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Sounds like it’s using cloud compute?

Gates was right - 640k is enough

Is that even possible?

I have noticed nothing appreciably better on my iPhone since the original jumped from Edge to 3G. Everything else - slightly incremental with an equal possibility of making things worse rather than better

that’s what Sony thought too, and Microsoft proceeded to eat their lunch for several years. And the Wii became the biggest selling console ever despite potato technical capability. Also don’t forget MS and nV are still trying to push “your smart TV is a console just let us run ads while you...

Console folks would do well to recall the PS3 when thinking about pricing what the market will bear. It is not an infinite well you can draw from, especially when the competition is stiff

As sad as it is to see them go, I have to admit, it's been a long time coming...

Sweet baby Jesus.... that die must be about 10 feet square.

On one hand - that is good news - more diversity the better But this is Epic - the company that went so far as to pull their software off everything except Windows because they didn't want to pay commission fees, so ... I would take news of linux support (especially Steam OS) with some healthy...

And now this: https://www-techpowerup-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.techpowerup.com/353578/nvidia-reportedly-ending-the-rtx-5090-reserves-gb202-silicon-for-workstation-gpus?amp&_js_v=0.1&_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

I hope this is the case, but I'm afraid younger generations have just went "meh, i got a phone" and call it good.

I hate to say it, but honestly, I think the question is "Are socketed CPUs still a thing" I hate to be Debbie Downer, but I really am just not very optimistic about this hobby moving forward. Feels kinda like HAM radio or 35mm photography - it may never die out entirely, but the spark seems...

Hmm.. 5,000 kwh / year really isn't all that much... I imagine most of us here are blowing well past that. I use about 1,000/month and I don't have 24 hour mining or DC projects or multi-hour gaming, or even air conditioning running. Some states do allow you to buy wholesale power directly -...

Can you really though?