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Baldur's Gate 3 launch slams into Steam like a rogue iceberg, but the servers refuse to sink | PC Gamer

Hm. just saw the news that there's an FX reboot of Shogun coming.

I struggled with Witcher S3. I'm caught at the halfway point. The actors are good, the characters are handled pretty well, but something about the story is just not catching my attention and none of the episodes have really pulled me in. Did spend an evening binging through Citadel on Prime. I was kind of curious, and hell, Stanley Tucci is pretty much a good reason to try watching anything. Much more of a smaller role than I thought once past the first two episodes. I know they're trying for that pulp cinematic spy story, but while it's somewhat entertaining, it's also somewhat silly, and entirely a mix of pulled together elements. As some review said, the main character is a mild turn on a knock-off Jason Bourne, while Tucci is playing a version of Mark Strong's Merlin from Kingsman. And all of those character and plot twists required in a spy genre are pretty much highlighted in advance, there's nothing that subtle about them, which is a bit of a failing in a spy type show.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html?

Quote for the Day: "Junior programmer demanded we unblock ChatGPT. Told him CPU time was 100% allocated to finding John and Sarah Connor. He completely missed the joke."

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/ss-warrimoo-strange-tale/ GREAT SEA STORY (Trivia) The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0º 31' N and LONG 179 30' W. The date was 31 December 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton broke in, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line". Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime. He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship's position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed. The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many: The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer. The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter. The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899. In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900. This ship was therefore not only in: Two different days, Two different months, Two different years, Two different seasons But in two different centuries - all at the same time!

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/cd-projekt-red-laying-off-100-workers-after-becoming-overstaffed-

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/ Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. Or in the words of the sailors on the sailing boat: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"

Well, that didn't correct right.