[PIL] #1218 2/16/2024

Purtle's Internet Lineup for February 16th, 2024 3:30pm

Pics:

• Princess https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1758389898904760810

• some big business executives are so hilariously out of touch. the CEO of Ford just had Sydney Sweeney on his AUDIO ONLY podcast. a whopping 724 views on youtube https://twitter.com/powerbottomdad1/status/1758196493985726807

• My conspiracy theory is that Microsoft is making a major play with OpenAI for genAI in gaming. The next generation of Xbox hardware will have a genAI layer on top of the visuals creating the promised "largest technical leap". There will also be genAI npcs in first party games. https://twitter.com/arvalis/status/1758358378873770003

• Microsoft betting big on genAI like every other big tech company is understandable but I think they are very specifically going to be the first of the big boys to bring it to games. A cloud based realism filter you can turn on for their games like those old gta genAI test clips.

• Big SD Card https://twitter.com/hubestyle/status/1758278428736794812

• Beautiful deck of Nintendo playing cards from the early 1950s, featuring stars from the Takarazuka Revue (宝塚歌劇) https://twitter.com/beforemario/status/1758495346148434420

• go ahead godzilla https://twitter.com/DanielVanThomas/status/1758376576909987965

• Jamaicans x Ed Edd and Eddy https://twitter.com/NotPremi/status/1758338489899208722

• Sonic news

• Alyla Browne just confirmed she's playing Maria in Sonic 3 https://twitter.com/_CallMeDante/status/1758465407357190552

• She’s in the body bag already I’m crying https://twitter.com/LochlinBlue/status/1758471461252026837

• ADVENTURES OF SONIC original bumper card - painted cel in original painted background. DIC 1993 https://twitter.com/bfredmuggs/status/1758542168917254502

• Yes, there was a “Back To” bumper as well… https://twitter.com/bfredmuggs/status/1758545743265268182

• Pokemon news

• Never underestimate the power of a sweet tooth and yummy treat. Don’t forget to treat yourselves to something special today, Trainers! https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1758571196533371280

Clips:

• In the title screen demo of Super Mario 3D Land, Mario actually becomes better at the game after unlocking the Special World. Normally, Demo Mario plays poorly and gets hit by his own shell; however, after unlocking the Special World, he "gets it together" and learns to avoid it. https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1758511443521982930

• Twitch Plays Pokemon Day 4 https://twitter.com/TwitchPokemon/status/1758539728876359762

• Today's progress is zooming! Starting off with us catching missingno: https://clips.twitch.tv/LongBigRutabagaOneHand-7_-fno14K_Jkev2L

• Did some back tracking and went to take on Sabrina thus getting the Marsh Badge https://clips.twitch.tv/DelightfulQuaintLatteBudBlast-sW-7w9ETOrGvSh2V

• We then went through the Pokemon Mansion and headed over to the gym to extinguish Blaine's flame and getting the Volcano Badge. https://clips.twitch.tv/FaintToughCaterpillarANELE-i-tQI9cqJVRmLP6e

• Next stop, back to Viridian City to take on Giovanni one last time and get the Earth Badge. https://clips.twitch.tv/SavorySuperRatLitFam-XgGxAP31ziUEup62

• Artists wont even be able to safely trust videos for reference now let alone courts being given "video evidence" in trials. Grim stuff. https://twitter.com/arvalis/status/1758265357712978069

• I think something is wrong with my copy of Symphony of the Night https://twitter.com/Octopimp/status/1758134861481890229

Videos

• Don't put decisions off [Team Management] Sakurai [2:31] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaWuNgpYDi4

• A new generation of parrying - desk [5:21] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Do4kBVClx4

Articles/News/Other

• White House confirms US has intelligence on Russian anti-satellite capability https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1aro0f1/white_house_confirms_us_has_intelligence_on/

• Russian opposition politician and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died, prison service says https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1as6d4k/russian_opposition_politician_and_putin_critic/

• Russian opposition politician and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died | Breaking News News https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1as6cfd/russian_opposition_politician_and_putin_critic/

• Russian opposition politician and Putin critic Alexei Navalny has died https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1as6bwn/russian_opposition_politician_and_putin_critic/

• Elon Musk moves SpaceX incorporation to Texas after Delaware judge axed $56bn Tesla pay https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1arqnoz/elon_musk_moves_spacex_incorporation_to_texas/

• an FDA expert just testified that covid vaccines have saved at least 3.2 million lives in the US and at least 14 million lives around the world [clip] https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1758168177652220004

• Marjorie Taylor Greene moments after this testimony: "I'm not a doctor but I have a Phd in recognizing bullshit when I hear it." [clip] https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1758169178152808715

• Rep. Garcia responds to MTG's testimony by telling witnesses, "I'm sorry you all had to go through that. That was a lot of conspiracy theories and wild accusations that have been debunked by medical science." [clip] https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1758170061586452936

• with MTG looking on, Rep. Garcia displays one of her vaccine misinformation tweets and has an expert witness debunk it. The witness apologizes on MTG's behalf to the parents of children who had died from covid, and says that's why getting vaccinated is so important. [clip] https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1758171887488684080

• Everyone is here…and their amiibo too! SmashBrosUltimate https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1758495210294665590

• Sony Interactive Entertainment will not release "any new major existing franchise titles" before March 31, 2025 https://twitter.com/gematsu/status/1757667182400454750

• Hate to say it but I think Nintendo is in a "Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing" situation here. https://twitter.com/KaiserBeamz/status/1757811779772580138

• Test your reflexes and wit against enemies, obstacles, challenging puzzles, ANNNNND moooore in MariovsDonkeyKong, available now on NintendoSwitch! https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1758521869760659520

• "VGC has heard from multiple sources who said Nintendo has told publishers its next console will now launch in Q1 2025" https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1758574251580510332

• Hector Rodriguez and Scump just filed a suit alleging Activision has an "unlawful 100% monopoly over" its Call of Duty League. https://twitter.com/cecianasta/status/1758323261858046389

• People often say AI should be able to train on everything, without consent, because that’s how humans learn. Why should copyright stop AI learning, but not humans? This is a false equivalence for at least two reasons. [longer post] https://twitter.com/ednewtonrex/status/1733187760847274197