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How a small change made Overwatch 2 ranked games more enjoyable

Recently I have taken to playing Overwatch again – specifically Overwatch 2, which was released a few weeks ago. I wouldn’t say it is a whole new game. All of the elements are the same. Some of the heroes were reworked, loot boxes were removed, and it became free-to-play. The thing that surprised me, was how much more enjoyable competitive/ranked play has become. This has nothing to do with the team composition change to 5v5…

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Threes: A mobile-gaming masterpiece!

A don’t play a lot of mobile games. I have a few on my S4 that I play from time-to-time but I am certainly not one that is glued to my mobile phone day after day with the latest finger-numbing eye-watering addiction. A few weeks ago my friend introduced me to a game called 2048. I enjoyed it quite a bit and was spending much of my free time trying to get the elusive tile.…

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Configuring Open MPI in Windows

This tutorial covers the setup of Open MPI and the compiling and running of MPI programs in the Microsoft Windows environment. Open MPI is an implementation of the MPI standard. It is cross platform and makes use of your installed C++ or Fortran compiler. Getting everything working in a Linux environment is fairly easy provided gcc is installed. However when it comes to Windows there seems to be fairly few resources available on the internet…

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