Nintendo.
Most games that I'd want to get on Steam are probably better with a mouse and keyboard.
I also get the Nintendo games I want plus any ports that I generally buy over and over again like Stardew Valley and Bastion.
Issue 35 of #rdmweekly is out!
Including:
➡️ Building Realistic Fake Datasets with Pointblank @richmeister.bsky.social
➡️ Rethinking TXT Files @kbriney.bsky.social
➡️ Economic Benefits of OS @plos.org
➡️ What Is Data Governance? @thegovlab.org
and more!
Link: rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
Does Daylight = Sunshine? Cause some lady sold me a pocketful like 20 years ago, and IDK what to do with it.
Vibe coding broke people's brains because they had a bad understanding of the software design process.
The pop culture model goes something like this: start out with a sketch and then render that same idea in progressively finer detail.
So when tools could "skip" to high detail, people went WOW.
If you are not signed up for this yet… now’s the time.
Questionable Assumption 9: The decline in giving is because we don’t do enough traditional fundraising….maybe the assumption is completely wrong, and that the decline in fundraising is because some donors are getting sick of that stuff and want more meaningful engagement.”
Spent the day migrating off Substack.
(Please cross your fingers that nothing breaks at the technical level.)
The Future, Now and Then - Now at Beehiiv
davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-future...
Come work with me!
SciLine is hiring a bilingual media training specialist! You'll get to work with journalists and scientists (and me!) to help improve how scientific evidence is covered in the media!
bit.ly/4bgeZRc
I found these in Choco Churro flavor.
Absolutely would love to see that more!
We and @theopennotebook.bsky.social are thrilled to announce The Retraction Watch Research Accountability Reporting Fellowship!
-- $7,500 in funding to support reporting
-- One-to-one mentoring support
-- Four virtual trainings
Find out more here:
NEW: When cold weather arrives, most people expect to see a bump in their utilities.
But recently, many D.C. residents have been shocked to see their electricity bills had double and even triple — in some cases, climbing $1,000+ in a single month.
What's going on? @samdelgado.bsky.social reports:
Bluesky: where being chronically online means you're somehow more involved in local bike lane planning and know way too much about business owners who are weird towards city officials.
I keep getting exposed to more and more people in tech who take WAY longer trying to prompt for answers when all they need to do is RTFM!!! 😠
...so is it pronounced "Morg" or "Morge"?
We are hiring! HRF is looking for a Design Director to lead bold visual campaigns, publications, and global events — including the @oslofreedomforum.com — that amplify the struggle for human rights worldwide.
Got a package today that was obviously a book. But I put a temporary, probably not gonna hold moratorium on book purchases, due to my ever increasing backlog.
Turns out I won a copy of "All About Allergies" by @rubinallergy.bsky.social!!
I'm hooked already! But switched over to my weekly hit of The Pitt.
We’re hiring a Senior Data Scientist at Buffer! 🥳
If you’re someone who loves ambiguous, high impact questions, and you care about bringing data rigor to product led growth in a way that actually changes what gets built, we’d love to hear from you. ✨
🔗 Apply: buffer.com/journey/c58c...
Them: we can deploy AI that will scale our mission and people will pay us so much money it will replace other parts of our revenue pipeline!
Me:
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
That was a great halftime show! The political commentary was subtle, yet loud and spoke of the experience being Latino in the US. And the JOY of it all was amazing to watch. Benito did us all proud!
are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
pls repost
So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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“even the most radically progressives among us, need to get over the delusion that many of the inequities in our world can be addressed without money. Saying that MLK didn’t have corporate money is ridiculous and inaccurate.”
The best Changemakers are all troublemakers.
I said what I said.
Wow! All you need is a .edu email address + ChatGPT and you too can have a paper published on just about any topic!
For the next one, we'll work to correlate the borealis effect with hepatic encephalopathy and how it causes male pattern baldness in Australians named Jim.
Today is one of those days where I should just unplug the router and turn off mobile data.
