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We're playing the turboneurodivergent Dawn of Civilization mod for Civilization IV that replicates world history. 
!g*mers
The first World Congress takes place in Regensburg. The biggest civilizations can request a city change hands.
I select Roha, because Ethiopia has pissed me off all game
Sure 
Sure
Don't care
Yes 
Voting is done. Final results:
Our only loss is our vassal French colony of Speightstown in Barbados. Not all that important. Is it really necessary to start a world war over it?
The benefit is everyone attacked me, so I get no diplomatic penalties for declaring war on them. I'm ready for a fight 
Ethiopia, Portugal, Russia, and Japan are my enemies.
Holy Rome did NOT attack me. Wise choice 
I am HAPPY to finally fight Ethiopia
Alula Engida falls in the defense of the city.
Once I've taken Aksum their stability starts to tank.
It's got some nice stuff so I'll probably keep it.
I allow for peace, they're probably fukt anyway.
I have a little army I've been keeping in my pocket off the coast of Morocco ready for the American Revolution, they can take out Portugal instead
Lisbon doesn't have SHIT for defenses 
I don't even have to do anything, Spain sweeps in and claims it. They earned it. 
I set my eye on Portugal's Brazilian colonies instead
But by the time I get there the've collapsed 
This army can go to Japan instead.
I'm able to take Nagasaki but don't have enough troops to push further in, and the Japanese start taking out my boats. They'll have to be reinforced later.
In Rhye's and Fall Russia's power was "General Winter" which hurt any invading armies. Would've made for a fun challenge but they no longer have this.
I have a very old but huge assault army in Mesopotamia, I want to sneak them up to surprise Russia
This won't work because Iran won't let me through 
Alternate route:
Notice that I can actually see past the fog of war on the map to these cities now with espionage because I've researched electricity. 
Iran is also one of the few civs totally dark on the map, they actually have strong antiespionage. 
Russia is guarded by Stelets, who start with City Garrison.
But I have Grenadiers 
These guys ROCK in DoC
Starting with City Raider, two promotions gets them City Raider III AND they get collateral damage
My French vassals hold Tarnopol, I was worried I would have to protect them but they have a pretty solid army in there. I'm so proud of them 
Russia is soon willing to surrender Kyiv/Kiev/Kevin
I don't think so. They're capitulating.
Our first female Great General is born during the Russian push, Albia Domenica
I told @Ubie last game I would actually have the next general fight in the field, this will be especially advantageous if I get the Brandenberg Gate wonder up.
The problem with using Great Generals in the field base game is that the risk of losing them at 90% odds over battle after battle is just too great. Most often the AI only uses them like this as a last ditch chance to defend a city, as Ethiopia did. Brandenberg Gate actually incentivizes you to sacrifice them.
I start working on it in Pella, Greece
You may have noticed but I'm lightyears ahead of schedule in technology so I'm really getting crazy with wonders. The Eiffel Tower was just built in Rome with the Statue of Liberty next. Eiffel Tower is super helpful for moar Golden Ages
I'm going to start one now to support the army and get the Brandenberg Gate up. I'm starting to face a recession anyways.
I've also built Chapultepec Castle, further enhancing Padua as a military powerhouse. Units start pumping out with Leadership and three promotions out of the gate 
In the midst of all this fricking Morocco declares independence
Around this time foreign occupied nations start to secede. It was probably a toss up which one would. This could have been worse, but I definitely want to take Morocco back. Marrakesh is my naval center. 
They have a pretty srs army tho 
Albia is gonna be the one to go down and fight them.
We need to get Brandenberg Gate up faster for this so I send my Great Engineer Celer.
I'm wasting some hammers here but it's worth it.
Albia's army arrives as the Moroccans advance to Yglgl
No idea what this city is by the way. If anyone else ever decides to look they're going to find my playthrough
Try as I might to send Albia towards certain doom, she's repeatedly successful.
Hey WTF. One of my really really old Roman Legion units joined Morocco
Death to traitors 
Finally, in the assault on Shigan Albia falls
Previously, the combat experience to my next next Great General was 66
Thanks to Brandenberg Gate, once she dies it drops to 25
We'll get another general in no time 
Marrakesh falls
And we get our second general, another foid, Agrippina 
She's going to lead the fight in Japan.
The Kingdom of Prussia spawns, and the cities of Danzig and Wroclaw I conquered from the Russian Empire request to join them..
I don't really want these, so that's fine.
The Holy Roman Empire is reduced to the Archduchy of Austria.
Only sucky thing is they're Protestant so they dislike us 
We can deal with them later.
Even during the Golden Age my Economy stability is tanking to a recession 
I'm not sure if this is because I ran out of trade infrastructure to continually build, or if Free Enterprise is causing this, or maybe a mix of both.
We're still OK on expansion but nearing the overextension point. Overextension would be the major killer if it gets out of control.
With the research of Psychology we hit the Global era (insanely ahead of schedule)
@Soren mentioned
We get a Great Spy, but my espionage is good enough I don't really know what to do with this dude 
I already have a Secret Service in Rome for espionage output, I can send him to build another one in Byzantion and make that city a spy training center. 
Another world congress takes place.
Another world war is gonna be a little much 
The Ethiopians can have stupid Aksum back.
Moscow falls, and I have a Catholic missionary ready to show them the error of their ways.
Only after pushing into Moscow and France taking Riga is Russia FINALLY willing to capitulate.
Now they are the "Province of Samartia". I will of course return their core cities to them, and hopefully influence them to become Catholic.
You may notice in the diplo tooltip that my stability is just barely dipping into "Unstable" 
Japan's navy is unexpectedly annoying.
Agrippina lands ready to take Edo, but we're probably going to need to pivot to Kyoto (Heian-kyou)
Oh, great, it looks like the Ottomans have shown up 
Only 400 years late
I'm probably going to have to deal with these secessions like Turkey and Morocco for a while 
Greece or Egypt seceding would probably be the biggest nuisance.
Now they have the Secret Service 
Agrippina is even more stubborn about not dying.
We push into Edo and call a crusade on Japan and they still won't capitulate. Should have figured they would fight to the end. 
They eventually collapse. So now I have Japan
and this b-word STILL WON'T DIE
I restore most of Russia's conquered core to them. Hanging onto Poland and Ukraine for now.
I can liberate Ukraine but don't really want to. If I could set Poland free I would, but I think France owning Tarnopol is blocking it.
Russia really likes me now and is willing to convert to Catholicism. Part of the reason I did all this shit was for Foreign stability. Russia is usually a peepee but now we're homies and he's another stable vassal. Japan would have been similar but now that they're out of this world they'll no longer contribute to negative foreign stability.
Turkey goes down
I've fought enough that I've gotten a new Great General naturally.
Planning on raiding Sendai until Agrippina dies to reset the counter Apparently this reset only happens once 
Either way, we are now mostly stable.
and finally at peace 
I have a Great Statesman available, I may reform the government soon. With Psychology and Macroeconomics I can pick a proper modern government. I'll let you guys choose which direction I should go in.
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rdrama.net finally exceeds 1,000 active users! - 8
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It's Nigcon Nigvember but this totally isn't a chud site 
Thanks Carp! 
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— Stonetoss Comics (@stone_toss) February 6, 2025
.webp?h=10 "Top Hat (black) - Traditional. Classy. Elegant.")
null the only person to figure it out 
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i havent posted in a while but my favorite event happened again, the independent thinkers at the `farms decided to discuss an article headline, from "instant update news"
"I'm Human Too!" - Trans Activist's Outrage After Gynecologist REFUSED To See Them
The local transgender farmers are not happy
"erm... do you have a source??"
"looks real to me"
!nonchuds !chudmoment @The_Homocracy
@BWC
@pizzashill discuss
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King_K_Rool
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How did I just get the most golden clip without prompting... pic.twitter.com/K7qO0pmZLt
— DosXXMachina (@DuosEquis) January 30, 2025
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Singer said some typical supportive stuff that included the phrase: "They will never take trans joy away". Joyless seething ensues.
Who the frick cares about "trans joy" or how it's really scary for you heccin vxlid guys right now. We have fricking nobody and nothing. No hate to chapppell personally, I just hate this stupid bullshit that this class of person is circulating. So out of their depth here. And maybe I'm just harping on the easy target because I can't do anything about the real problem, but it's still annoying.
It's designed and screened to satisfy her dipshit audience, which has no relevance to our community's well being as they are insta warriors
I love trans joy it's so fricking valid girlie
I'm so glad I get to be a
! everyone hates me just for existing, I get to lose out on my childhood, end up infertile and hate myself forever. what joy!
couldn't be me. i hate her. she knows she has a huge platform and the safety net of being cis so she just parrots useless optimism. no one is looking out for us, especially not the fricking pop music industry
i do appreciate her for doing the bare minimum. but ngl she gets under my skin anyways. the whole divine feminine schtick and "doing drag but as a cis woman" irks me
More in the comments. Can't imagine why the trains are short on allies.
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- barrel : wtf I love Protonmail even more now
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Original post in /r/protonmail, where the CEO responds to the controversy:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i1zjgn/so_that_happened/
Excerpt from Yen's comment:
This is not going to be a popular opinion, but on the specific issue of antitrust, Democrats fell short. In 2022, we campaigned extensively in the US for anti-trust legislation. Two bills were ready, with bipartisan support. Chuck Schumer (who coincidently has two daughters working as big tech lobbyists) refused to bring the bills for a vote. In the aftermath of this failure, great people like former Democratic rep David Cicilline left congress, leaving few strong voices for antitrust left in the Democratic party. In the meantime, at a 2024 event covering antitrust remedies, out of all the invited senators, just a single one showed up - JD Vance.
Redditors:
Today /r/privacy, in a removed post, Redditors continue to seethe.
https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1id1lo5/proton_ceo_responds_to_backlash_after_his_post/
One particularly amusing comment chain where people are scarmbling to find a service that isn't in the hands of a chud:
https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1id1lo5/comment/m9vi9tu/?context=8
Sardines with more soyseethe:
https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1i2q6a9/comment/m7gq8v5/?context=8
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You know what that means? Time... To... GOON!!!
I got a mild tummy ache but I'm still going to GOON because I'm too lazy to go take a shit but I'm not too lazy to GOON. Sheeit it's the weekend so I can GOON all night and then SLEEP all day on Sunday. If you're tryna GOON and you need some COOMpacks hit me up (Whatsapp only).
It turns out, I wasn't the first to think of this shit. And the lil GOONERS have perfected it. I can COOM easy knowing that this time honored tradition will be upheld by future generations.
Ready to GOON with no headphones.
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With talk of the Switch successor being revealed this week I thought it'd be worth doing a review of all the major leaks and rumors that have appeared surrounding it. There's a comical amount of stuff to go over for a system that hasn't even been formally announced yet. Originally, I'd meant to do this at the end of last year but waiting might have paid off since it might only be a few days away from being unveiled to the world at long last. In fact, just today some new developments have happened that is even more smoke for a reveal being imminent. I'm not the most plugged into this topic or the technical aspects surrounding it so there may be some mistakes made but whatever. The broad strokes paint a pretty interesting picture.
The T239 Leak
Starting at the very beginning of the proper speculation for a Switch successor is the leak of the T239 chip which was acquired as collateral from Nvidia getting hacked. The T239 is a SoC that looks very much like it is designed to support a dedicated video gaming system and because of their existing partnership with the Switch people conclude that this is likely a new Nintendo console. Digital Foundry made this article covering details about the chip as well as some experimenting to try and approximate the power of the system as well as test it against some big gen eight games. I won't go too into the analysis as it's highly controversial amongst the spergs who argue with each other about Switch 2 leaks. The main takeaways are:
a custom built SoC made special for Nintendo; no more off the shelf Tegra X1
Ampere architecture
8x ARM A78C CPU (this wasn't in the original leak but was determined some time later)
1536 CUDA cores
128-bit/LPDDR5 memory interface
DLSS capable with tensor cores
ray tracing cores as well
maximum memory bandwidth of 102GB/s
a dedicated file decompression block
reportedly demo'd a build of Breath of the Wild with zero loading times and maybe also at 4K60FPS (the latter point is not as widely corroborated amongst journoids)
Overall, it's already looking like a substantial step-up from the og Switch in terms of performance and capability. As there really wasn't a generational leap between the Wii U and Switch this is an exciting prospect for Nintendo fans. It's also reason for optimism with regard to third party support as the test yielded decent performance for Death Stranding that is about equivalent to the PS4. At this point, however, there are still quite a few big question marks hanging over the system like RAM amount, the internal storage, the clock speeds, the process node it was fabbed on, the screen, the list goes on.
The Shipment Manifest Leaks
For a long while the T239 specs were all that there was to pore over for Switch 2 information. There were paltry nuggets found through datamining firmware and OS updates for the Switch that hinted at some form of compatibility with the successor but still nothing especially interesting. That is until the s and other assorted ResetEra rejects of Famiboards realized that they can look up customs data regarding international shipping through a number of different websites. I guess this is how people dig for info about upcoming smartphone models yet for whatever reason no one had thought to do the same for vidya consoles until now. Anyway, they set to work filtering results for data pertaining to Nintendo, Nvidia, and Nintendo's manufacturing partners in Vietnam and what do you know, they find some pretty interesting stuff. It looks like prototype models for a device with an identifying code that doesn't match any currently known Nintendo product.
Dimensions
These being shipping manifests some pretty comprehensive details about the physical dimensions of the system are discovered quickly.
Size of the Switch successor itself:
- 206mm x 115mm x 14mm (the original Switch is at 173mm x 102mm x 13.9mm)
The Joycons and dock are also a bit larger than their Switch 1 counterparts but I'm having trouble finding the exact measurements for them.
Peripherals
A built-in mic is discovered as well as details about magnets in the manifest that lead people to think that the new Joycons will attach magnetically to the Switch instead of via rails.
A giant fricking fan
Easily the most lolwtf find from the whole system.
Presumably this is going to go in the new dock for the system which raises... interesting possibilities for how hard they intend to push this thing in docked mode.
New Shipment Discoveries
Later on, after the investor's meeting where Nintendo first acknowledged the existence of a successor to the Nintendo Switch in May 2024 they would discover a new shipment with a few more details about the system.
RAM
Two 6 GB LPDDR5X chips are found in the data. This was a significant find for two reasons: it put to rest long held anxieties about 8 GB and hopes for 16 GB and it also puts the Switch 2 ahead of the Xbox Series S by 2 GB. It's also assumed that the Switch 2's OS will also be very lean and lightweight unlike what's used for Xbox. The Xbox Series S is seen as the best hope for the Switch 2 getting substantial third support since many big games will have already had to be scaled down in order to work on the S (and by extension be allowed to release on the Series X). As a result the Series S is what Nintendo fans are hopeful the Switch 2 will be comparable to.
Storage
A 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage chip is found. UFS 3.1 had long been speculated as the likely choice for storage based on what was popular in the smartphone space. It's a pretty fast storage medium and not too far off from what the PS5 and Xbox Series have.
This post is a much denser breakdown of the shipping finds if anyone is interested.
Possible Factory Leaks Begin
The September Leak
It's in September of 2024 that photos allegedly of the Switch 2 in various states start to appear on the Internet.
These photos end up being quite contentious. The perspective of the case sitting on the desk looks off to me and feels like it was a poor shop. For what it's worth people closely examining the motherboard find product codes that match that of one of the prototypes found in the shipping manifests.
The sole revelation from this batch of photos is the extra USB-C port on the top of the system as seen in this CAD render.
Lastly here's the front facing view of the complete system.
The December Leak
Guy on Xitter pops up claiming to have photos of a completed Switch 2 model. I believe that he goes on to torch his own credibility by claiming that he used AI manipulation on the photos to better protect his identity.
(The left photo is allegedly the new dock.)
The January Leak
Another leak from Chinese social media. This time of the Joycons. One aspect in particular makes it (in my opinion) the most fun photo leak by a country mile.
Notice the little square sensor near the middle of the Joycon? Looks a bit like a mouse sensor, doesn't it? My God, it looks like it even has glide pads...
The debate between the mouse sensor camp and IR sensor camp has been on-going. The OG Switch has IR sensors in its Joycons (for the like 12 games that use it lmao) so it's not impossible that is what these are. However, recent findings like mouse support being found in firmware updates for the Switch and shipping data indicating the presence of mouse soles would seem to support the mouse theory. Zany if true.
The Clockspeeds Leak
Finally, just today another big mystery about the specs seems to have at long last been solved. An established dataminer revealed on Famiboards what he believes to be the various clockspeeds that will be used in the Switch 2.
The user in question will come to Famiboards every once and a while to post about new discoveries made in the Switch's firmware and OS so it's assumed these numbers also came from that. The more interesting theory is that the Switch 2's SDK has leaked somewhere and that it's where he's actually getting this.
Some rough estimations for the TFLOPS of each power profile have been made and come out to 1.72 TFLOPS for portable and 3.09 TFLOPS for docked.
Fun visualization of the power difference.
The difference in CPU speeds has weirded a lot of people out. The Switch 1 keeps the same clockspeed for docked and portable and it's doubly weird that the Switch 2's docked mode has the lower clockspeed. It's lead some people to cast doubt on these being accurate numbers. We'll have to wait and see.
Lingering Questions
The Screen
Despite being listed in the shipment data nothing concrete has been found about the Switch 2's screen. People have made claims that they say is sourced from insider information but all of it has sounded like safe, educated guesses. They'll probably go with LCD screens again because it's cheaper (and so they can make tendies double dip with OLED models later down the line 
). A 7.91 inch screen is something specific that has been claimed. This would be a huge increase over the base Switch's 6.2-inch screen and even the OLED model's 7-inch screen. It is assumed by everyone that it will be a 1080p screen, up from the Switch's 720p screen.
The Process Node
The question of what process node the Switch 2's hardware will be made on has probably been the single most hotly debated question about the thing. Heated arguments over whether it will be 4nm (le good) or 8nm (LE BAD) have been raging since the T239 was discovered and it gets very neurodivergent. What the frick do these numbers mean, exactly? I dunno, I guess before 28nm nodes were a thing it was some kind of specific measurement in a circuit board but now it's just branding basically. What matters is that smaller = better and better process nodes allow for smaller form factor and better power efficiency. Both are very important in a handheld. It's been a near constant back and forth of people citing a somewhat reliable but also spotty guy on Xitter who claims it's for sure 8nm, followed by people saying that 8nm is obviously too old for something that finished in 2022 and that Nintendo would NEVER cheap out on hardware. Every time an alleged photo of the motherboard drops people rush to estimate the process node based on analysis of the photo and napkin math which then prompts other people to write essays explaining why trying to estimate the node size that way is fricking r-slurred and completely unreliable. The leaks of the clockspeeds has tempered this somewhat and it looks like 7nm might be what people gravitate towards as general consensus. Either way, we won't know until tech reviewers get their hands on the final product and do teardowns. Not like it matters at this point.
The Games
Not a fricking thing has been leaked about games for the Switch 2. In the wake of basically everything about the hardware being laid bare almost a full year in advance of Nintendo saying anything about the system this is a bit surprising. Just goes to show how airtight Nintendo are
Conclusion
That's basically everything worth mentioning. It's a little wild to finally be on the verge of getting something official about this system after all this time feeling like I already know quite a bit about it.
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https://kick.com/jstlk/clips/clip_01JJW1WW8FJKVDX0XKZ8KGQS10
FYI /r/livestream jannies are tiny peepee riders so the fact that this is on lsf is a buck breaking moment.
I tried to upload the clip but the only kick downloader I could find pooped out a 200mb mp4 
OP Q&N
Q: Did you steal some info from 
A: Yes
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you needs less tricknology n increase dem p values n sheeeei-
dei hires OUT
m-my grant proposal
!chuds some of the overpaid gov't titsucker subreddits 
and hard rn:
/r/fednews 
/r/professors 
/r/1102 
/r/foreignservice 
/r/daca 
/r/patentlaw 
/r/womenintech 
/r/usajobs 
/r/antiwork 
Post more in the comments!
Bonus content
https://old.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1i7j8r0/closed_my_first_100k_deal_and_then_i_didnt/
Lot of money for peaceful refugee activists !nooticers ...
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KiNeurodivergents chudlebrate: https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/1ibdu9j/ubisoft_announces_studio_closure_as_it_lays_off/
Various 4chud threads below:
https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/701386195/sad-news-uk-ubisoft-studio-shuts-down-lays-off
https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/701401490/the-modern-audience-will-save-usaaacckkkk
https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/701385804/ubislop
https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/701385775/ubisoft-shuts-down-another-studio
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Yes, you read that correctly. He presented an award on an online award show for the worst game of the year. Clutch your pearls preemptively: the nominees were 4 universally agreed on bad games. 
Did James make the decision about what games to have on here. It does not seem like it. BUT HE PRESENTED IT!
Oh yeah, this is somehow g*mergate, because we can't ever let the thing that happened over a decade ago die
This hurts bigly for all the 10 remaining fans of the 40+ year old who calls old games shitty poop farts
Should we even be complaining about this? Think of the dozens of extra views it might get from ResetERA referrals!
Thinking that it's dumb to complain about a shit game gettting a bad game award from a literally who tier youtuber? THAT'S A PADDLIN' 
Nobody would have known what a NES or Atari 2600 was without AVGN
I know none of them played it because nobody played it, this poster included.
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.webp?h=10 "Du Rag (blue) - Shitty bandana 3/6")
has GONE crazy 
on his X- the everything app TL
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Fuck reading and anyone who can do it
— ye (@kanyewest) February 2, 2025
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A classic is on our hands
Game : Street Fighter Alpha 3 - SFA3
PRIZE POOL : 20k MB [1st place 12k; 2nd place 6k; 3rd place 2k] Graciously provided by Trap and Cammy, what a beautiful couple 
Feel free to donate for the cause!
Date : 22nd of February, lucky number 222 
Back to fightcade games 
Not like that changes anything for most of you neighbors.
Alpha 3 is a classic with footsies, cute girls and... borderline TOD custom combos galore. Considered by many, including Daigo Umehara to be their favorite Street Fighter of all time 
. Although I must say that I myself prefer 3rd strike 
This one is very unique for a street fighter game, due to 3 versions present for every character, Dhalsim being top tier, and of course the hallmark of Alpha, air blocking, so there should be a taste of anime here for those of you who are deeply subhuman 
Hope to see you nigs this month, stream issues are hopefully fixed, praying to the cell towers. 
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