It was signed in 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
You are otherwise correct.
China is in clear violation of the agreement, since it explicitly stated that civil rights should remain protected for fifty years following the 1997 handover date.
Crytek paid €140,000 for one year and one game. Denuvo is very cheap.
I have a vague memory of a 3D engine from the 1990s using an approach like this, but I’m not entirely sure.
Do you really think that free speech exists on an app controlled by the CCP?
I take it you haven’t talked to any teachers recently.
The European Union can fine companies up to 6% of global revenue for breaches of the DSA, or impose a ban.
I think this would be a far better solution.
Not everything is on the Internet. Even most information from as recent as the 1980s isn’t. A not insignificant percentage has been digitized (this is an ongoing effort), but this doesn’t mean you can just google it or access it through a website.
If you know where and when your ancestors lived, hit up local, regional and national archives. Church and municipal records, national surveys, newspapers (useful for announcements of births and deaths alone), school and university records, etc. You’d be surprised by how much you can find this way. If you’re living too far away to visit in person, give them a call. Archivists are very helpful people by nature and occupation.
A 2080 is still more powerful than base PS5 and Xbox Series X, so it’ll likely do fine for the rest of this console generation.
What’s the rest of your hardware like? I’m asking, because a slow CPU can rather drastically limit the performance of a GPU.
I bought an RTX 2080 last year for around 200 bucks. It’s still very competent at 1440p. There are only a few games that lock away the highest texture settings due to this card only having 8 GB of VRAM.
I would suggest looking into a used Nvidia card instead. Something like an RTX 2080 or 3080 (or one of their variants), depending on your budget. DLSS alone makes these vastly superior to anything AMD has on offer.
To be fair, the most powerful card on the market can be a bit bigger than normal. Complaining about the bulk of a high-end card is like bemoaning the poor fuel economy of a Bugatti Veyron.
Their support for Israel proves otherwise.
Come on. “No u” is all you’ve got?
It’s just a label they use to favor one side.
No, there are precise legal definitions. Here’s the one that applies to the EU. This definition also includes the following: “[D]istributing, whether online or offline, a message with the intention of inciting a terrorist offence, for example by glorifying terrorist acts”, which 100% matches Khan’s actions.
That’s what free speech means.
Europe doesn’t have the first amendment and pretty much every European country limits free speech specifically to prevent those who want to destroy the democratic order from doing so, like this Islamofascist. And yes, demanding the destruction of one or several countries is without a doubt a call for violence. What else would it be? What do you think “destroy” means and why are you making excuses for this guy? Why are you trying to bend this into the more abstract “calling for its downfall”? It seems to me - and correct me if I’m wrong - like you are trying to somehow marry some old extreme-left anti-Western ideals with Islamofascim, which is absurd mental gymnastics. Actual ideological similarities beyond hatred of the West in general and Israel in particular are nonexistent. You are just continuing the old Eastern Bloc zero-sum geopolitical “power play” of supporting terrorist groups that were primarily targeting the West - which ended up costing Russia dearly in the '90s and early 2000s. Not that they nor any Western intellectual still slavishly following this old directive have learned from this mistake.
He is both
You cannot be an advocate for the Palestinian people and at the same time support a group that oppresses Palestinians and has brought endless suffering over them even before this war that they started. That’s mutually exclusive. When Hamas had free reign over the Gaza strip from 2006 to October of last year, they murdered and tortured with impunity while siphoning wealth away into the coffers of their billionaire rulers. Did you know that Israel is granting asylum to LGBTQ+ Palestinians from both the Gaza strip and the West Bank due to how heavily they are being persecuted? Here’s a fantastic article on this topic that I would highly recommend you read:
Hamas’ goals are indistinguishable from the likes of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. They are all Islamofascist movements that wish to create a global Islamic caliphate, which involves the murder of every Jew and other “unbeliever” as well as the complete disenfranchisement of women. It’s a foolish mistake to think that it’s a resistance organization. You criticized this preacher for his Islamist views, but you failed to realize that they are indistinguishable from the ideology of Hamas, from what Hamas is actually fighting for.
For the right reasons:
Khan’s social media activity, between November 2023 and April 2024, was said to have included videos in which he accused Americans, Germans, French, English, and Italians of supporting impure Zionists. He also invoked Allah to destroy the oppressors, particularly Western states that support Israel. […] He expressed admiration for Hamas, claiming they had demonstrated Israel’s inability to confront men and could only target children, women, and civilians. He also voiced his belief that Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but was defending its territory.
Encouraging and supporting terrorism is illegal in Europe and they had every right to expel him. You can’t be living as a guest in a Western country and at the same time demand their destruction. He’s not pro-Palestinian, he’s just your run of the mill Islamist demagogue.
I would guess that it’s simply large enough to be a valuable target.
You could read the article, but I’ll save you the trouble:
[T]he PC release will come enhanced with native 4K resolution at up to 144hz on compatible hardware, monitor support for both Ultrawide (21:9) and Super Ultrawide (32:9), HDR10 support, and full keyboard and mouse functionality. It will also feature NVIDIA DLSS 3.7 and AMD FSR 3.0, NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation, adjustable draw distances, shadow quality settings and more.
Gotta finally make it through The Witcher 1 first and then play The Witcher 2. The first game in the series is so rough around the edges (even after many patches) that this is easier said than done. I hate jumping into the middle of a game series due to the fear of missing out on references and character backstories, which is why I’m torturing myself like this.
This is a long one, so buckle up.
Test Drive Unlimited 1 (2006) - but not the flashy “next-gen” version for PS3, Xbox 360 or PC. Instead, I’m replaying the somewhat obscure PS2 port, using an emulator this time around. TDU was a remarkable achievement at the time, having a full-scale recreation of the entire island of Oahu, with the entire real-world road network to be explored online with other players at the time. There’s nothing scaled down here, unlike in most videogames, which means you get about 1600 km or 1000 miles of roads, from city streets over coastal straights to twisty mountain roads. It’s not just the quantity that is amazing, but also the quality, with tons of elevation changes keeping these roads interesting. Buildings and other track-side detail are less close to the real world, but since I’m here for racing, not sightseeing, this isn’t bothering me too much.
You would think that having such an enormous world world would make this exclusive to the then most powerful systems at the time, but they actually managed to port all of Oahu, with no reduction in size, to both PS2 and PSP. Sacrifices had to be made, for obvious reasons. Visuals suffered the most, but you still get an enormous draw distance, far beyond what would have been necessary at the original resolution, cars with 3D interiors (not on PSP), tons of geometric detail and realistic reflections that look better than in most other PS2 games. The landscape is very sparse though, especially in terms of geometric and texture detail (and on top of that, most non-car textures aren’t just low-res, but also terrible from an artistic standpoint), but the game still throws just enough detail at the player that it looks remarkably close to the big version, especially when you’re racing past things at high speed. There are other cuts that were likely made due to a lack of time instead of hardware restrictions, like a few missing cars here and there, all motorcycles, some minor event types, walking around interiors and all character customization, most of which is fairly inconsequential however. Really the biggest issue this version has is that the GPS is persistently trying to send you into oncoming traffic during free-roam due to it not taking one-way streets into account, which can lead to both frustration and fun, depending on your mindset.
If you’re still reading, you might be asking yourself why I would torture myself with PS2-era visuals when I could instead play the much prettier PC version that also runs at more than 30 fps without hacks and has more content and immersion. The reason is simple and it’s not nostalgia (since my first contact with this game back in 2008 was with the PC version): For some reason (likely because they are running on entirely different engines), the handling model is completely different and actually better on PS2 and PSP. It’s a bouncy, yet believable simcade model that feels remarkably close to Gran Turismo 2 (if not quite as good - it’s 90% there). Since that game is still the pinnacle of simcade handling in my opinion, this is just about the highest praise I can think of for a racing game. The way cars grip the road, how vastly different front and mid-engine cars behave and the way vehicles react to sudden changes in elevation in particular is night and day between the two. The big version’s most glaring issue in my opinion and one that carried over to the fascinatingly flawed sequel is that its handling never achieved a similarly comfortable compromise between simulation and arcade as the otherwise downgraded ports.
TDU 1 PS2, even with its remarkable online features long gone, remains a fun, accessible racing game with lots of meaningful content in short, accessible bursts, with the majority of races are less than five minutes long. Fun driving, fast and logical progression (unlike whatever the hell Solar Crown is torturing players with) and a neat variety of licensed vehicles in a believable real-world location keep it relevant even today. I can’t recommend it enough. If the main appeal of TDU is the fantasy of owning cars and houses all over Hawaii though, I would recommend playing the big version instead (and the sequel), since they are simply more immersive in this regard. They almost feel like games that in this day and age would be perfect for VR.
I’m assuming you’re a fan of gog then?
I don’t disagree. I used to remove the DRM of games I bought on disc way back when, just so that I didn’t have to insert those discs into my PC any time I wanted to play.
Trump not remaining in office is indeed a blow against fascism.