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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 10th
  • The Talos Principle 2

    It's beautiful, and often really engaging both in gameplay and in story/setting, but I'm already feeling a bit of puzzle fatigue after ~20% through the game. I'll see how far I'll continue.

  • China's Country Garden warns of default again as property sales plunge
    www.cnn.com China's Country Garden warns of default again as property sales plunge | CNN Business

    For the second time in just over two months, Country Garden has warned investors that it could default on its $190 billion debt in a reminder that China’s real estate crisis is far from over.

    China's Country Garden warns of default again as property sales plunge | CNN Business

    Chinese property development groups financial difficulties are not over yet

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    Why do we have two modes in cpu(user and kernel) since we still can still easily harm computer with userland programs?
  • Yeah, security is in layers and userland isn't automatically "safe", if that's what you're pointing out. So I did mention non-superusers. Separating the kernel from userland applications is also critically important to (try to) prevent non-superusers from accessing APIs and devices which only superusers (or those in particular groups) are able to reach.

  • Why do we have two modes in cpu(user and kernel) since we still can still easily harm computer with userland programs?
  • Well hopefully you can't harm your computer with userland programs. Windows is perhaps a bit messy at this, generally, but Unix-like systems have pretty good protections against non-superusers interfering with either the system itself, or other users on the system.

    Having drivers run in the kernel and applications run in userland also means unintentional application errors generally won't crash your entire system. Which is pretty important..

  • Europe hits roadblocks in the race to switch to electric cars
  • Romania offers as much as €11,500 to people buying an electric vehicle.

    Imagine if up to €11,500 per person could go to funding public transportation.

    I like cars. They're useful, and EVs are probably the future. But directly subsidizing EVs seems somewhat wasteful. Makes as much sense to me as a tax break for buying a new iPhone.

  • Treasury Department Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report on Benefits of Unions to the U.S. Economy
    home.treasury.gov FACT SHEET: Treasury Department Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report on Benefits of Unions to the U.S. Economy

    The Treasury Department today is releasing its most comprehensive ever look at the role that labor unions play in the American economy with a new report by the Department’s Office of Economic Policy. The report represents one of the over 70 actions implemented by the White House Task Force on Worker...

    FACT SHEET: Treasury Department Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report on Benefits of Unions to the U.S. Economy
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    Fucking hell
  • Net neutrality has been debated for decades and, as the EFF apparently still has to remind people, the entire thing conceptually goes out the window once it becomes acceptable for ISPs to start blocking content on their own volition, even if you happen to completely agree with the block. After some time building blocklists of generally understood to be nasty sites, ISPs with large entertainment interests will block piracy sites. Internet archive? Blocked. Blog which writes something nasty about them? Block. Anarchist Fedi community? Etc. That's what the EFF is warning about.

  • As a long time Armored Core fan, I am disappointed with Armored Core VI.
  • Yeah the cloaked enemies mission was also the highlight of chapter 1 for me. The far more interesting visual design of the area, the unique enemies and the mission design*. It was cool. But still disappointed that the ol' invisible enemies stage was the highlight of an entire chapter :P. I expected a lot more from FromSoft.

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  • As a long time Armored Core fan, I am disappointed with Armored Core VI.
  • There's no contradiction there. You are required specifically optimize your build for the difficult boss fights -and- play with Sekiro-like skill. The game is clearly designed like this. And while I've never played any of the previous AC games I agree with OP that this feels Souls-like, with stamina, poise and everything.

    The combat is fine perhaps. The main reason I don't like AC6 is because there's nothing interesting in it except the boss fights. It's the blandest FromSoft game I've ever played. Elden Ring kept me enthralled for a 100 hours until I got all achievements, trying to explore everything. An afternoon of AC6 I started to wonder why I was still playing, when after each mission or boss there's just going to be more of the same.

  • As a long time Armored Core fan, I am disappointed with Armored Core VI.
  • As a massive Dark Souls fan, AC6 is not even a very good Souls game. No deep lore and story, no beautiful scenery, no exploration at all. Even the bosses aren't as good, because DS bosses can be tackled in various ways (melee, ranged, magic, many cheese strats) while AC6 bosses are designed to only let very specific builds succeed, which is incredibly boring. I honestly don't understand the hype.

  • Maui homeowner reveals property upgrades that left her house spared in wildfires
    www.independent.co.uk Maui homeowner reveals property upgrades that left her house spared in wildfires

    More than 2,700 structures in historic Lahaina were damaged or destroyed in the tragic conflagration

    Maui homeowner reveals property upgrades that left her house spared in wildfires

    People are finding out how to protect homes against extreme weather in this changing climate

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    China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy | CNN
    www.cnn.com China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy | CNN Business

    China’s Evergrande Group — once the country’s second-largest property developer — filed for bankruptcy in New York on Thursday.

    China's Evergrande files for bankruptcy | CNN Business
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    Dutch economy slips into a recession after 0.3 percent dip in 2nd quarter
    nltimes.nl Dutch economy slips into a recession after 0.3 percent dip in 2nd quarter

    The Dutch economy officially entered into a recession after posting two straight falls in quarterly gross domestic product figures. GDP volume fell by 0.4 percent in the first quarter of the year, followed by a dip of 0.3 percent in the second quarter, according to the national data office Statistic...

    Dutch economy slips into a recession after 0.3 percent dip in 2nd quarter
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    Russian warship fires warning shots on cargo ship in Black Sea
    www.reuters.com Russian warship fires warning shots on cargo ship in Black Sea

    A Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made its way northwards, the first time Russia has fired on merchant shipping beyond Ukraine since exiting a landmark UN-brokered grain deal last month.

    Russian warship fires warning shots on cargo ship in Black Sea
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    Kansas newspapers joint opinion: "Raid on Kansas newspaper is an intolerable overreach by police"

    “Marion city police and the Marion County sheriff’s office did something on Friday that no government agency in America has any right to do. They shut down a newspaper.”

    • The Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star Editorial Boards
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