A third is bigger than a half though, right?

Accounting years are not necessarily the same as calendar years. H1 2026 according to Asus' accountants may well be November 2025-April 2026.

What, does it just save a text file somewhere?

It only has to last for 4 years before the next model comes out

I always thought AI chatbots would be a great replacement for pre-generated NPC interactions. I remember Starship Titanic has a very ambitious text-based chat interface for all its characters, but you could only ask about anything you wanted but only you could really only ask about specific objects and keywords. It was way ahead of its time. An AI chatbot could be amazing in this role, provided it could stay in character. But every chat costs money, and having millions of players chatting with NPCs won't be cheap. It could make for a very immersive role-playing experience, but also a very lonely one as your chats would be one-time hallucinations unless they somehow affect the larger game.

I foresee a future where kids will be really good at old age makeup.

It's the new cholesterol. In fact, some types of microplastics are essential for good health.

I guess Calculon will never win an Oscar.

It goes to 11

Imagine that, two sunsets at once! Would make for a great backdrop for a science fiction movie. Makes me wish I wasn't stuck on this boring non-circumbinary planet.

Gamestop still exists? How?

The MS-DOS download is 2.5MB, and NETHACK.EXE is over 3 MB uncompressed! How am I supposed to fit that on a floppy disk?!

What are you talking about? The current age restriction systems in place for alcohol and tobacco--whereby an apathetic cashier checks a tiny, outdated photo of you--works perfectly. It's 100% effective at being an age restriction system. What are you suggesting, we all have chips implanted at birth?

Sorry I stopped reading after that

This is a double-dupe, I remember this article from back in December.

https://science.slashdot.org/s...