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I was awash with joy when I found out today that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season two began airing last week, and I am currently enjoying episode one. Episode two is going to drop tomorrow, I think. I remain hopeful that everything will keep being as great as the first ten minutes of the first episode. I am positively ecstatic. So much that I had to pause after the cold opening to post about it. Helpful summary of the first ten minutes: As I am unable to properly express my feelings, I will just let Beethoven speak for me:

Got my car back, all nice and shiny. Well, sort of shiny, lots of pollen in the air.

It was the first time Takeo and Toshio drive through the fields (if I recall correctly). It was pure magic, and the moment the film really clicked for me. Edit: Of course, the ending manages to be even better.

Music evolution in three videos. 80ies original: 2020ies cover: Internet Meme:

D4 has a hilarious bug when trying to co-op nightmare dungeons. Players in the same party do not get into the same instances, and one ends up losing the sigil, or if by any luck you end up in the same instance after leaving and going back in, it does not work properly and the glyph experience cannot be assigned. Great, like the one and only thing that justifies the always-on multiplayer mode of the game does not work properly. I was pretty pleased with the server performance so far, not counting the recent lagging and outages, but this is ridiculous.

They're like 450€ here. 600+ not long too ago. Sure, € price includes VAT, but still...

Well, one thing's for sure, they're not going to be the apex of efficiency or computing power. They're most likely going to be better value than the RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4070, but good value? Eh. What did you pay for the 6750 XT?

Looks like I'll be going out to eat on Saturday or Sunday and have a steak tartare in honor of this thread.

I get it, y'all like your steaks well done.

How are you all done with the campaign already? It takes ages to clear each area, find everything, and move on.

With the recent upgrades: Corsair 4000D Airflow black Intel Core i7-13700K ASUS ROG STRIX B660-A 32 GB DDR5-6800 CL34* Corsair Vengeance ZOTAC GAMING Trinity RTX 4070 Ti 2 TB M.2 Samsung 980 PRO be quiet! Silent Loop 2 280mm Thermal Grizzly Intel 12th/13h gen CPU frame 4x be quiet Pure Wings 2 *Actually DDR5-7200 CL34, but not stable at 7200 MT/s

Except for the dream sequences with the little kid that died, the ridiculous deus ex machina way to solve the plot and the entire ending fiasco. I really don't get the hate for Kai Leng. Wait, no, I do, because he's a terribly written character, but it seems so minor compared to the real problems of the game that show up five minutes after the introduction is over. That's like ordering your steak bloody rare with a side of corn and fries, and you get it well done with a side of corn and potato wedges and then you go on complaining to everyone that the steak place mixed up your potato side dishes. Sure that's annoying, but it's not worse than a well done steak. Sheesh.

Nothing like Sunday, close to 3am, running into a Windows bug where booting Windows Server 2019 takes an hour instead of the usual two minutes. GETTING WINDOWS READY DON'T TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER Why thank you Microsoft. It's not really critical that this system is up and running soon. Not at all. Well, luckily it is the weekend and on Sunday I could actually just let the batch jobs run on the user server if push comes to shove, but I'd rather not shove a push somewhere at all. *sigh*

Well, what do you know, the current used car market has its advantages, while the repairs will run around 7 to 8k, it's still below what I could sell it for. Supply shortage and supply chain interruptions are still a thing too though, so it'll take a bit until all the replacement parts come in. Win some, lose some, I guess.

I was toying with the idea of getting a Z790 AERO. So, what now? Asus and MSI have crap service. Going ASRock of all things?

No, not yet. Getting the car trashed around public holidays is not the best time to get the insurance companies working on it. Everyone's out of office and all that. Although it is getting ridiculous. Guess I should call them to see what's what.

A while ago, at NVIDIA headquarter: Random person in meeting: "Hey, people made fun weird keynote presentations recently, perhaps we should..." Jensen: "Hold by beer!" What the hell.

Martyrs (2008). A wholesome movie for the entire family. Highly recommended. Gather your loved ones and have fun. It is a film about two girls, Anna and Lucie, visiting a happy family and spending some time together. So, one might ask, what was the point of the film? Well, as the above wall of text suggests there's a lot to think about. Curiously enough, the film seems to have the potential to be a transcendent experience if thought about it, as the audiences journey with the film mirrors that of Anna, and it does give rise to the answer whether or not the content of the film is justified. It certainly is. If nothing else, it is thought-provoking, and how often can we say that about a film?

Cross post to keep things in their own threads, from: Heads up, because I just checked the specs, the RX 7600 is no better in that regard. It also only uses 8 PCIE 4.0 lanes. Score one for cards that were supposed to be mid-range upgrade paths for older computers. As if anyone needed another reason to just get a cheaper 6650 XT instead, or spend a bit more on a 6700 (XT) to have a card that'll last a bit longer. Eh, perhaps you should really look at an ARC card if you have ReBAR support.

TL;DR: The performance difference between a 3060 Ti and a 4060 Ti goes away completely if used with PCIE 3.0. Hilarious.

I do. Watched the entire run of the new Outer Limits series. Loved it for the most part - also had the best arc welding clip show episodes in the history of arc welding clip show episodes. That ending episode of season one was just an absolute banger.

Just watched the entire video. I find myself being able to relate as I have also worked on a b-project nobody but a select few people took seriously, and when it turned out to be really successful people who fought its introduction tooth and nail congratulated themselves on the added revenue and suddenly wanted us to take their input seriously, and they wanted a say in service development. Big difference is that our team got the recognition we were due in our bank accounts, so no one quit. Strange how that goes.

Pored over my account and realized that I managed to spend a stupid amount on eating out and having food delivered this month. Eh, a little indulgence every now and then isn't going to kill me. Edit: No update on the car situation yet. Insurance companies aren't the quickest and all, especially when it comes to payouts. Nothing new there.

Well, nVidia's Q1 earnings call sure was something. Certainly not what gamers were hoping for though.