• Jujutsu Kaisen Epilogue Chapter: The New Ending Explained
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    Jujutsu Kaisen recently dropped its epilogue chapter with the release of its final volume, and it is safe to say that this is an extra that fans absolutely loved. While the true ending of the manga is still chapter 271, fans who want to know what happened after the ending now have something to read as Gege published a 16-page epilogue focusing on certain characters from the story.
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  • because only 2d
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    If you're wondering why it's only 2D, the reason is that I'm first working on the mini games, then they'll have more variety and for exclusive previews join the Discord and Game Jolt in spanish<
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  • Hear ye, hear ye, this Team Fortress 2 comic is a holiday miracle
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    Before Overwatch and Marvel Rivals, there was another zany, character-based hero shooter that gamers adored: Valves Team Fortress 2. Team Fortress 2 is still a relevant game, and has retained a fanbase since its release in 2007. In fact, the surprise release of a Team Fortress 2 comic, a full seven years after the last issue, shocked and delighted fans online.Issue #7 of the ongoing Team Fortress comic is called The Days Have Worn Away and it opens with a tribute to Rick May, the voice actor for the Soldier, who tragically passed in 2020. The art is done by Heather Campbell, an artist at Valve who does an excellent job at humanizing the ridiculous figures that make up the TF2 cast. Theres a Scout with a boisterous family, a newly-married Soldier who refers to his wife as a roommate, and a terrifying body horror scene with the Administrator. Theres truly something for everyone here.If you havent read the comics, Id suggest going and starting from the beginning. The series started in 2013, with Ring of Fired, and delves deep into the backstory of the main cast and side characters like Miss Pauling. As Valve itself puts it on the Comics page of TeamFortress.com, Over the years, the comics have spawned ancillary characters, then assistants to the ancillary characters. Companies mentioned in passing became global empires three generations old. The game that started as a handful of guys in a desert shooting at each other slowly blossomed into the most labyrinthine story in Valve history.Thats actually good news, because it means you dont have to play much of the game itself to understand this new and exciting story. Between the comics and the Meet the Team videos, Team Fortress 2 has managed to stick around in the gaming zeitgeist well past its prime. Its great to see some of these characters get a happy ending after waiting in limbo, and it doesnt seem as though well be getting any more comics.
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  • Play as your Sonic the Hedgehog OC with these fan made tabletop games
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    In the days since Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was released, Ive been doing a diligent search for the best Sonic-inspired tabletop games out there. And folks, Ive found them. Surprisingly, there is no official Sonic the Hedgehog tabletop RPG (yet). Thankfully, the fans are here to save the day. Through some diligent dives, Ive found two fan-made Sonic games, for two different kinds of players. Rings and Running Shoes and Sonic Tag-Team Heroes are on opposite ends of the tabletop gaming spectrum, but both will fill the ring-shaped hole in your heart and importantly, theyre both free.For more tactically minded fans of the series, Sonic Tag-Team Heroes is a more traditional tabletop game with crunchy, Dungeons & Dragons-inspired grid-based combat to play through heroic boss battles. Players choose from one of four types for their character that determines their attribute set: Speed, Fly, Power, and Technique each following in the path of the major Sonic protagonists. The game itself uses dice pools comprised on d6s and d10s, with a series of corresponding skills. Among those are the expected Melee, Move, Sneak, Deceive, etc you can expect from most attribute-based systems; but there are a few special skills in there like Spin, which has your character curl into a ball to get through tight spaces or attack an enemy. The details of the game mechanics are not too complex, but certainly are for more experienced gamers looking to scratch that combat itch.If youre looking to play in the world of Sonic, but want to focus more on story over combat, Rings and Running Shoes is a Powered by the Apocalypse game set in the world of anthropomorphic hedgehogs and echidnas. Like all PbtA games (a system designed by Meguey and Vincent Baker) Rings and Running Shoes is designed to get short, two-hour-long sessions in while packing all the emotional punch of your favorite Sonic comics, games, and movies. Rather than a list of skills to pick from and assign points to, PbtA games operate off of playbooks, a collection of moves and skills centered on particular archetypes. The game prioritizes two things: teamwork and doing cool things. One of the basic moves of the game is called Kick Butt, need I say more?More than anything else, I appreciate how Rings and Running Shoes prioritizes teaching new players what tabletop games are and how to play them together to tell the best story possible. While the text is a little dense, largely just black print on a white background with the occasional original character art scattered throughout, theres an accessibility to the language that doesnt feel quite as intimidating as Sonic Tag-Team Heroes.Whether you want to get into the tactical combat of a Sonic battle, or just feel like a cool Hedgehog saving the day from Dr. Eggman, the fan communities surrounding the franchise have you covered. You can get both titles completely free, at sonictth.com and ringsandrunningshoes.itch.io. While these games might not have the same design as professional studio-made tabletop games, they have a lot of heart and enough foundation for you to go, fast.
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  • How to get predator cores in Palworld
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    Predator cores are a new crafting material added in Palworld Feybreak.Predator cores are used to create items like pouches and the Meowmere, a sword from Terraria that meows and fires bullets. However, predator cores can be pretty hard to come by as youll need to find rampaging Predator Pals across the map.Heres how to get predator cores and where to find Predator Pals in Palworld.How to get predator cores in PalworldTo get a predator core, you must defeat one of 33 Predator Pals around the map. Predator Pals are similar to field bosses, except they dont appear on your map and they arent catchable.Predator Pals do respawn, but they dont seem to have a 100% spawn rate. This makes it a little difficult to tell what the exact respawn time is, but your best bet is to check every 30 minutes like the other overworld bosses. However, this time can be changed as it does scale with the day and night length of your world.Predator Pal locations in Palworld33 Predator Pals were added to Palworld as part of the Feybreak update. Weve ordered the Predator Pal list below corresponding to the numbers on the map above using information courtesy of Paldb.Keep in mind, Predator Pals do not seem to have a 100% spawn rate, so there is a chance that you arrive at one of the marked locations and there is nothing there. Weve found that fast traveling to one of the nearby waypoints and refreshing the area by returning to the main menu has assisted with the spawn rates.NumberPredator PalTime of dayLevelNumber of predator cores dropped1GoriratDay and Night3012VanwyrmDay and Night2513DirehowlDay and Night2514LovanderNight2615DogenDay and Night2816MossandaDay and Night301-27RelaxaurusDay and Night301-28TarantrissDay and Night301-29OmasculNight311-210StarryonNight341-211RayhoundDay and Night301-212RagnahawkDay and Night321-213MaraithNight381-214DinossomDay and Night311-215Reptyro CrystDay and Night401-216DigtoiseDay and Night452-317Jormuntide IgnisDay and Night482-318GildaneDay and Night482-319DazemuDay and Night472-320PrixterDay and Night452-321Cryolinx TerraDay and Night482-322KitsunNight472-423Faleris AquaDay and Night502-424Loupmoon CrystDay and Night492-425WumpoDay and Night502-426Blazehowl NoctNight502-427ElphidranDay and Night553-428ShroomerDay and Night553-429SplatterinaNight553-430Helzephyr LuxDay and Night60431Bushi NoctNight60432SootseerNight60433Incineram NoctNight604For more Palworld guides, weve got you covered. If youre just starting out, weve got a beginners guide, a list of all Pals, and a type chart. We also have explainers on breeding, eggs, and a rundown of how multiplayer works.On the hunt for resources? Check out our guides on how to get ore, coal, polymer, leather, sulfur, wheat seeds, pure quartz, Ancient Technology Points, and ancient civilization parts. For advanced players, consult our lists of all tower boss locations, the best base locations, and all flying mounts.
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  • How to Hide the Windows 11 Taskbar (Until You Need It)
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    The Windows 11 taskbar takes up a thick line of space on your screen. Most people don't mind, but there are valid reasons to want it gone. You might want to take advantage of that little bit of extra screen real estate, or focus more completely on your current task without seeing the time, widgets, or icons for other applications.Whatever your reason, it's not particularly difficult to hide the taskbar. There's a simple way to do this built right into Windows, or you can use a third party application if you want to prevent the taskbar from popping up randomly when you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen.Hide your taskbar using Windows' settingsTo hide your taskbar using the built-in Windows setting, simply right-click an empty place on the taskbar, then click Taskbar Settings. Scroll down until you see Taskbar behaviors and click it. Check the option labeled Automatically hide the taskbar. Credit: Justin Pot This will hide your Windows taskbar with one exception: It will show up if you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen.Hide your Windows taskbar completelyFor most people, the above is going to work perfectly, but not for all. This can, for example, get annoying if an application you're using has buttons at the bottom of the screen that you need to access regularly. As is, it's a little too easy to trigger the taskbar and cover what you're trying to click.This is where Buttery Taskbar comes in. Launch this application, and the taskbar will disappear. It won't show again if you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen, meaning it will never accidentally cover up something you're working on. It's not gone, though: You can hit the Windows key to open the Start menu, which will also reveal the taskbar, or you can move your mouse to the bottom of the screen and scroll up with the scroll wheel. Credit: Justin Pot There is a taskbar icon you can use to configure the scrolling option and quit the application. I prefer launching this application specifically when I want to work without the taskbar, but you can also set it up to launch with Windows' built-in Task Scheduler if you want. Just open the utility, which you can find in the Start menu, and create a new task. For the trigger, choose "When I log on;" for the action, choose "Start a program," and point it toward Buttery Smooth. Make sure "Run with highest privileges" is checked on the Buttery tab.From here, you can basically ignore the taskbar until you specifically want to use it, which I like. This is particularly great if you're already using PowerToys Run to launch software instead of the Start menu.
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  • Five Examples of Trash That You Can Sell for Decent Money
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    Many of us could use more money, and we go about finding it in a variety of ways: asking for a raise, changing jobs, or taking a second job, for example. But you could also start selling trash. Not just any trash, of coursemost trash is, well, just trashbut the kinds of things people routinely throw away or leave behind that actually keep enough value to make them worth picking up and reselling them. While these are usually volume businesses (meaning you have to sell a large number of them to make real money), you can make real money just grabbing this stuff from trash, homes, or even public spaces. Six examples of surprisingly profitable trash are golf balls, wood pallets, cardboard boxes, wine corks, and egg cartons.Lost golf balls can be worth up to $2 eachMore than 25 million people play golf in the United States, and if youve ever played a round, you know that means a lot of lost golf balls. Approximately 1.5 billion golf balls go missing every year in this country. The surprising part is that used golf balls actually retain a lot of their value. According to Lashan Wanigatunga, co-owner of Two Guys with Balls, used golf balls can go for anywhere from 15 cents to $2 depending on brand, so you can make a fair amount of money just picking up golf balls you find on the ground.The real money is in diving for golf balls, as water hazards often contain a large volume of them that no one is going to chase after. This is such a real thing theres even a listing on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website for the career, where its noted that divers can make $200 per day retrieving golf balls (Todd Hutchinson of Ballhawker claims you can actually make $800 per day doing it). Diving for golf balls can be dangerous if youre not familiar with underwater work or skip safety protocols, but where else can you make a few hundred bucks a day by picking up stuff someone else left behind?Discarded wood pallets can be worth up to $4 eachWood pallets are pretty ubiquitousand pretty useful. If youve noticed a business in your area that routinely has a bunch of pallets piled up or in dumpsters, you might have an opportunity: Used wood pallets in decent condition are actually worth anywhere from 50 cents to $4 per pallet. All you need are pallets that you can legally take (many businesses are happy to get rid of them if you just ask), a way to transport them, and possibly some tools to repair pallets if you want to maximize your success. You can use the North American Pallet Recycling Network to locate pallet brokers in your area, and companies like Kamps Pallets will actually pay you and come and get your pallets if you have at least 500 per year to sell them. There are usually local pallet brokers in your area, so a little research might lead you to other resources.Used cardboard boxes can be worth $1.25 eachThose Amazon and UPS boxes we toss into the recycling bin or give to friends when theyre moving can actually be worth some money. You can sell empty, used cardboard boxes on platforms like BoxCycle, which pays anywhere from 10 cents to $1.25 for standard moving boxes and buys just about any box you might have on hand; U-Haul Box Exchange, where people post boxes for sale or for free; and Used Cardboard Boxes will buy your used shipping boxes. You can also try to sell used boxes eBay.Wine corks can be worth about 10 cents eachPeople in the U.S. tear through more than 4 billion bottles of wine each year, many of which wind up in recycling bins, but wine corks can actually sell for a pretty decent margin on places like Etsy or eBay. They tend to sell for about 10 cents a pop, although some branded varieties can fetch more. Of course, that's not a lot for someone relying on the average Americans consumption of 16 bottles per year for inventory, but if a local restaurant is just tossing their used corks into the bin, you might be in business.Egg cartons can sell for 30-40 cents eachUsed egg cartons are a surprisingly large market: People use them in crafts, and small farms also buy them for their own egg sales. Your standard supermarket-derived egg cartons can go for about 30-40 cents apiece on sites like eBay, which means that if you eat the average number of eggs each year (around 285, or close to 24 dozen), thats an extra $60-70 alone. If you actually go out and collect 24 egg cartons from local restaurants, hotels, or other businesses every day, thats a few hundred bucks a week.
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  • The Dreo Baristamaker Is My Favorite Frother for Professional-Grade Foamed Milk
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    We may earn a commission from links on this page.One of the reasons lattes from a coffee shop are so special is that perfectly creamy foamed milk swirl. The foam is essential, the latte art is a bonusthough I love admiring a coffee-striped heart before I sip it away. You may have tried duplicating these fancy drinks at home, only to fall short with clumsy steaming wands and battery-powered frothing sticks. I certainly have. It might seem like time to give up on homemade microfoam, but hang in there a second longer. Theres one device that can actually do it for the at-home latte novice (and it is significantly easier than using a steam wand): The Dreo BaristaMaker. I've been testing one for nearly six months, and it's been a foaming wonder. Dreo BaristaMaker Milk Frother, All-in-1, 27oz/800ml Hot/Cold Electric Foam Maker for Coffee, Latte Art-level Microfoam, Automatic Milk Warmer, Dairy/Plant-Based Milk, 30+ Drinks, Dishwasher Safe $99.99 at Amazon Shop Now Shop Now $99.99 at Amazon What does it do?The Dreo BaristaMaker is an appliance specifically designed to make professional barista-grade foamed milk at home. Not just foamy milk with big bubbles that pop and fizzle-out after sitting for five minutes, but serious microfoam. This kind of foam has extra fine bubbles that hold their composition for as long as your drink lasts. Theyre so small and compact that theyre barely visible; only detectable by that overall creamy appearance we associate with latte foam. You can see in the picture that the foam isnt bubbly as much as it is dense and fluffy. (Note that this appliance does not make the coffee thoughyoure in charge of that.) I'm no good at latte art, but foam I can do with the BaristaMaker. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann The BaristaMaker is a two-part appliance. The heavy base is where the engine and the digital control panel live. The stainless steel container sits right on top, and thats where you insert the agitation attachment (a little propeller or a circular mesh screen), and pour the milk in. Simply make your selections on the digital screen and press start.Whats special about the Dreo BaristaMaker?What makes this appliance stand out from the rest is that it addresses two issues Ive noticed with other milk frothing devices: frothing alternative milks, and temperature control.Ive tried frothing oat and almond milk with steam wands, only to find out afterward that the temperature was so hot it denatured the proteins in the milk, leaving it watery. I then turned to the milk frothing stick. You know, the long metal stick with a spiral wire at the end that vibrates your milk? That one. Those work on the same premise of hand whisking heavy cream to make whipped cream. The agitation causes the proteins to link up and capture air bubbles, but on a lighter level. This works decently. But the bubbles are usually big and weak, and the milk is cold unless youve preheated it, which is risky (re: denaturing proteins again). Id rather just pour cold milk into my espresso. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann The BaristaMaker froths them all. The machine allows you to select the milk youre usingregular cow milk, half and half, oat, coconut, almond, or soyand heats up that particular milk slowly and to the correct temperature to best achieve a sturdy and elegant microfoam. Not only do those presets work like a dream for milks, but you can also go rogue and choose your own temperature if you need something else stirred, warmed, and foamed, like hot cocoa or a chai latte.Pros and consI am committed to this machine based on the milk options and temperature control alone. But there are other benefits too. This machine is good enough at making microfoam where you could actually become a latte art specialist. It has a latte art marker on the inside of the container so you can add enough milk. It has a sharp, pointed pour spout for precision pouring and detail work as you draw. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Additionally, this is one of the best machines Ive ever used for cold foam. Cold foam is notoriously difficult to make. Hot foam is made with steam wands at cafscombining heat, and violent bubbling from the wandbut cold foam is made purely from agitation. Shaking the milk or using a blender can lead to uneven foam and big, clunky bubbles. Once again, the Dreo BaristaMaker excels. Its as easy to do as any of the other settingssimply pop in the mesh screen attachment, pour in the cold milk, and press start. The cold foam is luxurious, consistent, and creamythe perfect adornment for your cold brew in spring.The cons for this machine are few. Overall, the machine is a bit large compared to a thin milk foamer stick or a steam wand that might be already attached to your espresso machine. At 5.31-inches wide by 9.65-inches high, its the size of a personal blender. Secondly, my partner (who uses the BaristaMaker at least once a week) has had two instances when the foam was lackluster. Meaning, it just didnt get very foamy. He never gives up though, so after a few more tries, the Dreo always came back to full strength. What that means for longevity, Im not sure yet. Weve used it since the summer, and its still frothing away after about six months.Is it worth the money?If you (or as a gift for someone you love) are a total latte-head, flat white champion, cappuccino stan, or a weirdo who eats the scoopable foam from the top first (its me), you will absolutely fall in love with this machine. It is effective, fast, quiet (which is a blessing, especially compared to most kitchen appliances), and significantly better than any other milk frother Ive tried. Even if you prefer a weekly matcha latte, hot cocoa, or warm homemade pumpkin spice latte, this appliance will be well worth it.However, if you think of the BaristaMaker as more of a party trick, or your home has no cupboard space for yet another appliance, then maybe your $99.99 is better spent elsewhere. Plus, if you want to learn latte art, this frother is a great tool to have. You should know though, you have to provide the pouring skills yourself.
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  • Elon Musks xAI supercomputer gets 150MW power boost despite concerns over grid impact and local power stability
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    xAI gains 150MW power approval for its supercomputer, but locals fear impact on grid and future power availability.
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  • Google Chat is making it easy for you to ditch Microsoft Teams
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    Google is making it even easier for you to ditch Microsoft Teams with its chat migration service.
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