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Daily News Stuff 7 November 2024

Top Story

• Who are you and what have you done with AMD?
  
  AMD promised the new 9800X3D would be 8% faster than the previous generation's 7800X3D and 20% faster than Intel's latest high-end chip, the 285K. Independent testing said otherwise. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It is 15% faster than the 7800X3D and 35% faster than Intel's 285K.
  
  The consistent theme of the reviews on YouTube is RIP Intel. Not something the struggling company needs to be hearing right now.
  
  To be fair, until now AMD's Ryzen 9000 chips have also been met with a resounding meh. But no longer.

Tech News

• Windows Server 2025 is here. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  It's Windows. It's a server. It's Windows Server!
  
  
  
• What does Trump's election mean for EVs, Tesla, and Elon Musk? (The Verge)
  
  Demented screeching.
  
  Okay then.
  
  
  
• What Trump's win might mean for Elon Musk. (Tech Crunch)
  
  Mostly good things.
  
  
  
• SpaceX is planning another Starship launch in the next two weeks. (Tech Crunch)
  
  Things like that.
  
  
  
• You can build your own gaming PC, faster than the PlayStation 5 Pro, for about the same price. (PC Guide)
  
  The PS5 Pro may be many things, but cheap is not on the list.
  
  

They Are Becoming Self-Aware Video of the Day




Not At All Tech News

Mint and Dokibird have been playing hardcore Minecraft for nine hours now. Calli, IRyS, and Biboo have been playing Space Marine 2.

And Hololive is adding new generations as fast as Nijisanji members can graduate.



hololive DEV_IS FLOW GLOW - the naming scheme is getting out of control - is basically the Gen 8 of the Japanese branch, or in other words, that branch's tenth generation, since the numbering scheme has also gotten out of control.

When I first started watching vtubers, back during the Wuhan Bat Soup Death Plague, there was no Hololive EN, no Nijisanji EN, no Phase Connect or Prism Project. I watched Hololive JP's Haachama and Coco, who spoke English, and Korone, who didn't really but she has so much energy and enthusiasm that it never mattered.

Now there's hundreds of them. I even watched the election results being presented by a vtuber named Kirsche.


Disclaimer: Ame, you need to update the aquarium.