It’s something like Kleenex. It’s a specific brand, but got used generically. The rivet pattern around the crotch is the company’s trademark (and they’re not shy about suing others over it), but there are canvas kilts out there otherwise.
It’s because of this:
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/465289/ps5-vs-ps4-sales-comparison-june-2025/
Align PS4 and PS5 sales to their launch date, and you’ll see that the PS5 has been lagging behind. Not by a lot, but it’s noticeable. This is despite the fact that The Xbox Series X/S is doing a bit worse than the Xbox One, and the One did a lot worse than the 360. Nintendo, of course, is in another room doing its own thing.
Sony expected every generation to sell better than the last. The market has clearly hit a saturation point, so that expectation is no longer valid. Combine that with the fact that Moore’s Law (originally defined as the price per integrated component dropping) is completely dead. That means you can no longer expect better hardware to get cheaper. You might be able to find fabs that can give you more performance, but it’ll cost you.
This is why the GabeCube is a good idea from a business persepctive. It will likely have better performance than the Xbox Series X/S, but not as good as the PS5. What it can do is be affordable with good enough hardware. The specs appear to be a bit Frankenstein, which is what you’d expect if Valve grabbed whatever deals on things they could find to put something together.
Almost any argument against public transportation or better bike and walking infrastructure.
You can’t improve traffic by adding another lane. People who were using other means of transportation start to move over to cars, and then that lane fills up and you’re back where you started. This “induced demand” has been studied by traffic engineers for decades, and is very reliable.
You can improve traffic by offering viable alternatives to cars. Even if that means taking up a lane for bikes, buses, or rail. The induced demand effect works in reverse, too. People see they’re getting passed by the bus on their morning commute and make the obvious choice.
Supposedly, God chose Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump as his prophets. What kind of shit ass God would chose those dirtbags? Even if he existed, why worship an asshole like that?
At least Zeus was up front about being an asshole.
How did Denmark end up being the bad guy in this? Volunteering for the role seems out of character, but who knows.
Also, if the dealership is offering you 29% on a 7 year loan, please walk away. Stop giving in to that shit. It’s better for you, and it’s better for the rest of us.
Astronomy still has imperialism problems. Best places for telescopes (radio or optical) aren’t around white people. Sometimes they’re more agreeable to the local population than others.
Roddenberry loved his god-like children plots. Charlie X. Trelane. Even Q. Every time he had writers block, he’d spew out another one of those.
I always try to park further back because of this. Then I still underestimate it and can’t find where I parked.
With motorcycles, it’s almost mandatory to park further back. People will try to pull in, hit the bike, knock it over, and then drive off like nothing happened. If confronted, it’s your fault for riding a bike.
I’m not so concerned with the instruction set. The differences are generally overrated.
I’m concerned about monopoly power. Out of three companies that can legally make modern x86-64 processors, AMD is the only one worth talking about anymore. Unless China wants to throw some major weight into restarting VIA’s x86 line, that’s not likely to change. China seems fine with ARM and RISC-V, and ignoring x86.
The competition on the horizon is no longer AMD vs Intel. It’s AMD vs ARM vs RISC-V.
They’re both calibrated against a stupid wet molecule that carbon based life on this planet is addicted to.
Introducing: the Nihon. 0Nh is the freezing point of Nihonium at 1 bar pressure, and 100Nh is the boiling point. Well, theoretical freezing and boiling points. Nihonium is one of those elements that doesn’t stick around long enough to be studied. But we thought really hard about it, did some shit with particle accelerators, and we’re pretty sure these numbers are good.
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It’s been a very seamless experience with Bitwarden. Pretty much “click passkey, now logged in”.
Most of the sites I’ve seen use it as the single auth source. That said, using multiple forms of authentication in a layered model only improves security.
I use Bitwarden and it syncs it all up between devices.
The biggest annoyance is disabling Firefox’s popovers that tend to cover the Bitwarden popovers.
That’s the root of the problem. Nontechnical people don’t use good passwords, but all the ideas we have for replacing them are only usable by more technically minded people.
There are a variety of other reasons why passwords are bad, though.
It popped up as a term for some progressive content creators, like Lindsey Ellis and Hbomberguy. Hasn’t been used in a while.
Let’s just say that I’m very protective of my cast iron.
Let’s just take the W on this one, ok?