Is this how time normally passes? Really slowly, in the right order?

Saturday, November 09

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Daily News Stuff 9 November 2024

Snake Edition

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Tostada Video of the Day



What Does the Election Mean for Twitch Streamers Video of the Day



Asmongold is no dummy.  He doesn't always agree with Trump, but he recognises a gravy train when it presents itself.



Disclaimer: Ours is not to do or die, ours is but the pecan pie.

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Friday, November 08

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Daily News Stuff 8 November 2024

Pork Bun Edition

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  • We've already seen AMD's latest chip, the Ryzen 9800X3D, demolish the competition (including other AMD chips) for playing games.  But how does it perform for the kind of work I do, like running databases, compiling code, processing mathematical models?  (Phoronix)
    For the geo mean of the more than 300 benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D surpassed the Core i9 14900K and landed just behind the prior gen Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 9 7950X3D processors. Compared to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D delivered 1.34x the performance.
    This is an 8 core CPU competing against Intel chips with 24 cores.  Yes, the huge Phoronix benchmark suite compares both single-threaded and multi-threaded workloads, but then I run a mix of single-threaded and multi-threaded tasks in my daily work.

    Its performance here is nothing short of amazing.  35% faster than the preceding generation is huge.  I want one.


  • And it's sold out.  (Tom's Hardware)

    Seems there was some pent-up demand out there; supplies are selling out as soon as they arrive in stores.


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Disclaimer: Beware of the derg.

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Thursday, November 07

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Daily News Stuff 7 November 2024

Overunder And Promisedeliver Edition

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They Are Becoming Self-Aware Video of the Day



Not At All Tech News

Mint and Dokibird have been playing hardcore Minecraft for nine hours now.  Calli, IRyS, and Biboo have been playing Space Marine 2.  

And Hololive is adding new generations as fast as Nijisanji members can graduate.



hololive DEV_IS FLOW GLOW - the naming scheme is getting out of control - is basically the Gen 8 of the Japanese branch, or in other words, that branch's tenth generation, since the numbering scheme has also gotten out of control.

When I first started watching vtubers, back during the Wuhan Bat Soup Death Plague, there was no Hololive EN, no Nijisanji EN, no Phase Connect or Prism Project.  I watched Hololive JP's Haachama and Coco, who spoke English, and Korone, who didn't really but she has so much energy and enthusiasm that it never mattered.

Now there's hundreds of them.  I even watched the election results being presented by a vtuber named Kirsche.



Disclaimer: Ame, you need to update the aquarium.

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Wednesday, November 06

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Daily News Stuff 6 November 2024

Return Of The God Emperor Edition

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Disclaimer: Congratulations, America.  You may now proceed to gloat and belittle your enemies for the traditional three day period before getting back to the hard work of saving civilisation.

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Daily Foxu News

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Tuesday, November 05

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Daily News Stuff 5 November 2024

Torment Nexus 2.0 Edition

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Showa American Story Video of the Day

Warning: This video depicts zombies - maybe people too, but definitely zombies - being killed in extremely gruesome ways.



It's basically a Chinese game developer's take on what America might look like if Japan had bought Texas at some time in the 1980s and then everyone got eaten by zombies.

While the recent title from Bioware, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is basically a 50-hour DEI lecture from a blue-haired HR staffer with a sociology degree, this game is insane in a good way.



Disclaimer: Guys, you're getting out-competed for creativity by literal communists.

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Monday, November 04

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Daily News Stuff 4 November 2024

Multiply And Conquer Edition

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  • The Verge is having a complete meltdown.  I hope to see this continue.


  • OpenAI has hired the CEO of Twitter challenger Pebble.  (Tech Crunch)

    Former Twitter challenger Pebble.

    Never heard of Pebble?

    Nobody else has either.


  • We have solved the problem of every device having its own unique charger.  Now it's all USB-C.  Some idiots still aren't happy.  (MSN)

    Don't bother reading the article; the author is an idiot, as I said.


  • The PlayStation 5 Pro has an extra 2GB of DDR5 RAM on top of the 16GB of GDDR6 memory it shares with the regular PS5.  (Tom's Hardware)

    Which seems to be a lot of trouble to go to for such a minor improvement.


  • SK Hynix has shown off 16-high HBM3E memory.  (WCCFTech)

    The memory chips are stacked up so you get 48GB in the space of a single chip, with more than 800GB per second of bandwidth.

    That used to be a lot.


  • V'Ger phone home.  (Mashable)

    NASA lost contact with Voyager 1 - again - and regained it just a few days later - again.

    Which is pretty impressive given that it takes about a day for a signal to reach the probe and for us to get a response back, even when the 47 year old spacecraft feels chatty.

    Voyager 1 has apparently turned off its main (X-band) transmitter, but was still willing to talk on its backup (S-band) radio.  NASA is working on persuading it to turn on the main transmitter again.


Disclaimer: Maybe you could give it a weekend off?  It's logged more than six billion miles on the job, might be nice to put the feet up and relax for a bit.

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Sunday, November 03

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Daily News Stuff 3 November 2024

Peanut Iesu Domine Dona Eis Requiem Edition

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  • AMD just made choosing a CPU much easier.  Or much harder, depending on your perspective.  (Tom's Hardware)

    The 9000 series CPUs were - at their launch two months ago - overpriced for their performance relative to the existing 7000 series.  They are actually great on some server-oriented tasks, but the improvement since the last generation for desktop tasks and gaming is relatively small.

    AMD has adjusted the pricing to match.  the 9900X is 6% faster than the 7900X on PassMark, for example, and now costs 8% more.

    For me, good enough.  That will be my next CPU.

    If you're more interested in games or have a specific workload that loves large caches, the 9800X3D is due out this week and should also deliver great performance.


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Saturday, November 02

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Daily News Stuff 2 November 2024

Urinating Dog Edition

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Disclaimer: Chimkin.

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Friday, November 01

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Daily News Stuff 1 November 2024

Expecting Someone Taller Edition

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  • Microsoft will be offering a one year $30 support plan for users who are reluctant to move from Windows 10.  (PC World)

    Microsoft has its own page on this, but it is almost entirely trying desperately to persuade users to just switch to Windows 11; it's hard to even spot the support plan.

    And unlike the business version of extended support, this will last for a single year, after which you will be cut off and left to install Linux.

    On the upside:
    Microsoft will also continue to provide Security Intelligence Updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus through at least October 2028.
    Which is really all I want.  Just leave me alone, stop screwing things up, and keep blocking viruses.

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