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Esvalt earlier: “Some scientists argue civilization-threatening bioweapons are a fantasy. I wish they were correct, and that I've wasted years building defences.”
October 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Esvalt earlier: “Some scientists argue civilization-threatening bioweapons are a fantasy. I wish they were correct, and that I've wasted years building defences.”
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Le Carré, consistently: he was short and fat and looked like a frog
Casting directors: now the key thing about George Smiley is that he would absolutely get it
Casting directors: now the key thing about George Smiley is that he would absolutely get it
October 6, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Le Carré, consistently: he was short and fat and looked like a frog
Casting directors: now the key thing about George Smiley is that he would absolutely get it
Casting directors: now the key thing about George Smiley is that he would absolutely get it
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No tech CEO or NYT bestselling novelist will ever match the creativity of a humble French postman who decided on a whim to spend thirty-three years building a surreal, majestic palace with the bricks and mortar of his dreams. www.tumblr.com/mostlysignss...
October 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM
No tech CEO or NYT bestselling novelist will ever match the creativity of a humble French postman who decided on a whim to spend thirty-three years building a surreal, majestic palace with the bricks and mortar of his dreams. www.tumblr.com/mostlysignss...
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Warhammer in its many guises is at its best when it's Weird Little Guys.
October 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Warhammer in its many guises is at its best when it's Weird Little Guys.
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How much do I have to yell about this? I already wrote *an entire blog* calling out THIS specific site's double-standards, but there is a reason mainstream media doesn't use machine translators even now and it's fucking embarrassing that far more tech literate orgs willingly ignore that for clicks.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
How much do I have to yell about this? I already wrote *an entire blog* calling out THIS specific site's double-standards, but there is a reason mainstream media doesn't use machine translators even now and it's fucking embarrassing that far more tech literate orgs willingly ignore that for clicks.
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I can already picture the newsreader's smirk as they introduce the story about "a rather surprising success story involving *pause for effect* goblins".
October 6, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I can already picture the newsreader's smirk as they introduce the story about "a rather surprising success story involving *pause for effect* goblins".
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Computer games: not just for kids!
October 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Computer games: not just for kids!
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Another useful comparison: if any "traditional industry" had seen job losses comparable to the UK games industry in the last few years, it'd be treated as a national crisis on the front of every newspaper for months and months, because those are considered Proper Jobs and making games is not.
October 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Another useful comparison: if any "traditional industry" had seen job losses comparable to the UK games industry in the last few years, it'd be treated as a national crisis on the front of every newspaper for months and months, because those are considered Proper Jobs and making games is not.
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And if this did get covered by the media, it'd be a wacky novelty story not an actual exploration of how modern commercial reality does not align with the political notion of British industry/exports.
October 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
And if this did get covered by the media, it'd be a wacky novelty story not an actual exploration of how modern commercial reality does not align with the political notion of British industry/exports.