) but not the ponzinomics.

So now coupled with a bear market, these NFTs are bringing in the same kind of crowd and publicity as ICO's did (last time I quit for awhile).

At 18 I went to mixology school (you had to be 21 to drink but could serve liquor at 18 ) and the teacher said...

"Serve 25 cent beers and you get a '25 cent beer' crowd."

Now it's...

"Serve $100,000 jpegs of apes and get 'the Fyre Festival' crowd"

Blue, I look forward to your posts about your trip to Oklahoma. I expect to see it at some point

Did Dr Disrespect ever disclose why Twitch kicked him out permanently?

Also, not surprised by the Stewart Copeland story. I was in the music scene back in the 80's (tangentally, like Blue was) and he had a reputation of being very approachable even though he was wildly famous at the time. Explains why he got so much work on such a variety of projects in TV and video games and I'm sure much more.

Mark needs to talk with Larry and Sergey. They, ironically, have become world class experts at protecting their personal data and privacy.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 31, 2022, 11:18:
Well kiss my grits!

I suspect American McGee would chuckle at that.

When I get my grade 11 I'm going to buy Fonzie's red corvette.

If you have never seen Beatty's speech in Network, It is worth a watch.

It is timeless and still as 'mind blowing' today as it was back in the 70's

search "ned beatty network monologue" on YouTube

Scanning the page, I thought it said Postal Movie Script in Production and then saw "Producer JJ Abrams" and was momentarily elated at the prospect.

Anyone hear rumors or find undocumented stuff in UE5 about web3 style in-app purchases?

I keep hearing that Activision is in talks with Enjin but I haven't found anything but internet hearsay.

I haven't heard any specific rumors about Epic though.

I don't get this stuff like and NFT's and such but I'm old and it is the 'way of the world' that I should not grok the next big new thing

I believe this is ultimately what these lawsuits are all about.

I will definitely go back to this to try out the "S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Loadouts" feature. Haven't done the BOS stuff yet so it will be fun to have a choice in game play style without clicking around and thinking through all the choices everytime.

Would love for them to add different music but I know that must be pricey.

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 14, 2021, 16:34:
Hagler vs Hearns
One of the best boxing matches of all time.

Came here to say the same thing.

Worth a watch if they show it on a classic boxing matches show or stream. Some of the most strategic non stop slug fests you will ever see.

Cutter wrote on Mar 11, 2021, 19:20:
Would you like to ride my rocket 69?

My first thought was ...
"It's all over, but the crying"

But rocket 69 works