Doom 2016 plays well on almost anything. It was the beginning of the self scaling graphics and rendering to maintain high frame rates.

Same. Also feels a bit safer connecting to public wifi.

As much as I hate to admit it, the conversations that happen because I overheard another conversation a couple cubes over do have value.

Maybe not once quantum computers become more common.

Our current encryption methods can be represented as wave functions. This allows a sufficiently large quantum computer to solve for the keys in very little time.

There are new algorithms being developed that should defend against this. So you may still be correct.

Post Quantum Cryptography

Found this. I think it’s pretty new.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita&hl=en_US&gl=US

Edit: the app link, not search results.

Do someone else’s point. HP does have a custom BIOS they develop themselves.

Not sure about GPUs and desktops, but they did lock out all but specific wireless adapters in the laptops. This was done in the custom BIOS.

Sign into it at least once a year.

I’ve been pretty happy with the Garmin Vivosmart line.

Some of the dialogue is sort of a cut scene. Pressing escape skips the current statement. This is good for when you’ve already heard it, but bad for pausing in the middle.

Is it on a network share? Excel has sharing support built in. When turning on sharing, there is an option to auto save and reload at a specific interval. It will also keep a history of changes for a configurable number of days.

It had all of the pistols.

Starfield as a mod for Kerbal Space Program.

The device manufacturers have to send the driver to Microsoft to get them signed. Windows needs some sort of drivers available out of the box. Might as well keep them up to date with the signed versions.

It’s been this way for some device types for at least 20 years.

No $1 Starfield for you!

I think a more important difference is that Apple isn’t involved in the transfer of the card from one person to another.

It sounds like Roblox is involved in each transfer and could cut off access to the third party site once they find out it is actually a gambling site.

I think the didn’t have a full time HR until recently.

Everyone trying to reuse names…

The original third MW2:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_2:_Mercenaries

Phones are not like computers (unfortunately).

Others mentioned, but I wanted to point this out more specifically. Each phone model is unique and will require a different ROM. Generic instructions won’t work. Sometimes different ROMs are even need for carrier specific versions of the same model.

Does the GPU have 8GB of memory?

This sounds like a problem we had back in the 32bit days. Video memory from the GPU is mapped into the normal memory space. Systems with 4GB could never use all of it because of that.

This still happens with 64bit systems, but the address space is so big the video memory doesn’t overlap with system memory addresses anymore.

I think there is a BIOS setting to force that mapping into back into the first part of addresses. Might want to find that setting and make sure it is off.

My two cents:

PC has been able to install the entire game for a long time. Having to swap disks soley to prove ownership was always annoying. With installation, systems.were needed pt prevent multiple installs, and activation made the second hand market difficult. There was plenty of resistance to Steam when it came out, but the convenience won.

To contrast, consoles had a long history of the cartridge or disk being the only thing and they were portable. That allowed trading, lending, and selling the physical item to be part of the experience for longer. They also didn’t have the hard disk space or (good) internet connection like PCs did. Like early Steam, previous attempts at consoles without support for physical copies were unpopular. It seems convenience is winning again.

Consoles seem to be following the same path as PC, just a decade or two later.