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[Cauliflower Of Love]

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Why so many guests?

Getting your account approved here is notoriously hard

speaking of which what happened to bananas

[Propagandhim]

https://twitter.com/Amir0x/status/856700263394144262

not too long before his arrest

Another good one in the same vein from a man who downloaded a public torrent of child porn

https://twitter.com/Amir0x/status/865000467985715204

[Nintex]

Arresting Amir0x might be the greatest achievement of the Trump administration. 

[nachobro]

Real talk: Where did Steam-GAF migrate to? My PC is finally getting long in tooth and I think it might be time to consult the good "build a PC" folks for upgrade parts.

2080ti and 9900k with 64gb of ram. youre welcome

not going ryzen cpu

[ZombieSupaStar]

Im still rocking my i5 2500k, I was gonna get a ryzen 3900x (I set aside $2500 for a new pc build), but now I think I can wait till next year and the next ryzen/nvidia cards that come after/near cyberpunks launch.

[daemon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/edward-snowden-on-joe-rogans-podcast-is-the-best-podcast-episode-of-the-year.149330/#post-25810676

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THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!

Im still rocking my i5 2500k, I was gonna get a ryzen 3900k (I set aside $2500 for a new pc build), but now I think I can wait till next year and the next ryzen/nvidia cards that come after/near cyberpunks launch.

Yeah uh...

I had a 2700k, 4.8Ghz.

I bought the 3900x. I was blown away. Then again I do rendering jobs and stuff, but for example Overwatch was bottlenecked, now it reaches 250fps with the same GPU.

[nachobro]

3900X is really overkill for just games imo. 3600/3700 is more than fine to handle anything coming out in the next 5-7 years most likely.

[ZombieSupaStar]

Yeah, I realize itll be over kill. But if I have the cash on hand, why not go for it? I basically have been "looking to upgrade my pc" since 2015 for Fallout 4, but instead I just went from a 570 to a 970gtx and that played Fallout 4 decently (and the game turned out to kinda suck anyways) so since then because I mostly just indie game my rig has last faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar longer than I anticipated. I mean rimworld is taxing later on depending on your colony size, but its not exactly the latest assassins creed / battlefield game either.


I was gonna jump in this year but these RTX cards seem like a poor value for what you are paying at the moment, im guessing next year will hopefully be a jump when the 3000s hit, now that this years "ray tracing is the big feature" is out of the way.

[nachobro]

I'm rocking a 1070 right now, might get a 5700x or 2070 Super if the black friday deals are worth it. Otherwise everything else is from this year so I'm set for a while.

[daemon]

3900X is really overkill for just games imo. 3600/3700 is more than fine to handle anything coming out in the next 5-7 years most likely.

Yeah in my case I do 3D rendering stuff. Went from Cinebench R20 1600 to 7300. My jaw dropped. All that literally (not joking here) at 1.1v

[ZombieSupaStar]

Yeah when I set on upgrading this year I was even looking to get like a 16 series as a stop gap, but I just thought Ive already beaten RDR2 on ps4, so I can wait to enjoy on pc again for awhile. Like I said its basically once cyberpunk is out Im looking to build with whatever is out/close to release. It'll be nice to have a "Building a new pc for this game!" moment again, the last time I had that was when I went from my core2duo in 2011 to my current rig for Skyrim and Battlefield 3.

[nachobro]

Yeah in my case I do 3D rendering stuff. Went from Cinebench R20 1600 to 7300. My jaw dropped. All that literally (not joking here) at 1.1v

Now that the new chipset/mobo bios are coming out and finally getting the voltages and boosts right, you could probably squeeze out a bit more. I noticed it in games at least.

and ya this PC was made for Cyberpunk. Very ready for that.

[ZombieSupaStar]

Also I had a big EEEEEEEESSSHHHHHHHH moment when I saw the chipset fans on the x570s.

Thats nostalgia I don't want to return to..




back on topic: uh RE is silly.

[nachobro]

i'm on a tomahawk b450 and it's pretty solid, but the built in OC options are kinda limited if you are wanting that. if you want to OC get a 570 for sure.

[D3RANG3D]

I still have a 3rd gen i5 and a first gen ryzen rig ain't upgrading well into next gen.

[El Babua]

Running a 6700k and 2080

Not planning on upgrading till 2021

[bork]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/edward-snowden-on-joe-rogans-podcast-is-the-best-podcast-episode-of-the-year.149330/#post-25810676

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Definitely not the kind of high-quality discussion like stanning for Disney and Marvel bring. 

[bork]

I'm rocking a 1070 right now, might get a 5700x or 2070 Super if the black friday deals are worth it. Otherwise everything else is from this year so I'm set for a while.

Same.  Still runs everything great- I'm sure gaming at 2560x1080 has something to do with that!

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[Straight Edge]

I’ve got a ps4!

 

[jorma]

I'm rocking a 1070 right now, might get a 5700x or 2070 Super if the black friday deals are worth it. Otherwise everything else is from this year so I'm set for a while.

Same.  Still runs everything great- I'm sure gaming at 2560x1080 has something to do with that!

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if i was at work i'd probably be more concerned if someone caught me looking at the first picture.. 

[Don Rumata]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/game-pass-has-just-delivered-a-goty-gotg-level-game-on-day-one-with-no-strings-attached-it-is-the-best-value-in-gaming.149425/

The Outer Worlds is basically the kind of RPG I had given up hope of ever happening again, happening again, done to perfection. This is the kind of game I would willingly drop $60 on, multiple times, the kind of game I will lose hundreds of hours of my life to over the next few years. It’s a game of the generation contender, basically. And I got to play it on day one, without having to purchase it, legally.

Game Pass has had multiple GoTG caliber games in its catalog, of course, there’s Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter World, Hellblade, Ori, Life is Strange, Hitman, and so on. But unless you like MS games, you’ve had to wait for those games to hit Game Pass, which has at least been a few months after launch, if not more.

But this game, this marvellous and wonderful masterpiece, is available, day one. No strings attached.

I know a lot of people on Era like to argue against Game Pass on the basis of “devaluation of games” or “how will MS make money” or some other bullshit, but I am neither an industry analyst nor a stockholder and those things mean nothing to me. As a customer, I just got delivered an incredible, GOTG-level game, without having to drop $60 on it, on day one.

That’s value. Game Pass is king, and is enough for me, who has always prioritized PlayStation as my primary console, leaving other stuff just for exclusives, to want to prioritize Xbox next generation.

Then I say, you aren't allowed to bitch later, when those kind of games aren't made anymore, sorry sunshine, you don't get both.

The shit is going to hit the fan when the reality of these kinds of games development costs, catch up with the economics of everyone only paying $10s a month divided over 10,000 games. Indie/Single player games either wont get made, or have to be heavily subsidized by whatever walled garden gatekeeper they are currently a slave for, or be riddled with MTX, Stamina Potions, Battle Pass bullshit to make back its cost. Can't wait for Stardew Valley 2 to come out monetized like the next Farmville! And if you think it won't happen, Plants vs Zombies 1 -> Plants Vs Zombies 2.

I see this immediate sub based future kind of like the best of both words, you're getting games that were made with the old way of getting money in mind (Gears 5, Outer Worlds, etc) delivered on the loss leading, less revenue sub method, so its like too good to be true (hint: it is). So I guess just enjoy while it lasts. Ever wondered what a single player game would look like bloated up huge in order to bring in more revenue based on a payment for time played revenue system? Don't worry, you wont have to wonder much longer!

If the collapse is finely tuned to line up with the dissolution of society due to the climate change apocalypse, it's all peachy.
Kick back and enjoy your 1$ games.

[james]

I'm rocking a Nintendo switch because I'm not a basement dwelling loser using a pc like it's 1988.

Rooftop parties, bitch

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Era keeps getting more and more embrassing. That joker stairs thread. jeez

[D3RANG3D]

I'm rocking a Nintendo switch because I'm not a basement dwelling loser using a pc like it's 1988.

Rooftop parties, bitch

Nincels 

[bork]

I'm rocking a Nintendo switch because I'm not a basement dwelling loser using a pc like it's 1988.

Rooftop parties, bitch

[thisismyusername]

Forced Dark Mode in Chrome is pretty

Only side effect is the inverted images.

[HaughtyFrank]

It's amazing how Crossing Eden argues against every single person in a thread

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-ea-made-a-star-wars-imperial-commando-would-you-be-okay-if-the-player-character-defected-to-the-rebellion-at-some-point.149401/page-4

Also, this guy:

imagine not being able to understand that the empire has cooler looking armour, weapons and ships lol, not to mention being able to play as vader depending on the game type

They look cool as hell

Could it be that liking elements of the bad guys' presentation is separate and distinct from sympathizing with the philosophy they represent?

When someone goes "Wow, that floating torture droid design is pretty cool!" are they admitting that they love the idea of abusing political prisoners?

They look cool. That's basically the reason why people want media from the empire's perspective.

Listen, I totally understand and even agree that it's fun to play as the bad guy sometimes. But when you're using the same defense that somebody would use for walking around in full fucking SS gear, ( "they look cool!") maybe consider why we don't accept that excuse there.
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https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-ea-made-a-star-wars-imperial-commando-would-you-be-okay-if-the-player-character-defected-to-the-rebellion-at-some-point.149401/post-25820898

[thisismyusername]

Im still rocking my i5 2500k, I was gonna get a ryzen 3900x (I set aside $2500 for a new pc build), but now I think I can wait till next year and the next ryzen/nvidia cards that come after/near cyberpunks launch.

That's what I'm doing, personally. But I just needed to know where the "build me a PC" thread went as I'm not an autist on following PC hardware.

I do however need to get thermal paste, my thermal paste has finally given up the ghost. #PBUI after 4-5 years.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I am autistic, I tend to have very black-and-white adherence to inner moral codes.

 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Watching people conflate a low income neighborhood that contains families, predominately of color, who don't have the socio-economic mobility to relocate with white affluent areas is galaxy brain.

Also it is telling that some people are not well traveled or informed if they believe the Bronx is a tourist destination like lower Manhattan.

If you want to go so bad just put on some Butters and say, "Yerrr!" when you arrive.

Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are tourists visiting public spaces, I just don't think I want to see those kinds of people in my neighbourhood, they should stick with their own kind

[D3RANG3D]

https://metacouncil.com/threads/the-pc-hardware-thread-buy-upgrade-ask-answer.1023/page-11

[thisismyusername]

https://metacouncil.com/threads/the-pc-hardware-thread-buy-upgrade-ask-answer.1023/page-11

Yes, I know. You helped me already pointing out where the PC community went.

[D3RANG3D]

 

https://metacouncil.com/threads/the-pc-hardware-thread-buy-upgrade-ask-answer.1023/page-11

Yes, I know. You helped me already pointing out where the PC community went.

[tuna_love]

Running a 6700k and 2080

Not planning on upgrading till 2021

I was rocking a 6700k with my 2080ti at 3440 1440 it was struggling, 9900k was a game changer and it comes in a really uncool blue case

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

*a wild nepenthe appears*

"Joker is a visceral treatise about the difficulties of economic strife."

"Joker fans annoy and inconvenience disadvantaged people for an unoriginal Instagram photo op."

It writes itself.

THEIR stairs? Since when public stairs are owned by the people?
And god forbid people making photos on a public propriety, i don't remember the stairs being owned by someone and you are not allowed to take photos.

You can't possibly be serious and think someone saying "my neighborhood" is being literal in owning the private and public property within the boundaries of that neighborhood, right?

I'm serious, complaining about tourists taking photos in a public propriety is too dumb.
It is not your house ffs.

The tourists are blocking a well-traveled pathway used by the actual locals to get to home, school, and work, all for an Instagram photo op that was tired the moment the film wide-released. The locals have right to be annoyed.

But hey, don't let them get in the way of The Phenomenon™, right?

[Tripon]

nepenthe would have been banned for not letting the Joker thing die if she was a regular member.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

It is legit hilarious how fucking butthurt nepenthe is about the joker movie and how desperately they try and latch onto things - anythings - to give them a "needless to say, I was right all along" moment

welp, looks like a bunch of regular-ass posters are calling out nepenthes hysterical bullshit, about time for a productivity review mods?

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Took them long enough

[ZombieSupaStar]

The shit is going to hit the fan when the reality of these kinds of games development costs, catch up with the economics of everyone only paying $10s a month divided over 10,000 games. 

There will never be a game sub service that is $10 and offers 10,000 games though.

Bit of a straw man there.

That's also not really how it's working right now;  MS is paying developers based on the value of their games, not based on some split of revenue.  They aren't even measuring how much a game is played and then paying, they make a deal ahead of time (just like how Netflix brokers content.) 

Playing the game more just means that dev might get a better deal next time, if a game flops on GamePass MS is less likely to buy another timed GamePass license next time around, etc.

Eh that was a bit of an exaggeration but I still feel like even a couple hundred games on a sub service for 10 isn't going to get the devs (the big devs) the revenue they used to get, then again those devs are already ruining their games with monetization without the sub service. It just feels like the game industry became a pile of shit in the last 10 years. And up till now, you could avoid it going indie games (where most games are pay once, and you get what is advertised on the tin), but now with subs even indies will be enticed to add mtx. I just see an industry that went from lol aw horse armor to nba2k20. Thats why I just assume streaming and/or subs will be the future eventually, modding will be dead, local compute will be outlawed by the megacorps, and youll have at least 20 streaming services by every publisher independent of one another for their own IPs 

[ZombieSupaStar]

Those indie games are the easy to buy platform enhancers;  I don't think they are going anywhere or will be needing MTX.

The likes of MS can afford to buy those games for GamePass to get people on their platform to then hopefully turn around and play the latest GAAS MTX grinders.

I'm just a pessimistic dude and its a race to the bottom now. Mobile gaming was ruined by it, now we are training everyone to expect everything for a dollar a month. Enjoy it while it lasts I guess. If gaming goes subs only I see "Triple A" being very rare type games, and most everything else becoming a "Netflix Original" tier type game, nothing stellar, but "good enough". I guess if it means we get less, but more funded indie games a year that wouldn't be terrible. As it stands now we are getting WAAAAY to much supply for their demand. I feel for the developers in all this though. Its gotta be scary watching the general public demand your work be practically worthless, but then also expect even better and better games in the future.

[BisMarckie]

That‘s why you stockpile physical games for the upcoming digital distribution armageddon.

[ZombieSupaStar]

That‘s why you stockpile physical games for the upcoming digital distribution armageddon.

*Sets Steam Profile with ~1000 games to private* 

edit: Speaking of physical copies, I just remembered in my old PC games CD album I have "The Movies", why in the hell hasn't that series been made available digitally yet? Same thing with Mercenaries 2?


edit deuce:  @ Riotous going at it with Alucard again, man just ignore that dude. I'm surprised he hasn't sent angry PM's to you yet. You know what would be hilarious tho? If all these 50TF multi blade games that the shills are evangelizing, do end up coming out, and its charging people by the hour to use that level of cloud compute. I'll be honest, Id pay quite a bit for a virtual destruction city 2k25 simulator or something like that. Ironically the pay to play cost would probably exclude gamers like Blue Manifest and Alucard from playing most of the time.

 

[clothedmacuser]

Watching people conflate a low income neighborhood that contains families, predominately of color, who don't have the socio-economic mobility to relocate with white affluent areas is galaxy brain.

Also it is telling that some people are not well traveled or informed if they believe the Bronx is a tourist destination like lower Manhattan.

If you want to go so bad just put on some Butters and say, "Yerrr!" when you arrive.

Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are tourists visiting public spaces, I just don't think I want to see those kinds of people in my neighbourhood, they should stick with their own kind

I've never seen minorities act so white. 

“We hope it ends soon because we don’t need this,” said Jonathan Francis, a 29-year-old who has lived in the neighborhood his entire life. “We feel disrespected.”

Francis said his neighbors now have trouble using the stairs to get to work and school and that some have stopped using them out of fear of appearing in photos.

Gasp, appearing in photos!

 

I'm sure the pizza place around the corner isn't complaining.  Well the workers are and the owner ain't.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Imagine lower-economic status citizens going to a wealthy public area that's become famous from a movie to take photos and a congressperson saying to stay away from there and "this is for us."

I too wonder why the social reaction towards a situation changes depending on silly contexts like the historical and current power dynamics between rich and poor people.

Tourists are taking photos of a public space because it is in a current zeitgeist film

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Maybe tourists should be forced to stand at the back of the bus so that residents can always have a seat.
Maybe you could have "NO TOURIST" signs in diners and on water fountains too, so that residents aren't put out by these interlopers coming into their neighbourhoods and using their facilities.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Black people: We built this country.

Literalist contrarian: Actually, the country was built by shifting tectonic forces over the course of billions of years until European colonization seized the land from the indigenous residents, fought a war with Britain, and declared independence in 1776.

TOURISTS ARE TAKING PHOTOS IN A PUBLIC SPACE

[ShutUp]

I guess since literally all other avenues of outraged failed, ERA will have to settle for whining about people taking pictures on public steps.

[D3RANG3D]

Watching people conflate a low income neighborhood that contains families, predominately of color, who don't have the socio-economic mobility to relocate with white affluent areas is galaxy brain.

Also it is telling that some people are not well traveled or informed if they believe the Bronx is a tourist destination like lower Manhattan.

If you want to go so bad just put on some Butters and say, "Yerrr!" when you arrive.

Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are tourists visiting public spaces, I just don't think I want to see those kinds of people in my neighbourhood, they should stick with their own kind

I've never seen minorities act so white. 

“We hope it ends soon because we don’t need this,” said Jonathan Francis, a 29-year-old who has lived in the neighborhood his entire life. “We feel disrespected.”

Francis said his neighbors now have trouble using the stairs to get to work and school and that some have stopped using them out of fear of appearing in photos.

Gasp, appearing in photos!

 

I'm sure the pizza place around the corner isn't complaining.  Well the workers are and the owner ain't.

Dat racism.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I guess they're back on team AOC?

[ZombieSupaStar]

Riotous: wouldn't WoW be considered cloud computing? Im pretty sure it renders all its ai data, whats going on, whose doing what, where, when how on the server and then feeds the data to the local client.

PC gamers been cloud powered since the first MUD if thats the case lol.

[Nintex]

4790k and an RTX 2070 Super which recently replaced my 980 Ti are powering this beast.

Might get a CPU upgrade next year but so far that hasn't been necessary.
Mostly because consoles (and thus most games) are still stuck on overclocked 2012 notebook CPU's lmao.

[Nintex]

Reading up on the Joker stairs

Posters warning sightseers have been taped to lampposts and walls along the staircase. “It is disrespectful to treat our community and residents as a photo opportunity,” the fliers read.

Disrespectful? Buddy, they're a bunch of fucking STAIRS they don't have feelings nor are they part of your community.

[joeboy101]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tourists-flood-the-joker-stairs-frustrating-bronx-residents.148557/post-25830513

This thread is primarily filled with mockery and dismissiveness towards the residents who are living in the Bronx and experiencing the bulk of this phenomenon, coupled with what seems to be an attitudinal holdover from previous rows concerning the film. Naturally, I'm sympathetic to the residents and simultaneously short on patience considering how all of the contexts to discuss Joker that aren't glowing praise are aggravating beyond belief.

But I will admit you haven't been as offensive, so I will express my points without pointed sarcasm:

No one is being literal when they say "this is our neighborhood." Of course most of the residents don't legally own all of the physical property that makes up the neighborhood (the fact that I feel I have to explain this is inherently absurd.)

It is an obviously emotional sentiment expressed by poor locals (and previous residents in consideration of AOC)- the actual people who live in those boroughs and give it the character and culture it possesses- who are now being bombarded by increased traffic from demographics who care not for their lives or culture, never did care, and probably have some odorous opinions about the local demographics and their living situation. These tourists are only there for the desire to stave off FOMO by partaking in a meme from a comic book movie. It's only a few steps above poverty tourism.

To reverse the situation by trying to make me less sympathetic to the locals by saying "what if it were rich people saying this is theirs?" is patently ridiculous because it ignores the inherent power dynamics and historical contexts that have defined the interactions and stereotypes between the rich and poor. I mean, hell, you think rich people already don't think people like these locals are of any worth beyond what little purchasing power and labor they can squeeze from them? Look at our President. He looks at a majorly black neighborhood like mine and all he sees "very bad people with nothing to lose."

It is basically the economic version of "If there was White History Month you'd have a problem."

Of course I would! White people and black people don't have equivalent experiences in society, and that lack of equivalence changes the context concerning different reactions in otherwise equivalent situations!

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I mean, if anyone knows about "attitudinal holdovers"...

its doubly hilarious that they're talking themselves into this being, like, fucking 1%ers doing 'poverty toruism' as an alternative to their usual jaunt to the Hamptons, when all the photos seem to suggest its fucking korean tourists and shit who are COMPLETELY oblivious to the distinguished mentally-challenged culture war nepenthe keeps trying to pinto this dumb fucking comic book film

[Drainage]

Of course most of the residents don't legally own all of the physical property that makes up the neighborhood (the fact that I feel I have to explain this is inherently absurd.)

Just end it right here and stfu

[joeboy101]

increased traffic from demographics who care not for their lives or culture, never did care, and probably have some odorous opinions about the local demographics and their living situation.

Now THAT'S a bad faith statement. I mean, she's lumping all these tourists in one whole swath as incels and alt-right trash without a glance or justification, simply because she hates the movie and its very premise. And THEN has the gall to bitch about her bullshit fears of the movie, which also had no justification or ... fruition, not being respected or being treated seriously enough.

 

[Nintex]

If the residents were smart they'd make a quick buck out of the 15 minutes of fame of their street.

[thisismyusername]

Forced Dark Mode in Chrome is pretty

Only side effect is the inverted images.

For Andy-kun,

chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark

Enabled with Simple HSL-based inversion unfucks the Bire emoticons.



Slightly more ugly (since it's this weird blue-grey) Bore at the sake of less bright blue.

Edit: Enabled with simple-CIELAB fixes this and makes it even darker.

[Boredfrom]

I’m pretty sure that is pretty well know that the Bronx is not exactly the friendliest boroughs. I don’t exactly blame them for hating Instagram tourists, but the borough has bad rep for tourists.

[thisismyusername]

It is basically the economic version of "If there was White History Month you'd have a problem."

Of course I would! White people and black people don't have equivalent experiences in society

Shut the fuck up, Boomer, BCTer.

I’m pretty sure that is pretty well know that the Bronx is not exactly the friendliest boroughs.

Yeah, sure, but getting bent out of shape about the Stairs being famous is fucking stupid, no matter how you slice it. "Friendly or not."

I mean, the Alexandria folks that own the houses featured on the Walking Dead have had to deal with this shit for like 7-8 years now, but they deal with it without huge complaining.

Breaking Bad's house is the one example that these Bronx folks could have a valid bitching about. But unless folks are blocking your way down/up the stairs AND throwing pizza and shit onto the stairs and not cleaning up: They don't really have a pot to piss in.