Microsoft set themselves up the bomb

Haha…of course you do… everyone does

This looks pretty interesting! I haven’t used fedora before either so could be good to give it a go. I’ve had some issues with my Pop OS install so could be a good excuse to try something new.

It’s too late, we can’t contain it

Thank you, appreciate you showing specifically what your issue is. I agree the timeline for the battery costs hasn’t worked out exactly because of some anomalies over the last year or two but the trend is sharply down again. So it seems like we are on track to achieve a cost of around $90 by 2025 now rather than 2024 at least according to Goldman Sachs.

If your issue is with the exact timeline, I say that’s fair enough, but being off by a year with battery costs isn’t too bad I don’t think. Of course as with all forecasting we’ll have to see exactly how it pans out in reality but it’s a pretty big risk if you want to start building a nuclear reactor now, factoring in construction time plus payback period.

Which part specifically do you take issue with? It’s a bounded timeframe with over 60 references. We’re already 4 years into their predicted trends and on track so it seems like they are into something.

If you’re interested in energy solutions and haven’t read the RethinkX report on the feasibility of a 100% solar, wind and battery solution, it’s definitely worth taking a look.

Whilst I agree that we need to decarbonise asap with whatever we can, any new nuclear that begins planning today is likely to be a stranded asset by the time it finishes construction. That money could be better spent leaning into a renewable solution in my view.

Renewables

Oh shit, this was my first console in the 90’s. Some good times were had for sure.

Indeed. I own a Nintendo Switch and Breath of the Wild but Nintendo says I’m not allowed to play it on my Steam Deck. I guess that’s the last time I buy something from them. Their games really are amazing though so it’s a shame.

Has anyone else had the experience of going back to a game you haven’t played in a long time and some lower level part of your brain just remembers all the controls? Like when you try and remember which key does what, you can’t, but then you start playing and your brain just does the thing.

As soon as GOG has linux support at least 80% as good as steam, I’ll jump right over. I used to always prefer GOG over Steam but I’ve really felt that they don’t care about supporting my platform at all unless that’s changed in recent times so I’m happier giving Valve my cut.

I reframe it in my mind from chores to setting up my place for the next day.

It doesn’t help.

Man I was so sad when Ubisoft bought Blue Byte. I always held out hope that they’d switch publishers eventually but they never did and then they got bought. Now I know I’ll always have to put up with Ubisoft bullshit to play Anno, one of my all time favourite franchises.

I feel like we’re playing word games now but maybe I just misinterpreted you. Are these topics censored on the Chinese internet or not? That was the whole point of my original comment.

Chinese people aren’t afraid to discuss the Tiananmen riots

I never said they were afraid to discuss them. Just that they were banned on the Chinese internet.

smug online Westerners

Ad hominim ad nauseum. This just makes it seem like there is no substance to what you’re saying if you keep resorting to ad hominims.

So your response to my comment pointing out that you’re just attacking me, posting from a script and not engaging with the discussion is to what… Attack me, post some scripts and continue not to engage? If you just want to monologue, maybe make a separate post.

I pointed out the irony in your original reply and you’ve yet to address it except to make the courageous claim that there is no censorship in China. When I show counter examples it’s back to ad hominims. Can you address the specific points of censorship please? I That’s what we are talking about. “Addressing” two points as you have done gets you nowhere to defending your original claim that there is no censorship in the China.

Also another obviously dishonest point you added in your edit. Clearly your side has nothing to do with where your born, I don’t know where you’re from or who you are mate, it’s about selective criticism where you only criticise one side and never accept criticisms of another side. I am happy to criticise any ‘side’. I’m critical of the country I was born, of the US, the CCP and everyone in between.

This is the problem with these conversations, you don’t honestly engage at all and instead resort to ad hominims, irrelevant tangents or even in this case straight up lying. Copying and pasting from scripts that fail to address the point is not doing you any favours.

It’s not a football match. You don’t have to pick a side and defend it no matter what. You can and should be equally be critical of immoral actions regardless of where they come from. By playing the whatabout game to ‘defend your side’ all you do is normalise these things by implying that it’s fine because everyone does it.

I think the point of the comment you’re replying to is that those topics are banned on Chinese internet.

Your post can be published on US servers without fear of censorship so it’s just kind of proving the original point even more.

If only every journalism team was as honest and tenacious as the Gamers Nexus folks no matter what the subject matter the world would be a much better place.

Huge respect to them for consistently calling out bs and using their platform to advocate for customers and hold these companies to account.

We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it - Adhocretes.