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  1. Brian_B

    Montana Governor Signs Bill Banning TikTok: “The CCP Is Spying on Americans”

    I guess if you can ban PornHub in a state, why not TikTok as well? I mean, put the rationale aside, and the end result and mechanism is essentially the same. (and now I see I'm victim to a chat bot necro bump /sigh)
  2. Brian_B

    Microsoft Has Begun Testing Ad-Supported Free Xbox Game Streaming

    I solved that by avoiding Youtube all together. I can't think of the last thing I watched over there. Every now and then it's almost unavoidable if you are looking for directions on something (many companies are releasing "manuals" as Youtube videos now, which... is another thing that points to...
  3. Brian_B

    Microsoft Has Begun Testing Ad-Supported Free Xbox Game Streaming

    Yeah that was the biggest reason I stopped paying for Cable OTA was free, with ads. Cable/Satellite - you pay (a lot) for, and still have the ads anyway (maybe even more ads). There are entire channels dedicated to just being ads on Cable... it got to be rediculous.
  4. Brian_B

    Xbox Back-Compat Comes to PC

    Easy way to boost the game library when you have canned all the developers
  5. Brian_B

    Geforce cards now working on ARM hardware could possibly spell doom for x86 gaming in future

    It wasn't really about x86 - it was about Windows support. And Valve is finally changing that equation. The CPU hasn't been the weak link in gaming for a long time now.
  6. Brian_B

    NVIDIA RTX Spark GPU Core Counts Spotted in the Latest Driver, Revealing Two Variants

    GIven that gaming is much more sensitive to the GPU than CPU, and ARM can be a pretty capable CPU when you want it to be... I'd say the GPU count tells the story. The 5070 has 6,144 Blackwell cores, so that's roughly the same as the higher core count in this. Power would be the other part of...
  7. Brian_B

    Because it's Apple, what could possibly go wrong?

    We get 3 or 4 of these a month for Microsoft, in-between the "Microsoft Update nukes your computer/fills your hard drive/bricks your laptop" self-inflicted damage. And a handful a year for Linux. You get one in a blue moon for Apple and it becomes headline worthy. Not sure what that says...
  8. Brian_B

    Valve Is Estimated to Be Moving Roughly Upwards of 15,000 Steam Machine Units per Week

    I'll admit if my current machine crapped out, I'd consider it, looking at it as a replacement and the cost of building a new gaming rig from scratch today. But it makes for an expensive curiosity when I have a more capable gaming computer on my desk.
  9. Brian_B

    PC Gamer Repurposes Old SSDs to Create a Steam Game Cartridge System

    I agree - pretty cool here. I'm kinda surprised physical distribution stuck with CDs and didn't move to this route, but I guess it kinda died before it had the chance to make the technology shift (despite the internet cries going out to Sony lately - the vocal minority).
  10. Brian_B

    NVIDIA and SEGA Reunite After 30 Years, Bringing Classic Franchises to RTX Spark

    Also. Seems that even though nVidia is announcing this, when you read about Spark, it sure seems like they are pushing it towards AI use too. And if it can be used for AI, the voracious appetite of that monster consumes all.
  11. Brian_B

    NVIDIA and SEGA Reunite After 30 Years, Bringing Classic Franchises to RTX Spark

    First off - ok, so RTX Spark is a CPU. There kinda needs to be an entire machine, with Ram and storage and stuff... Second - it's ARM... so not exactly groundbreaking for anything to be ported to an ARM CPU these days. And lastly - people have to buy these machines, and then the games, for...
  12. Brian_B

    SanDisk Launches Optimus GX PRO 850P NVME SSD Lineup for PlayStation 5 with Storage Options up to 8TB

    I nearly spit my drink out when I read the body of the post... While I'm absolutely sure there is a market for this stuff, just... I just can't believe there is a market for this stuff.
  13. Brian_B

    Palworld is Finally Done with Early Access and Its 1.0 Update is a Monster

    I picked this up on a whim like a year ago (mostly as a F-U to Nintendo) It wasn't a bad game if you like the survival world crafting genre, but those aren't exactly my cup of tea. I'll have to boot up 1.0 and see how it holds up.
  14. Brian_B

    Logitech mice

    MX master is what I tried out after my MX Vertical become irrevocably sticky. And the Master isn't doing too well on that rubber thumb pad thing. Got half a mind to just start churning through those Chinese off-brand mice. I mean, at like $15 a pop it's almost like they are disposable.
  15. Brian_B

    Generative AI Is the Tool of Choice for Japanese Online Game Developers, as a New Survey Claims 100% Are Reportedly Using It

    I find I don't really care what a developer uses to make their game. A good game is a good game, and a bad game... isn't. I mean, it's not like Humans weren't already churning out slop long before AI came around...
  16. Brian_B

    Logitech mice

    Ok... this is more a rant but if anyone has suggestions or ideas, I'm all ears. I'm not particularly in love with Logitech stuff... but after years of abuse, my wrists can't take a lot of mousing any more. The larger/taller grips on Logitechs (particularly the ergonomic one) help a lot. But...
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