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Japan is reportedly "laying the groundwork" to regulate big tech companies including Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Kazuyuki Furuya, chairman of Japan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC), said that Tokyo will join global efforts to regulate digital platform operators.

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Today, SK hynix issued a press release stating that it has signed an agreement to buy Intel's NAND memory and storage business. The sale includes Intel's SSD business, NAND IP, and wafer production, all for a tidy sum of USD 9 billion - but it comes in the form of two payments. The sale includes Intel's Dalin fab in China, but the deal's final step won't complete until March 2025. In the meantime, Intel will still manufacture NAND wafers at the Dalian facility. 

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21 minutes ago, Christopher H said:

I have the plan to take a week off a work to play. Wife thinks its odd but its not like we can go anywhere this year

I booked a week off as well. I got some laughs from my partner too but then she realised we can't go anywhere so she said enjoy *hahah* 
Hopefully the servers will not get too hammered and CDPR will allow pre-loads in tranches. 

I will buy 5 Aladeen!

On 10/14/2020 at 8:55 PM, Huzzug said:

Banned coz bad things happen when I post news. 

 

Banned for  bringing bad news !

Not many people know but Luxembourg is a very far ahead with the legislation for space exploration. Last year I attended a very interesting evening with people from : 

1. NASA

2. SES

3. Air Liquide
4. ESA

It was very cool to see experts in the field discussing the future of space exploration. What made my jaw drop is what the guy from Air Liquide said when it comes to our ability to conquer space. He stated that at this point in time we rely too much on resources from our planet. We need to be able to make do with items we find on the moon and potentially other planets. He also stated that Air Liquide has developed the means to use lunar ice to fuel rockets :). Splitting water from Oxygen on the moon would make rockets carry different proportions of fuel to crew/equipment. At this point in time its mainly fuel. 

After this amazing evening with people knowing their s**t, we had a nice Apollo 11 screening! 

This movie was better than I expected!

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Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification. You play as V, a mercenary outlaw going after a one-of-a-kind implant that is the key to immortality. You can customize your character’s cyberware, skillset and playstyle, and explore a vast city where the choices you make shape the story and the world around you.

I was surprised not to see a topic on this. Game has gone gold and the release is just around the corner. 
How many of you will you be playing? 

On my side, as I believe in quality work, I purchased two versions of the game. 

I have a collector's edition and also a GoG edition. 

I did the same with TW3. I had a Steam version when it came out and when Goty was released I got one on GoG to help CDPR. 

On 10/12/2020 at 2:04 PM, Supercrumpet said:

This game is still one of the few recent releases that I look forward to  playing when I can put down the games I'm busy with now and have some more time as well, especially with my recent PC upgrades. Glad to hear you've had a very positive experience overall.

I was pleasantly surprised with the movement and combat speed. I mean I was coming after 100 hours with Geralt and Aloy was jumping like Yoda in the fight with Dooku. 

I also understand that the story might not appeal to everyone and chasing lore items might become boring but once you get far in the game its rather fun to fight huge enemies and ropecast them. Once you ropecast, you take control of  the biggest and the meanest. Then grab your pop corn and watch chaos ensue from the sidelines *haha*.  

I would vote for a laptop section

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A new supercomputer in Luxembourg called MeluXina, also part of the EuroHPC network, will connect 800 NVIDIA A100 GPUs on HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand links. The system, to be built by Atos and powered by green energy from wood waste, will pack nearly 500 petaflops of AI performance.

I will knock on their door and ask them if this rig can play Flight Simulator *hahah*. 

22 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Not even fair dude !

My uncle lives in the same town and he has the same connection. 
Meanwhile, in my area it took them 10 years to put fibre. 

500/200 is enough for me. 

16 minutes ago, rares495 said:

Glad you managed to get away.

25 years ago but part of my family is still there. 

On 10/12/2020 at 12:51 AM, rares495 said:

I think I do.

 

I was born there

I see no incentive to upgrade from my 512 GB XS Max. 

3 minutes ago, Supercrumpet said:

 

Indeed, finishing in the points was impressive with no practice. (Granted, the rest of the field had only one practice session, but still.)

 

Supposedly he's being considered for the second RB seat next year but I'm skeptical. I'd love to see it though.

I want him at Red Bull as well. 
Truth be told, poor guy had to drive Stroll's car and compared to the others he did not sleep at all before in order to acclimate himself with the steering wheel. He was so focused he barely said a word. 

Welcome! Remember to bring a friend

Hulkenberg FTW!

Guy wakes up in Cologne / Koln to start his day and prepare for his RTL assignment and he ends up in a Formula 1 car!

As the title states, don't be shy!

Post until the servers drop! 

I will start :). 

This is interesting. 
I recall I saw some documentation where mobo manufacturers 'colluded' with a chip maker than shall not be named and asked them to change sockets more often in order to launch new products. They claimed it is cheaper to make a new mobo rather than offer support for multiple years. 

I am happy to see buying the best and latest is optional and not mandatory. 

11 hours ago, Huzzug said:

Banned coz why no news post of the iPhone 12. I think it looks smexy. 

Banned for not posting the news!

I regret buying Topping to be honest. Should have gone for Schiit. I fell victim to peer pressure and measurement graphs contrary to my nature where I listen to stuff before buy them. Everytime I plug my cans in my NAD I realize what an idiot I was. 

I am running in my Razer laptop Samsung's 970 Evo + 2 TB NVME drive. Very happy with the performance and quality. I also used Samsung's Magician to create that special space to prolong its life. Test was done half a year ago on a fresh windows install without any drivers or anything. 

Interesting. 
I wonder if additional changes will take place because the cards are truly on the limit. 

Not everyone can use water cooling with ice and blow cold air on them with an aircon to keep a stable 2GHz clock. I have a feeling they will also iron out the famous circuitry layout under the GPU. 

With age comes wisdom and I learned the hard way not to buy things as soon as they launch. Today's industry is based on pushing products out and fixing them after. I no longer buy anything unless a few months pass and gremlins are sorted.  I tested too many times on my own money. 

Remember companies had armies of people helping with quality control and assurance, now we do it for them. 

You guys need to be banned for being able to enjoy this beauty!
If I run this on my Razer Laptop, I will need to call the fire department *haha*.