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DRM is just there as an insurance policy for share holders of the publisher. You want your money as a developer? Then you gotta play by the publisher's rules. And nothing scares an investor more than losing out on money. They just consider it a form of risk management. At least until it's...

Ooo I like this newsletter-style roundup. Well done.

The amount of ammonia I'm around at work is ... significant. A small leak from a compressor doesn't bother me a bit That, and ammonia compressors = well below zero °F if you want them to.

I'm disappointed it didn't include an ammonia chiller Being a word play on Anhydrous (I'm assuming) - which means "no water" and commonly associated with ammonia

I don't really mind forced security updates I absolutely despise forced content updates.

I can't think of a single US-made router to be honest, except maybe the Starlink proprietary one

Only because DEI is out of fashion now. It won't be long before it comes back around as full ESG again - it's only because they are making insane levels of money on it that people are mostly turning a blind eye to things they once rallied against.

You are not wrong. I predict, if it gets that bad, the market will turn parallel to the mobile phone market - where they are just upgrading the camera for some rediculous reason and nothing else ever really changes generation over generation. Sure, probably won't be a camera, but it'll be...

What was the Witcher game? Gwent? That went over pretty well if I recall, but I'm not really into that scene. I guess this one is physical cards?

The good ole' days. When almost no one played it and the game was good.

Honestly I think if my computer shat the bed right now, I'd just get a Mac Mini so I could get work stuff done at home and call it quits. Between Mining Bubbles 1 and 2, Covid, and now this AI crap, and the market continually getting smaller and more exclusive and expensive and pushed by both...

I don't think it's a bad strategy honestly. Graphics and FX can only get you so far, it's the games (and the communities that spring up around the games) that drive revenue and engagement. I mean, honestly... who would have thought the top money-making entertainment IP in the world ... not Star...

Ireland was a hotbed for manufacturing for a long while. They are EU-backed, and had (have?) some very generous tax rules. Kinda like Delaware.

When you are behind in the race you do what you can to kneecap whomever is ahead of you. I mean, as we used to say in the Navy: if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying.

I downloaded it just to see, since it's free. It had some decent cinematics. But the game itself felt kinda stale. I didn't get very far though.

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I have a feeling they only did "Custom" because AMD gave them a deal on some wafers that binned out too low

That is kinda what investment groups do - invest in things to make a return. Looks like they probably hit their return target.

First I've heard of it actually

I mean, anything is possible really. Current Steam Deck was custom but it wasn't a huge deviation from anything you could buy off the shelf.