“There is no such thing as blockchain and non-blockchain games. There are only good games and bad games.” - Milton Friedman

Fascinating how quickly Commerce can move on unsubstantiated Anthropic jailbreak claims, while taking forever to deal with well-documented NVIDIA chip smuggling

I was the product marketing manager for @GearsofWar 2. We did zero focus testing on the ads. The team was locked in together. Total trust in each other and in what we were making. Taste and confidence.

10 years ago this ball movement was unimaginable for the US Men’s National Team Lots of work to be done but progress With a world class finish by Gio

There has long been a "replication crisis" of sorts in the humanities, in that if you try to "replicate" an argument by reading sources or following logic, you find that the sources say something different or the logic leads somewhere different.

A textbook example of human centric design for a metro station: - straight path from entrance to platform - natural light flowing all the way from the ceiling to the lowest level - to exit the station just follow the light - vaults and brickwork Remarkable project.

Maturation is realizing that there is no “karma.” The recruiters that ghosted you, clients that screwed you, or VCs that mistreated you will not face “justice” nor will they “miss out” in a way they’ll recognize or care about.

While I think the “Greedflation” memes are really funny, they may be preventing us from asking whether merchants have reduced prices in response to the tariff judgments. Has anyone looked into this?

Let economics teachers train athletes

Large productivity gains from AI don't lead to equally big gains in software. 40%/ 140%/ 180% commits from autocomplete/interactive/autonomous agents but only 50%/ 30% projects/releases And does this new software get used by consumers? Not really. It's invisible/irrelevant.

There should be job losses if this is a transformative technology! The key id employment not jobs - jobs come and go, but it’s employment and wages people want - not “a” job.

As an aside, if you want to know how Asian game companies are embracing GenAI, here's a list of what Tencent alone announced this week. 1. Upgraded AI game companion for Honor of Kings 2. AI powered UGC tools for Peacekeeper Elite 3. AI assistants for Valorant Mobile and Path of Exile 2 to learn about the best tactics / best builds. 4. AI-powered digital humans and AI-generated 3D content for a porcelain crafting simulation game. 5. An AI-powered neural dynamic global illumination solution for developers. 6. An AI game creation platform where you use natural language to create 2D and 3D games. 7. WorkBuddy AI agent for office workflows.

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We're going to win

Unforgettable weekend

I just don’t think this can be stopped

This is hilarious

What the NIMBY experience should have shown is how local political actors did not represent the majority of views but still wielded disproportionate power while creating in vs. out group preferences. More like an attempt to build a dysfunctional cartel than anything more noble.