Franco
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I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New research shows that it's extremely uncommon to have to replace a modern electric car's battery.
insideevs.com/news/779210/...
insideevs.com/news/779210/...
The Facts Are In: You Shouldn't Worry About EV Battery Replacements
New research shows that it's extremely uncommon to have to replace a modern electric car's battery.
insideevs.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New research shows that it's extremely uncommon to have to replace a modern electric car's battery.
insideevs.com/news/779210/...
insideevs.com/news/779210/...
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The funniest mascot for this would be a wombat.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The funniest mascot for this would be a wombat.
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From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved | CNN Business
The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both ...
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
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80' Marantz
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
80' Marantz
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no the Xpeng P7 looks even better in base trim with aero wheels
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
no the Xpeng P7 looks even better in base trim with aero wheels
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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Zombies Ate My Neighbors // Super NES // PVM-1354Q via component
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Zombies Ate My Neighbors // Super NES // PVM-1354Q via component
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I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
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The Logitech T-CD2-6F TrackMan (1991)
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Logitech T-CD2-6F TrackMan (1991)
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Helen Sharp took the potion on this day in 1985 ✨
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Helen Sharp took the potion on this day in 1985 ✨
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WE MUST BAN SHORT FORM VIDEO TO HEAL SOCIETY
October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
WE MUST BAN SHORT FORM VIDEO TO HEAL SOCIETY
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Excited that we are back at north on my unified next gen visuals wheel
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Excited that we are back at north on my unified next gen visuals wheel
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The kind of thing that happens when you need to get to 30%...
Master Chief comes to PlayStation.
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 next year, rebuilt and modernized with 2-player local co-op and 4-player online co-op: play.st/4oAYnr5
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 next year, rebuilt and modernized with 2-player local co-op and 4-player online co-op: play.st/4oAYnr5
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The kind of thing that happens when you need to get to 30%...
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I don’t care if you think gen ai will make movies and games better I would rather watch a bad movie or play a bad game made by human hands than anything made generative AI
Netflix Gaming is looking for someone to "evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios" https://kotaku.com/netflix-generative-ai-gaming-animal-crossing-studio-ghibli-2000631485
Netflix Will Pay You $840K To Figure Out How Gen AI Can Make Games Better
The person will be responsible for applying 'Gen AI across our portfolio and studios'
kotaku.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I don’t care if you think gen ai will make movies and games better I would rather watch a bad movie or play a bad game made by human hands than anything made generative AI
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Technics SL-P10（1982)
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Technics SL-P10（1982)
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Fuck Off. Have you been to the louvre. It's nuts. Maybe it's 3 PM and these people are just tired and need a moment to catch up on texts while they rest. Maybe they're looking at maps or translated information. This is stinky doodoo "makes ya think" shit.
One of the better photographs depicting modernity, I'd say:
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Fuck Off. Have you been to the louvre. It's nuts. Maybe it's 3 PM and these people are just tired and need a moment to catch up on texts while they rest. Maybe they're looking at maps or translated information. This is stinky doodoo "makes ya think" shit.
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This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet
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My mistake, you are correct! I generated the file, but I did not give you a download link — let me go get it for you [pretends to walk down stairs behind couch]
This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My mistake, you are correct! I generated the file, but I did not give you a download link — let me go get it for you [pretends to walk down stairs behind couch]