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#Technology, #SysAdmin, #Devops, #Gaming, #OpenSource Rocks, #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD, ISTP-T, He/Him, Melbourne Australia.

[deanosim]

As a lifelong Halo fan who is really into the lore and the books. I'm kinda tempted by Halo Campaign Evolved, but scalpers buying out all the collectors editions in the entire of Australia in 30 minutes really soured the launch for me. Ebay's still filled with copies for $800+😔

[deanosim]

So that Xbox email, anyone else concerned about the number of job cuts and not mentioning which studios. It's the studios not mentioned in that email that we should be worried about.

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I do think it's interesting that people online think that I should spend over $1000 on a fancy new top of the line GPU just to play a couple of AAA games. 1/2

My GTX 1070 still plays 1000's of other games most of which are made by indie devs who realise that making your game run on more devices means more sales. Also if you look at raw performance it still has more power than newer low end GPUs and even the Steam Deck. 2/2

[deanosim]

Yorkshire Tea is sold out nearly everywhere in Australia 😢. 1/2

Where's all the Yorkshire tea gone?

2/2

[deanosim]

The fact that EB Games Australia can get away with locking preorders for collectors editions of games behind the EB World Plus subscription is criminal, just like with trading cards. It doesn't stop scalpers all it does is stop consumers from buying these things from offical retailers. 1/2

And what's worst EB has exclusivity rights to a lot of things in Australia. I think it's time the Consumer Watchdog investigated EB Games Australia. 2/2

[deanosim]

Yorkshire Tea seems to be out of stock in a lot of places in Australia right now, not sure why but I have suspicions. Might be time to update the TEACON status.

[deanosim]

I do find it amusing that games are increasingly not even advertising the PC and Xbox versions, I ain't buying a PS5 no matter how hard Sony tries to force exclusivity and be anti-consumer.

[deanosim]

Man that ending of Season 5 of For All Man Kind was amazing, and the little teaser for the next season brings up interesting new questions.

[deanosim]

I used to listen to music way more when phones had headphone jacks, having to mess around with making sure bluetooth headphones are charged and then having to repair them every time you want to use a different device drives me up the wall. 1/2

Combined with the fact the batterys in bluetooh headphones cant be easily replaced and bluetooth audio isn't exactly secure or high quality. I mainly just listen at my PC because I can use my Beyerdynamic DT 770s and dont have to muck about. Maybe I just need a dedicated music player again. 2/2

[deanosim]

So uh... I guess someone broke github release downloads 😅

[deanosim]

I'm still sad that Stargate Atlantis and Universe never got real endings 😢

[deanosim]

Well I've already run out of Miis to make in Tamodachi Life, made my family and a couple of other people and then the games like "add more"

[deanosim]

Welp guess i wont be sleeping much for the next god knows how long, new people who brought the house next door must have decided that bringing in a bunch of heavy machinery to a residential property at 7 am on the dot.

[deanosim]

Another new Nintendo game release and Australian stores barely get any physical copies. I had my order cancelled by EB Games because they "couldnt find the item" despite it being listed as in stock.

[nasa]

Welcome to the Far Side of the Moon

A crescent Earth sets behind the Moon.

On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II astronauts flew around the Moon, observing the far side – which we never see on Earth thanks to tidal locking – with their own eyes and with cameras.

See more of the Moon:

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon’s horizon.

Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters.

A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image.

A close view of the edge of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the dark gray lunar surface, which arcs across the image.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

Earth just as it set behind the Moon, as seen by the Artemis II crew. The dark gray surface of the Moon, pocked with craters, arcs from the bottom left corner of the image to the top right.

Check out more photos from the lunar flyby, including astronaut selfies and the solar eclipse only they experienced.

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Earthset

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon. The Apollo 8 mission was the first crewed spacecraft to circumnavigate the Moon.

For more imagery from the mission, visit our Artemis II Multimedia Page.

[deanosim]

Uh... Okay Xbox but I'm not in Singapore and I've never been to Singapore...