Hi! Do you remember blogs? Well, this used to be one. Now it just serves as an archive for my many Twitter accounts.
Before posting that tweet I went to the game’s help screen to check if I could indeed block or dodge during melee combat, then I had to google it anyway because oh my fucking god how dare you call this a help screen.
I was supposed to meet the reverend at the station and bring him back; I failed at every checkpoint. Once I walked in the wrong direction. Twice because I’ve only been taught to punch yet, not block. Once I thought I’d get my horse but the mission wanted me to run. Once a QTE.
Watch the video. Multiple people are in the #UE4 editor together (because the editor is multiplayer now) while moving set pieces around the actors with dynamic lighting. This is so damn cool. [twitter.com]
I went to Habitat yesterday and got a Siri suggestion on my lock screen for a note that lists a bunch of stuff I want to buy from Ikea, with one mention of Habitat. Creepy, but well done.
Just now my iPhone suggested the same note again because it’s been exactly 24 hours 🤪
Seems like an important thread [twitter.com]
Eek. “iFixit has a preexisting relationship with Motorola, and we’ve been asked as a personal favor not to take on this particular case.” [inputmag.com]
Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.
It is a crazy story. With many twists and turns, including a fake invoice, an escape from SF, and more. [buzzfeednews.com]
@dhh:
This is a good primer on why we’re not pursuing end-to-end encryption for email in HEY. Email is wonderful for so many things, but giving false hope about airtight security is not one of them. Use Signal when that’s the case. [latacora.micro.blog]
Frozen 2 (2019) —
Maybe I’m just a philistine who can only enjoy a story that adheres to the Hero’s Journey, but I liked this a lot more than I ever did the first one. It doesn’t hurt that it feels and sounds like a straight-up Broadway adaptation instead of a Disney movie.
Les Maîtres du Temps. Et ces putains de moustiques géants suceurs de cerveaux. [youtu.be] [twitter.com]
From “Je ne me rappelle pas pourquoi je ne mettais plus ces chaussures” to “Ca le fait de rentrer chez moi en chaussettes ?” real quick
The Paywalled Garden: iOS is Adware. [stevestreza.com]
iOS has a ton of in-feed ads, popup ads, auto-enabled notification ads, tabs in apps that don’t do anything without paying. Many of these cannot be turned off or hidden. Here’s a bunch of examples.
Each time I find out that somebody’s got $3B and they spend all day in their “office” playing mobile games on their phone I think two things:
1) cool, they’re relatable!
2) We, as a society, cannot depend on them for anything
Oh, shit, SnowRunner is an Epic exclusive? There are very few games for which I care about achievements, but what’s the point of trudging through a map for hours if you can’t display it on your profile?
This is amazing [twitter.com]
If you’d like to read the research I did this interview for (it was a few years ago), my Master’s thesis “Prohibited Practice: Drug Use, Harm Reduction and Benefit Enhancement in Toronto Rave Culture” is available for download here! [ir.lib.uwo.ca]
Some excerpts:
