Well my goal is more of a “get out” than “get ahead.” But maybe that attitude is why I’m not more of a winner.

Dang, guess I should have invested mine like you instead of putting it toward student loans.

The old mechanics are present, but there’s a lot of new mechanics. There’s also actual character dialog and story. If you liked the first at all, I think you’ll like the second. It adds a lot more than just pretty graphics.

Easily one of the top 5 games I’ve played in the last few years. If you like puzzle games, this is worth checking out.

Natural Intelligence has already proposed solutions. The real lie is in expecting us to believe that decision makers would be any more likely to act on the solutions that AI comes up with.

The shape they chose for the frame is a Möbius strip, which has the primary defining characteristic of having only one side and one edge. If you pick a row of keys to follow, after one loop around, you’ll be on the underside of the frame. Continue to go around another full turn and you’ll be right where you started. So both sides are actually just 1 side that loops around with a half turn of twist. A similar math curiosity would be the klein bottle, which has a single surface.

Adam Savage on Tested nerding out about Möbius strips and klein bottles.

It’s one-sided…

That’s $700 for a digital only edition without a disk drive or vertical stand. It’s $810 to match the features of the PS5.0

Why not? The ps5 is good at pretending to do 4k, but is very much on the anemic side of graphics power for 4k gaming. Why wouldn’t people want a performance bump if it’s available and they can afford to upgrade?

Are you asking about the proposed merger between ARM and Nvidia? I believe that deal has been shut down by regulators.

Its amazing that Tom’s hardware manages to avoid mentioning AMD at all when talking about both discrete and integrated graphics. Intel is behind AMD in all graphics categories.

It’s like rgb all over again.

At least rgb didn’t make a giant stock market bubble…

No, never. Current charging rates already get close to thermal constraints. Hitting those charging rates either requires accepting much lower power density or using way more metal per cell. This research might inform design changes to improve charging rates, but we’ll never see high capacity batteries charging in a minute.

The researchers know this and only mention wearables and iot devices applications. The article author erroneously makes the leap to high energy density devices.

If you don’t care about energy density at all, ceramic capacitors can already charge and discharge in microseconds.

Fine, I’ll bite.

But it’s not a console, it’s a PC.

Yes, it’s a PC with the form factor advantages of a console, making it suitable for placement in an entertainment center. So I expect people to use them similarly to a console, with wireless controllers/keyboard&mouse while displaying on their TV, rather than at a desk with a monitor. Perhaps I should have use the Home Theater PC nomenclature instead. Although, HTPC doesn’t necessarily include gaming capability.

Why not use a laptop at your desk and move your gaming PC into the living room?

Physical size is a big deal for some people. Having a tower present isn’t always agreeable with other household members.

Or use a streaming service like Steam Link?

I do. However, that requires you already having a fully built out gaming rig, not to mention it comes with severe limitations on latency and max resolution/refresh rate. If someone doesn’t already have a gaming PC, then these have all the appeal of a pre-built while being as small as a console. Plus,a lot of people don’t have ethernet run everywhere and streaming over wifi is not a good experience.

Build an ITX. That’s what I did. And I chose a really nice case from the plethora of available options that fits into my living room nicely.

An ITX case is still too big to fit in my entertainment center whereas the nuc would not have that problem. I can only assume the same is true for some other people as well. It’s a little odd that someone who went through extra trouble to go for an ITX form factor wouldn’t understand why an even more compact solution has value.

…where did you get that idea?

Because you are arguing from a foregone conclusion that someone who wants one is wrong. You aren’t trying to understand, you are trying to win the argument. Your responses read a lot like a troll. If that’s not your intention, then I suggest you look at your first response from the perspective of an outside observer and see if it comes off as hostile.

It sounds like you may have purchased one of these things and are personally offended that someone would question that decision.

I have a full tower at my desk, and use a steam link/ps5 for the TV. I don’t have to use one to appreciate why others would find the option appealing.

I did pick a NUC for an HMI once. I don’t think that made me particularly biased though.

It seems like it’s not a matter of not understanding, you just hate the concept.

The NUC form factor is not something I’ve gone for myself, but it’s not that hard to imagine how it could be appealing to some. What I don’t understand is why you would take that preference so personally.

Think of them as a PC console replacement. You can have highish end gaming on the couch and living room tv instead of at the desk you might work from home at all day. The size of a full tower can be a real sticking point for integration into living room setups.

Why would you make more e-waste if you were still happy with your deck yesterday? This is a relatively minor refresh.

Does the dock need to have power pass through or is there a dedicated charging port?

And can it be used like a steam link to stream from a desktop on the same network at higher resolutions?

Recent anecdotal evidence shows that elections are not particularly effective at selecting against incompetence.