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[King Zultan]

Maybe so you can go to the bank in virtual reality, not sure about the other places.

[dragdeler]

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[Yellow Pixel]

I've made a small search and I saw that a bee only need sugarwater if it seems to be exhausted. Also, it seems to be a bad idea to give them honey because it can contain pathogens.

[Iduno]

What's with so many websites asking for access to myVR devices through my browser? Reddit, Itch, vimeo, my bank...

Sell more information about you to advertisers.

[Yoink]

The heck are "Steam points" and what can I do with them?   

[Frumple]

Think pay shop currency you get for spending actual money, more or less. It buys cosmetic junk like fancy avatars and emoticons. So sayth the five seconds it took to google steam points and then scroll down a little.

[methylatedspirit]

Is there a reason why FX-8350s still sell for obscene prices relative to their performance and age? How is it possible that, on Amazon, an FX-8350 sells for $220, while an i7-3770K, its contemporary, costs $160? What kind of ass-backwards logic is this? The i7 performs better in almost every respect, so surely that one should be more expensive. It makes even less sense now, considering that a Ryzen 5 3600 (costing $175) will murder the FX-8350 in absolutely anything.

Who is still buying these things despite the abundance of far better options, and why does it cost so much?

[dragdeler]

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[wierd]

2 words.

"vetted hardware"

Things like medical, DOD, and pals-- all need vetted hardware.

[wierd]

Tele-commute + Musk's Starlink.  As long as you use high latency tolerant protocols, like email and instant messaging for your contacts, it should be perfectly doable.

[methylatedspirit]

2 words.

"vetted hardware"

Things like medical, DOD, and pals-- all need vetted hardware.

Do you mean that companies buy AM3 (corresponding to the Phenom II line of chips) motherboards, then the AM3+ chips come out, and they're stuck with upgrading to the FX-series of chips, because (some) AM3 boards are compatible with AM3+ processors, so it's technically cheaper to do that, despite how bad of an idea that is? And because this hardware is "mission-critical", none of these things can be replaced outright with something better?

I mean, that's the reasonable scenario. There's another scenario, which involves the company buying FX-series processors (when they had the chance to switch out entire systems) because they're cheaper than Intel, in spite of the wealth of benchmarks showing that these things sucked*. Then because "mission-critical", they can't replace these things outright when they break down. (That sounds really dumb, but people do make bad decisions on a daily basis, so what do I know?)

*(I'm not insulting anyone who owns an FX-series chip, I'm just pointing out that it objectively sucked compared to the chips it was meant to replace, and that it sucked even harder against what Intel had to offer)

[wierd]

Never under-estimate how far down the stupid hole lawyers will drive companies, in the eternal mission to evade responsibility for the vanishingly small possibility that something will fuck up, because somebody used non-vetted hardware.

[Egan_BW]

If you shoot at superman with a handgun is that assault with a deadly weapon or just reckless endangerment?

[Rolan7]

Sounds painful.
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[Maximum Spin]

As Superman is not human, and his species is not protected by any hunting regulations, it's not clear that this is even a crime.