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Nvidia is ditching dedicated G-Sync modules to push back against FreeSync’s ubiquity in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Quick, sell all your Nvidia stocks!

The Nation’s First Law Protecting Against Gift Card Draining Has Passed. Will It Work? in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Is the nation OK?

Suicide Squad Is Already Being Given Away For Free On PC During Prime Day in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

I will consider playing it if somebody pays me to

Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

Cheap cancer

Unoriginal sins: why does Russell Crowe keep making exorcism movies? in c/movies@lemm.ee

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

Next and Knowing have two very different mechanics and stakes, not to mention different stories. How the article puts these next to each other as similar movies is grasping at straws

AMD's China-exclusive Ryzen CPUs come to the retail market — Ryzen 7 8700F listed for $420 and Ryzen 5 7500F for $296 in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I misread it to be 420 and 269 and was like... Wow AMD really thinks China is a joke

4K Chromecast with Google TV sequel is coming with new remote in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

They can be if you are brave

Tesla seeks to award Elon Musk $56bn pay package | BBC in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago

It's only fair.

TIL about exploding head syndrome, which causes patients to hear a loud, frightening noise when falling asleep or waking up. Up to 10% of people may have it, but cases often go undiagnosed in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you happen to live in an old haunted house?

TIL about exploding head syndrome, which causes patients to hear a loud, frightening noise when falling asleep or waking up. Up to 10% of people may have it, but cases often go undiagnosed in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, is it like the Inception sound?

Modder claims Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection used their work without permission in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 107 points 7 months ago (26 children)

There's a difference between improving upon other people's work for free, and taking said improvements and selling them on as your own work.

TIL The fish pepper was thought to be extinct for much of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in a family's freezer in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] Poiar@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

English really has the worst compound word rules of any Germanic language, if you can really call them "rules".