Lots of understandable doom and gloom in the comments, but from the FAQ it really does not seem like the current iteration we know today will be super different down the line. Yes, yes, take Nexus Mods’ word with a mountain of salt, but it really does seem to be helping Nexus Mods’ backend more, and having affiliate links seems to be the least intrusive method to make the site money. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

I saw it on twitter as well! Mostly voice lines of GladOS telling player 1 that player 2 wasn’t doing as good as them, with the idea she’d tell each player that lol.

Or pictures of Gabe in his yacht giving the camera a thumbs-up

Interesting quote at the bottom of the article:

A 2023 study found that 11% of U.S. adults (roughly 23 million) pirated content in the previous year. The NFL says it does not track illegal viewership of its games, though the league believes that new legal avenues to consume its broadcasts—such as direct-to-consumer streaming services, in addition to traditional TV packages—are lowering the reliance on unauthorized methods.

I can’t decide if 11% is higher or lower than I expected, but also insightful that the NFL in particular doesn’t seem to think this affects their bottom line much? Hard to believe since a sports streaming package can easily be triple digits and only go up year after year.

All the Astro Bot games have phenomenal soundtracks, Kenneth CM Young (of MediaMolecule) is brilliant and knows how to write really catchy earworms. Really got stuck listening to Trapped in Time and Papa Tree.

I understand the convenience, but I don’t like it. All my data is on someone else’s computer, and I have to enable activity trackers for the privilege of accessing my data? Heck nah.

getting TV remotes to work over HDMI CEC is still untested

Ah, bummer, but I’m glad a project like this exists and is getting some new life breathed into it. Can’t say I’m a huge fan of the toolbar at the top but I’m sure ricing will be fun on a platform like this.

Not sure what the use case is here but Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) works great.

Christian didn’t seem super pumped about the tribute imo, which is a shame

https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/17rmqys/comment/k8ks5mx/?context=3

1. The Babadook (2014)
2. An artist named “Special Meme Fresh” on Facebook

Someone unplugged the Mac mini

Exactly this. The second you utter the word “federation” you can see people’s eyes glaze over in real time. The email explainer is good but it really needs to be a short sentence and that’s it

Was making sure this had a mention. This was brutal to read in 6th grade at 10 in the morning.

Unrelated but the additional padding at the bottom of each page is an unexpected QOL feature I didn’t know I needed.

Ironic

I must be living under a rock because this is the first I’ve heard of USB 4. Is it just a speed bump or does it affect the type of data that can be transferred? In my experience I’ve had issues using a usb 2.0 flash drive to use a live image of a Linux iso in a 3.1 port

Don’t commit near a black hole, apparently