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  1. why do these publishers want to ruin such a good thing?!? We bought your games so we should be able to play them how we like. Geforce Now is great for playing if you no longer have a powerful enough computer or are on the go. What's wrong with that? Pure greed wanting us to purchase games again and again that's all this is. Google/Stadia is probably bribing the publishers to try and promote their own streaming platform. There's no other reason I can think of for why this keeps happening all the sudden. Edit: so much for buying Borderlands 3 anytime soon. You just lost your guys at least 1 sale 2K. I was finally gonna buy it now that it's coming to Steam but don't have a powerful enough PC to play it directly currently so was planning to stream it through GeForce Now ...
    6 points
  2. And thus developers kill any streaming future due to greed.
    5 points
  3. 2K is a publisher. Title is not misleading.
    4 points
  4. Threatening attempt to gain access issue

    Here you go - this will be very interesting to you about these sorts of scams https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51740214 Scam call centre owner in custody after BBC investigation Panorama broadcast hacked footage from inside the call centre which showed how staff charged people hundreds of pounds to fix non-existent computer problems.
    3 points
  5. The flu is more dangerous, how exactly? One of the issues with comparing something to "flu" is that there are a bunch of flu virus strains floating around, and whatever strain ends up being prevalent during a given year can vary quite a bit in severity. I think the generalization here is that due to the sheer number of people infected annually, flu kills more during a normal year than the cov-19 virus has ever. Some strains that have gained notoriety such as the 1918 strain, or the 2009 strain were particularly deadly. One of the issues with letting a novel virus spread among large human populations is that many viruses constantly mutate and can recombine with other strains. This is a common way for viruses to leap species: picking up a gene that allows efficient entry into, or replication within human cells. Given a large enough pool of individuals to replicate within, natural selection can take place and breed in favor of even more virulent strains, which then amplifies the problem further. This is true the Flu has infected and killed more. But lets look back at the following: 1. Covid-19 was discovered in December 31, 2019 and has a mortality rate that is 2-3%. Confirmed infections are already above 100 thousand. The Flu has infected more but on average the mortality rate is 0.1% and there is a vaccine to help with it some. 2. The more we let it spread and not try to slow Covid-19 down, the larger chance that it gains the same foothold the Flu has. I mean, the math says it all. Instead of the deaths being 10s of thousands per year, it will be millions. Does the Flu still sound more dangerous?
    2 points
  6. The flu is more dangerous, how exactly? One of the issues with comparing something to "flu" is that there are a bunch of flu virus strains floating around, and whatever strain ends up being prevalent during a given year can vary quite a bit in severity. I think the generalization here is that due to the sheer number of people infected annually, flu kills more during a normal year than the cov-19 virus has ever. Some strains that have gained notoriety such as the 1918 strain, or the 2009 strain were particularly deadly. One of the issues with letting a novel virus spread among large human populations is that many viruses constantly mutate and can recombine with other strains. This is a common way for viruses to leap species: picking up a gene that allows efficient entry into, or replication within human cells. Given a large enough pool of individuals to replicate within, natural selection can take place and breed in favor of even more virulent strains, which then amplifies the problem further. Not an epidemiologist but a couple of things that come to mind on why it would be risky to take a "carry on as normal and see what happens" approach: virus has extended incubation time before symptom onset, making it more challenging to track spread and isolate infected; and currently the number of additional people that are infected by the average infected person is relatively high, meaning that this virus is quite good at spreading itself.
    2 points
  7. What are you playing?

    Finished The Outer Worlds ... which ended up being fine. Parvati needs a spin off series. Now playing the original 2006 Prey. Interesting and weird game...I'm liking it.
    2 points
  8. F9: Dragon CRS-20 (ISS resupply mission)

    The delayed date was in error, posted by the SpaceX webcast people. CRS-20 launched successfully. Remember the missed booster landing for StarLink 4? The winds didn't match the model, so the booster did a water landing rather than risk the droneship. Fixed for this launch, the wind envelope was expanded, and the booster made a perfect landing in higher than usual winds - #50 for Falcon 9.
    2 points
  9. Only took half a year....
    2 points
  10. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    Which is one of the reasons why I'd wait a year to throw money at one.$1300 is just ridiculous for a phone.
    2 points
  11. $81 for a CPU? A CPU that samsung produces? $44 for RAM? RAM that samsung produces? These figures are inflated, they would be the prices if you were buying the components from a third party, cost is very different when you make the components yourself.
    2 points
  12. Axiom Space: commercial ISS module

    Already selected by NASA, Axiom Space will start off attaching a commercial module to ISS for commercial astronauts and researchers. Later it will detach and form the basis of a larger free-flying commercial space station. SpaceX's Crew Dragon will provide early transportation. Other crew vehicles could be added as they prove themselves. Concept (white/black modules on right) https://www.axiomspace.com/post/axiom-space-plans-first-ever-fully-private-human-spaceflight-mission-to-international-space-station
    1 point
  13. The flu is more dangerous, how exactly? One of the issues with comparing something to "flu" is that there are a bunch of flu virus strains floating around, and whatever strain ends up being prevalent during a given year can vary quite a bit in severity. I think the generalization here is that due to the sheer number of people infected annually, flu kills more during a normal year than the cov-19 virus has ever. Some strains that have gained notoriety such as the 1918 strain, or the 2009 strain were particularly deadly. One of the issues with letting a novel virus spread among large human populations is that many viruses constantly mutate and can recombine with other strains. This is a common way for viruses to leap species: picking up a gene that allows efficient entry into, or replication within human cells. Given a large enough pool of individuals to replicate within, natural selection can take place and breed in favor of even more virulent strains, which then amplifies the problem further. This is true the Flu has infected and killed more. But lets look back at the following: 1. Covid-19 was discovered in December 31, 2019 and has a mortality rate that is 2-3%. Confirmed infections are already above 100 thousand. The Flu has infected more but on average the mortality rate is 0.1% and there is a vaccine to help with it some. 2. The more we let it spread and not try to slow Covid-19 down, the larger chance that it gains the same foothold the Flu has. I mean, the math says it all. Instead of the deaths being 10s of thousands per year, it will be millions. Does the Flu still sound more dangerous? in 1918 the flu had a 3.5% mortality rate... difference now is we have treatments for it so technically the flu is worse, but we can treat it better.. the flu is estimated to have between a 2 and 5% mortality rate with zero treatment or preventative care, and that is a fact.
    1 point
  14. The flu is more dangerous, how exactly?
    1 point
  15. Spreading faster? Source? The below is with a vaccine available, which of course has varying results. 22 million in the US ALONE, 4 months into the flu season. https://www.washingtonpost.com...721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html Also https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm#ILIActivityMap CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 34 million flu illnesses...
    1 point
  16. 2K is a publisher. Title is not misleading. The possessive designator (-'s) is missing, hence "2K" becomes a premodifier instead of the head noun. Nike shoes pulled from the shoe store... Nike's shoes pulled from the shoe store... (What shoes?) Try not to overthink things, you're probably in a double-digit minority of people who would have trouble with that heading.
    1 point
  17. Coronavirus is spreading faster than the flu and from what I know there isn't a coronavirus shot to help prevent getting it.
    1 point
  18. 2K is a publisher. Title is not misleading. The possessive designator (-'s) is missing, hence "2K" becomes a premodifier instead of the head noun. Bethesda games pulled vs Bethesda's games pulled Can't you notice from the context?
    1 point
  19. Should they cancel all the future editions because of influenza as well? The flu is still more dangerous than the coronavirus and it's awfully easy to catch one.
    1 point
  20. What are you playing?

    yeah, way better then the new one. new one, i just could not like, it missed the charm the original had by a mile.
    1 point
  21. Eew, cloud gaming.
    1 point
  22. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    just wait a year and this phone will drop to 528$
    1 point
  23. SXSW 2020 is the latest major conference to be canceled due to coronavirus

    lets rename it to RXIP (Route by IP)
    1 point
  24. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    Samsung Profit Ultra
    1 point
  25. Should have debuted with launch of the phone. Better late than never I guess.
    1 point
  26. Neowin.net Minecraft Server (Old Server)

    not like it can cause much damage in the End since it's mostly bedrock lol. I'm sure someone will take on the challenge at some point xD
    1 point
  27. Why new laptops ship with old drivers?

    No me neither. Even when I took a risk once of replacing a Packard Bell BIOS back in the late 90s with the generic Gigabyte one (the board was a Gigabyte) to unlock some features PB had restricted. That being said, I advise to never do this.
    1 point
  28. Open Sudoku

    You are quite right, to my defense it is a sudoku program I made my self. 😉
    1 point
  29. Cortana has its roots in Windows Phone platform. Go figure...
    1 point
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  31. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    to be fair, they also need to pay the people who operate the machines who assemble the phones/ marketing / packaging etc. Not to mention middle men like distributors who have their own profit margin, plus retailers who have their own profit margins.
    1 point
  32. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    The difference between $1400 and $528 is not the profit margin. Samsung does not sell a phone for $1400 to Best Buy who then turns around and sells for $1400 to the consumer. There are a heck of a lot more costs than the bill of materials. people lose sight of what msrp is. Msrp is the price that the manufacturer thinks is a reasonable price for their retail partners to charge so that the retail partners can benefit from selling the product. For a retail, it's typical to mark up 50% (for an item the retailer buys at $100, they then sell it for $150 to consumer). Because you have to account for rent, paying staff, etc. As a business owner, I still cringe when people go, "why don't you sell a $100 item for $120?" because I don't want to just break even. I need to have money to put food on the table. Who would go through the pain of owning a business if you only made $10k a year? Even minimum wage workers make more than that.
    1 point
  33. Calling it Amnesia: Rebirth makes it sound like a remaster of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Also: How Amnesia: The Dark Descent Tricked Players Into Scaring Themselves | War Stories | Ars Technica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMl2la8-3-o
    1 point
  34. It's official: The Mars 2020 Rover will be called Perseverance

    I wonder if it has "New Rover smell"
    1 point
  35. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    So basically a 100% markup? "Oh, but this doesn't count marketing or R&D" Ummm....that's the cost of doing business. But, as long as consumers will drop over 1000 bucks for one of these things, can't blame them for charging that amount.
    1 point
  36. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    Even after a year they are still priced ridiculously!
    1 point
  37. Why new laptops ship with old drivers?

    Don’t fix what isn’t broke. I rarely go searching for newer drivers or bios versions unless I’m having a specific issue. Most of the time I wipe a factory imaged laptop and install my own instance of windows. Windows update usually does a pretty good job at installing any missing drivers. If there is one that it can’t find, then I go to oem website. Updating drivers for the sake of updating is just silly to me.
    1 point
  38. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    Whatever it costs, be it this or less, it's been clear for years now that these $1k retail prices for flagships are overpriced by a lot. Margins are everything and if the goal is to keep them high like Samsung and Apple do, then this shouldn't surprise anyone. They could just as well sell devices for $800 to $900 and still make money, but they want to make double.
    1 point
  39. Galaxy S20 Ultra estimated to cost Samsung $528 to produce

    Unless you are rich and have money on the side for your own enjoyment.
    1 point
  40. Why new laptops ship with old drivers?

    No perhaps it's a problem with the driver utility you used. It's best to follow the advice from @adrynalyne above and check in device manager in future instead of using questionable update tools.
    1 point
  41. It's official: The Mars 2020 Rover will be called Perseverance

    It never ceases to amaze me how much we misjudge the size of these rovers. It's almost as big as an adult human. As opposed to the previous rovers, Perseverance boasts some of the latest modules that space agencies have come up with in the past few years. They have also managed to engineer ai, so that it gives them a clear idea of landing impact https://www.universetoday.com/...-send-a-microphone-to-mars/
    1 point
  42. It's official: The Mars 2020 Rover will be called Perseverance

    Cue the years of misspellings 😂
    1 point
  43. Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access)

    Dat episode! Damn that by far may have been the best so far this season.
    1 point
  44. You have the microphone fully plugged in? Snug in the hole? I smell a connection problem. Is it USB? (the headset) Did you try different USB ports on your motherboard?
    1 point
  45. So basically... Clippy 2.0
    1 point
  46. Doom Eternal won't feature microtransactions

    I was gonna come in here to make this comment. When such a non news worthy thing is actually news worthy you know you're in the worst time line.
    1 point