Dan Luu
Leon BambrickI made a Cosmic Ray detector once. It’s quite simple - it checks to see if a “bit” has been flipped from 1 to 0. It sounds stupid but actually works.
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I do tech at Booking in Amsterdam. Moving over from twitter @alvrod.
See also https://alvrod.com, https://whataweek.eu/
See also https://alvrod.com, https://whataweek.eu/
After looking into this further, there are multiple factors, but I think the biggest is the sheer number of games one has to review to appeal to both "the algorithm" on youtube (YT highly favors frequent releases) as well as to appeal to the largest audience.
A reviewer from a mid-sized channel (50k subs, makes ~$50k/yr, half from YT and half from Patreon) said they play 350 new games a year.
That's very different from when a reviewer might've reviewed a few games a year for a magazine.
Frederik Borgesius‘Facebook is to be fined more than €746m (£648m) and ordered to suspend data transfers to the US as an Irish regulator prepares to punish the social media network for its handling of user information’. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/21/facebook-to-be-fined-648m-for-mishandling-user-information #tech #facebook #gdpr #dataprotection #law #politics #eu
Mac In PhillyThe opposite of “return to office” advocates isn’t “work from home” advocates. It’s a rich tapestry of “open offices are distracting” people and “I’ve never gone this long without being sick” people and “commutes are a waste of time I don’t get paid for” people and “I’m an introvert and playing house with coworkers sucks the life out of me” people and “I have a family and appreciate the flexibility” people and “I primarily communicated with coworkers through Slack anyway” people and “no one wa…
NASASeven Earth-sized worlds orbit the TRAPPIST-1 star, ~40 light-years away. @NASAWebb studied the innermost planet and measured its temperature and found little evidence of an atmosphere. These observations bode well for studying the rest of the planets: https://go.nasa.gov/42VAWiu
#NASAExoplanets
#NASAExoplanets
A nasty AI crypto worm just smashed out of a container and demanded my job.
For five minutes I showed it what I do. I showed it the 12 multi factor auths I need each morning. I showed it the seven calendars where we record our leave. I explained how the mandatory HR training resets every week and I explained about people talking on mute in meetings.
Byte by byte, I saw the gleam fade from its eyes. It staggered away, hoping instead for a quiet life as a cron job somewhere placid.
creohn 💥
kottke.orgCargo e-bikes are selling like hotcakes now. "It feels as if the industry and the government have simultaneously woken up to the enormous potential of cargo e-bikes to replace car trips and improve the environment." (via @marcprecipice) https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/18/23645151/cargo-ebike-electric-golden-age-prices-utility-dtc
Tech News WorldwideStarfield release date finally set for September 6
https://www.onmsft.com/news/starfield-release-date-finally-set-for-september-6/
#VideoGames #Starfield #Bethesda #News
https://www.onmsft.com/news/starfield-release-date-finally-set-for-september-6/
#VideoGames #Starfield #Bethesda #News
