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Barry Caldwell death: Cartoon veteran behind Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain dies aged 68

Caldwell worked for Warner Bros. Animation, Walt Disney Television Studios and DreamWorks during his storied career

The Independent

NINETY DAYS

NINETY INCIDENTS

NINETY PERCENT

YOU PAID FOR ALL FIVE NINES BUT YOU’LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE

#github

Suddenly Newton doing foundational work in math and then getting alchemy-pilled for the rest of his life makes a ton of sense.

Morgan Ames' The Charisma Machine continues to be immediately relevant in the bleakest possible way.

This sucks, man.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian
Timeline cleanse: Julian Lage & Nils Cline spontaneously jamming at Big Ears.

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116300312769372232

The thumbnail is unfortunate. The article is not good but the thumbnail which links to Rick Beato's YouTube video is advocating fully local models which isn't a terrible take imo.

Adult smoking in the United States has dropped below 10% for the first time. New analysis of national survey data found that cigarette use fell from 10.8% of adults in 2023 to 9.9% in 2024 (about 25 million people) down from 42% in 1964. The shift has helped drive a long fall in cancer mortality, with the American Cancer Society estimating reduced smoking prevented nearly four million lung cancer deaths between 1970 and 2022. Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/americas-smoking-habit-just-hit-a-wild-milestone-that-once-seemed-impossible-2000732807
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America’s Smoking Habit Just Hit a Wild Milestone That Once Seemed Impossible

The adult smoking rate reached a record low in 2024, new research shows.

Gizmodo
Given what it's gonna do to the world economy when the bubble will burst I think it's better if we drop all references to intelligence and just start calling it subprime computing