February 9, 2010
This comic is hilarious. It’s also entirely wrong.
No no. I really do get it. No one cares about your dog, your girlfriend’s favorite muffin, or which character you slept with in Mass Effect 2. I understand that that’s INCREDIBLY banal information. It’s boring and mundane and no single piece is useful in, really, any way.
But see, that’s the point. Twitter is not a blog. It has a 140 character limit. You -can’t- hash over the mysteries of the universe in that space. So can we all stop pretending like we expect to? Twitter is a social networking tool. It’s a nice way to announce things. It’s a better way to smirk and share experience. It’s not a journal.
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Posted by Genghis Philip
May 15, 2008
Usually I try to provide information, analysis and criticism whenever I post, but I think this one’s worth posting all on its own:
“The California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage,” ruling that “domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage.”
It’s no mission accomplished, but it’s a strong step forward for social progress and queer rights.
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Posted by Gordon Levine
February 22, 2008
(I don’t speak German; the title is what FreeTranslation.com came up with for “The Uncanny and Video Games.”)
Here’s the problem with human character models in modern video games: animators are just good enough to get themselves into trouble. Masahiro Mori, a Japanese roboticist, calls it the uncanny valley: the point at which things aren’t quite human and aren’t quite alien. Anything stuck in the valley tends to freak the hell out of us.
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