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    Here’s a rough estimate of how many people recent SCOTUS rulings might kill

    Ars is basically r/politics at this point.
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    <em>Diablo 4</em> review: Off to a hell of a good start

    Same. I think there is a portion of D2 fans who remember it through grimdark-colored glasses. Did D3 actually have the audacity to have a color pallatte? Sure. But go back and look at some D2 screen shots, there was red, and green, perhaps blue and yellow as well. Heresy!! Even with the few...
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    Robots let ChatGPT touch the real world thanks to Microsoft

    "Let us redefine progress to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily mean we must do that thing." - Federation President, Star Trek VI
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    Ford secures battery supplies for 600,000 EVs a year from 2023

    Serious question, how far along is the technology of recycling EV batteries? That is a awful lot of hazardous materials.
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    Diablo Immortal was built for mobile, but now it’s coming to PCs, too

    Bad enough how many PC games are gimped by being ports from console. A mobile to PC port seems highly dubious.
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    Uncharted film review: This is how you don’t adapt a video game

    A Papa Johns in Barcelona. Cannot wait for the sequel with the inevitable Taco Bell buried beneath Mayan ruins or the long suspected Olive Garden inside the Vatican.
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    CIA collecting bulk data on Americans without oversight, senators say

    “CIA is committed to transparency consistent with our obligation to protect intelligence sources and methods.” Essentially saying 'yes we are, we don't care that you know, now bugger off.'
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    Omicron’s wave is at least 386% taller than delta’s—and crushing hospitals

    The problem is not omicron, it is the fear of omicron. The media and political hype has elevated paranoia to unrivaled levels. Everyone with a case of the sniffles now thinks they are going to die and race to the ED when what the need is a bowl of soup and good nights rest.
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    Spotify to remove Neil Young’s music after rocker’s ultimatum over Joe Rogan

    BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA (deep breath) -HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA
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    Edge is a good browser, but Microsoft’s heavy-handed tactics make it hard to love

    You can have my Firefox when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
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    Review: I wore Razer’s Zephyr N95 mask for two weeks so you don’t have to

    The fact this even exists shows just how far this country has fallen into the hands of incredibly stupid people.
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    Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin

    Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Argentina and people are losing their minds over bovine burps.
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    It took a year, but Gwyneth Paltrow figured out how to exploit the pandemic

    So, basically like the Paris Agreement then. You're right, that IS wacky.
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    Review: Sumptuously reimagined Mulan turns Disney princess into a true warrior

    Ars writing a glowing review of a heavily pro-Communist Chinese government film is the least surprising part of the interwebs today.
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    The grandfather of distributed computing projects, SETI@home, shuts down

    Many years ago I worked in IT for a large company. One day a larger company bought us out and announced pretty much everyone was being let go. Because, of course. Anyway, they had us set up 75 or so workstations so people could work on resumes and take training classes during the day. We may...
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    BlackBerry Android phones will cease sales in August 2020

    Physical keyboard on a phone ... sigh ... oh how I miss that.
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    A deep dive into the Apollo Guidance Computer, and the hack that saved Apollo 14

    Articles like this are what drew me to Ars years ago, and what I hope will become it's focus again if/when the political drivel stops getting clicks. Fantastic read. My thanks for a great story.
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    It’s a family affair: Natasha confronts her past in first Black Widow trailer

    I always wondered about her though. Red Skull says 'a soul for a soul' when they take the gem, but wouldn't that work in reverse? If they returned the soul gem, perhaps then he released her soul back in exchange.
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    White House guts infosec team, “posturing itself to be compromised” again

    I find it hysterical that my original post was removed. It says, right in the article, that "the Chief Information Security Officer was set up after the 2014 breach of an unclassified White House network by Russian intelligence—a breach discovered by a friendly foreign government" Remind me...
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    White House guts infosec team, “posturing itself to be compromised” again

    I wonder if they ever cleared the White House of foreign listening devices after Obama was out of office.