reliability atrocious? What Volvo are you speaking of?
Volvos have been by far the most reliable cars I ever owned. They were driving even when neglected to a point where every Mercedes, BMW and Audi would have long broken down.
CEL on my Volvo T5 and “limp home mode” meant, that it would only do 220km/h instead of 250…

Is there an error in the Xbox list?
The Digital foundry video said, that the raytracing resolution was 1440p too on Series X - but running with dynamic resolution, so downscaling if the action gets too hot, which seems also true for the 4K mode.

Any update on this?

Vaccination does NOT prevent you from carrying the virus to others.
Source: Friend of mine, whose family just got infected by a family member working in healthcare, who already had two doses of vaccine, but is still tested regularly due their job.
Even after receiving the second dose, you can still test positive on…

Absolutely this. Want a 996 with an engine that’s probably not go belly up on you? get one with at least 10.000km/year of driving under its belt, with all fluids changed regularly, and you’ll be fine.
Those that only sit for most of the year, and are only driven when the weather is fine? Avoid like the plague. some…

a technical marvel? Not really. Funny thing, it was developed alongside the Xbox 360 CPU by the same guys at IBM, and while Sony went all-in on their 7+1 design, Microsoft opted for a different approach with a 3x2 CPU die design for 6 cores, both with drastically different memory management as well. But in reality,…

You mean, the front fell off?

Wasn’t she supposed to be a vampire of some sorts? Whats up with the reflection in the mirror then?

The 360 was a completely different design from the first Xbox (which was really kinda similar to a PC, although it had a very specific hardware set. Kinda like some coin op machines are outfitted with an Intel CPU and 3DFX card, but not really PCs, because they lack a standardized OS and such).
That was also the reason…

not correct though. When it comes to multiplatform titles, the Xbox One X was more often than not the console to get the game on, since it ran best on it compared to PS4 pro. They really upped the ante with the revised hardware.
Before that, with the OG Xbox, they had the most powerful console compared to the…

No, you can only find the odd snippet online from local newspapers. He was lobbying local politicians from every corner to come and visit his invention to get a foothold somewhere, but from over 100 only 2 showed interest. Some newspapers reported about the prototype motor (prototype = already double container-sized),…

Near where I live some inventor has been pioneering a clean engine for large ships for decades, the working prototype has an efficiency increase of about 15% over these large engines while still emitting less toxis fumes, all while running on the same fuel.
The engine is more complex to build though, and large…

Over in Europe, Bosal is a well-known brand for exhausts, iirc even OEM in some cases. One of the higher quality manufacturers for sure.

iirc almost no oil tankers go through the Suez canal because it isn’t wide or deep enough for the larger ships. Did this change at some point?

iirc, for small streamers that have just made affiliate status, twitch takes nearly 50% of their subscription payout. So 35% ist already much better, though still steep. And yes, with larger streamers, there is no equality, but individual contracts. Note how all contracts from people who started in the past few years…

Nothing is a big deal until you have to replace it.
A RTX 3070 should retail at 499-650 Euros, depending on model.
Current prices, if you can get hold of one, start at more than 1200.
If you have to replace your graphics card, p.ex. because you are a freelance artist and you have already chosen a “standard” Geforce over…

iirc, the problem is not making the chips, but the substrate layer they sit on and has the contacts that are soldered to the board. Apparently the companies making those can not keep up with demand because of “insert shortage here”, and therefore newly produced chips cannot be put onto products because the interface…

Now, the Husqvarna Solar Mower - that one would be worth a story.
That was one of the first automated lawn mowing robots, and it was solar powered! Made in 1995, it was their first foray into this market, and some are still working to this day.
In 2008 they tried again with a hybrid version, but pure solar mowers have…

That’s a normal lawn mowing robot. We’ve had them over here in Europe for decades, what is special about this one?
There are larger ones made by Husqvarna that can act in teams, 3 or 4 robots mowing your lawn together, each assigned a portion of it. If one is finished with its part and another one is low on battery and…

Sales atm also have to do something with availability. Both consoles are not readily available at retail. Until then, we can’t really tell the full story.

it’s more about the sum of it.
The overhyped SSD is - in daily practical use data that we could gather from the first few released games - not much faster than the half-as-fast SSD of the XBSX, yet soldered to the motherboard, so impossible to replace if it goes bad (and it WILL go bad at some point in the future -…