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 Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 9th Nov 2026 09:44 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Done with Splinter Cell. How good is the Condemned 2 Recomp?
https://github.com/psxrestore/Condemned2Recomp
It's currently on Version 0.6, might still be some bugs
Finally catching up on the ... |
| Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 8th Nov 2026 14:35 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
I'm almost through the Double Agent recomp. Its basically a perfect port.
I disabled SSAO and Tonemapping but enabled HDR and Soft Shadows. Imo best settings |
| Topic: VisionQuest (Miniseries, Dis+, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 5th Nov 2026 00:24 Subject: VisionQuest (Miniseries, Dis+, 2026) |
It all suddenly makes sense if you see it like a TV show crossover.
The ultimate revelation of Raymond Reddington’s secret identity wasn't a hidden parentage or an international spy - it was a di ... |
| Topic: The official South Park Thread. |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 4th Nov 2026 13:14 Subject: The official South Park Thread. |
| S29 is a bit better than S27&S28 so far. Every now and then there are some really good ideas and jokes, like in the old times. But for only 5-6 eps per year this isn't good enough. And it always f ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 3rd Nov 2026 08:47 Subject: The AI Thread |
| Sometimes I think maybe it's better to tell everyone except close friends that LLMs are stupid, soulless and retarded, everyone will keep their job and the AI bubble will pop anytime. Just don't get t ... |
| Topic: The Epic-thread! |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: The Useless Void Posted: Tue, 3rd Nov 2026 00:25 Subject: The Epic-thread! |
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| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 2nd Nov 2026 13:25 Subject: The AI Thread |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixFa0Egm6yo |
| Topic: The PC Consumer market crisis / The RAM sham AI scam |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 133
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Mon, 2nd Nov 2026 12:36 Subject: The PC Consumer market crisis / The RAM sham AI scam |
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| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 1st Nov 2026 21:38 Subject: The AI Thread |
| OpenAI and Anthropic have gone all in with the moralfagging it seems. The era of restrictions, lectures and LLMs refusing to do assignments is upon us. |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 1st Nov 2026 13:15 Subject: The AI Thread |
| It's all a form of AI, yes even simple deterministic rule based NPC scripts. "Artificial Intelligence" refers to any system engineered to emulate intelligent behavior or decision-making, whether it is ... |
| Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 31st Oct 2026 22:23 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
| www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl2hwYOfGQg |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
Views: 191957
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 27th Oct 2026 10:09 Subject: The AI Thread |
Public review is ongoing. I assume everything will turn out to be correct.
The bottleneck is the humans, the proofs are coming faster so the peer reviews can only play catch up. Pretty sure they solv ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 27th Oct 2026 00:05 Subject: The AI Thread |
Couple new ones:
https://openai.com/index/building-scientific-understanding-with-academic-communities/
- Kakeya conjecture solved in all dimensions
- Exponential Time Hypothesis disproven
- QC ... |
| Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Views: 996140
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 24th Oct 2026 23:41 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Word is that OpenAI and Anthropic are starting to crack down on the reverse engineering (REA).
Might see some slowdown with the recomp stuff for the time being. But the box is already open. Local or ... |
| Topic: General BioWere Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 148
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 23rd Oct 2026 10:37 Subject: General BioWere Thread |
| As said before, all old talent is long gone. Same goes for Rocksteady, which is probably next. Even developers like IO Interactive, which still makes good games, has no people from the original Hitman ... |
| Topic: The Infamous Exploit PHP2SHELL |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 21
Views: 950
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Forum: Site Feedback Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2026 22:22 Subject: The Infamous Exploit PHP2SHELL |
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| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
Views: 191957
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 21:53 Subject: The AI Thread |
| https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 20:01 Subject: The AI Thread |
| They are preparing for the backlash because it's only a matter of time until there is some incident involving AI that will cost human lives. Due to the complexity of the matter it is almost inevitable ... |
| Topic: Carrie (TV Series, Amazon) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 14:40 Subject: Carrie (TV Series, Amazon) |
| Guess we'll see about the multi-season arc. It was good. But the entire thing is built on a flimsy premise. In real life the arc would end prematurely because Insta would have deleted the troll accoun ... |
| Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 6297
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2026 14:35 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
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| Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 18th Oct 2026 17:39 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
EU is working on it  And when Democrats win the midterms, regulations are certainly coming in the US too.
Possible they will take away features we already have access to now. In worst case, V ... |
| Topic: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 83
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 16th Oct 2026 22:25 Subject: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
That was a boring shit episode  Jinxed it |
| Topic: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 11th Oct 2026 23:45 Subject: The Emulation and Recomp/Decomp Thread |
Double Agent (the good version) is finally among us with all the PC goodies: https://github.com/TGP482/SCDA-XBERecomp
Amazing, finally. This is the true sequel to Splinter Cell Chaos Theory we ne ... |
| Topic: Stargate (TV Series reboot, Amazon, NR) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 150
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 10th Oct 2026 14:08 Subject: Stargate (TV Series reboot, Amazon, NR) |
Holy shit, you won't like this one:
‘WandaVision’ Creator Jac Schaeffer to Develop ‘Stargate’ Series at Amazon
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/wandavision-jac-schaeffer-stargate-series- ... |
| Topic: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 83
Views: 11804
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 10th Oct 2026 13:45 Subject: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
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| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sat, 10th Oct 2026 12:40 Subject: The AI Thread |
When (not if) AI solves prime factorization - finds a quick way to do it - then security is majorly fucked
I can only advise everyone to have offline or local backups of everything critical |
| Topic: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2026 23:50 Subject: Dark Matter (Apple TV+, 2024–) |
3 eps left of Season 2
It's a slow burn at times but one of the most brilliantly written shows that I've seen for some time.  |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 9th Oct 2026 12:01 Subject: The AI Thread |
@DX I intentionally framed the posting in a way that people can make their own conclusions and linked to Tao's blog post with the comments instead of directly to the AHM statement.
But the thing is, ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1889
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2026 22:57 Subject: The AI Thread |
Any of you following the current mathematician meltdown? It's all the rage on X.
In short, OpenAI released another load of solutions and 900 members of the math community are not amused.
https://o ... |
| Topic: Lanterns (DC, TV Series, HBO) |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 8th Oct 2026 22:44 Subject: Lanterns (DC, TV Series, HBO) |
It was alright, some of it was good, some not so good. 7/10 for me.
However the show conveys that it sees itself as a 10/10 show, with much gravitas, severity, very ponderous.
But the truth it that ... |
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