Daily Archives: 2021-02-01

Nntpit: Minimalist Reddit-to-NNTP gateway

Source: Hacker News

Article note: I frequently make the observation that the BBS -> Usenet -> Forum -> Digg -> Reddit continuum has been essentially the same thing reinvented over and over with a little less user control and a little more centralization and coercion. Looking at reddit-via-newsreader makes it very clear just how good the "the user and their client are in control of presentation, protocols move content between them" model was, and how thoroughly we've lost it.
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How Yevgeny Zamyatin shaped dystopian fiction

Source: Hacker News

Article note: _We_ really is a good read that more people should be exposed to.
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What’s Wrong With The Honeywell Humidifier

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Technology Connections on YouTube did some amusing content on Humidifiers the other week, it was a surprisingly fun watch. ...But IMO all the wick-based ones are all noisy bacteria farm bullshit, I have an ultrasonic, which are IMO the least hassle, and the ones that use some sort of small-volume boiler gadget are fine and potentially more sanitary until the electrodes finish getting coated in impurities.
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Google closes Stadia’s dedicated game studios after less than 2 years

Source: Ars Technica

Article note: Well that obviously-doomed project is passing peak right on schedule.
Google's dedicated Stadia Games and Entertainment studios will soon shut down. Google has not confirmed whether former employees will be sent out while gliding on one of these Stadia-branded <em>PUBG</em> parachutes.

Enlarge / Google's dedicated Stadia Games and Entertainment studios will soon shut down. Google has not confirmed whether former employees will be sent out while gliding on one of these Stadia-branded PUBG parachutes. (credit: PUBG / Getty Images)

This isn't a typical entry in our long-running "Google kills product" series, but it's close enough: Google is shutting down its first-ever dedicated game studios, which had been founded as part of its beleaguered Google Stadia cloud-gaming service.

Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo confirmed the news on Monday ahead of Google posting its own formal statement on the matter, and it means Stadia Games and Entertainment will soon be no more, according to "one source familiar with Stadia operations." This move will impact the combined 150+ staffers for the endeavor, headquartered in both Montreal and Los Angeles. Google may rehire those staffers at other divisions.

One of those staffers, however, will not move to another Google division. Jade Raymond, the Assassin's Creed co-creator and Stadia's highest-profile hire who previously headed the studios, is no longer with Google.

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Ford says ‘millions’ of its vehicles will run on Google’s Android starting in 2023

Source: The Verge - All Posts

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Ford is the latest automaker to turn its vehicle operating systems over to Google. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company said it will use Google’s Android to power the infotainment systems in “millions” of its cars starting in 2023. That means Google’s voice-activated Assistant, Google Maps, and other automotive-approved Android apps will be available in Ford’s cars without requiring the use of an Android smartphone.

The deep integration of Android will allow drivers and passengers to use Google Assistant to change things like climate settings, and it will also enable over-the-air updates that can add new features or address some maintenance issues, according to Ford. But iPhone people, don’t despair: Ford’s system will still be...

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‘It’s dead, Jim’: Torvalds marks Intel Itanium processors as orphaned in Linux kernel

Source: The Register

Article note: I've been watching Itanium be a industry-wide disaster for my entire adult life, it's the fail that keeps on failing.

Itanic sinks further beneath the waves

The Linux kernel will no longer support Intel Itanium processors following a decision by Linus Torvalds to merge a patch marking the architecture as orphaned.…

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