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Learning to fly, the Microsoft flex, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#03)
Frantic week: several meetings, a lot of coding (with mixed results), and deadlines getting closer and closer. Nevertheless I still had some time to read the crazy things that happened, mostly on the gaming front. Let’s start: Money money money So, last week I wrote about the possible acquisition of Zynga by Take Two, and…
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Bonobo’s Fragments, ArXiv milestones, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#02)
Welcome back, routine. Really packed week, but at least today was sunny. Moreover, days are slowly getting longer and longer, so the optimistic inside me says: Spring, here we go! Bonobo did it again Just fresh out of the oven today, a new album by Bonobo. It never ceases to amaze me how much he…
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Bioshock’s development hell, buy Apple or die, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2022#01)
First recap of the year. Just came back from holidays, so it will be a short one. Let’s get to it: Arcane was a hit, so now we are going to see a bazillion video game tv shows Basically the header. Arcane, based on League of Legends, was a mega hit on Netflix by the…
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AI therapy, the new tech giants, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#52)
Bye bye 2021, crossing fingers for a better 2022. This week I had the chance to catch up with my reading list (I had a feed of news that was more than 2 months old, lol), so there might be a few old links in here… MIT tech review pictures of the year Last week…
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2021 in review: games, books, music, series, films…
Year is almost over, and I want to write a brief recap of some cool things I’ve enjoyed in 2021, in no particular order (but with a «best of the year» in each category, marked in blue): Video games Monster Hunter: Rise This was the first Monster Hunter I played since the PSP era, and…
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Tsunami’s magnetic fields, AI dungeons, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#51)
Already back home, resting with the family. Not going to lie: while I enjoy writing this a lot, do not expect very extended takes on some of the news for a couple weeks, as my brain is officially on holidays. Let’s start: Detecting a Tsunami by using magnetism Classic news that I read and say…
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Sci-Hub trials, entering The Matrix, and more: THE WEEKLY RECAP (2021#50)
Two weeks to finish the year, and many rankings are starting to appear. I will try not to saturate the remaining recaps, but some are quite cool and I want to share them. Also, if time allows, I will try to write a bit about the videogames/books/shows/movies that I particularly enjoyed this year. Let’s get…
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The physics of Interstellar: Miller’s Planet
Today I am going to try to explain some of the cool stuff you can see during Interstellar on Miller’s Planet (yes, the one with the giant waves) without using any equation. Let’s see if I can manage to make it easy to follow. When the Endurance crew goes through the wormhole, the first plane…