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Sean Hollister

Sean Hollister

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    How Nintendo’s destruction of Yuzu is rocking the emulator world

    Nintendo sued Yuzu into the ground. What happened next?

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    Sean Hollister
    “I bet Valve made more profit from most of the next 1000 than the developer themselves made.”

    If you guessed Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, you’re right — and he said it to Valve’s face, later telling Gabe Newell he was among the “assholes telling the world that the strong and powerful get special terms, while 30% is for the little people.”

    It’s from a cache of mostly redacted exhibits in a potential class-action lawsuit against Valve. Simon Carless dug them up, read more:

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    Sean Hollister
    TIL song-slaying AI sensation “There I Ruined It” starts with a real person’s voice.

    I can’t get enough of ad agency creative Dustin Ballard’s AI hijinks: he made The Red Hot Chili Peppers sing a grocery list, turned Lil Jon’s “Get Low” into a time-honored Christmas classic, and showed up a congressional hearing on AI. That’s just a taste.

    Recently, he revealed the process — it starts with his own voice!

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    Sean Hollister
    Wait, wait... HDMI and DisplayPort could’ve been a single port THIS WHOLE TIME?

    Every desktop GPU should ship with four of these unholy things.

    (Backstory: In 2013, Valve disavowed its involvement in the Xi3 Piston, a small gaming PC that was supposedly going to be a Steam Machine but shipped with Windows 7 instead. From the beginning, it had “DP/HDMI” stamped on its I/O shield — how did we miss it?!?)

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    Sean Hollister
    Yuzu’s $2.4M settlement with Nintendo has been approved by a judge.

    Not a single line was changed, in case you’re wondering. Here’s the final signed order (pdf).

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    Sean Hollister
    Today I learned you can buy an explosive fire extinguisher for your 3D printer.

    The Wham Bam Cloud Personal Printer Sentry is a $29 gadget designed to protect your home if your printer catches fire, by exploding into a cloud of extinguishing powder if direct flame touches it for 2-3 seconds.

    Most reputable 3D printers have thermal runaway detection; I don’t know if it works in practice; insert lp0 joke! Totally just bought one anyhow.

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    Sean Hollister
    I’m enjoying this covert docking station that looks like an SNES.

    It’s from Gulikit, the company that’s popularizing drift-resistant Hall effect joysticks. With hidden pockets for microSD cards and its docking cable, I could definitely see traveling with this instead of a USB-C hub! It’s $45; not terrible for a 4K60 HDMI dock with 100W PD and Gigabit Ethernet.

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