[nonostantement #315] - demoscene music / galaxy centre / illness influencers
Now with MORE Lemmings!
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Bon dia from Barcelona, my name is Joele and I usually spend my time online helping companies and brands with their presence on the Internet. While being online I find nice things, that I then collect in this weekly email.
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#PEOPLE
Matt Klein on X:
"NSFW 🍆 PornHub's Global Year in Review report could be one of the most fascinating and overlooked glimpses into the collective psyche. If we're to understand our moment and mind, we've got to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. So... the biggest learnings:"Bharathanatyam dance is a living exploration of being human
With its origins in 16th-century India, Bharathanatyam remains hugely popular. Here’s a primer to kickstart your enjoymentIt Was 33 Years Ago Today: Happy Birthday Lemmings!
It's the 33rd anniversary of Lemmings! The classic videogame from Dundee's DMA Design, which helped put Scotland on the global games map.-=:[ Demoscene & Video Game Music Streaming Radio Links ]:=-
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#TECH
AI Video Is A Scam
On Thursday, OpenAI revealed their text to video AI generation model. This is the same scam I have seen in Silicon Valley one thousand times.OpenAI Shifts AI Battleground to Software That Operates Devices, Automates Tasks
OpenAI’s first major product, ChatGPT, proved so popular that it sparked a generation of wannabes. But as rivals like Google catch up, OpenAI is hustling to release a product that could prove almost as revolutionary.Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us?
Instead of displaying links, Arc Search's “Browse for Me” feature reads the first handful of pages and summarizes them into a single, custom-built, Arc-formatted web page using large language models from OpenAI and others. Critics say that's a problem.
#SOCIALMEDIA
The complicated lives and deaths of TikTok’s illness influencers
A ‘day in the life’ at the end of a lifeThe election in India is playing out on YouTube
YouTube has become an important campaign tool in India’s 2024 general election, where Narendra Modi is seeking his third consecutive term as PM.
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