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These are massively overpriced, even by most pre-built system standards.  Read more

For that price the specs are ridiculous. As expected. Check price lists of small PC shops and you will get the exact same specs as the C300 for 500$ less.
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“SNK was acquired by a group of Chinese companies in 2015" Read more

Those carts are a menace. I would have been surprised if they made goal. Read more

As someone who makes 3D models of humanoid mechs, I can tell you that making one this flexible while still retaining the robot look is a feat of engineering. It’s extremely hard to make limbs that have such a range of articulation when you have a crap load of rigid armor than can’t bend. Read more

Why make it this... confusing?
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In America, Ramune bottles would be 1 liter and the glass bead would weigh half a pound.  Read more

....And THEN he will retire. Really! For real really, real! Really!  Read more

This will not end well. Read more

You’d think video games of all hobbies would normally lend itself to people staying indoors.  Isn’t there virtual stuff that people could be grinding for, like shinies or something? Read more

Wonder if cats would like sitting on a cardboard laptop

I’m more curious about the world textures. Those images make it hard to tell if the world will look like low res like the Wii game. Which for the Wii was okay, but higher quality textures for the whole world would be nice. Read more

So we all agree it looks better? Yeah? Yeah. Good.
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I urge anyone who hasn’t already to check out Rambalac on Youtube

These are bloody slick yeah. This is one time I actually wish something was all style and we didn’t need the functionality. Ugh. Read more

Great, now I’m reading everything the Nooks say in English as being totally sarcastic and condescending.
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This gives us insight into something I believe we tacitly knew without ever being told directly, but I guess workplaces in Japan, even the tech industries, are particularly behind on the digital infrastructures required to work from home. Read more

At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if 2020 threw us some ghost whales in a couple months. Read more

I suppose in this scenario, those assholes hoarding all the toilet paper would be MULEs. Read more

Happy for all the mosaics fans out there.