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Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

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    Roland’s TR-1000 is the ultimate drum machine

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    Combining real analog circuits with digital synthesis and sampling makes the TR-1000 powerful but overwhelming.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Terrence O'Brien
    Here’s Tim Cook hanging out with accused rapist Brett Ratner at the Melania screening.

    When you’re cool with doing a fascism, what’s a few sexual misconduct accusations? Ratner, who directed Melania, faced multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment, which led Warner Bros. to cut ties. But a little sexual misconduct (and ties to Epstein) never seemed to bother Melania. And it doesn’t seem to bother Tim Cook either, who posed for this photo on Ratner’s Instagram Stories.

    Apple CEO Tim Cook standing with the disgraced director of Melania Brett Ratner.
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    Terrence O'Brien
    Chris Pratt suggested he play opposite an AI actor in Mercy but was shot down.

    Not everyone in Hollywood can be as thoughtful about AI as Ben Affleck. Thankfully, better thinking prevailed, and Chris Pratt quickly decided that creating an actual AI to play the tyrannical AI judge in the sci-fi thriller was not a good idea.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    New Super Mario Galaxy trailer gives us our first look at Yoshi.

    There’s a bunch of references to the games, including Mario and Luigi using fire flowers and Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2, but it’s Yoshi that’s the obvious star. Oh, and he’s pretty dang cute, too. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is coming to theaters April 1st.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Tim Cook, Andy Jassy, and AMD CEO Lisa Su are at the White House for a VIP screening of the Melania doc.

    If you’re wondering what kind of access a gold-and-Gorilla-Glass statue, a $1 million donation, and endless fawning buys you, well, it gets a special advanced screening of a state-sanctioned propaganda documentary film about the First Lady. Okay, it buys more than that, this is just a nice bonus.