Links roundup for the week of July 24, 2023

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Not a lot that I’ve really seen that caught my eye this week, but here’s a bit.

llms

https://nebula.tv/videos/patrickhwillems-ai-filmmaking-is-not-the-future-its-a-grift

Does anyone other than me always remember that old “What if Wes Anderson made X-Men” video? Well, the guy who did it put down his thoughts on the generative AI trend of “Wes Anderson” videos, which are… bland.

games

https://cohost.org/matthewseiji/post/2183727-thinking-about-game

Interesting thoughts on game difficulty, indirectly via Zachtronics.

https://cohost.org/lizbushouse/post/2269622-yet-another-example

Context is important in localization, and Final Fantasy XIV is doing a great job at it.

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Links roundup for the week of July 3, 2023

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Links roundup! A new feature! Maybe regularly recurring! We’ll see! Articles, videos, etc of interest that I find that I felt like sharing. My Newsblur feed technically has sharing abilities, but, this seems more permanent. Well, it’s likely to eventually, potentially rapidly linkrot these days. Ah well.

cursed computer hardware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5M0TwnkWUM

Gravis goes through the scariest thing I’ve ever seen in computer hardware. What the absolute hell.

activitypub vs rss

https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/2535-ActivityPub-hot-take