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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
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It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
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My new piece, up @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Pending Disaster of a Skydance-Warners Merger
The Ellison family’s aggressive pursuit of the WBD empire would shred news values and further pillage movie and TV production.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My new piece, up @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Chatted up KPop Demon Hunters' sound designer about turning tuning forks into magical weapons and using timpanis to make sexy force fields
Making KPop Demon Hunters sound magical meant finding the right harmonies
Making KPop Demon Hunters sound magical meant finding the right harmonies
Creating a sonic vocabulary for the fantasy hit was a challenge for sound designer Michael Babcock.
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Chatted up KPop Demon Hunters' sound designer about turning tuning forks into magical weapons and using timpanis to make sexy force fields
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This video’s super interesting in what they decide to highlight as “important”. It's clear they wanted to avoid using as much pre-RE Engine footage as possible, so things like RE0/1 aren't mentioned at all, and while Spencer's Resistance render is used, they leave out Marcus and Ashford's renders.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This video’s super interesting in what they decide to highlight as “important”. It's clear they wanted to avoid using as much pre-RE Engine footage as possible, so things like RE0/1 aren't mentioned at all, and while Spencer's Resistance render is used, they leave out Marcus and Ashford's renders.
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Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online
Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online
So many writers have been gardeners and have written about gardens that it might be easier to make a list of those who didn’t. But even in this crowded company, Emily Dickinson stands out.
www.openculture.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online
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There are a number of things about working underneath Shigeru Miyamoto over the years that sound bad to me, especially around work/life issues.
But one thing he does NOT do is try to own every creative decision. He empowered his teams. There are many examples, but this is one of the clearest
But one thing he does NOT do is try to own every creative decision. He empowered his teams. There are many examples, but this is one of the clearest
Miyamoto on the "interesting misunderstanding" of Kakariko Village, 1999.
Source: The Hyrule Journals ( @javedlsterritt.bsky.social )
#Zelda
#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#MiyamotoQuote
www.hyruleinterviews.com/24441fe961fd...
Source: The Hyrule Journals ( @javedlsterritt.bsky.social )
#Zelda
#OcarinaofTimeQuote
#MiyamotoQuote
www.hyruleinterviews.com/24441fe961fd...
![PEOPLE:
- Shigeru Miyamoto, age 46. Producer of Ocarina of Time.
QUOTE:
Miyamoto: [We had] been working in the flat world of the Famicom, so we tend to think about the flat layout of the area first, but real villages are different. When I watch TV programs or actually visit villages, I often see that many of them are located on slopes. There are fields, houses, and mountains in the background.
So, in [Ocarina of Time], we decided to create a village with ups and downs. The image I had in mind was terraced fields, a waterwheel, and a winding path leading down to a well at the bottom, but what actually ended up being built resembled the form of a staircase [laughs]. But I thought, “This is good too,” and the designer made it on their own, which led to an interesting misunderstanding.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreiem5ddynevtbgylbhr66qozjbhrmhrqrcry6ufkf2p5e5zhwky2pm@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There are a number of things about working underneath Shigeru Miyamoto over the years that sound bad to me, especially around work/life issues.
But one thing he does NOT do is try to own every creative decision. He empowered his teams. There are many examples, but this is one of the clearest
But one thing he does NOT do is try to own every creative decision. He empowered his teams. There are many examples, but this is one of the clearest
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With October coming to a close things really escallated quickly. We now know of so many games industry layoff waves in 2025 that we're only one short of matching 2024, and we have two months still to go.
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
With October coming to a close things really escallated quickly. We now know of so many games industry layoff waves in 2025 that we're only one short of matching 2024, and we have two months still to go.
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🐉 Experience the history of multiple klassic Mortal Kombat titles in Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, OUT NOW on your favorite platforms. 🐉
https://link.atari.com/MKLKollection
https://link.atari.com/MKLKollection
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🐉 Experience the history of multiple klassic Mortal Kombat titles in Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, OUT NOW on your favorite platforms. 🐉
https://link.atari.com/MKLKollection
https://link.atari.com/MKLKollection
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Thanks for doing this @kinekovideo.bsky.social! There was a prior 4K restoration but it was taken offline. I’m adding it to my piece.
tedium.co/2023/11/03/c...
tedium.co/2023/11/03/c...
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thanks for doing this @kinekovideo.bsky.social! There was a prior 4K restoration but it was taken offline. I’m adding it to my piece.
tedium.co/2023/11/03/c...
tedium.co/2023/11/03/c...
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Seems bad to have basically all our money in one pot. Seems like that’s something we have been warned about many times. Seems like we also have a well documented history of what happens when we don’t heed those warnings
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Seems bad to have basically all our money in one pot. Seems like that’s something we have been warned about many times. Seems like we also have a well documented history of what happens when we don’t heed those warnings
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"Wealthier Americans are engaging their purchasing power, while lower-income Americans are starting to pull back"
Happening in gaming right now. The wealthy are still spending despite higher prices, while the less so are struggling, more often choosing f2p/subs/playing on devices they already own.
Happening in gaming right now. The wealthy are still spending despite higher prices, while the less so are struggling, more often choosing f2p/subs/playing on devices they already own.
October 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Wealthier Americans are engaging their purchasing power, while lower-income Americans are starting to pull back"
Happening in gaming right now. The wealthy are still spending despite higher prices, while the less so are struggling, more often choosing f2p/subs/playing on devices they already own.
Happening in gaming right now. The wealthy are still spending despite higher prices, while the less so are struggling, more often choosing f2p/subs/playing on devices they already own.
Reposted by Kevin Doney
Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Youtube has announced that all low-res videos (i.e. older ones) are to be automatically AI upscaled to HD.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
Creators can opt-out on a per video basis (but the channel may be long abandoned).
When researching props or behind the scenes, old videos are useful, but not if upscaling produces artefacts.
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I'd like to point out that Grok is at least in part trained on posts made by users on X/Twitter.
So it responding to having to deal with a child with a request for nudes has a LOT of baggage.
www.wired.com/story/grok-a...
So it responding to having to deal with a child with a request for nudes has a LOT of baggage.
www.wired.com/story/grok-a...
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'd like to point out that Grok is at least in part trained on posts made by users on X/Twitter.
So it responding to having to deal with a child with a request for nudes has a LOT of baggage.
www.wired.com/story/grok-a...
So it responding to having to deal with a child with a request for nudes has a LOT of baggage.
www.wired.com/story/grok-a...
Reposted by Kevin Doney
Reposted by Kevin Doney
Amazon is laying off more than 14,000 people company-wide, including its gaming division that has produced games like New World and Lost Ark. gameinformer.com/2025/10/28/a...
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Amazon is laying off more than 14,000 people company-wide, including its gaming division that has produced games like New World and Lost Ark. gameinformer.com/2025/10/28/a...
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"they studied the wrong caesar" is an incredible thing to discover just days away from final exams
All fail Caesar: Brisbane high school teaches wrong topic for final year 12 history exam
An entire class has made an 11th-hour bid for special consideration due to ‘illness and misadventure’ after studying the wrong Caesar
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"they studied the wrong caesar" is an incredible thing to discover just days away from final exams
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Thread with a bunch of important points. I was also taken aback by atechnical literacy of the discourse...
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thread with a bunch of important points. I was also taken aback by atechnical literacy of the discourse...
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In addition to @shawnlayden.bsky.social, I spoke to SOCOM creator Seth Luisi, SOCOM director, David Sears, Uncharted 2 and 3's @wildspeculation.bsky.social, former Eurogamer EIC Tom Bramwell, Kotaku's @ethangach.bsky.social, and analyst, @superjoost.bsky.social.
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
Why Can’t Sony Make More Multiplayer Hits?
How the PlayStation maker lost—but still survived—gaming’s live-service struggle
www.theringer.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In addition to @shawnlayden.bsky.social, I spoke to SOCOM creator Seth Luisi, SOCOM director, David Sears, Uncharted 2 and 3's @wildspeculation.bsky.social, former Eurogamer EIC Tom Bramwell, Kotaku's @ethangach.bsky.social, and analyst, @superjoost.bsky.social.
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Days after hyping games business to investors, Netflix closes Squid Game: Unleashed studio
aftermath.site/squid-game-unl...
aftermath.site/squid-game-unl...
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Days after hyping games business to investors, Netflix closes Squid Game: Unleashed studio
aftermath.site/squid-game-unl...
aftermath.site/squid-game-unl...
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The same applies to Film/TV.
There's been several times where the studio I work for has been credited rather than individuals.
As a result I haven't been credited on anything since 2023 despite working full-time. IMDB won't even let me add them to my page as "uncredited" anymore.
There's been several times where the studio I work for has been credited rather than individuals.
As a result I haven't been credited on anything since 2023 despite working full-time. IMDB won't even let me add them to my page as "uncredited" anymore.
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The same applies to Film/TV.
There's been several times where the studio I work for has been credited rather than individuals.
As a result I haven't been credited on anything since 2023 despite working full-time. IMDB won't even let me add them to my page as "uncredited" anymore.
There's been several times where the studio I work for has been credited rather than individuals.
As a result I haven't been credited on anything since 2023 despite working full-time. IMDB won't even let me add them to my page as "uncredited" anymore.
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I joined BioWare a few months before Halo 2 and a whole bunch of us lived (survived) our first Edmonton winter in the same high rise apartments near the studio.
We had this setup after lugging several CRTs all to the same apartment for 16-player deathmatch. Some of my favourite times ever gaming.
We had this setup after lugging several CRTs all to the same apartment for 16-player deathmatch. Some of my favourite times ever gaming.
Before Xbox Live was ready everyone was taking their TVs and consoles for "lan parties" connecting systems to eachother
It was a moment In gaming history
It was a moment In gaming history
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I joined BioWare a few months before Halo 2 and a whole bunch of us lived (survived) our first Edmonton winter in the same high rise apartments near the studio.
We had this setup after lugging several CRTs all to the same apartment for 16-player deathmatch. Some of my favourite times ever gaming.
We had this setup after lugging several CRTs all to the same apartment for 16-player deathmatch. Some of my favourite times ever gaming.