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They’re in on collecting data, like every other company

Rancors are the new elephants

Started Final Fantasy IX again, with the Moguri Mod, and thoroughly enjoying this trip down memory lane.

Now that I’m older I appreciate the themes found in this game in a way 12 year old me most certainly couldn’t.

The hype train is absolutely dangerous.

The anticipation for HL3 would be terribly high, and so would be the expectations of millions of lovers of the franchise, making sure anything other than a perfect game would be met with lots of negative reactions.

And it’s not just about a single game either. A bad HL3 could end up tarnishing the legacy of the other titles, forever ruining what is now a beloved franchise. Remember what happened to Game of Thrones? Who would ever risk something like that happening? Or, speaking of games, look at how much goodwill Bethesda burned with the release of Starfield.

I agree the price is pretty high for what it is, but I wonder how much adding a headphone jack would actually affect it.

I bought the Fairphone 5 and yeah, I miss not having the jack and I see no reason to take it out

My thoughts exactly. Kinda like how some tiktoks/reels/shorts are specifically crafted to make you watch them over and over again to drive up viewing time.

And, let me guess, you don’t intend to quit

Potable

I understand your point and admit my comment could definitely be interpreted that way.

I could be a dick about it and demand people learn to pronounce it the way us Italians do, but then I’d also have to start pronouncing every English loan word perfectly and with a correct English accent while speaking Italian, and you can do that without sounding like a pretentious asshole, so I won’t.

Of course, I just found it interesting there’s no equivalent sound

Even that is an approximation, I don’t think English has the Italian gn sound, which is the same as Spanish ñ.

I can’t think of any way to spell it that’d lead to a precise pronunciation, or any English word that contains that specific sound.

USB-A’s legacy lives on

I use earphones to listen to music and take calls hads free quite often.

I recently got a new phone, a Fairphone 5, which doesn’t have a headphone jack, and I’m already missing it.

Listening to music is fine, I just use a USB-C to jack adapter, but I’ve been told people can’t hear me well when I’m doing the same to take a call.

The other day I was in the car with my brother for hours and wanted to put on some music. I couldn’t connect to the car radio via Bluetooth because my brother already was and needed it to take calls and whatnot, so AUX cable here we go. Except apparently my phone does something weird like shutting down the USB port when not in use (reasonable) between songs, creating a noise like when you connect a jack to a powered on speaker, which was super annoying.

So, yes, I use the headphones jack and sorely miss it.

Yes, I wouldn’t run any OS off of anything slower than an SSD.

I was just wondering when it became a “requirement” for games instead of just a good thing to do.

I saw Alan Wake II is also recommended to be run from an SSD. I don’t play the latest titles so my question is, is this a new trend or has it been like this for some time?

From what I remember the chip itself is pretty small, the size is all due to the cooling component.

Also keep in mind you’ve probably seen a development version of a quantum computer, where things are set up to be easily accessible to allow fixing and tinkering, without regard for size and optimization of space.

I love BH and it has come a long way since I’ve bought it, and it seems it’ll get even better

I gave them 10, just in case

Didn’t know that, that’s fine then