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  1. On deaf people.

    On deaf people,

    So I know this title is somewhat controversial perhaps. I mean what could could come from an opinion peace titled "on deaf people"? I don't blame you. I assure you though that it won't be bad, or at least it wont be for me. So my woman's father and brother are both deaf. Both from birth although her father now uses a Cochlear Implant. So you might imagine that after a year and spending some decent amount of time together with her family I've learned a thing ...

    Updated June 17, 2019 at 03:53 PM by General Brewster

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  2. Anger sells. It sells big. On the back of games.

    It's not exactly a new principle, but in the last years it has started to overshadow reason and it certainly didn't leave out the gaming industry as this article by Cnet illustrates.

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    Welcome to 2019, where some influential gamers on YouTube have learned what many others, including the president of the United States, have figured out: Anger sells. It sells big.
    If the article gets only one person to think first instead of reflexively 'liking' videos of that nature because ...

    Updated June 07, 2019 at 11:51 PM by Gigantus

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  3. Game News - how to fix the buggy Steam launcher

    The new BETA launcher appears to be rather buggy and takes a long time to get it's act together, so much so that CA is asking for testers.

    Just as well there is a rather simple solution via the Beta setting in the game's properties setting. See video below.


    Updated May 11, 2019 at 03:48 AM by Gigantus

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  4. Last Week's Lensation - 10/04/19 - 17/04/19


    So, after a bit of site trouble the POTWs are back, and with them, the Lensation! We've had a lot of winners this past week, which is always good to see. Here's coverage for the GPOTW and the POTW.



    GPOTW 117 Commentary

    The thread where you can see the submissions and the results
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  5. Washing my car

    I am one of those people that at the first sight of nice weather, parks the car next to my house, get out my Karcher and hook up the water hose. Generally accompanied by some loud music I start the tedious task of cleaning my car of every spec of dirt it has accumulated in the roughly, 900-1200 kilometers I drive each week. Today was such a day, the first time since February that I washed my car. Before that it was about 8 months because unlike how this might look, I very much hate the task but ...
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