Daily Tech News 26 August 2024

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Black Myth Wukong is utterly mediocre and undeserving of all the attention it has been getting thanks to games and tech media trying to destroy it. (The Verge)

Black Myth Wukong is a new Chinese computer game based on the 16th century novel Journey to the West. One of many such adaptations, including the TV show Monkey and the anime Dragon Ball.

Anyway, as far as journalists are concerned, the developers of Black Myth Wukong made the unforgivable error of not actively hating their own customers, even going so far as to not hire expert bankruptcy generators Sweet Baby Inc. (Which is a whole 'nother drama in itself.)

That, coupled with guidance encouraging independent reviewers not to be hyper-partisan communist ratbags, spelled death for the game according to journalists. (The Gamer)

Black Myth Wukong has sold ten million copies.

In three days.
Meanwhile Dustborn, a game which - and I quote - "let me smash fascists and flirt with my situationship on a road trip across America" - in other words, a game that has done everything right according to those same journalists, launched at the same time and has sold... We don't know. (PC Gamer)

The developers have gone very, very quiet after release.

But it has 74 reviews on Steam.

Black Myth Wukong has 379,672 reviews.

Dustborn peaked at 83 simultaneous players.

Black Myth Wukong peaked on the same day at 2,415,714 players. On Steam alone; Black Myth Wukong is available on console as well.

Of course, Dustborn is a much smaller title and was never going to be as popular, but 3,000,000% is a hell of a delta.

Tech News

If you always wanted a Sinclair Spectrum - and I don't know why you would, because it was never actually good, just cheap - well, you can now get one for about $99. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, an Android emulator in a Spectrum case with a Spectrum keyboard. In other words the worst parts of the original Spectrum have been faithfully reproduced, while the parts that worked have been replaced with software.
Asus is showing off GaN PC power supplies. (Tom's Hardware)

GaN power transistors are becoming common in laptop and phone chargers because they are compact and... Well, that's it really. How much this matters for PC power supplies is another question.
Well, yes, but actually no. Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? (Cryptography Engineering)

This question is suddenly important with the recent arrest of Telegram's CEO by French fascists. The answer remains... Kind of.
The Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport have been eaten alive by a cyberattack or maybe they're just incompetent. (Tech Crunch)
Late Saturday evening, the airport said it was still experiencing outages: "There is not an estimated time for return and Port teams continue to work to restore full service." It also encouraged travelers to use airline apps to get their boarding passes and bag tags, and to allow extra time to reach their gates.
Well, that's definitive.

Disclaimer: Unless it isn't.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 H'lo, Pixy!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:02 AM (64Zez)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2024 04:02 AM (gM74u)

3 Pixy:

The Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport have been HIT by a cyberattack or maybe they're just incompetent. (Tech Crunch)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2024 04:04 AM (gM74u)

4 Fixed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2024 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

5 G'morning Horde.

Well, managed to actually wake up without an alarm at 3:50 and get downstairs by 04:00. It'll do.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2024 04:08 AM (O7YUW)

6 Morning everyone.

Posted by: Tuna at August 26, 2024 04:09 AM (oaGWv)

7 Morning, all.

Posted by: Caf at August 26, 2024 04:10 AM (/+mVZ)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at August 26, 2024 04:13 AM (sAmhv)

9 >>>Black Myth Wukong

Sounds like it's not Black Myth Woke-ong!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:13 AM (64Zez)

10 I saw Black Myth Wu-kong open for Wu-Tang Clan in 23 at MSG

Posted by: a dude in MI at August 26, 2024 04:17 AM (+I6Y/)

11 >>>based on the 16th century novel Journey to the West

16th century. Wow.
Shakespeare was 16th century.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:19 AM (64Zez)

12 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 26, 2024 04:22 AM (dg+HA)

13 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ outposts! I'm about to head out for a light workout. Back soon! Talk amongst yourselves. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)

14 >>>Black Myth Wukong has sold ten million copies.

Including a Pixy purchase?

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:25 AM (64Zez)

15
https://youtu.be/zuuObGsB0No?si=us20vzm3-lHdD9dr

Changed nic

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 26, 2024 04:26 AM (sAmhv)

16 14 >>>Black Myth Wukong has sold ten million copies.

Including a Pixy purchase?
Posted by: m

Not this time. It's probably fun but I already have about six thousand games.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2024 04:31 AM (BLOW1)

17 Ha!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:32 AM (64Zez)

18 Nice song pick, Puddleglum.

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:33 AM (64Zez)

19 I saw Black Myth Wu-kong open for Wu-Tang Clan in 23 at MSG
Posted by: a dude in MI

___________________

Werner was present at this performance, having been selected as an understudy for Ghost Face Killa. It was a most informative and diverting experience. I learned, for example that Old Dirty Bastard was not actually old, nor did he have poor hygiene, nor was he that bothersome. He and I laughed much at this failure of nomenclature.

Taking the stage and hanging in a buffalo stance for the masses was both thrilling and energizing. The highlight of the tour came when fortune thrust in our way the Insane Clown Posse. RZA and I regarded them in silence as the ICP's greasepaint began to run ever so slightly in the glare of the spotlights. He and I exchanged a glance. Vern, RZA said (all call me this, such is the toil of existence), are you on board with me? Ja, I said, the Juggalos are an affront to the Cosmos itself, and they must pay.

It turns out that Posses of Insane Clowns are not as formidable as one might think. Aluminum bats, weed-eaters, and jack hammers are most efficacious in extracting the price of a blasphemy to the Universe. Good times. Ja, good.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at August 26, 2024 04:42 AM (tmPIh)

20 16th century novel Journey to the West. One of many such adaptations, including the TV show Monkey

I'm going to be hearing rototoms and saying, "shifu, shifu" all day now.

Posted by: mroni at August 26, 2024 04:45 AM (02SAZ)

21 19 Vern, RZA said (all call me this, such is the toil of existence)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at August 26, 2024 04:42 AM (tmPIh)

ha

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 04:52 AM (64Zez)

22 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 26, 2024 04:57 AM (Obpz5)

23 Oh, and it's the local pick your own peach season too.

Posted by: mroni at August 26, 2024 04:57 AM (02SAZ)

24 My inquiring mind wonders who the top dog will be in the White house when Kamala moves in. Her husband on a lease, is my guess. Biden's series of dogs, each one biting as many secret service agents as possible hopefully have been sent to doggie heaven.

Posted by: Colin at August 26, 2024 04:58 AM (e8qy3)

25 Biden's series of dogs, each one biting as many secret service agents as possible hopefully have been sent to doggie heaven.
Posted by: Colin at August 26, 2024 04:58 AM (e8qy3)
-

Present!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2024 04:59 AM (gM74u)

26 24 in the White house when Kamala moves in
Posted by: Colin at August 26, 2024 04:58 AM (e8qy3)

aarrgghh

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 05:03 AM (64Zez)

27 As I said on the ONT:

2A or not 2A?

That is the question!

https://tinyurl.com/mwfwfrbe

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2024 05:03 AM (gM74u)

28 Elon's AI farm:

https://tinyurl.com/w485cfre

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 26, 2024 05:05 AM (gM74u)

29 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2024 05:16 AM (a1415)

30 73.8 Degrees, with 73.5 degree dew point.

Finally got rid of that pesky cool, dry and refreshing air around here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

31 16 14 >>>Black Myth Wukong has sold ten million copies.

Including a Pixy purchase?
Posted by: m

Not this time. It's probably fun but I already have about six thousand games.
Posted by: Pixy Misa
-------
In Thailand at the moment and watched my nephew play Black Myth Wukong and it looked kinda cool for about ten mins but between him play that and bouncing back and forth to a few other things in Thai I was lost in the sauce so off to bed I went.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 26, 2024 05:29 AM (DxzGX)

32 Thanks for posting something everyone.

I'm kinda drained. I have nothing really to say right now.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at August 26, 2024 05:32 AM (gHSfI)

33 Time for the Morning Walk....

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2024 05:33 AM (a1415)

34 Finally got rid of that pesky cool, dry and refreshing air around here.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 26, 2024

***
Did you send it to me? Because I haven't seen it yet.

You didn't use Fed Ex, did you? Oh, no!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2024 05:33 AM (omVj0)

35 Not much chance of rain here today or tomorrow, but the chance rises to 60% for the rest of the work week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2024 05:35 AM (omVj0)

36 - 77° 79%humidity
Temp headed to 99.
Pitcher of water in the fridge and a box fan.
Luxury!!

Posted by: TeeJ at August 26, 2024 05:35 AM (aCV/b)

37 Happy Monday

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 26, 2024 05:39 AM (gbOdA)

38 Enjoying an early spring here. Still getting down close to freezing overnight, but pleasantly warm during the day. I'll need to get the lawnmower out next weekend.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2024 05:40 AM (BLOW1)

39 Good morning -

>>27 Based on the the public's response to basic rights infringement after 9/11 and the Sino Sinus Sniffulus plandemic... Imma bet nothing significant would happen.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 26, 2024 05:41 AM (3Ope8)

40 Since May one lane of the bridge I use to go to and from work has been shut off while, get this, the city mounts "decorative lights" on the superstructure so it will look cool for the StuporBowl next year. First the far right lane, then the far left. Fouling traffic, of course. A news report said the last lane closure is supposed to be lifted by this Saturday -- which means, in this Third World "manana" city, September or October before it happens.

The local Fox outlet just now mentioned something about the closures; I didn't hear all of it. Maybe they're on schedule.

Maybe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2024 05:41 AM (omVj0)

41 Good morning morons

The Oakland Airport Hilton closed yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 26, 2024 05:57 AM (RIvkX)

42 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at August 26, 2024 05:57 AM (PzBTm)

43 What fresh hell this day? ☕️

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 05:57 AM (/7KEl)

44 Ah, She Who Twirls

haven't seen that in a while

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 06:00 AM (/7KEl)

45 I don't know where all that extra space came from

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 06:01 AM (/7KEl)

46 Pixy missed the funniest part of the Black Myth Wukong thing: one of the complaints journalists have is that the main character, who is half human and half monkey, is not black.

Uhhhhhhhhh…

Posted by: Ian S. at August 26, 2024 06:12 AM (ovf9S)

47 They always out themselves, don't they?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2024 06:15 AM (BLOW1)

48 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:19 AM (UWgy2)

49 can someone explain what "situationship" means?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:20 AM (UWgy2)

50 use it in a sentence

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 06:23 AM (/7KEl)

51 @ 46, of course if he was black, that would be racist ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:24 AM (UWgy2)

52 Off to the electron mines, all. Later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 26, 2024 06:25 AM (omVj0)

53 as used up above:

"let me smash fascists and flirt with my situationship on a road trip across America"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:26 AM (UWgy2)

54 I read the Dustborn review.
It is indescribable.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 26, 2024 06:30 AM (Ydd86)

55 sorry, no clue
sounds like one of those made-up lefty words

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 06:30 AM (/7KEl)

56 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2024 06:32 AM (u82oZ)

57 xactly, that's why I ast.

I read the article and it sheds no light

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:32 AM (UWgy2)

58 According to dictionary dot com (slang):

WHAT DOES SITUATIONSHIP MEAN?
A situationship is a romantic or sexual relationship that is undefined and noncommittal. People in a situationship are more than friends but less than committed romantic partners.

So basically f**king but not talking about it

Gross

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 26, 2024 06:33 AM (Ydd86)

59 Now back to my coffeeness and biscottinicity

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 06:33 AM (/7KEl)

60 eh, I'll go make a cuppa coffee

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:34 AM (UWgy2)

61 "Desert places" A person reflects on feeling God is the midst of desert experiences and talks about Deuteronomy 2;1-7 Devotional is appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/3z6w8pez

Posted by: Ooookay then! at August 26, 2024 06:34 AM (fx2cy)

62 thank you, vmom!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:35 AM (UWgy2)

63 >WHAT DOES SITUATIONSHIP MEAN?
A situationship is a romantic or sexual relationship that is undefined and noncommittal. People in a situationship are more than friends but less than committed romantic partners.

Translation:
Just hooking up, keeping it casual
stupid new word for something that is NOT new

Posted by: Don Black at August 26, 2024 06:35 AM (/7KEl)

64 sock_rat_eez

Better than "let me smash fascists and flirt with my pleasurebot on a road trip across America".

Not as good as "let me smash pro-Communists and flirt with my spouse on a road trip across America"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 26, 2024 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

65 Family and I were at the beach yesterday . It is nice to see happy families with their children. Family sitting next to us had a little girl of one, and her mom said, "It"s Aurelia's first experience at the beach," I said "I hope she has many more,"

Posted by: Ooookay then! at August 26, 2024 06:38 AM (fx2cy)

66 It was nice not to look at news

Posted by: Ooookay then! at August 26, 2024 06:38 AM (fx2cy)

67 @58/vmom: That dictionary definition is a lie. What they're describing isn't "more than friendship", it's just casual sex with a convenient nearby body. Enjoy the STDs and regrets, snowflakes. You earned 'em.

So yeah, what you concluded.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2024 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

68 Anyone have a suggestion for a hood. fairly cheap phone? I think I ask this question periodically but now I really need a new phone. Thanks,

Posted by: Ooookay then! at August 26, 2024 06:41 AM (fx2cy)

69 Dustborn, by the way, was funded by EU and Norwegian taxpayer money, and was made because, and I quote, "Donald Trump winning in 2016 made us cry".

I'm already voting for him again, you don't have to sell me on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 26, 2024 06:41 AM (AIhUY)

70 @63/Don Black: Also that. Yes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2024 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

71 .

NOOD

J.J. Sefton is here with The Morning Report

NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2024 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

72 Whoops. Sock off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 26, 2024 06:42 AM (fx2cy)

73
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 26, 2024 06:44 AM (gbOdA)

74 @69/Ian S.: That governments are sponsoring games at all makes me uneasy. What are they getting for their money? It certainly isn't just "a mention in the credits".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 26, 2024 06:46 AM (O7YUW)

75 38 Enjoying an early spring here.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 26, 2024 05:40 AM (BLOW1)

Huh!

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 07:02 AM (64Zez)

76 69 Dustborn, by the way, was funded by EU and Norwegian taxpayer money, and was made because, and I quote, "Donald Trump winning in 2016 made us cry".

--

Explains a lot

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 26, 2024 07:02 AM (Ydd86)

77 57 xactly, that's why I ast.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 26, 2024 06:32 AM (UWgy2)

LOL I snorted

Posted by: m at August 26, 2024 07:06 AM (64Zez)

78 Dustborn was promoted on the front page of the Xbox console's start screen.

It had a few reviews, not enough for it to actually show a breakdown in the Xbox Store. A negative one (2-star) explained that it starts out strong, then dies in the last third of the game. In particular, it either does not, or cannot, handle the player's choices through the game - "The number of bugs where the game simply decides you made a different choice earlier when referencing earlier events just add to the entire thing completely falling apart."

Posted by: Another Anon at August 26, 2024 08:21 AM (QNMaY)

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