Here’s the actual run, no fluff: https://youtu.be/Qm9aT2p7KxI

Yes? Baldur’s Gate 3 would like a word.

This article is real clickbait.

7%. That’s the gains on AMDs new APU. You’re going from 48 to 51 FPS.

What’s impressive to me is how efficient Valve and AMD got the custom APU that it’s taken this long to catch up. The next generational leap will be worth it, but talk to me when we’re looking at 25-50% gains. Then you’ll be looking at having a real upgrade cycle.

The secret sauce is in the whole package. SteamOS, the controls, and the form factor.

I keep seeing “Monopoly” repeated, but I’m having a hard time understanding the logic.

They haven’t bought competitors. They don’t do anything to hinder others progress in this market, sometime to the detriment of their customers (see: Steam launches another launcher, to launch the game). They haven’t openly shown anything anti-competitive, in fact they have stuck to their guns (30% cut) when others have attempted to compete.

What they have done is cultivate the best platform that continues to evolve, add features, and maintain stability. Consumers continue to choose to use Steam overwhelmingly, but outside of Valve’s own games, there is no threat of exclusivity or punishment.

It’s the opposite of monopolistic behavior. Any company is free to compete, build their own platform, and offer software. It’s expensive, and tricky to get right, but nothing is stopping them, Valve included.

Neat technology, but nonsense title. The Stethoscope is rarely used for something as specific as the heartbeat anymore. Listening to various body systems, though? That’s where it finds use.

Are the lungs congested? Confirming what the sinus rhythm is showi?

Computers, for all their advancements are still diagnostic tools that need confirmation. They still give off false positives and miss things.

It’s articles like this that make me glad there are numerous horses in the race.

Autonomous driving is an incredibly complex problem. We have people like Musk who thought they could throw money at the problem and have it solved in a few years, with disastrous results.

We’ve lost Uber, and Cruise is flagging. Both had been touted as examples to follow. Both have had some serious safety problems from moving too quickly and lacking caution.

Behind all of this is Waymo. Plodding along, gathering vast amounts of data and experience and iterating slowly.

I think they, out of all these players, understand the stakes at hand, and the potential profit on the other end. But you have to get it right. It has to be nearly perfect, because people need to trust it, and our emotions are fickle.

For those late to the party, this is a day old already. The drivers have been pulled, pending an update.

If you aren’t up on the acronyms: The Wolf Among Us 2.

The idea of the product is really great. The cost is prohibitive for all but major corporate customers.

Add in Google's track record of killing products… just like this… and why would you invest?

Jamboard needs to be a tablet companion app first, and the hardware can follow. If they're going to keep coming up with these halo products, then they need to support them for the long term. They also need to be willing to bite the bullet and give these away to lock people into Workspace because it's unique and no one else does it.

Now it's another reason to not buy in.

The title doesn’t seem to match the article. For nearly all the games the performance was identical or negligible.

There’s lots of great things about 3.5, but bumping FPS significantly doesn’t seem to be one of them, at least yet.