@Dgooch66@Donna__McLean Ppl like you are why the western world has gone 3rd world. May you and ppl who think like you be eradicated off the face of the planet.
Japanese men are so perverted that they commit a crime called upskirting, which means they secretly put their phone cameras underneath girls' skirts in and take pictures of their private parts.
It got so bad that female-only coaches were created for women.
In fact, while you can turn the shutter sound of your phone on or off in other parts of the world, you can't do so in Japan. This was to prevent Japanese men from taking pictures of girls’ private parts without their knowledge.
So shut the hell up, you racist piece of shit.
Action. Wonder. Adventure. Artemis II has got it all. Don't miss the moment. Our crewed Moon mission will launch as early as April 1.
Learn how to watch: nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/
The Pirates should've traded Paul Skenes to the Yankees if they offered Cam Schlittler, Spencer Jones, Carlos Lagrange, and George Lombard Jr., says @JimBowdenGM.
⚠️GOOGLE SAYS A QUANTUM ATTACK ON BITCOIN TAKES JUST 9 MINS WITH A 41% SUCCESS RATE
Google's quantum team now says cracking Bitcoin may require less than 500K qubits, far below the “millions” once assumed.
Research suggests an attack could take 9mins, faster than a typical 10-min block confirmation, giving a 41% success rate.
Google now flags 2029 as a key deadline to upgrade Bitcoin’s cryptography before quantum becomes a real threat.
PC gamers, notably Nvidia users, going at console gamers for buying hardware they deem priced too high and "anti-consumer", will never not be funny to me.
Don't think there's a more ironically and laughably hypocritical, unselfaware and salty fandom, but let me explain why with actual data.
Value is subjective, and anyone can claim any product is anti-consumer based on ignorant subjective takes on pricing, but one of the more objective metrics that let's us appreciate how aggressively consumers are ACTUALLY being price gouged, is profit margins.
Prices can go UP, with margins still staying the same or even getting lower, due to cost increases from macro-economic factors like AI chip or memory shortages, tariffs etc.
None of us WANT higher prices and would prefer manufacturers eat losses, unfortunately that isn't the reality of business.
But the HIGHER a company or products profit margins, in essence the more consumers of that product or brand are being milked or taken advantage of, albeit willingly due to demand.
So what are Nvidia's margins vs PlayStation and Nintendo's?
FY24/25 results:
PlayStation
Revenue - $30.8bn
Profit - $2.72bn (9% margin)
Nintendo
Revenue - $8.95bn
Profit - $2.17bn (24% margin)
Nvidia
Revenue - $130.5bn
Profit - $81.5bn (62.5% margin)
Nvidia's last reported Graphics Sector specific operating income was 43%. ($5.84bn out of $13.5bn, FY23/24). So Nvidia's graphics sector margins were 5x higher than PlayStation and 2x higher than Nintendo.
PlayStation's operating income margin was by FAR the lowest, so the notion they're anti-consumer in how much they extract from their consumers, isn't grounded in factual data reality.
Nvidia however is a COMPLETELY different story. They're taking advantage of their consumers and dominant position in PC graphics, to a whole different level of margin.
For greater context, PlayStation was estimated to make $50-$100 (7%-14% margin) on each PS5 Pro sold at launch based on BoM cost estimates, and Nintendo $50 (11% margin) on each Switch 2, whereas Nvidia is reported to make ~300% or greater margins on some of their GPU. Let that sink in.
Nvidia are price gouging their consumers up to 4186% more than PlayStation with PS5 Pro, and 2627% more than Nintendo with Switch 2, and yet PC gamers have the gal to suggest it's console gamers that are facilitating anti-consumer hardware pricing lol.
In addition to Nvidia's gross GPU profit margins, in recent times they also;
+De-prioritise gaming consumers for AI.
+Are trying to usher in a generative AI slop filter future.
+Launched hardware rife with hardware defects and issues.
+Took advantage of crypto mining demand in pricing too.
And despite all the above and Nvidia's eye watering GPU margins, some PC fanboys who bought Nvidia GPU attack console users for buying PS5 Pro's, before AI and other related price increases that've plagued PC gaming FAR worse for half a year now, finally come in to place.
It's beyond parody and the lack of self awareness laughable.
Based on the numbers and data, it's Nvidia PC gamers facilitating the most "anti-consumer" pricing with orders of magnitude more aggressive profit margins and price increases than the console platforms, vs even Nintendo who are historically very profit savvy.
So PC gaming Nvidia users, kindly STFU before you come at console users on hardware pricing. Ya'll are some of the biggest marks there are based on the data and numbers.
And those who are happy to pay massive margins on hardware and components, but scoff at paying towards actual games and supporting creators (eg the art we buy these gaming systems for), are even more contemptible.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is reportedly reusing many models and assets from Halo Infinite, especially Covenant enemies and UNSC Marines.
Source: Rebs Gaming
@JRayTheJerk@MLB@Dodgers And I’m saying the dodgers posted this exactly when they took the lead. Good for him. I’m talking timing. They knew. It’s scripted fool.
Two barrels and a long homer from Alex Freeland last night
Playing at 2B for the Dodgers with Edman hurt and Kim being a terrible baseball player
One of the top hitting prospects for the Dodgers. Good add for deeper league, and 12-teamer potential without a doubt
Rather than move forward with spinoffs that cling to the original The Lord of the Rings movies, maybe the time has come to give the franchise a full, Harry Potter-style reboot. bit.ly/4rY74wY
@OliDugmore@RoryStewartUK When these Muslims start assimilating to the western world we’ll stop being “racist” but you know and everyone with an IQ over 80 knows they’ll never.
I asked @RoryStewartUK about the prevalence of anti-Muslim bigotry in modern politics and his reply stunned me.
What I wanted to talk about was the way ignorance and hatred (recent examples: describing Muslims praying in public as “an act of domination”, political parties trying to ban the burqa) was now not just harming British Muslims, but also the national interest.
How a lack of understanding about martyrdom or Persian nationalism connects to a war that might cause a global depression. I thought he might talk about Karbala, and we did eventually, but he began with a precise and confronting statement: much of what we’re dealing with is, quite simply, racism.
And not only that, but the weaponisation of that racism, and its political uses, which he described as “profoundly disturbing.”
He talked about arguing with Tommy Robinson. Speculated about possible endpoints for a politics that don’t incorporate dignity and love. And drew a parallel to anti-Semitism in the 1930s.
If you haven’t listened to the latest episode of The Exchange yet, you really need to. Listen in bio.
@AutismCapital@Pirat_Nation i don’t really feel like xbox has a purpose anymore anyway
their innovation was gamepass and that was a mixed bag and then nothing
Microsoft confirmed that the new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has ended the "This is an Xbox" ad campaign.
"Asha retired 'This is an Xbox' because it didn't feel like Xbox.
She is personally leading a reset of how we show up as a brand."