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9 things I wish I knew before playing Red Dead Redemption 2

Oct25
by on October 25, 2018 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an advance copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. Yes, I know I’m a lucky bastard. You can read what I thought about Rockstar’s latest here, lets just say I enjoyed it a lot. Like any other big open world game, there are a ton of ways to make your own fun. The game does a great job of holding you by your hand in the early parts, until you’ve gathered enough knowledge about its systems to enjoy yourself unaided. There are a bunch of little things I wish I had known before…

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9 things I wish I knew before playing Red Dead Redemption 2

Oct25
by on October 25, 2018 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an advance copy of Red Dead Redemption 2. Yes, I know I’m a lucky bastard. You can read what I thought about Rockstar’s latest here, lets just say I enjoyed it a lot. Like any other big open world game, there are a ton of ways to make your own fun. The game does a great job of holding you by your hand in the early parts, until you’ve gathered enough knowledge about its systems to enjoy yourself unaided. There are a bunch of little things I wish I had known before…

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Everybody’s podcasting, so learn these steps to join the party for under $35

Oct25
by on October 25, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Unlike all the broadcasting and licensing hurdles of traditional broadcasting, all a podcaster needs is a computer, a mic, an internet connection and a heap of inspiration. If you’ve got the drive, but could use some best practices help getting started, the Beginner’s Podcasting bundle ($33.15, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) is a great place to start with coupon code: BOO15.

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Twitter’s bot purge led to a 9M drop in users last quarter

Oct25
by on October 25, 2018 at 12:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Twitter’s just announced its quarterly earnings, in which it revealed its user base has shrunk by nine million monthly users over the last quarter. This is a good thing. That’s because the company’s been purging bots from its platform, a mission it’s been on  since July. The initial exercise saw Twitter boot tens of millions out, and it appears that the ongoing effort has had an effect on its monthly average user count this quarter too. We can’t confirm if all nine million accounts dropped were bots, but it’s almost certain that the vast majority of them were. Ultimately, that’s good for…

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Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers

Oct25
by on October 25, 2018 at 12:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Cars, Contributors


Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This October-ish roundup lands on the beautiful Hunter’s Moon! Since my last post, the US patent office issued over 21,220 patents and published over 23,486 patent applications. Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As I cannot list all these patent assets here, the PatentYogi team has selected the five most interesting patent assets.…

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