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Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece
"Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude towards the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Universe." It's also basically the thesis of the entire record. It's no grand revelation, but it's a well-trodden subject that Open Mike Eagle manages to mine for artistic gold. Eagle's subject matter is usually personal,… read more
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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility… read more
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Drive against foreign owned property and business on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan now targets leases
Drive against foreign owned property and business on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan now targets leases Thailand’s island crackdown moves onto 30-year land leases as officials probe foreign control of businesses and property. Around 8,000 Koh Samui firms face scrutiny, 2,579… Read More › The post Drive against foreign owned property and business on Koh… read more
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Fears for Thailand’s US export market as White House report zeroes in on Chinese transhipment abuses
Fears for Thailand’s US export market as White House report zeroes in on Chinese transhipment abuses White House puts Thailand in Tier 2 of its China tariff-evasion crackdown. Thai exports face tougher US checks, AI tracking and a punishing extra 40%… Read More › The post Fears for Thailand’s US export market as White House… read more
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4 Spaniards injured after tree fall at Ayutthaya park. One man suffered broken ribs and leg fractures
4 Spaniards injured after tree fall at Ayutthaya park. One man suffered broken ribs and leg fractures Horror in ancient Ayutthaya as a huge tree crashes onto Spanish tourists, injuring four. A 55-year-old man suffers broken ribs and a double leg fracture,… Read More › The post 4 Spaniards injured after tree fall at Ayutthaya… read more
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Seven juveniles appear before a Bangkok court after a vicious assault on a 43 year old Japanese tourist
Seven juveniles appear before a Bangkok court after a vicious assault on a 43 year old Japanese tourist Birthday horror in Bangkok as Japanese teacher Yuki, 43, is robbed and battered near Makkasan station. Youths hit him three times with a fist-sized rock… Read More › The post Seven juveniles appear before a Bangkok court… read more
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Rescues in rough sea swells off southern Thailand. Krabi longtail boat capsized with 10 Indian tourists
Rescues in rough sea swells off southern Thailand. Krabi longtail boat capsized with 10 Indian tourists Krabi sea drama as a huge wave capsizes a longtail boat carrying 10 Indian tourists, their guide and captain. All 12 are rescued, six suffer… Read More › The post Rescues in rough sea swells off southern Thailand. Krabi… read more
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O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT puts you in an abandoned, dithered world with a cursed object and asks you to do one thing: survive the journey
Do you remember, or do you even know, about the Game Boy Camera? It's exactly as it sounds, a little camera attached to an original Game Boy cartridge that you could plug in and take photos with. You could even get a printer! The aesthetic therewithin is a particular one, utilising a tiny 128×128 pixel… read more
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Have a laugh at AI’s expense by roleplaying as a chatbot
Your AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant in its simplicity. There are two tabs: human and LARP as an AI. On one side you enter a request. On the other, you submit an answer. But the important thing is that there's a human on both sides of the equation. Prompts can request a response as… read more
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NASA funds spherical 'Aerobots' that could explore the caves of Saturn's moon Titan
An early-stage grant is offering a look at spherical 'Aerobots' that could zoom around the caves of Titan, in a demo mission similar to Mars Ingenuity. Read Full Story read more
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Ron Gilbert talks the untraditional way he got Thimbleweed Park 2 funded, and his frustrations with modern publishing deals
I think it would be a tad fair if you heard that Thimbleweed Park 2 is in the works and thought, "who funded that?" Not because it doesn't deserve funding, but because adventure games aren't exactly in vogue (even though it's not as dead a genre as many think), and also there's that whole video… read more
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Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit & Run might be making a comeback
At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic The Simpsons: Hit & Run game, Matt Groening replied, "I think the original game is coming back in some form," before current showrunner Matt Selman added, "or not." The tone in both of their voices and the body language suggests that… read more