2024-04-03 04:55:48
Newzoo: PC and console game revenues grew 2.6% YoY to $93.5B in 2023, but average quarterly playtime hours fell 26% from Q1 2021 through Q4 2023 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/games/pc-and-console-market-gr…
Newzoo: PC and console game revenues grew 2.6% YoY to $93.5B in 2023, but average quarterly playtime hours fell 26% from Q1 2021 through Q4 2023 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/games/pc-and-console-market-gr…
The Timekeeper: Win or Die 👁⏱🏃🏼
Dramatized horror thriller series | A four-episode horror/thriller audio drama that follows 17-year-old Charlie and his best friends, Gama and Zoe, as they’re pulled into a life and death version of a video game called 13 Keys.
1 seasons, 4 episodes as of Apr 26, 2023.
https://www.<…
A look at 2023 media CEO pay amid industry contraction: Charter CEO Chris Winfrey, $89M; Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, $84M; WBD CEO David Zaslav, $49.7M; and more (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/05/ceo-salaries-2023-hollywood-media-12359…
Three potential landing spots for former Broncos Pro Bowl safety https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/three_potential_landing_spots_for_former_broncos_pro_bowl_safety/s1_13132_40072201
A rather surprising headline … #windows #microsoft
https://tech.…
Stockende Verkehrswende: Streckenausbau Berlin-Rügen verzögert sich
Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck (Die Grünen) versprach im Sommer 2023 für den Ausbau der Bahnstrecke Berlin-Binz 500-Millionen-Euro als Gegenleistung für den Bau des LNG-Terminals auf der Insel Rügen. Das Terminal ist nun genehmigt, der Bahnausbau stockt.
The NHTSA closes a 2021 investigation into Tesla's Autopilot and opens a new one to evaluate whether a December 2023 Autopilot recall fix is effective enough (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/26/tesla-nhtsa-…
Vinyl sales have been growing steadily for the last 17 years now. Vinyl is pricier and far more profitable raking in $1.4 billion compared to $537 million from CDs.
"Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running"
https://www.theverg…
‼️ Gute Nachrichten:
"Two countries in Europe are powered by 100% renewable energy as wind capacity soars
Seven countries now generate 100 per cent of their electricity from renewable energy - two are in Europe."
#Energiewende
Filing: Donald Trump's Truth Social lost $58M on $4.1M in revenue during 2023; Trump Media & Technology Group is valued at $7B after going public on March 26 (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-truth-social-revenue-2023<…
Die ePetition 160179 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Photovoltaik mit dem Titel
Bürgerbeteiligungsprojekt zur Förderung von Investitionen in die Solarenergie
kann nur noch weniger als 2 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 91 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreicht werden, wird der ganze Petitionsau…
The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding book in the history of computing broadly conceived, published during the prior three years, i.e., books published in 2021, 2022, and 2023 are eligible for the 2024 prize.
https://www.sigcis.org/chmprize
Hmm... I was going to try to live-post the #SCOTUS oral arguments about #NetChoice today... but I **don't know the voices of the US Supreme Court justices**, and the live stream is *audio*-only.
There will be transcripts later, which will be helpful.
In the meantime, though, I don…
En ljus, lagom humlad ale som jag knappt minns att jag har köpt. God i alla fall. Bäst före november 2023. #öltut
Weil die #UDV gerade Horrorszenarien um 0 schwer verletzte und 0 getötete Kinder, die in Lastenrädern transportiert wurden, aufbaut, hier: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemi…
Iziko Museums of South Africa presents: "THEN I KNEW I WAS GOOD AT PAINTING: ESTHER MAHLANGU, A RETROSPECTIVE"
https://www.iziko.org.za/news/iziko-museums-of-south-africa-presentsthen-…
i like this article from november last year, in the run up to the ITU world radiocommunication conference, about the increasingly firm plans to abolish the leap second
https://web.archive.org/web/20231103043101/https://ww…
In Vorbereitung auf den CSD dieses Jahr habe Ich meine Truppe dazu gebracht das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz 2.0 zu lesen, ein Vorschlag geschrieben von Trans- und Nichtbinären Personen mit dem Ziel tatsächlich für das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung zu sorgen.
Wir wollen Unterschiede zum bisher von der Ampel-Regierung vorgeschlagenen Selbstbestimmungsgesetz finden, sowie die Vort…
Spotify durduk yerde bunu önerdi, çok iyiymiş....
https://open.spotify.com/track/70pWOOuH4WGf7CELQ5S0wS?si=90hpGKxSQW6gKDk8TRIBkg
If you haven’t come across him, Bryan Johnson is a 46-year-old tech bro who cashed out a few years ago and now spends all his time trying not to die.
His latest venture involves getting blood plasma from his 17-year-old son, Bloomberg reported.
The millionaire who wants to live forever just admitted he has long covid. --Specifically, covid wrecked his lungs.
Man würde denken, Linke würden förmlich überrannt von besorgten Bürger*innen.
Die sorgen sich wegen steigender Kosten, wegen der Spaltung der Gesellschaft und dem Gefühl, Politiker*innen wären überfordert. Klima auch, und Pflege.
DAS WAR'S.
Quelle: https://www.
The renaissance of the open web continues to flourish — today it’s David Cassel in The New Stack, walking you through the most unforgettable apps of the last year on @…. And they’re all sterling examples of how regular people are making the most inspiring and innovative things on the human internet.
Newsflash: Traveling internationally makes you more internationally minded.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/12/06/americans-who-have-traveled-internationally-stan…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03457 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…
Eine Tonne Kakao ist inzwischen mehr wert als eine Tonne Kupfer. #Inflation #Klimakatastrophe #lebensmittel
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.00847 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…
#Savannah is crazy this weekend. I'm staying clear of it.
https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023/st-patricks-day-harrison-scott-key
Bengals coach Zac Taylor says Joe Burrow's recovery from wrist injury is 'right on schedule'
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals
"I have worked pretty extensively with all three of cabal, stack and Nix throughout my career and my intuition based on that experience is that the only improvement to the Haskell command-line experience that is viable and that will “win” in the long run is one that is directly upstreamed into cabal. It’s just that nobody wants to do that because it’s not as glamorous as writing your own build tool."
As I say, hardly anyone wants to do the boring work. Me neither.
Die ePetition 160988 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Personalausweisgesetz (PAuswG) mit dem Titel
Herstellung von Personalausweisen ohne Adresse
kann nur noch weniger als 2 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 66 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreicht werden, wird der ganze Petitionsausschuss in öf…
UK Politics
"Interviewed at a summit of progressive leaders in Quebec last week, Keir Starmer named border security as his main priority, ahead of the economy or the environment."
You have to wonder what he was even doing at a summit of progressive leaders. I imagine any actual progressive leaders there will have been asking themselves the same.
https://novaramedia.com/2023/09/25/are-actual-leftwing-parties-about-to-give-labour-a-run-for-its-money/#:~:text=Interviewed at a summit of progressive leaders in Quebec last week, Keir Starmer named border security as his main priority, ahead of the economy or the environment.
Großbritannien: Russland mangelt es an medizinischen Fachkräften
Russland fehlt es nach britischen Erkenntnissen vermutlich auch wegen des Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine im ganzen Land an Gesundheitspersonal. Das russische Gesundheitsministerium habe bereits im November 2023 festgestellt, dass es dem medizinischen Sektor des Landes an rund 26.500 Ärzten sowie 58.200 Kräften im Krankenpflegepersonal mangle, teilte das britisc…
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@… pardon, maybe I was wrong. But code gpt should do it: https://layoric.org/2023/11/26/using-local-llm-in-jetbrains-ides/
Any pl…
ChildCIdbLong: Longitudinal Child-Computer Interaction Database and Quantitative Analysis for Child Development
Juan Carlos Ruiz-Garcia, Ruben Tolosana, Ruben Vera-Rodriguez, Aythami Morales, Julian Fierrez, Javier Ortega-Garcia, Jaime Herreros-Rodriguez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06919 …
Stretch-independent magnetization in incompressible magnetorheological elastomers
Kostas Danas, Pedro M. Reis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03096 https://
#Kassel, gegenüber der Wolfhager Str. 102 und 104 ein Plakat von #AndPartnersinCrime[1]: Am 11.02.2023 ist hier in einer Notunterkunft eine Person verbrannt. Die Todesumstände sind bis heute ungeklärt. Nach Aussagen der Bewohner*innen fehlte es an funktionierenden Heizquellen, Brandschutzmaßnahmen und …
A fine concert from Chilly Gonzales (Paris, 2023).
https://inv.n8pjl.ca/watch?v=seWfNXvFgUQ
i like this article from november last year, in the run up to the ITU world radiocommunication conference, about the increasingly firm plans to abolish the leap second
https://web.archive.org/web/20231103043101/https://ww…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16336 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…
AA/WARC report: UK ad spend grew 6.1% YoY to £36.6B in 2023, with search advertising up 11.9% to £14.7B and national newsbrands spending down 6.3% to £774M (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/g
Raiders keeping an eye on this 2023 Heisman finalist before NFL Draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_keeping_an_eye_on_this_2023_heisman_finalist_before_nfl_draft/s1_13132_40276057
If you haven’t come across him, Bryan Johnson is a 46-year-old tech bro who cashed out a few years ago and now spends all his time trying not to die.
His latest venture involves getting blood plasma from his 17-year-old son, Bloomberg reported.
The millionaire who wants to live forever just admitted he has long covid. --Specifically, covid wrecked his lungs.
Ho migrato l'Ornitorinco due volte in 13 mesi per sfuggire all'enshittification delle piattaforme centralizzate. Come al solito "chi fa da se fa per tre."
https://ornitorincoelegante.it/substack-rifiutare-ostaggi/
The renaissance of the open web continues to flourish — today it’s David Cassel in The New Stack, walking you through the most unforgettable apps of the last year on @…. And they’re all sterling examples of how regular people are making the most inspiring and innovative things on the human internet.
Cowboys Players Snubbed for NFL Awards: Who Got Robbed? https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_players_snubbed_for_nfl_awards_who_got_robbed/s1_17100_39950226
AA/WARC report: UK ad spend grew 6.1% YoY to £36.6B in 2023, with search advertising up 11.9% to £14.7B and national newsbrands spending down 6.3% to £774M (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/g
Chu-ko-nu: A Reliable, Efficient, and Anonymously Authentication-Enabled Realization for Multi-Round Secure Aggregation in Federated Learning
Kaiping Cui, Xia Feng, Liangmin Wang, Haiqin Wu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Boris D\"udder
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15111
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.10041 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…
Victoria vents in Islington https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2023/11/victoria-vents-in-islington.html
Großbritannien: Russland mangelt es an medizinischen Fachkräften
Russland fehlt es nach britischen Erkenntnissen vermutlich auch wegen des Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine im ganzen Land an Gesundheitspersonal. Das russische Gesundheitsministerium habe bereits im November 2023 festgestellt, dass es dem medizinischen Sektor des Landes an rund 26.500 Ärzten sowie 58.200 Kräften im Krankenpflegepersonal mangle, teilte das britisc…
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PREVIA: A Tech Heist - complete series 🔒💰👩💻
Dramatized thriller | Total listening time: 3h 9m
A thrilling heist tale that pits the haves against the have-nots and a cadre of badass women against an all-powerful megalomaniac, Tech Heist is a must-listen for fans of capers and high-tech adventures alike.
Nominated for a 2024 Ambies Award f...
Comcast reports Q1 Peacock revenue rose 54% YoY to $1.1B, a $639M loss, down from $704M in Q1 2023, and paying subscribers up 55% YoY to 34M (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Weekend Reads
* Default Apple apps privacy #Apple #Outages #Email #TLS #Microsoft
Comcast reports Q1 Peacock revenue rose 54% YoY to $1.1B, a $639M loss, down from $704M in Q1 2023, and paying subscribers up 55% YoY to 34M (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Die ePetition 158806 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Bemessungsgrundlage in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung mit dem Titel
Honorierung berufsbegleitender Abschlüsse mit zusätzlichen Rentenpunkten
kann nur noch weniger als 5 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 55 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum er…
"Electric and hybrid car sales to rise to new global record in 2024"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles
Reports: Commanders to sign DE Dorance Armstrong, C Tyler Biadasz https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/reports_commanders_to_sign_de_dorance_armstrong_c_tyler_biadasz/s1_17049_40091527
4/ Die schwarze Stunde #EarthHour am 25.03.2023 war schnell vorbei, die eigentlich schwarze Zeit kam am Abend des 26.03.2023, nach dem #Volksentscheid.
Ich glaub, es war Alli Neumann, die schon am 25.03. sang: „Der Traum ist aus“.
#berlinklimaneutral2030
#ClimateAid
Banning TikTok - not a good idea, says Bruce Schneier
If we want to get serious about protecting national security, we have to get serious about data privacy. Today, data surveillance is the business model of the Internet. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/02/banning-tiktok.html
River Trent at Beeston Weir, December 2023.
#photography #ukphotographer #beeston #beestonnottingham
Roku reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $882M, vs. $848.62M est., a net loss of $50.9M, compared to $193.6M YoY, and 81.6M active accounts, up 1.6M from Q4 2023 (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/streaming/news/roku-q1-2024-earnings-re…
Raiders Predicted as Trade Destination for ‘Angry’ Demoted Star RB https://heavy.com/sports/las-vegas-raiders/dameon-pierce-trade-destination/?adt_ei=[email]
The Monte Carlo Computational Summit -- October 25 & 26, 2023 -- Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Joanna Piper Morgan, Alexander Mote, Samuel Lee Pasmann, Gavin Ridley, Todd Palmer, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Ryan McClarren
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08161
Roku reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $882M, vs. $848.62M est., a net loss of $50.9M, compared to $193.6M YoY, and 81.6M active accounts, up 1.6M from Q4 2023 (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/streaming/news/roku-q1-2024-earnings-re…
Quantifying the Bulk Density of Southern Delta Aquariid Meteoroids: Insights from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory
Arazi Pinhas, Zbyszek Krzeminski, Denis Vida, Peter Brown
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07270
Commanders Signing C Tyler Biadasz For Three Years, $30M https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/commanders_signing_c_tyler_biadasz_for_three_years_30m/s1_17039_40091675
Leichtman: the largest pay TV providers in the US ended 2023 with about 71.3M subscribers, losing ~5M subscribers YoY, and down from 91.5M at the end of 2018 (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/major-pay-tv-operators-shed-5-million-…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07970 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXi…
Dallas must draft a middle linebacker next week https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dallas_must_draft_a_middle_linebacker_next_week/s1_17100_40256074
I am still salty from last year and will boycott the contest. But, having lived through the 90s, I feel obliged to point out, in case people are wondering how Finland's entry will survive the rules against that Windows 95 t-shirt, that there are plenty of unbranded nostalgic gloriously cringe options available.
I am still salty from last year and will boycott the contest. But, having lived through the 90s, I feel obliged to point out, in case people are wondering how Finland's entry will survive the rules against that Windows 95 t-shirt, that there are plenty of unbranded nostalgic gloriously cringe options available.
Raiders Re-Signing C Andre James To Three-Year, $24M Deal https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_re_signing_c_andre_james_to_three_year_24m_deal/s1_17039_40086990
I am still salty from last year and will boycott the contest. But, having lived through the 90s, I feel obliged to point out, in case people are wondering how Finland's entry will survive the rules against that Windows 95 t-shirt, that there are plenty of unbranded nostalgic gloriously cringe options available.
Reports: RB Tony Pollard agrees to deal with Titans https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/reports_rb_tony_pollard_agrees_to_deal_with_titans/s1_17049_40091530
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14971 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXi…
Raiders, Gardner Minshew reach agreement, creating QB competition https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_gardner_minshew_reach_agreement_creating_qb_competition/s1_13132_40093026
Raiders Re-Signing C Andre James https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_re_signing_c_andre_james/s1_17039_40086990