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The 1970s were a whirlwind of groove and social changes. People from this decade witnessed many remarkable events, such as the gay liberation movement victories, the election of the first female Prime Minister in the U.K., and the rise of disco. Alongside these successes, they were also a part of some unfortunate incidents like the Vietnam War, the Oil Crisis, and the loss of many icons like Elvis Presley, Coco Chanel, and Pablo Picasso. The decade was an era like no other, and luckily the subreddit “The 70s are back!”…

Change is on the horizon for Destiny 2, as a mid-season patch will tweak several weapon archetypes and fine-tune some of the game's Exotics. Right now, Bungie has Graviton Lance, No Time to Explain, and Fighting Lion prepped for an update, one that'll scale back the effectiveness of these weapons in certain scenarios.Graviton Lance received a major overhaul--alongside several other Exotics--this season, shifting its design to provide a more even spread of damage across its two-tap build. "While it is nice…

Last time we talked about implementation of functional queues with Groovy++ Today we will use these queues to implement several algorithms for processing of asynchronious messages. You can find source code and more examples in the Groovy++ distro What we want to do is to implement simplified actor, the object which sequentially process asynchroniously coming messages. There are two types of actors thread bound actor, which is the one having dedicated message processing thread. The thread is blocked if no messages are…

The end of the week is upon us, the time of rest is nigh, we approach the weekend and we greet it with open arms. Well. Open arms and a full list of movies, tv, and books to devour. We’ve got a lot of small updates from horror films including a Lord of the Flies adaptation, a queer time-loop romance, and a Thanksgiving slasher. Something for everyone! Spoilers, clear your schedules.“It’s Hard Not to Make Your Own Special Effect Noises When You’re Doing Action” | io9 InterviewJagged MindVariety reports Maisie…

Luke & The Gang Capcom, a studio that is on something of a roll in recent years, is reaching out to the player community for a new user survey, asking questions about the fans’ opinions on its recent and upcoming games and services. The survey, which you can take right here, is open until Wednesday, March 22, and features questions mainly related to Capcom’s upcoming releases. The survey asks for your age and location, as well as the titles that you are looking forward to, as well as your spending habits in…

With Adam Curtis’s ordeal-montage Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone still streaming on BBC iPlayer, and all of us goggling at his extraordinary mosaic of TV news clips about the day-to-day agony of post-Soviet Russia in psychological freefall, now is maybe the time to experience that work’s polar opposite.This 1967 film, made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the October revolution, is an archival classic from the Latvian director Uldis Brauns and screenwriter Herz Frank: an amazingly audacious attempt at documenting the…