🐻 Virtual pets in Virtual Studio, interview with AI Linux, and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-10-07
By goz
Internet Travels
Geek
- vscode-pets - Visual Studio Marketplace
- We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets | Ars Technica
- Lower Decks Hear All Trust Nothing Recap—Perfect Tribute to DS9
- base-64 number system i came up with when i was in fifth grade
- Officially licensed 195-piece Ghostbusters keycap set launches, price reveal + details
- Good fortune - All this
- GitHub - ninakali/flourish-pc: open framework for personal computing
- ALIENS miniature effects - YouTube
- CP/M-65
Retro
- NESOS - An OS for your NES
- When the Push Button Was New, People Were Freaked - JSTOR Daily
- Gamepad rumble support for the Commodore 64 – RETRO.MOE
Videogames
- No, minors can’t just “opt out” of Destiny 2’s anti-cheating provisions | Ars Technica
- Google kills Stadia, will refund game purchases | Ars Technica
- Every time we heard Google promise it was committed to Stadia and gaming - The Verge
- New PS5 exploit unlocks root privileges, read/write memory access | Ars Technica
- TV Network Ripped Online After Calling Classic Sega Game Indie
- Overwatch 2 SMS Protect: What is it? Why does Blizzard require my phone number? - Polygon
Technology
- Here’s everything Amazon announced at its fall hardware event | Engadget
- GitHub - toeverything/AFFiNE: There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.
- AirPods Pro 2 Engravings Appear in iOS During Pairing and Connecting - MacRumors
- Google prototypes, open sources an extra-long keyboard with one row of keys | Ars Technica
- How TikTok Tracks You Across the Web, Even If You Don’t Use the App
- Kilogram 📸 1KB image gallery
- The Battle for the Soul of the Web
- YouTube experiment makes 4K videos a Premium-exclusive feature | Ars Technica
- The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time | The New Yorker
Science
- NASA and SpaceX are studying a Hubble telescope boost, adding 15 to 20 years of life | Ars Technica
- Giant supertanker uses 9.8% less fuel thanks to 130-foot sails
Pop Culture
- Warner Bros. Is Deleting Purchases Of Their Digital Content Off Your Library
- Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm
- Community is returning for a sixth season on Peacock - The Verge
- The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s | Pitchfork
- The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork
Pot Pourri
- LeBron James buys pro pickleball team
- StimuWrite by Eve Harms
- Chunk out those words !
- bubkey.lol - Nonsensical swear word generator