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  1. 2-4X times the performance? Excuse me good sire, what do you think we're smoking? Luckily, the first cards are available October 12th, so we don't have to wait too long to see how much bullshit Jensen's jacket is trying to feed us. Edit: I wouldn't mind playing RTX Portal, though.
  2. Looks like quite a QA snafu, specially since those apps are only used by, you know, tens of millions of users. Someone's going to lose their job(s)...
  3. May I ask, why Latin? It is a dead tongue with zero usability nowadays. If you want to learn something related to Latin, you're better off learning Spanish, French, Italian or Romanian.
  4. This, this is my readout of the whole thing. It's a fringe use-case that will be used by a very, very, very, very small section of their userbase. And yet, because they have basically nothing else this year, it's been marketed up the effin' wazzoo. They know they have basically nothing new, so they're drummed this tiny thing to make it look like the second coming of Christ. I'm not disputing the fact that it's a feature. I'm not disputing the fact that, for the very few that will use it, it will be great. But the utterly insane marketing they did on it in the presentation speaks volumes about the rest of the phone, more than this feature itself. And given how both Apple and Google are now talking about satellite connectivity, the whole thing feels to me like it's going to be the new phone arms race. They're both probably reaching the limit of finagling they can do with the cameras, and so, satellite connectivity is the newly chosen field of battle; even if it's of marginal use to most customers. Because it's no longer about providing interesting features or meaningful upgrades; it's about one-upping the other's marketing and claims, even if it's in the most asinine and pointless ways possible. Apple are just the ones firing the first salvo. Samsung and Google will most likely, unfortunately, follow.
  5. Can't search for them right now, but I'm 99% sure they did not one, but 2 separate videos on this Eluktronics concept laptop.
  6. With all the money going to the war, or the consequences of the war, in our economies, any bit of help is appreciated. Thanks, Google! /s, just in case. Fudge 'em.
  7. Sure, it's a feature. It most certainly isn't "OOOHH! Satellite connectivity!" -- the same way that, again, my phone doesn't have multi-carrier connectivity with a single SIM. It is "limited satellite-based emergency signaling under specific conditions". But that isn't nearly as marketable, of course.
  8. And again, by that logic, my phone is magic! because it allows me to connect to all phone carriers in my country with a single SIM! What marvelous feature, that deserves full-fledged ads! And to be a main, priority point of a multi-million presentation to the entire world! But the reality is, it's only for emergency 112 phone calls.
  9. Am I missing something? Based on what I've seen of the whole satellite thing, it's basically "waggle your phone until you barely have enough connectivity to barely send a super simple, pre-formatted message to emergency services". If that's the extent of what's being offered, how in the world is it being sold as "satellite connectivity"?! It would be like phone manufacturers saying they have full carrier connectivity to all carriers regardless of your SIM or data plan, because you can do emergency 911/112 calls through their networks. I mean, sure, it's a cool nifty trick, but that's all it seems to be? And only useful in extreme, niche situations? You would need to be out in the field with nothing above you blocking "Line of Sight" to the satellite, but at the same time outside cellphone tower range, in an emergency, but an emergency that would allow you to waggle the phone to search for the right angle. Just seems like such a fringe case, and yet it was made to be such a huge deal? Again, maybe I am missing something; if so, please do correct me.
  10. Ah, so that is the real reason you've bought those Ironwolf drives, you naughty boy
  11. She was definitely a symbol. And she had been the Queen for so goddamn long that most Commonwealth subjects are going to struggle with the idea of not having the Queen. Hell, I'm not a Commonwealth subject, and even I have trouble imagining a British... "King". It even feels wrong. She was Queen for longer than my country has been a democracy. Massive F for an absolute beast of a human being. Her loss will definitely make waves, for better or worse.
  12. Or to make sure that the mandatory smiles upon entrance to the factory aren't a lie. Joyous.
  13. No, you cannot get it from me, whatever it's supposed to be. You cannot force me!
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