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They did update Steam and GOG sales to the Enhanced Edition for free when that launched, so "much newer sales" might still be almost 20 years old at this point.

Game Key cards have a banner on the box explaining what they are and marking them. They are IMO superior to a digital purchase in all but convenience. You can still sell, gift, loa…

Most PS5 games still have the entire game on the disc and can be played offline. Sony also dumps DLC and microtransactions sales into the "proof" of digital being higher on top of …

I thought maybe you were buying one of the Levi's signature or special models they make for Wal-mart and others, but nope seems like even the full fat 501s are now 1% elastane. And…

Yeah, the UI IMO is very confusing and I'm not sure it has any benefits for me or features over the stock Kobo interface. It also will understandably never support vertical writing…

Prior to the A11 chip they used PowerVR designed GPUs. They weren't done in house.

It's also been re-released on Nintendo Switch as a part of Arcade Archives.

They own Minecraft, Call of Duty, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Diablo...

The first few years. By the end it was supposedly profitable for Sony.

Even then they don't include everything on the disc. If you buy anime on Blu-ray or DVD it's really common to get both the original Japanese audio and the English dub. Even on iTun…

No, but they're also monetizing a bunch of extra ways that they weren't in the past. In the PS2 era, Sony made money from the cut of physical games and accessories and maybe the co…

Yes, Kobo, Google Play Books both carry them.

That hasn't been my experience on SteamOS and Bazzite. Generally the keyboard pops and you can enter text, occasionally you do need to do it manually but even then text still works…

I can never remember the data.table syntax, every time I use it I have to re-learn it. It doesn't feel very SQL to me either. There is an interface to use tidy syntax on data.table…

Have you used XR glasses (e.g., from Rokid or Viture)? If so, how do they compare for that use case?

https://www.theverge.com/tech/942572/wwdc-2026-live-blog-ios... At least a summary of what was missed.

Blu-ray is more annoying. DVD has one key used forever. Blu-ray has constantly changing keys. The LibreDrive firmware still needs the new keys to decrypt the disc but the drive won…

That's what modern Surfaces are. The consumer models have been Qualcomm SnapDragon based since 2024, they are pretty fast, battery life is pretty good and you can do whatever you w…

Forever only means 9 more years apparently.

Only if they are DRM-free. And only if they are in a compatible format. It's a solvable problem for techies in a lot of instances but for mainstream users it's pretty close to bric…

It's not. It's really not. It's 14 years of you can still access the store and buy stuff. That's not that good. You can buy a DVD and it'll still work on 25+ year old players. You …

What's wild is they STILL haven't built a mouse with two switches for clicking. Right clicking is on all their mice/trackpads faked with things like touch sensors. They are just de…

All the modern mainstream eReaders have offline dictionary support. Some of them you can add custom dictionaries to. Not sure what's special about the "Livio" apps but they do exis…

I went to school too. Sometimes at school we would do presentations using a projector connected by HDMI, maybe you could get away with the room computer but that only had USB A por…

I know. But iGPUs aren't there yet, and once you add a discrete GPU it becomes a lot more expensive. You can get a PS5 digital at GameStop for $400 new right now. A decent similar …