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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Discussion Thread

Last post by Dr. Pezus - Yesterday at 09:58 PM

I guess we're screwed here because it hasn't been freezing. It was just 2 weeks ago though.

So no frozen bowl of water from the night before?

I assumed the equinoxes were pretty universal in European cultures.

How was Boston?

Fun! Went to a huge conference which was great and did lots of shopping too. Weather was alright, like a decent Icelandic summer.  I even brought home an iMac and a Dyson vacuum due to the price being very favourable  

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Game News Discussion / Re: Xbox FY24 Q3: Total Gaming...

Last post by Dr. Pezus - Yesterday at 09:54 PM

Hardware  

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Game News Discussion / Re: Xbox FY24 Q3: Total Gaming...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 09:26 PM

Basically all the growth is Activision.

And it's hard to fault them for becoming a third party.

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Game News Discussion / Xbox FY24 Q3: Total Gaming Rev...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 09:25 PM

Gaming made $5,451M for Microsoft last quarter. Below Windows by a bit, but major growth YOY thanks to ABK. pic.twitter.com/KVFlaEUBjT

— John Welfare (@Welfare_JBP) April 25, 2024

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— John Welfare (@Welfare_JBP) April 25, 2024

Microsoft's Q3 2024 (fiscal) earnings:

• ???? Windows OEM revenue up 11%
• ????? Devices revenue down 17%
• ???? Gaming revenue up 51%
• ????? Xbox content + services rev up 62%
• ???? Xbox hardware down 31%

full details to come here  ????https://t.co/oWidu2907w

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) April 25, 2024

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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Discussion Thread

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 08:50 PM

No it's the first day of summer here
Usually it's not summery at this time here but the past few days have been great considering. At least in my part of the country. Snow and frost in many other places

Oh and I forgot to tell you guys I was in the USA, Boston, for a week until this Monday  

So no frozen bowl of water from the night before?

I assumed the equinoxes were pretty universal in European cultures.

How was Boston?

Iceland is whack, yo'

At least it's original.

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Off-Topic Community / Re: TV Show Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 08:36 PM

Velma season 2 is out on Max.


It's amazing how upset people get about this show.

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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Discussion Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 08:31 PM

Well it's still spring but yeah, it's getting hot. I spent most of yesterday doing yard work. Will be time to plant plants in a week.

Iceland is whack, yo'

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Off-Topic Community / Re: General Discussion Thread

Last post by Dr. Pezus - Yesterday at 08:20 PM

Well it's still spring but yeah, it's getting hot. I spent most of yesterday doing yard work. Will be time to plant plants in a week.

No it's the first day of summer here
Usually it's not summery at this time here but the past few days have been great considering. At least in my part of the country. Snow and frost in many other places

Oh and I forgot to tell you guys I was in the USA, Boston, for a week until this Monday 

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Off-Topic News Discussion / Re: Landing Heavy Cargo on the...

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 07:12 PM

https://lsic.jhuapl.edu/uploadedDocs/meetings/docs/2441-DISTRO%20A%20LunA-10%20LSIC%20Performer%20Binder.pdf

Thank you DARPA.

Very little of this will realistically get built, but wow does it feel like the 60s again with big space dreams. Building a railroad on the Moon using local metals, a harbor in orbit with cargo being transferred between tugs and landers, massive power towers to beam energy where needed, etc. And of course almost all of it uses starship for launch.

[Spoiler]

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Off-Topic Community / Re: I read books now

Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 06:55 PM

A bit past the halfway point with the 3rd book in this series, the arrows of time.

Better than the second and has the potential to be better than the first. The big rotational physics consequence I expected to be explored in the second book is instead happening here, more or less.

Spoiler for Hidden:

<br>They are in space and they see another object that is about the same size as their rocket. I thought that object would actually be their rocket from the future, just now traveling backwards in time relative to them. I was really excited but it just ended up being an asteroid apparently.<br><br>This book however has them land on a planet that is going backwards through time. They step on the ground and &quot;absorb&quot; footprints for example. Will be interesting to see how it all works out. So far it has avoided time travel tropes which is great but I&#39;ll be bummed if the handwaved away details go unexplored.<br>