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Sorry-ass sorcerer of the Internet. McRib shill (add bacon). Executive editor at PCWorld. Co-host of The Full Nerd podcast.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100000 01100001 01100111 01100001 01101001 01101110 Introducing Majorana 1: the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits—a groundbreaking leap toward practical quantum computing. msft.it/6006UxEJG

The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is basically a 4080 Super on DLSS 4 steroids for $749. It's great. Full review: www.pcworld.com/article/2612...

Duality: Gamer Edition

Reposting this thread for the late-night crew. I've started a new newsletter about the best way to fix the bad business that's happening with computers today. Here's the link, and the thread below is filled with highlights of the first few posts I've done.

Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

The end of the Beast Games finale was absolutely wild and so, so, so insanely impressive by the winner. It was actually a pretty fun show from stop to finish, if you're into Mr. Beast videos (or Squid Games I guess?) already

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

you fucked up a perfectly good computer is what you did. look at it. it's got innumeracy

I don’t think the internet was a mistake, I think bandwidth was. text is fine, images, some small audio files. but video? I think video is where it all went wrong

Unreal robotrip eyes. This man is so disassociated he is piloting his body like a Gundam. Gotta force himself down from the astral plane every 10 minutes to remind his body to breathe.

Tune in to hear me talk ridiculous epic eGPU tests and worthy/unworthy handhelds at 1PM PT?

Craziest stat of the night considering Mahomes spent half the game on the ground. One taken sack shy of tying SB record WITH ZERO BLITZES

The Moon, by Gary Hume, 2009

Nick Sirianni To Eagles Fans: ‘I Hate All Of You, Fuck You’ theonion.com/nick-si...

Every day we stray further from the light of god

Just before we see the Super Bowl.

“Search in Bing for ‘how to uninstall Microsoft Edge,’ and you’ll find a Microsoft support page for how to uninstall Edge. It doesn’t tell you how to uninstall Edge.” (by Michael Crider) – https://www.pcworld.com/article/2602335/microsoft-support-page-lies-about-how-to-uninstall-edge.html

there should be a store that only sells poison called a Harmacy

Sources: in a secret order last month, UK security officials demanded Apple create a backdoor to access all cloud content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

I'm livid & frustrated that Bloodborne PSX has been DMCA'd. When I started @noclipvideo.bsky.social the idea was to preserve stories because the games or creators may not be available in the future. I didn't expect our one first so soon. So sorry @b0tster.yeag.gay. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZBN...

This constantly gets brought up in response to AI criticism. No one objects to these applications. They object to the consumer facing dreck that's being marketed to us as groundbreaking and forced onto our devices.

It’s a literal game changer with Multi Frame Gen’s frame pacing

Stuff like this is why I subscribe to Jared’s awesome Advisorator newsletter 🤘

Alan Wake 2 is the first game to support RTX Mega Geometry. How does it work? What are the differences? Does it improve performance, if so, how much? Can your old RTX card use it? All that and more in this video with @oliemack.bsky.social ! youtu.be/_SpSLPHvHAs

Just realised that "Gene Hackman" is the exact name that Hideo Kojima would give a biochemist

There's a current fetish for publishing primary source documents rather than having a reporter describe them, and I totally get it. But remember Reality Winner was caught almost immediately because the Intercept published what she printed out, unaware the NSA printer left an imperceptible watermark.

NEW: WIRED has identified six young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records—who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk’s DOGE project. By @telliotter.bsky.social

I dug into Elon Musk's gaming streams to try to figure out what his rig is and every single choice pissed me off even more. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/does-elon-mu...

Yeah so the RTX 5080 configuration isn't very good www.youtube.com/watch?v=J72G...

All in on Black(well): The fate of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50-series lies in DLSS 4’s hands www.pcworld.com/article/2592...

New video! My RTX 5080 Review. 45 Games. 3 Resolutions + DLSS 4. Let me know what you think! youtu.be/azD56D4_bFM

WIth the Blackwell Whitepaper we are getting more detial about Mega Geometry - long live the CLAS! I have been looking at the added performance (and fidelity) from its usage in Alan Wake 2 and even on older classes of RTX 2000 hardware it is basically "free performance".

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: Betting the future on ‘fake frames.' This card's gonna be controversial, y'all. www.pcworld.com/article/2591...

It's that time of year again 🧧

I wonder if this is covered by OpenAI’s arguments in the various suits by content creators against the company and its ilk I mean I could see lawyers trying to split hairs on the matter but it seems entirely defensible given how every LLM came to be

We're going live with a new Full Nerd RIGHT NOW! Come hang out and talk about RTX 5090 reviews, DLSS 4 impressions, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wv3... 👀