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Thursday May 29, 2025. 06:07 PM
I can't tell whether it's a creative use of game mechanics or a horrible look into our Skynet-run future, but fresh horror game Mimesis is making waves nonetheless for its incorporation of AI. While the concept of games using AI is in itself nothing new, Mimesis proposes...
Meticulous, pastel-toned filmmaker Wes Anderson is nothing if not consistent. His oeuvre is so distinctive that imitations of his visual style were among the first things the generative AI boom latched onto, which says more about his impact than any creativity inherent in...
This ethereal video imagines what sunsets and sunrises look like in other parts of the universe. Although we can't know exactly what the sky would look like during these times of day in places thousands of light-years away, the video creates visualizations based on what is...
Histoire Naturelle Des Dorades De La Chine (1780) contains forty-eight stunning engravings of goldfish. This was the first monograph on goldfish ever published in Europe. These images were created by French court engraver François-Nicolas Martinet. Goldfish haven't always...
Tuck in! Authorities in Slovakia have approved brown bear meat for consumption, apparently just to own the libs (and the bears, obviously). The state-authorised slaughter has been criticised by conservationists and opposition politicians, including in the European...
TL;DR: This refurbished Lenovo 100e Chromebook has a low price, but even lower stock! The most critical measure of a computer is whether it runs Doom. A close second is whether it's portable while being powerful, and this grade-A refurbished Lenovo 11.6″ 100e...
The New York Times ran an article titled 'Is Trump's 'Made in America' iPhone a Fantasy?' which received criticism for indulging said fantasy with vaguely-reported numbers ($2000 iPhone? Which iPhone?) and sourcing to dial-a-quote analysts. But the bottom falls out with this ...
Cyberpunk 2077, with all its neon-soaked open-world chaos, launched in rough shape but ultimately sold 10m copies. A sequel is in development, say the creators at CD Projekt Red. Just the idea of such a thing suggests glorious mishaps both in and out of the game. — Read the...
At Cybercultural, Richard McManus looks at the early heydey of web design and 'three musketeers' pioneering the discipline long before it was lost to frameworks, adtech and social media: Jacob Nielsen, Jeffrey Zeldman and David Siegel. Back then there were other hazards,...
Which word has the most definitions in the English language? Here's a hint: the word is only three letters long, can be a noun or a verb, and has more than 600 senses (or meanings), according to the Oxford English Dictionary via Mental Floss. — Read the rest The post Which...
Wednesday May 28, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: This refurbished MacBook Air is available for just $199.97 (reg. $999) — but inventory is limited. You might be thinking about getting by without a laptop, but when it comes to filling out documents, managing spreadsheets, or enjoying a larger screen, a phone just ...
Boo hoo. Convicted felon #47, Donald 'TACO' Trump raged at a reporter for asking him about his new nickname. As we shared earlier, Financial Times analyst Robert Armstrong is credited with coining the term 'Trump Always Chickens Out' in response to Trump constantly caving...
When your local Waffle House locks its doors, it's time to evacuate. The venerable chain is famous for staying open through almost any weather conditions. But when storms are projected to be catastrophic, even Waffle Houses will close until the danger passes. — Read the rest...
When Congressperson Nancy Mace (R-SC) isn't confirming that people are in the 'right' restroom, she's apparently creating fake social media accounts to praise herself, or cyberstalking an ex. Wired reports that former employees and contractors claim Nancy Mace had them...
Natas Kaupas is the artist behind some awesome decks, the star of 80s and 90s skate movies, and one of the most innovative street skaters ever. Real Skate Stories shares an awesome documentary: I ran across this video not long after directing a friend to the Natas 720...
If you're looking for a natural way to improve your sleep, research points to an enjoyable solution: sex before bedtime. A new study from Central Queensland University found that on nights when participants had sex or masturbated, they experienced less nighttime wakefulness...
Bad cars are lemons. Good cars are peaches. There's a special kind of lemon that appears on the surface to be a peach, which Uri Bram calls an 'internally bruised peach.' On his Atoms vs Bits blog, he cites three examples: if you meet someone implausibly attractive and also ...
David Lynch's collection of stuff will be sold at a live auction in Los Angeles of June 18. It's going to be a mob scene. Take a look at the catalog of 450 items. I want his La Marzocco GS/3 Home Espresso Machine ($2,000-$3,000)! — Read the rest The post David Lynch estate...
Sex, slavery, and rebellion collide in Raging Clouds, a lush graphic novel that reimagines 16th-century Holland as a powder keg of female desire and defiance. Korean artist Yudori makes her English-language debut July 15 with this Fantagraphics hardcover about Amélie, a...
Several months ago, a beloved stuffed animal from the La Farge Branch of the Santa Fe Public Library disappeared. Clifford the Big Red Dog, a mainstay of the children's play area, was missing, and the library's young patrons missed him enormously. — Read the rest The post...
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