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 Topic: The Emulation Thread |
Shocktrooper
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 24th Oct 2026 23:41 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
Word is that OpenAI and Anthropic are starting to crack down on the reverse engineering (REA).
Might see some slowdown with the recomp stuff for the time being. But the box is already open. Local or ... |
| Topic: General Bioware thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 23rd Oct 2026 10:37 Subject: General Bioware thread |
| As said before, all old talent is long gone. Same goes for Rocksteady, which is probably next. Even developers like IO Interactive, which still makes good games, has no people from the original Hitman ... |
| Topic: The Infamous Exploit PHP2SHELL |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Site Feedback Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2026 22:22 Subject: The Infamous Exploit PHP2SHELL |
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| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1844
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 21:53 Subject: The AI Thread |
| https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 20:01 Subject: The AI Thread |
| They are preparing for the backlash because it's only a matter of time until there is some incident involving AI that will cost human lives. Due to the complexity of the matter it is almost inevitable ... |
| Topic: Carrie (TV Series, Amazon) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 14:40 Subject: Carrie (TV Series, Amazon) |
| Guess we'll see about the multi-season arc. It was good. But the entire thing is built on a flimsy premise. In real life the arc would end prematurely because Insta would have deleted the troll accoun ... |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 14:35 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
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| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 18th Oct 2026 17:39 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
EU is working on it  And when Democrats win the midterms, regulations are certainly coming in the US too.
Possible they will take away features we already have access to now. In worst case, V ... |
| Topic: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 69
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 16th Oct 2026 22:25 Subject: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
That was a boring shit episode  Jinxed it |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 11th Oct 2026 23:45 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
Double Agent (the good version) is finally among us with all the PC goodies: https://github.com/TGP482/SCDA-XBERecomp
Amazing, finally. This is the true sequel to Splinter Cell Chaos Theory we ne ... |
| Topic: Stargate (TV Series reboot, Amazon, NR) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 10th Oct 2026 14:08 Subject: Stargate (TV Series reboot, Amazon, NR) |
Holy shit, you won't like this one:
‘WandaVision’ Creator Jac Schaeffer to Develop ‘Stargate’ Series at Amazon
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/wandavision-jac-schaeffer-stargate-series- ... |
| Topic: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 69
Views: 10673
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 10th Oct 2026 13:45 Subject: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
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| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1844
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sat, 10th Oct 2026 12:40 Subject: The AI Thread |
When (not if) AI solves prime factorization - finds a quick way to do it - then security is majorly fucked
I can only advise everyone to have offline or local backups of everything critical |
| Topic: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 69
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2026 23:50 Subject: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
3 eps left of Season 2
It's a slow burn at times but one of the most brilliantly written shows that I've seen for some time.  |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2026 12:01 Subject: The AI Thread |
@DX I intentionally framed the posting in a way that people can make their own conclusions and linked to Tao's blog post with the comments instead of directly to the AHM statement.
But the thing is, ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2026 22:57 Subject: The AI Thread |
Any of you following the current mathematician meltdown? It's all the rage on X.
In short, OpenAI released another load of solutions and 900 members of the math community are not amused.
https://o ... |
| Topic: Lanterns (DC, TV Series, HBO) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2026 22:44 Subject: Lanterns (DC, TV Series, HBO) |
It was alright, some of it was good, some not so good. 7/10 for me.
However the show conveys that it sees itself as a 10/10 show, with much gravitas, severity, very ponderous.
But the truth it that ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2026 18:05 Subject: The AI Thread |
Hey y'all. It's called Super Intelligence, not artificial intelligence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79e71pMrHI
Trump is completely beholden to the Tech Overlords. Useful idiot puppet. Good. ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 7th Oct 2026 16:52 Subject: The AI Thread |
| So far, normies still have no clue and mass media isn't reporting on it yet. Publishers and software makers are pankicking internally. For us, we are in the wild west stage, but many apparently still ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 6th Oct 2026 23:45 Subject: The AI Thread |
The game mixes are crazy but it will get old quickly. But the implications for decompiling software and modding games are insane.
The problem is that publishers will now panic and move all code to th ... |
| Topic: Lanterns (DC, TV Series, HBO) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 45
Views: 3895
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 6th Oct 2026 19:11 Subject: Lanterns (DC, TV Series, HBO) |
| Show's got Lindelofs writing all over it. Guy always goes back to the same tropes |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 6th Oct 2026 09:02 Subject: The AI Thread |
| It's all progressing as expected. By the time the normies and boomer governments notice, panic and try to take everything away from us it will be too late. Hope you strapped on your seatbelts for the ... |
| Topic: Dexter |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 2nd Oct 2026 00:44 Subject: Dexter |
| Looks good |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 6256
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 29th Sep 2026 18:50 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
| How long until AI cracks all Denuvo games and makes server emulators so always-on gets bypassed and dead games work again. |
| Topic: Blade Runner 2099 (2026, Series, Amazon) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 24th Sep 2026 20:58 Subject: Blade Runner 2099 (2026, Series, Amazon) |
| In my opinion both Blade Runner movies have excellent visuals and atmosphere. There are interesting hints of lore and worldbuilding in the background but it's barely elaborated. Story, plot, character ... |
| Topic: Brothers (TV Series, Apple TV) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 23rd Sep 2026 20:04 Subject: Brothers (TV Series, Apple TV) |
| First eps are out...is this actually watchable or some unfunny meta crap? |
| Topic: The PC Consumer market crisis / The RAM sham AI scam |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 22nd Sep 2026 23:31 Subject: The PC Consumer market crisis / The RAM sham AI scam |
| People will pay, Americans anyway. Sometimes we forget that about 18% of Americans earn over 100k. 25% of males. And almost 45% of households. They stormed that bakery in New York to buy a 60$ loaf of ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 21st Sep 2026 18:44 Subject: The AI Thread |
I see we are still in the "it's just a stochastic parrot" phase.
Notwithstanding there is direct evidence that internal world models exist and they generalize instead of using pure statistical patte ... |
| Topic: Reacher (Amazon TV Series, 2021–) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sun, 20th Sep 2026 19:06 Subject: Reacher (Amazon TV Series, 2021–) |
| I was thinking the same. I'd say it wasn't awful but something felt off and it was very contrived. |
| Topic: American Horror Story |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 19th Sep 2026 01:28 Subject: American Horror Story |
| A "greatest hits crossover season". So more of the self-absorbed wannabe avant-garde metafiction. With every season they go deeper into the hole. I miss the time when it were more contained and focuse ... |
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