Authors
Neal Stephenson doesn't think the Facebook Metaverse is the one he talks about. He believes it will come from videogames, and be about them.
George RR Martin isn't a very good writer. He has to wait for the muse, and rarely likes what he wrote.
Movies
Ant Man suffers worst second week drop in MCU history.
Mario Bros Voice actors troll.
Theme Parks
New Mattel theme park.
I show this because Disney once had a barbie themed park that lasted a few days.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo28D8R9hIs
Videogames
This is a stretch, but a new pinball table based on the Foo Fighters is coming out. Rock band pinball games has been happening a lot in the last 10 years, because the people buying the machines had their heyday 20+ years ago. So Foo Fighters is recent in comparison.
Ever read an article and knew the writer is friends with the subject? This article talks about a crazy taxi clone with interview of the creator as if it's going to be the latest indie hit.
The switch bans controversial words as avatar names. New words being banned are Groomer and Salv8dor.
Atomic Heart was made by dudes for dudes. Twitter user points this out, and it's hard to tell if there is sarcasm or not. Comments and others are also interesting. I got this from someone complaining about it.
Silent Hill 2 now runs at 60 FPS and has better controls.
A high school in Japan is for dedicated gamers.
Sonic Cosmo Fighter is translated and released to fans.
EA wants to know if players want a dead space 2 or 3 remake.
Mario Fan creates strategy game based on Super Mario Bros 2
Hogwarts game has denuvo removed by hacker.
VR
Someone tried different body types at his house to try out VR equipment.
VR has blurriness issue. It's being caused by HDR response on right screens.
Science
Cannabis use causes heart disease.
The author of this article doesn't know what Graupel is. She has to write about it. So she mentions the word, and changes the subject. It looks like hail, but is soft as snow.
Science: Power
If processors continue as they are, they will be nuclear powered to keep at the rate it's going. Power efficiency has been ignored for other abilities, so the consumption and use has raised a lot.
Power Plasma with Gigajoule power was created for 8 minutes.
Using a laser microscope, scientists have been able to watch combustion happen.
Politics
The UK will be without basic foods for months.
Judge tosses out disciplinary action against lawyer who helped Trump.
Animals in the Korean DMZ are still cute.
This article feels like they're telling Russia where to hit next.
Republican party may demand loyalty oath.
Office Culture
Remote workers mock office Culture
Crypto mining facility found at high school.
Google wants people in Hybrid set up to share desks.
AI
Andrew Ng says AI has an Instagram problem. Too many people are showing off flashy stuff so people think their work sucks.
A better inference system for imaging has been created. This means images can have better outlines, and predictable 3D space.
ControlNet is being pushed some more. Honestly I kind of hate it. The outlines aren't the greatest, and regular Diffusion connected to Photoshop is better.
A new AI called multidiffusion is now out. I haven't used it, so I can't comment. It looks promising though.
An introduction to NeRF to AI image people. No you can't NeRF an AI image. At least you can't yet.
Companies are already replacing workers with ChatGPT
Tech
China promises to destroy Starlink. They plan to send 13,0000 satellites to stop it.
Picade review. A pi powered mini arcade that demands you get the roms on your own.
Stupidity
Woman rents out her house and lives in a smaller house in her backyard. She claims to not pay rent to herself.
Man who deported people found out he was undocumented. One of those NPR stories that is really bad propaganda.
Someone covered up their Harry Potter tattoo with a Gravity Falls tattoo.
Super Pigs coming into US from Canada.
Court Case over Metaverse.
Propaganda
State lawmaker promises to filibuster laws against LGBTQ bills.
Long Covid shows problems of bureaucracy for socialism medicine.
Woke dies in Florida
Florida Governor has list of people he wants to remove. Let's meet one of them.
Atomic Heart company's CEO is a woman? Fuck. Please let Microsoft give me a refund. I have to do more digging on what I buy. Second time I've bought from the enemy by accident in six months.
Start labeling what you get funding from on the damn box, you evil fucks.
Most game funding is kept nebulous, and has been like that for years. It's why so many companies started from the mob. Nintendo made so much they left a lot of the Yakuza stuff alone, but still worked with companies that were still laundering fronts.