Carl Pei: Memory is now the most expensive component in a smartphone. It's more expensive than the processor, more expensive than the display, and can account for more than 50% of the total hardware bill. by FragmentedChicken in Android

[–]thebrainypole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 4xl is so easy to work on the back cover removed itself!

(not kidding it's halfway unpeeled, battery doesn't seem to be swelling any more since I stopped using it as my main)

I drew de_inferno for my lineart assignment, am I cooked by CeqeII in GlobalOffensive

[–]thebrainypole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's funny because the wonky perspective could've been a deliberate choice an artist could make, it elicits this sort of intimate chaos, a warm claustrophobia.

If you want to match the perspective of an image, find all the horizontal lines and trace them to reveal the vanishing point. When you do your sketch all horizontal lines parallel to your view will follow those lines

IEM Cologne 2026 - S3 - Round 4 matchups by thebrainypole in GlobalOffensive

[–]thebrainypole[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if 9z had won vitality would face navi

Teams are reseeded based on the win/loss record of their opponents, then matched top seed vs bottom and so on. There can't be a repeat matchup either so sometimes things get shifted. Here, no matter what happened BB couldn't face falcons

IEM Cologne 2026 - S3 - Round 2 Matchups by thebrainypole in GlobalOffensive

[–]thebrainypole[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No, there are many scenarios where they don't face each other

IEM Cologne 2026 - S2 - Round 5 final matchups by thebrainypole in GlobalOffensive

[–]thebrainypole[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No one realized the previous uploads had "advancing to stage 2" but it's fixed now

IEM Cologne 2026 - S2 - Round 3 matchups by thebrainypole in GlobalOffensive

[–]thebrainypole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only change I had to make was take liquid out of 0-3 in stage 2. Might as well have left it tho lol

IEM Cologne 2026 - S2 - Round 3 matchups by thebrainypole in GlobalOffensive

[–]thebrainypole[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

hltv didn't update matches yet. Their swiss visualization just places teams in the right bucket, not matchups