another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

“with a trivial investment of 0.000008 percent of the federal budget, N.P.G.S. scientists quietly enable and safeguard our food system, worth around $1.5 trillion. Talk about return on investment.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...

Absolutely astounded by how good this new puzzle game is. apps.apple.com/us/app/lok-d... it has a free demo but I knew very quickly that it was worth getting the full version. Don’t want to spoil anything because discovering the mechanics is fun.

@romanmars.bsky.social re: the first new mini story, the snooze button problem has been solved, by sleep cycle alarms! The grogginess that prompts you to snooze comes from waking in the wrong part of your sleep cycle. By allowing your alarm to wake you a little “early”, that urge is gone.

I made a quick Vision Pro app with the Spooky Vision from South Park's Spookyfish episode. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test it out at my friends' Halloween party, but here's the source.

github.com/gsbernstein/...