mkjs's comments

On: Macron says €300B in EU savings sent to the US every year will be invested in EU

[mkjs]

The UK has "enforced savings" in the form of auto-enrollment pensions for over 10 years. Looks like Ireland is just starting to do it too.

[swarnie → mkjs]

That's mostly to prepare teenagers at the time for having no state pension in 50 years.

I have about seven of the buggers and I'm only in my mid 30s.....

[frameset → swarnie]

Pensions or teenagers?

On: IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off

[mkjs]

At that point it isn't a $10k card anymore, it's a $5k card. And possibly not a $5k card for very long in the scenario that the market has been flooded with them.

On: I don’t need a Steam Machine

[mkjs]

It's not a console you can use as a PC, it's a PC you can use as a PC.

If you want a console you can use as a PC, the next Xbox is rumoured to be along those lines. It will run Windows so you can play Steam, GOG etc but will also run the existing Xbox library natively.

The 70% figure needs to be taken in context, tons of people have Steam installed on old computers that they use for old games. I currently have it installed on three devices, and yes two of them are worse specs than this. But I don't have any intention of upgrading them either, they are just old machines I have hanging around. They do the job if I'm travelling.

[lp0_on_fire → mkjs]

Is that actually confirmed? That Microsoft is going to allow steam and other third party stores on the new Xbox console?