2025-08-01
SB-1047 Documentary: The Post-Mortem
Published on August 1, 2025 9:42 PM GMTBelow some meta-level / operational / fundraising thoughts around producing the SB-1047 Documentary I've just posted on Manifund (see previous Lesswrong / EAF...
The Elder Scrolls Online 'isn't going anywhere,' new ZeniMax boss says: 'The studio is continuing to work hard on new features, adventures, and improvements'
It's been a month since Microsoft cancelled a new MMO in development at ZeniMax, a move that coincided with the departure of former studio president and TESO director Matt Firor.
Persona vectors: monitoring and controlling character traits in language models
Published on August 1, 2025 9:19 PM GMTThis is a brief summary of our recent paper. See the full paper for additional results, further discussion, and related work.AbstractLarge language models...
Pathfinder's space opera spin-off is getting its own videogame, an RPG called Starfinder: Afterlight
The system that brought us Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous goes to deep space.
OpenAI just raised another $8.3 billon in a funding round that values it at an unbelievable $300B, surpassing AMD, Coca-Cola, and General Electric
Who doesn't love a bit of end-stage capitalism.
Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.
Boots theory and Wikipedia
Published on August 1, 2025 8:30 PM GMTI've previously complained about how people often repeat a quote that starts with The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned,...
"This Will Open the Floodgates": Tesla In Trouble as Jury Orders It to Pay $329 Million After Autopilot Death
Tesla just got handed one of its biggest legal blows yet — one that could have seismic implications for its future operations. On Friday, a Miami jury ruled that the...
A Side Effect of Trump's Tariffs: Making Ozempic Way More Expensive
President Donald Trump's new European tariffs may spell bad news for Novo Nordisk, maker of Ozempic and Wegovy. As Axios reports, the 15 percent tariffs on goods imported into the...
Podcast: Lincoln Quirk from Wave
Published on August 1, 2025 7:00 PM GMTFor two years I had the good fortune to work at Sendwave/Wave (they were one company at the time), a company that made...
'It has to be grounded': Battlefield 6 devs say cosmetics won't be as goofy as Call of Duty, but that sounds almost too good to be true
"I don’t think it needs Nicki Minaj."
Scientists Just Launched the First Quantum Computer Into Space
The world of quantum computing has barged into a new frontier: space. A tiny quantum computer housed in a satellite is now in orbit around Earth, ScienceNews reports, residing some...
The Dark Arts As A Scaffolding Skill For Rationality
Published on August 1, 2025 5:12 PM GMTEpistemic status: ExploratoryRecently I wrote an essay about Scaffolding Skills. The short explanation is that some skills aren’t the thing you’re actually trying...
Deep Think in the Gemini app
Deep Think in the Gemini app Google released Gemini 2.5 Deep Think this morning, exclusively to their Ultra ($250/month) subscribers: It is a variation of the model that recently achieved...
Horrifying Video Shows Amusement Park Ride Breaking Apart Mid-Ride
Terrifying video footage going viral on social media shows an amusement park ride splitting in half and collapsing in western Saudi Arabia. The video shows the "360 Big Pendulum" ride...
Steve Petersen seeking funding
Published on August 1, 2025 5:03 PM GMTSteve Petersen is looking for 12k (per semester) for a course buy-out, so that he can spend more time on work related to...
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