They famously had no coherent plan for the sequel trilogy, so each film lurched off in its own weird direction.

It’s truly mind-boggling how badly Disney screwed up what should’ve been a slam dunk.

‘Sue-it’

The technology isn’t the problem, the companies are. All the things you listed are issues, but they are all also solved if you look slightly harder.

There are free video services that you can watch from anywhere, not to mention self-hosted VOD for all your definitely-legitimately-acquired media.

You can get video doorbells that aren’t from Ring or Google and link them to fully private systems like Home Assistant.

… okay there’s no solution for McDonald’s prices if you want McD’s, but - at least here in the UK - delivery bags are sealed so you can in fact tell if someone has eaten your fries.

Anyway, my point is you shouldn’t feel bad for imagining a cool future. We do get to live in that future, but we also have to be judicious about who we trust to deliver it.

Why did you put gamers in scare-quotes?

Unlike coding, LLMs struggle with video games. This feels surprising given their success in coding, as well as in games like chess and Go.

Can’t really take the article seriously with statements like this.

Last time I checked, LLMs are comically bad at chess. They can do some openings but then very quickly degenerate into illegal moves and hallucinations about which pieces are where. There was a popular article last year wherein Chess for the Atari 2600 beat ChatGPT in a head to head match, and I don’t think the situation has improved much since then.

You take that back - this bland monstrosity posing as a Ferrari doesn’t have a tenth of the personality of a Jensen Interceptor.

Yes, EVs come with a lot less maintenance and running costs. You’ll have to excuse the Facebook-quality image, but this does neatly sum up the main differences:

And sometimes they lay off all the developers, too!

Almost all of the references on that wiki page are from the last couple of months - I assume it’s been trending on social media recently.

TOS used a completely different warp scale with no upper maximum, hence the higher numbers in use.

When they made TNG they redesigned the scale to be exponential, with warp 10 being the upper limit because at that point the object has infinite velocity and exists everywhere simultaneously.

I realise it’s not really the point here, but calling Jeffrey Epstein a celebrity seems comically reductive.

Like, yeah, technically I guess it’s true? But it’s not the word that springs to mind when most people think of him. Made me chuckle.

I did not! I actually had one back in the day and never had battery issues, but pretty funny to hear it was a common complaint.

(Still, I think the broader point stands.)

Given the pace of technological progress, I doubt a phone bought today will be all that useful (except as a retro novelty) in 20 years time, let alone 100.

How many people do you think are still daily-driving a Motorola KRZR? It’s not because of the battery life.

But the internet taught me that being cynical is cool! It’s all I know!

Did you actually read the article or are you just kneejerk griping based on the title?

It’s a quote from an individual developer - an audio designer - talking about their experiences during Bungie’s layoffs, hence the reference to ‘unrealistic constraints’, but for some reason you seem to be taking it as an opportunity to air your grievances with the overall creative direction?

Maybe you didn’t mean it that way, but I can’t stand it when ‘fans’ lash out at developers as if they’ve been personally wronged. Remember the human.

Two reasons:

• Active multiplayer: Yes this is kind of a chicken and egg situation, but people who play online multiplayer want to play the version of the game with the largest community of active players.
• Roster updates: If you’re a fan of a sports team, you probably want to play using their current active roster. Yes, fan updates are sometimes available for older titles but the latest release will have updated face scans etc.

No, it’s closer to The Sims or Animal Crossing - a sandbox you fill with little computer-controlled characters, and then see what happens.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak an international emergency, with the DR Congo’s health ministry reporting around 350 suspected cases and 91 deaths.

And yet half a dozen Americans are apparently important enough to warrant the entire headline?

Yes to all except Outer Wilds.

I love OW but it is not a game to recommend to someone who explicitly says they want a game with no time pressure. Time pressure is literally a core mechanic.

At no point does this article bother to explain what CTF is.