But then Trump refused to concede, so we’re holding off until the inauguration. 

Recently built a new PC to upgrade from my 10-year-old system. I was spurred partly by the announcement of the new Nvidia cards and partly by the fact that I got 5% cash back on Amazon purchases that month, so it seemed like a good time to do it. I got a free download code for AC: Valhalla with my CPU. Unfortunately…

That’s Jan. 20, at 12:01 PM.

If that happens, I want the Secret Service agents who frog-march him out of there to wear body cameras and get it all on video, with audio. Multiple angles. Or better yet, have a full film crew go in. 

Where’s the tear gas and rubber bullets for these assholes blocking traffic?

I just see it as three extra weeks to try to snag a 3080 to complete my upgrades before this comes out.

Hey, for me, every delay is just a little more time for me to try and snag an RTX 3080 so I can finish upgrading my system before I play this game.

It’s because it was technically open-world, the only limitation was your ability to fight the monsters in the area. There was very little in the way of exposition telling you specifically where you had to go, no hand-holding, no scripted events pushing you to into a conversation giving you the next step of your quest…

Long ago, in the NES days, I borrowed my best friend’s copy of Dragon Warrior. He had a save that was way ahead in the game, and I was playing on my own save file. But somehow, all the save files on the cartridge got wiped out. I have no idea how. I was so upset that his game got erased, I cried myself to sleep on my…

Yeah, but if he was traveling abroad specifically to flee from prosecution, I’m pretty sure they could pull his Secret Service detail. Otherwise they’d more or less be aiding and abetting a fugitive, on the taxpayers’ dime.

Nixon wasn’t. Accepting a pardon is at least a tacit confession to having committed the crime you’re being pardoned for, though.

And to put this in a perspective NBC can understand, the network’s pivot to racist dog-whistling, while was more successful than its racist remake of The Office set in India, would have needed over two million more viewers to be as successful as the first season of ALF. [CNN]

I imagine Trump will probably say those extra million people watched Biden’s town hall fraudulently.

Spiders? You mean octokittens.

• 2 lbs lean stew meat, cut into smaller pieces

I just built a new system with a Ryzen 9 3900X, so that’s a no for me, sadly. It’s going to be a while before I even think about upgrading my CPU again.

It’s simple. Pour enough oil to cover the bottom of the pot, enough popcorn to cover the bottom of the pot, and the popcorn should be almost submerged in oil. I use canola or corn oil, not olive. And it does add an almost-buttery taste. We actually hardly ever put butter on our popcorn anymore. I found that I don’t…

Not so much scary, as eerie:

My grandmother was diagnosed in the mid-90's with dementia and later Alzheimer’s, and had been in private care for some time. Very sadly, around 2005 my dad was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s; he was only 52. My mom took care of him at home herself with the occasional help of an…

I recently built a new PC after using the same build for ten years. I had been saving up for a while, but what made me pull the trigger was the unveiling of the 3000 series. So all new everything... except the graphics card. I’m still using my old Radeon HD 6970. The improved performance of a new CPU, more RAM, and…