#Performance improvements

[uvaldecomputerrepairsstuff]

Tech Tip: Understanding Intel Optane Drives and Their Potential Issues

Intel Optane memory can be a powerful tool for improving system performance, particularly in enhancing the speed of traditional hard drives (HDDs) by acting as a caching layer. However, it’s important to understand some of the common issues associated with Optane drives, especially in a RAID setup. What is Intel Optane? Optane is a type of non-volatile memory developed by Intel, designed to…

[zentendo]

Fate/Samurai Remnant Demo Slashes Onto Switch eShop - Time to Slay Some Kaiju with a Waifu

Calling all masters and servants, a glorious chance to test your katana skills against history’s mightiest warriors has arrived! Koei Tecmo has unleashed a free demo of Fate/Samurai Remnant onto the Switch eShop, letting you slice your way through the game’s opening act before deciding if you want to snag the full shebang for $59.99 / £54.99. This ain’t your average hack-and-slash, mind you.…

[i4technolab]

The field of .NET software development is ever-evolving and each version brings new challenges and demands for business innovation. The release of DOTNET 8 has also brought the same with a slew of new and power-packed features that impact the style of web development. What makes this update so interesting? Introducing fabulous improvements, enhancements, and new functionalities that enable developers to craft high-performance, scalable, and robust applications make sit so.

[wardensantoineandevka]

it is really exhausting how much people are really digging their heels in on that you cannot criticize or critique the narrative choices or direction or structure of CritRole C3 on the basis that it is not strictly scripted. like, yes, there is an element of improv, a strong element even, but this isn't completely free-form improv. there's a degree of structure and intentionality. it being somewhat improv or unscripted doesn't mean that it does not or cannot have structure, intent, direction, purpose, control over the narrative choices.

stating "well, it doesn't cohere as strongly because it's unscripted" doesn't hold when there's dozens and dozens of strong ttrpg campaigns that are also unscripted and improv. ExU Calamity, Candela, TAZ, Dimension 20, DesiQuest, NADDPOD, Into the Motherlands, Rivals of Waterdeep, LA by Night, Transplanar, on and on — these are all improv and unscripted with really strong storytelling and structure. "it's unscripted" does not mean anything because other campaigns manage! this campaign is capable of cohering despite being unscripted because plenty of other campaigns have.

like, on top of that, if you cannot criticize its direction on the basis of being unscripted and thus lacking in motivated intent, it suggests that you cannot praise it for messaging, themeing, narrative, or anything that would suggest needing motivated intent. if it cannot fail on the basis that it's unscripted and improv, then it cannot succeed either because such argument suggests that unscripted improv robs it of having control of its direction. for any failure to be without merit because it is not by full choice and is just out of their control, then any success is similarly accidental and without merit.

frankly, if I were trying to defend the direction of the campaign, I simply would not be doing so by functionally invoking Monkeys With Typewriters

[shroomerr]

Oh, help me God, this hellboy got me coming back for more

reblogs super appreciated !!! close-ups under the cut !

[turned-feral]

to the victor go the spoils

(followed @attyrocious's super helpful process explanation for this piece!!)

[the-auguer]

no because I’m not done with my virgin Sylus agenda. that hulking man is looming over you (in missionary bc he would LOVE that, I know it) sharing your breath with how close he is, holding himself together by a fucking string. he’s asking if this is okay, do you feel good, is he doing good in thinly veiled ways that become real pleads for praise. the second you tell him he’s making you feel good it’s over. he’s pulling out and finishing maybe a couple minutes after the ‘sex’ part of the sex started.

[strange0-0storm]

I SAID I WOULD REDRAW SOME OLD ART AND OFC I DID

I genuinely love redrawing old works, and I have some others I plan on redrawing. BUT THE 3 YEAR DIFFERENCE IS CRAZY

Under is like without the effects, flats, as WELL as the old drawing from 2021

I remember when I first drew the original drawing I was SO PROUD OF IT AND now looking at how much I've grown in art I'd say 14 year old me would be fucking ESTATIC to see this ong

[figureskatingpenguin]

Ilia Malinin (USA): Running | 2025 World Championships, SP

reigning world champion ilia malinin leads the competition by scoring a personal best of 110.41 in the men's short program!

[eggplantgifs]

Rio Nakata: Aroul, Uccen » 2024 Japanese Nationals

[juniemunie]

"Why am I still doing this?"

"Don't you get it?"

"This is all just a show... and we're playing parts~"

[triviallytrue]

man this entire industry has been obsessed with worker disposability for well over a decade now

[gideonisms]

sometimes the laziness takes over your body while you are at work and you forget to make an effort to interact with people and then one day you are like why do the people around me seem hesitant to speak to me. girl it is because you forgot you had to say out loud words to get that to happen

[dotcroissant]

gamers: i want games with worse graphics that take longer to make made by people who are paid well and i'm not kidding

game freak: [Pokémon Legends: Z-A]

gamers: wtf game freak is so lazy i can't believe people buy this lazy shit

[lesbiannieism]

okay i’m a mclaren hater as much as the next sane person but it has to be said that i appreciate their commitment to helping their drivers (especially oscar) develop. like with so many other teams it feels like they’re just evaluating and judging their drivers instead of actually making an effort to help them improve (*side eyes RB*). and while yes you do need to have a solid foundation coming into f1, you can’t expect any driver to be perfect right off the bat. there is no amount of competing in the lower formulas that could fully prepare a driver for f1. idk, maybe i haven’t paid enough attention to other teams and how they operate, but as an oscar fan, i’m so grateful that mclaren has given him the support and infrastructure to develop as a driver to the extent that he has. he and his team have worked so hard to identify his weak points, set goals, and work at them until they see tangible improvement. some of the credit definitely goes to oscar (he’s got that drive to succeed and has been able to take full advantage of the support that mclaren has given him), but i don’t know that he would have been able to make such significant, definitive improvements in such a short timespan without a very dedicated team by his side. and i haven’t been into f1 for that long so i don’t know what the beginning of lando’s career was like but i would imagine that he’s received a similar level of support since he’s decided to stay with the team for so long. and the fact that they both keep signing long-term contracts shows that mclaren is dedicated to their drivers in a way that a lot of other teams just aren’t. so yeah, mclaren’s strategy calls and management from a team perspective are definitely lacking, but i really appreciate how much they’re committed to helping their drivers improve on an individual level