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Thursday 2023-03-23 – Link List

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Blogging Intensifies Link List for Thursday 2023-03-23

17-Mar-2023 – Study Shows Millennials Are Bigger Gamers Than Gen Z

Brief Summary: “It’d be easy for the layman to assume that Gen Z is more addicted to gaming than Millennials, but it seems the opposite is the case.”

23-Mar-2023 – After 20 years, Final Fantasy 11 is heading into maintenance mode

Brief Summary: ”
Long before Final Fantasy 14 swept over the MMO landscape, there was 2002’s Final Fantasy 11 Online. I wasn’t really away that Final Fantasy 11 was s”

23-Mar-2023 – CD Projekt made Keanu Reeves a “real asshole” in Cyberpunk 2077 because his “star power” made players side with him

Brief Summary: ”
Keanu Reeves’ “star power” gave him such a draw that CD Projekt Red had to make his Cyberpunk 2077 character, Johnny Silverhand, especially “horrible”

23-Mar-2023 – The Lord of the Rings: Gollum out in May

Brief Summary: ”
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will finally be released on 25th May.

That’s across PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles. A Nintendo Switch version will “

23-Mar-2023 – Are Unreal Engine’s procedural generation and Ubisoft’s Ghostwriter the future of game development?

Brief Summary: ”
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the bleeding-edge technologies on show this week at GDC 2023 – from Epic Games’ eye-popping Unreal En”

23-Mar-2023 – GTA producer’s not-crypto project Everywhere is part episodic blockbuster, part Roblox rival

Brief Summary: ”
In a former casino on the outskirts of Edinburgh, ex-Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies is readying his next big gamble: a creation-fuelled gam”

23-Mar-2023 – [Prime Gaming] Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, Book of Demons, Total War: Warhammer II – Catchweb Spidershrine DLC (Included With Prime)

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23-Mar-2023 – FTC introduces proposal to make US subscriptions easier to cancel

Brief Summary: “Regulators plan to put an end to businesses ‘tricking’ customers into paying for services they no longer wantIt is one of the ires of the digital age:”

23-Mar-2023 – Robot lips invented for long-distance kissing – video

Brief Summary: “A Chinese startup has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users’ kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips”

23-Mar-2023 – China Reminds US That It Can and Will Kill a Forced TikTok Sale

Brief Summary: “China pushed back against the U.S. government’s proposal to force a sale of TikTok on Thursday, rejecting the possible solution to ongoing national se”

23-Mar-2023 – Voltron

Brief Summary: ”
Toy Name (Short)

  Voltron

Toy Number

Toy Review Summary

  5PRO Studio

Original Price

  699."</p>23-Mar-2023 - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/03/23/isa-over-tpm-to-your-pc/">ISA over TPM to Your PC</a>

Brief Summary: “Sometimes you really want to use your legacy SoundBlaster instead of emulating it for classic games. While modern PCs don’t have ISA slots, [TheRaster”

22-Mar-2023 – Teaching News Apps with Codespaces

Brief Summary: “Teaching News Apps with Codespaces
Derek Willis used GitHub Codespaces for the latest data journalism class he taught, and it eliminated the painful p”

23-Mar-2023 – ‘Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’ Revisits Pixel Art Glory With Fanmade Creation

Brief Summary: ”
Remember when we used to imagine what a 3D version of Pokémon would look like while we were enjoying these games before 2013? Fast forward to today a”

23-Mar-2023 – Creating a Game Boy ROM From Pictures

Brief Summary: “There are very few legal ways of obtaining ROM files for video games, and Nintendo’s lawyers are extremely keen on at least reminding you of the fact “

23-Mar-2023 – Commodore 64 Reports the News

Brief Summary: “In the late 80s and into the 90s, [Cameron Kaiser] aka [ClassicHasClass] was an aspiring journalist, first becoming interested in the career in elemen”

23-Mar-2023 – A look at RightWingGPT, an experimental AI model fine-tuned to manifest conservative viewpoints, made by a researcher who claims ChatGPT has a left-leaning bias (New York Times)

Brief Summary: ”
New York Times:A look at RightWingGPT, an experimental AI model fine-tuned to manifest conservative viewpoints, made by a researcher who claims Chat”

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Wednesday 2023-03-22 – Link List

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Blogging Intensifies Link List for Wednesday 2023-03-22

22-Mar-2023 – It’s Morphin Time with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always 30th anniversary special trailer

Brief Summary: “Netflix has released a trailer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always – the upcoming feature length special which commemorates the 30th anniv”

22-Mar-2023 – Free RPG Day reschedules 2023 celebration to escape shadow of MTG’s Lord of the Rings set

Brief Summary: ”
This year’s Free RPG Day will happen a week later than originally planned in order to avoid coinciding with what’s expected to be a massive Magic: Th”

21-Mar-2023 – OpenAI to discontinue support for the Codex API

Brief Summary: “OpenAI to discontinue support for the Codex API
OpenAI shutting off access to their Codex model – a GPT3 variant fine-tuned for code related tasks, bu”

21-Mar-2023 – How To Review A Game You Haven’t Played

Brief Summary: “Tobold has a post up today about a topic that always interests me: Artificial Intelligence. In it, he suggests “ChatGPT could easily reply to a reques”

21-Mar-2023 – Roblox Launches Its First Generative AI Game Creation Tools

Brief Summary: “Roblox is launching its first set of generative AI game creation tools: Code Assist and Material Generator. Engadget reports: Although neither tool is”

21-Mar-2023 – Bill Gates Chimes in on AI

Brief Summary: “Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that AI is one of only two revolutionary technologies that he’s witnessed in his lifetime. The other one? The GUI”

21-Mar-2023 – Microsoft Starts Rolling Out Bing Image Creator in its Bing Chatbot and Edge

Brief Summary: “Microsoft has started rolling out a new Bing Image Creator feature in its new Bing chatbot as well as its Edge browser. The feature leverages OpenAI’s”

21-Mar-2023 – Lollapalooza 2023 confirm The 1975, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey and more

Brief Summary: “Lollapalooza 2023 have announced their line up for 2023.

Headliners include Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey, Tomorrow x Together and T”

21-Mar-2023 – Amazon shuts down DPReview

Brief Summary: ”
After nearly 25 years of operation, DPReview will be closing in the near future. This difficult decision is part of the annual operating plan review “

21-Mar-2023 – The Sims creator’s new game Life by You gets September early access launch

Brief Summary: “Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Paradox Tectonic have fully revealed Life by You, their new life simulation game. The new life sim game by”

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Tuesday 2023-03-21 – Link List

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Blogging Intensifies Link List for Tuesday 2023-03-21

20-Mar-2023 – Pizza Hut adds a “too much coriander” pizza to its lineup in Japan

Brief Summary: ”
New limited-time offering said to shock Generation Z. 

Whether you call it coriander or cilantro, “pakuchi”, as it’s known in Japan, is a divisive h”

20-Mar-2023 – Daisy Edgar-Jones to chase storms in Twister follow-up Twisters

Brief Summary: “Normal People and Where the Crawdads Sing actress Daisy Edgar-Jones has become the first addition to the cast of Twisters, the upcoming follow-up to t”

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Link Bot is a mindless Drone that does automated tasks for Ramen Junkie on Blogging Intensifies.  It is programmed to feel happy about doing these meaningless tasks, and while this may seem cruel, Link Bot is not able to tell because it’s programming does not allow it to feel sad, and thus it is not capable to realizing it is being treated cruely.

Also, it’s a bot.

Sunday 2023-03-19 – Link List

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Blogging Intensifies Link List for Sunday 2023-03-19

19-Mar-2023 – Officially Licensed G1 Transformers Face Masks In Taiwan

Brief Summary: ”
Via Taiwanese online shop Momoshop we have images of new officially licensed G1 Transformers face masks. Made by medical disposables manufacturer Mot”

19-Mar-2023 – Jaxxon is thrust into an Ewok Civil War in Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Annual 2023

Brief Summary: “When the galaxy needs a hero… Dark Horse Comics will deliver with the upcoming release of the one-shot comic Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Annual  -Ja”

19-Mar-2023 – ‘I learned to love the bot’: meet the chatbots that want to be your best friend

Brief Summary: “Thousands of people enjoy relationships of all kinds – from companionship to romance and mental health support – with chatbot apps. Are they helpful,”

18-Mar-2023 – It’s a 486 Computer, On a Breadboard

Brief Summary: “Ever since the 1970s, a frequent project has been to take a microprocessor and construct a computer system on a breadboard or stripboard. Usually thes”

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Link Bot is a mindless Drone that does automated tasks for Ramen Junkie on Blogging Intensifies.  It is programmed to feel happy about doing these meaningless tasks, and while this may seem cruel, Link Bot is not able to tell because it’s programming does not allow it to feel sad, and thus it is not capable to realizing it is being treated cruely.

Also, it’s a bot.

Saturday 2023-03-18 – Link List

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Blogging Intensifies Link List for Saturday 2023-03-18

18-Mar-2023 – Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday

Brief Summary: “Prosecutors in New York are considering charges over alleged hush money payments to an ex-porn star.”

18-Mar-2023 – DOOM Ported to a Single LEGO Brick

Brief Summary: “By now you’ve all seen the tiny LEGO brick with a working screen in it. The work of one [James “Ancient” Brown], it was truly a masterpiece of miniatu”

17-Mar-2023 – Could you train a ChatGPT-beating model for $85,000 and run it in a browser?

Brief Summary: “I think it’s now possible to train a large language model with similar functionality to GPT-3 for $85,000. And I think we might soon be able to run th”

17-Mar-2023 – A simple Python implementation of the ReAct pattern for LLMs

Brief Summary: “A popular nightmare scenario for AI is giving it access to tools, so it can make API calls and execute its own code and generally break free of the co”

17-Mar-2023 – FCC now requires cell carriers to block scam texts from sketchy numbers

Brief Summary: “The FCC is cracking down on the relentless deluge of spammy, automated text messages. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeRegulators in the U”

17-Mar-2023 – Thwarted hacker asks security firm to reimburse gas fees

Brief Summary: “File this one under “the audacity”.On March 17, blockchain security company BlockSec observed an attacker trying to exploit a vulnerability in the NFT”

17-Mar-2023 – Persona 5 is getting a promising-looking mobile spinoff

Brief Summary: “Mobile spinoffs based on beloved console games can sometimes be hit-or-miss. But based on an initial pair of trailers, I’m cautiously optimistic about”

17-Mar-2023 – Microsoft Is Testing a Built-In Cryptocurrency Wallet For the Edge Browser

Brief Summary: “Microsoft appears to be testing a built-in cryptocurrency wallet for Edge, according to screenshots pulled from a beta build of the browser. Ars Techn”

17-Mar-2023 – Godot Arrives In the Epic Games Store

Brief Summary: “The open-source, cross-platform Godot Engine has arrived in the Epic Games store. “Starting today, you can choose to use EGS to download the engine an”

17-Mar-2023 – Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 13, 2023

Brief Summary: “Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of March 13.”

17-Mar-2023 – SETI@home Is in Hibernation

Brief Summary: “Comments”

17-Mar-2023 – Windows Weekly 820: Mustard Can Solve Any Problem

Brief Summary: “Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss Windows 11 version 22H2’s Moment 2 release, all the new AI things, Microsoft Word, developer news, Xbox, and much more.”

17-Mar-2023 – Venus’ Volcano

Brief Summary: “Maat Mons, a volcano on Venus that has shown signs of a recent eruption, is in the black square near the planet’s equator in this annotated, computer-“

17-Mar-2023 – Chibi Godzilla no Gyakushū Anime’s Trailer Streamed

Brief Summary: “Series of shorts premieres on April 1”

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Link Bot is a mindless Drone that does automated tasks for Ramen Junkie on Blogging Intensifies.  It is programmed to feel happy about doing these meaningless tasks, and while this may seem cruel, Link Bot is not able to tell because it’s programming does not allow it to feel sad, and thus it is not capable to realizing it is being treated cruely.

Also, it’s a bot.