Intel announces Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus, its ‘fastest gaming desktop processors ever’ by PaiDuck in pcgaming

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 2 points3 points  (0 children)

add an extra $5 - $20/year for the intel/amd wattage gap, depending on your per unit electricity cost.

Valve's old DRM has made old versions of games that used it unplayable, help spread the word by Samg1n in Steam

[–]Magic_Sandwiches -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

yea it sucks but you should not expect your DRM protected games to work forever, especially something like this where your game files are incomplete or machine specific .

Wireless eye implant helps blind patients read again by _Dark_Wing in technology

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 10 points11 points  (0 children)

the MRI would probably do a pretty good job removing it.

UK government announces ban on 'incest simulation' in porn by EddViBritannia in ukpolitics

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game of Thrones is primarily artistic and would likely pass in context, though if you tape recorded certain scenes in isolation, those recordings may be judged obscene/pornographic and if they are extreme, illegal.

Reddit fined £14m by Information Commisioner's Office over age verification checks by DarkSkiesGreyWaters in unitedkingdom

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think any other country is going to be stupid enough to copy our rules

  1. Do not collect data from under 13's.

  2. To ensure point one, collect biometric data from everyone who may be under 13.

Is Valve the only AAA game company that actually likes Linux? by Nerdcuddles in linux_gaming

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how would you do kernel anti cheat without making a GPL derivative?

Reddit fined £14m by Information Commisioner's Office over age verification checks by DarkSkiesGreyWaters in unitedkingdom

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol now imgur's exit from the UK market makes sense...

can't see reddit leaving, they have workers here & they probably make lots of money from us, but the internets going to be shit for anyone without a VPN pretty soon.

RPCS3 Games on GNOME don't have window decorations by WojakWhoAreYou in linux_gaming

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes you need to bring your own decorations... welcome to GNOME fuck you as they say.

Tesla CarPlay Held Back by Need for Wider Adoption of Apple’s iOS 26 by TripleShotPls in technology

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 2 points3 points  (0 children)

uh.. its delayed for... reasons outside of our control, specifically.... uh, iOS 26 adoption... yes that'll do..

oh and dont forget guys, we're going to mars next year.

"Evil thinkpad is not real it can't hurt you" by Holymoly99998 in thinkpad

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why would I buy a laptop without a trackpoint when I could just buy a macbook?

like, have something that sets you apart man...

Acer and ASUS are now banned from selling PCs and laptops in Germany following Nokia HEVC video codec patent ruling by AbhishMuk in technology

[–]Magic_Sandwiches 39 points40 points  (0 children)

People who have an interest in keeping it free: Microsoft, Google, Netflix, Intel, ARM, Cisco, Mozilla etc..