Things of Your Day

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Iā€™ve actually been thinking about this topic recently. One thing I immediately thought of is the fact that a lot of japanese television (e.g. variety shows, or where I most often ecounter them: pre-recorded wrestling promos) is shown with subtitles on-screen. I believe that it is for two reasons: One those donā€™t necessarily have the best recording environments or the benefit of multiple takes (i.e. why you donā€™t see them in for example anime or dramas), and secondly japanese has a lot of homophones so having the characters on screen alleviates ambiguity. Of course, it is also good for people who are hard of hearing.

People Make Games does an investigative report into Valveā€™s workplace structure.

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https://twitter.com/ShammyTV/status/1617738511247106048?t=lFjHH-HvcC37rJwfTQeTVA&s=19

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B. markmitchelli

Hmm, what would the species named after Rym or Scott be?

S. Ficetosayus, I think.

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You have GOT to see Snapchatā€™s new commercial. Who thought this was a good idea?

https://twitter.com/Snapchat/status/1619100583591399424

This may be old news, but I happened across someone mention it in a podcast and I kinda want one now. Itā€™s not practical at all, just a neat little gizmo.

Teenage engineering designed the playdate too.

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See, I knew they had a line of Pocket Operator games, but didnā€™t know that they did design work on the Playdate. Altho now that I think about it, the hardware design screams Teenage from the little I know of them!

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http://tafc.space/qna/the-topologists-world-map/

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This is the funniest SNL skit Iā€™ve seen in ages:

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