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You’re Nearly Out of Time to Save Your Old Minecraft Account
Minecraft used to have special Minecraft.net and Mojang accounts for purchases and online play, but starting in 2020, Mojang migrated them to Microsoft accounts. In a few months, the migration period is ending, and all remaining old accounts will be gone forever.
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For Windows 10 PCs — out with the old, in with the new?
You’ve probably heard that Windows 11 is a “meh” operating system. And Windows 12 is little more than a dream at this point. But with Microsoft no longer updating Windows 10 (except for security fixes), what’s a PC geek got to do to get the most from Windows now?
In helping people with their computers, I’ve found there are often three types of Windows users: Those with a viable computer that supports Windows 11; those with a decent computer that for one hardware reason or another just won’t support Windows 11 and those whose PC sorely needs hardware upgrades or an outright replacement to be a viable computer for the next two years.
Logitech’s Project Ghost draws on old camera tricks for better video meetings today
Blizzard locked a new World of Warcraft item behind an old World of Warcraft item, and now players are price-gouging each other to get it
I’m 52 and thought I was too old for zits – but squeezing it led to the discovery I had cancer
A woman who thought she just had a pimple on her nose has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
Michelle Davis, 52, spotted the red bump in April 2022 and thought it was just a spot until it became “really sore,” she said.
Michelle Davis, 52, thought a bump that appeared on the tip of her nose was nothing more than a stubborn pimple[/caption]
But after she went to a doctor to have it addressed, Davis was told the bump was skin cancer and that she would have to undergo surgery[/caption]
The pimple would flare up and down, she said, but Davis went to see a doctor after she squeezed it and it wouldn’t stop bleeding.
The doctor immediately thought it was cancer.
Following a biopsy, Davis was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma – a common form of skin cancer.
She underwent surgery to cut the cancer out and had the skin of her nose stretched to cover the remaining hole.
Now, Davis is recovering from the surgery and won’t need further treatment.
The account manager, from Orewa, New Zealand, said: “I thought ‘what am I doing getting a pimple at 52’.
“It will go away – I kept telling myself.
“It would flare up and go back down.
“I remember squeezing it and nothing coming out.
“Then it bled and bled and bled – for like a week.
“I was in shock when I found out. I had never heard of basal cell carcinoma.”
Davis first spotted the “pimple” a year ago and would spent time covering it up with concealer.
“It was really hard,” she said.
“Like a volcano under the skin.
“I went walking with my girlfriend and it went purple and she pointed it out.
“I said ‘it’s just a pimple.’
“I was in denial.”
Davis said the spot became “really sore” by January and she tried to squeeze it.
She said: “Nothing happened.
“Then it bled and bled.
“I thought ‘that’s not normal.’”
Davis went to her doctor in February and was told it looked like skin cancer.
A biopsy confirmed she had basal cell carcinoma and she was told she would need surgery to remove the cancer.
Last month, Davis underwent a nasal flap reconstruction at Ormiston Hospital in to remove the cancer and pull the nose skin over the hole.
She said: “They cut up my nose in a zig zag. They cut out a crater. There was a hole in the end of my nose.
“They then bring the skin down to cover it.”
Davis was left with scaring and different shaped nostrils but said it is healing well.
She said: “It’s still healing.
“My nostrils are different shapes because they stretched the skin.
“The scar tissue is hard. The nerves are numb.
“Some people end up losing their nose so thank goodness.”
Davis will be monitored once a year as she said she can be more prone to skin cancer now she has had it once.
She wants to raise awareness of the symptoms so other people can go get it checked out.
“If I’d kept ignoring it, it would have got way bigger.
“I might have got to the stage where they couldn’t cut it out.
“I honestly thought it was a pimple.
“I thought skin cancer was a mole.
“Skin block wasn’t a thing when I was growing up.
“Now it’s in my day to day skin care.”
Davis has had her stitches out and is now looking after her skin and upping her collagen in take to help with scarring.
She said: “At first I thought I’m 52 and single, now I’m going to have this hideous nose.
“But it’s been quite empowering.
“It’s only skin deep. It’s what’s on the inside that counts.”
During the procedure, Davis had a piece of skin stretched over the hole in her nose after the cancer was removed[/caption]
These days, Davis said she makes sure to apply sunscreen every single day to avoid another skin cancer scare[/caption]
I’m so used to old Steam, new Steam’s menus kinda freak me out
Apex Legends’ latest character Ballistic is an old dog showing off some new tricks in his trailer
The new Apex Legends season, Arsenal, looks exciting from watching the new trailer. The 17th season is set to launch on May 9th, and features new character Ballistic, a competitor in the Apex Games’ predecessor the Thunderdome Games, now making a comeback as the new legend. The popular World’s Edge map is also getting some healing, and there’s an Apex Museum within the map that celebrates Apex’s past, present, and future. Although the theme for this season seems to be nostalgia, there are still some new features to look forward to, particularly the updates to the weapon system and upgraded Firing Range.
People are only just realising why snooker tables are green… the answer is over 100 years old
PEOPLE are only just realised why a snooker table is green and it is leaving them baffled.
There are a number of theories and misconceptions, but the true answer is remarkable in its simplicity.
There are a number of wild theories as to why a snooker table is green[/caption]
Fans have wrongly speculated that the table is green to reference the origins of snooker as a lawn game.
Therefore, the theory goes, the green base mimics the grass on which the sport was first played.
But the real reason is far simpler.
Up until the 1870s, orange was the usual colour for snooker tables.
But this often lead to disagreements between players over ball position as the contrast between red balls and orange fabric made it hard to see exact movements.
Two players – Arthur Terry and Riland Metcalfe – ended up in court over fight during a game of snooker in 1871.
It is claimed that Terry was convicted for his role in the violence, but escaped a punishment as the magistrate agreed that the colour of the table was partially to blame.
The official concluded that “henceforth the cause of harmonious play would be advanced if the snooker tables were manufactured in standard green, giving strong contrast to the red of the ball.”
It is true that the green surface allows players to see the balls better.
The colour allows players to keep track of the balls for a long period and makes the table less strenuous on the eyes for both them and the viewers.
And given that snooker is played over many hours, it would be impractical to have a bright table surface that would tire out the eyes or a dark one that would make it hard to see what was going on.
It comes after people were baffled to discover why football is called ‘soccer’ in the US.
And fans were amazed to find out why snooker is called snooker.
However, it is simply because it makes it easier to keep track of the balls[/caption]
WoW Dragonflight came from Blizzard tossing out MMO’s “old approach”
Following World of Warcraft Dragonflight, Blizzard says that the studio’s change in approach to the fantasy MMORPG and its big return has been due to listening to player feedback, with communication at the heart of World of Warcraft matching up to both Blizzard and player standards.
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