Friday Links!
Leading off this week, a beautifully-written long read about the NFL and life and lots of over things: In Search Of The Shanahan Offense.
From Wally, and this is either a quest or an obsession, depending on where you draw the line: He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable. This is an amazing story: The strange story of the grave of Copernicus.
From John W., and it's an amazing detective story: Discovery Alert: Watch the Synchronized Dance of a 6-Planet System.
From C. Lee, and this is staggering top-level domination: Steam’s top 10 games captured over 60% of revenue in 2023. This is true in so many creative endeavors: Obsidian and BioWare veterans explain how retailers killed the isometric RPG: "Truly vibes-based forecasting". Conducting game music: Game enthusiast and conductor merges her worlds. And here's her conducting the Civ 6 soundtrack: CIVILIZATION VI Symphony | Live from the National Theater of Korea. If you liked that, here's an entire treasure trove of performances: Flasic. This seems like a guaranteed way to end human voice acting in games: Gaming voice actors blindsided by 'garbage' union AI deal. More: SAG-AFTRA says terms of controversial AI voice deal will inform future negotiations. There are so many more to come: Duolingo lays off 10% of contract workers, partly due to AI. This is alarming: Chromium found in lead-tainted fruit pouches may explain contamination.
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