Yea, if I recall correctly, the Yuzu team was sharing roms of latest Nintendo releases internally and Nintendo was able to prove it. At least Jeff Gerstman podcast suggested something to that accord when reporting on it.
Of course the companies pin the graphics as a culprit. Otherwise they would have to admit the mismanagement is the reason they burn through millions of dollars.
Mismanagement brings with it another aspect the author did not mention: stress and burnout. Either working too hard, or spinning wheels doing nothing is pure poison to a creative person. Constant direction changes, lack of clear communication, never knowing whether you did well or are on the verge of being laid off - all these make people work harder but output less/worse quality assets.
This was brutal to watch in an already grim reality of 2025, but an important one. This is not just a remote, 3rd world problem (as if that was an excuse) - this is how our AAA games are made.
Pretty good points there, though i'd argue it's not just pure numerical IQ, but mostly life experience. The more variety of life you experience, the more you know of human history, different cultures, ways of thinking and seeing the world - the harder it is for you to get impressed by something as shallow as AI.
Tech bros live in a bubble of their own creation and don't understand the true richness of the human condition.
I mean fuck X, sure, but why is the police posting crucial information on a commercial, privately moderated platform? Why would you just assume everyone has an account with Musk's service?
I've seen this shit in Europe too - with everyone just assuming you'll have WhatsApp. At least most EU governments don't use it exclusively, but I'm certain countries, like Turkey, WhatsApp is the only channel where information can often be found.
Trump is likely here to stay. With the dismantling of federal institutions, citizen rights and democratic institutions, USA is on the course to a "president for life" faux democracy like Russia or Turkey (or any number of other countries adopting this model in recent years)
Damn... These executives at Prime have no idea what's good. Better blow buncha millions on another Lord of the Rings slop or animated anthology Love Death and Robots wannabe...
Just to add to Gison's "The Peripheral" - it's the first in his new "Jackpot Trilogy" with second book "The Agency" being equally, if not more awesome.
Also, Peripheral got adapted to a TV show (one season so far) pretty successfully.
I just got an OLED and had to RMA it after 1 day due to audio jack being completely messed up. Crackling, interference, static.
Some research online shows it is a very widespread issue and they continue selling broken items, since only a percentage of users use 3.5mm audio interface and only a percentage of these will bother to return the item.
Maybe the refurbished ones will be fixed in process.
...or get a Kobo and never have to jump through the hoops