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It's here! A story I've wanted to do for years and have been working on for months. I asked over 40 game devs one question: what is something that people get wrong about how games are made? Most of those devs are in here, some will be in a... future story. www.gamesradar.com/games/game-d...
"We cough up a chunk of our soul": 32 game devs, from Doom's John Romero to Helldivers 2 and Palworld leads, explain what people get wrong about games
Sam Barlow, Metaphor: ReFantazio leads, ConcernedApe's business head, indie legends, and many more weigh in
www.gamesradar.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's here! A story I've wanted to do for years and have been working on for months. I asked over 40 game devs one question: what is something that people get wrong about how games are made? Most of those devs are in here, some will be in a... future story. www.gamesradar.com/games/game-d...
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When I was a kid, a babelfish was wild SciFi. Now with machine translation and multilingual LLMs, it's reality.
This older but brilliant piece explains why LLMs seem so good at multilingual activity, where limitations arise, and how LLMs may contribute to the hegemony of the English language.
This older but brilliant piece explains why LLMs seem so good at multilingual activity, where limitations arise, and how LLMs may contribute to the hegemony of the English language.
Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis
Western technology companies have long struggled with offering their services in languages other than English. A combination of political and technical challenges have impeded companies from building ...
cdt.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
When I was a kid, a babelfish was wild SciFi. Now with machine translation and multilingual LLMs, it's reality.
This older but brilliant piece explains why LLMs seem so good at multilingual activity, where limitations arise, and how LLMs may contribute to the hegemony of the English language.
This older but brilliant piece explains why LLMs seem so good at multilingual activity, where limitations arise, and how LLMs may contribute to the hegemony of the English language.
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showing my kids 1 dril post a day written on an index card to build up memetic tolerance like microdosing peanuts
January 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
showing my kids 1 dril post a day written on an index card to build up memetic tolerance like microdosing peanuts
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this polish church in milwaukee was so extravagant it bankrupted the congregation for a half century and the vatican had to get involved
December 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
this polish church in milwaukee was so extravagant it bankrupted the congregation for a half century and the vatican had to get involved
I've been reading a little about cognitive authority and this example hits an interesting spot. "Technology" is by inference an extension of societal cognitive authority and now on top of navigating extractivist adtech dynamics we also have several distinct layers of hallucinations...
December 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I've been reading a little about cognitive authority and this example hits an interesting spot. "Technology" is by inference an extension of societal cognitive authority and now on top of navigating extractivist adtech dynamics we also have several distinct layers of hallucinations...
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IMO, when asking why something is the way it is, we shouldn't just fall back on easy answers like "culture" or the "character of the people." Such answers are often just the first go-to when someone doesn't know very much about a subject. Culture variables also don't explain change.
November 27, 2024 at 6:44 AM
IMO, when asking why something is the way it is, we shouldn't just fall back on easy answers like "culture" or the "character of the people." Such answers are often just the first go-to when someone doesn't know very much about a subject. Culture variables also don't explain change.
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I need to pick this game back up
November 27, 2024 at 2:53 AM
I need to pick this game back up
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System Jitter and Where to Find It: A Whack-a-Mole Experience
YouTube video by Jane Street
youtu.be
November 24, 2024 at 2:53 AM