Category: culture
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The Jig is Up
Brianna Wu & Zoe Quinn were interviewed by MTV’s Shaunna Murphy recently, a year after the GamerGate bullshit kicked off: Wu: When I got dragged into Gamergate it felt like there were people that actually believed, “It’s about ethics in game journalism.” What I [later] saw was people stopped believing that. They understood it was…
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There’s One Big Upside to Broadcast & Cable Television
The FCC’s page on the CALM act that outlawed loud commercials: Q: Do these rules also apply to radio commercials or commercials on the Internet? A: No, the CALM Act only applies to commercials aired on television. This explains the deafeningly loud commercials while watching Mr. Robot on USA’s Apple TV app.
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Seinfeld2000 Interviewed Wayne Knight
Seinfeld2000 in the intro to their interview with Wayne Knight: Look. i like to “goof around ” a lot on social media. But when youre talking to a screen & stage legend like Wayne Knight who is ENSCONSED in the seinfeld universe and emblazoned in popular cutlure, its time to get serious. im glad i…
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What do machines sing of?
Martin Backes: “What do machines sing of?” is a fully automated machine, which endlessly sings number-one ballads from the 1990s. As the computer program performs these emotionally loaded songs, it attempts to apply the appropriate human sentiments. This behavior of the device seems to reflect a desire, on the part of the machine, to become…
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Each of These Have Been Hand Sharpened to a Razor’s Edge
Luke Winkie: Cutlery Corner is my favorite television show of all time. It is funnier than The Office, more socially relevant than The Wire, more suspenseful than Breaking Bad, and profoundly less boring than Mad Men. Every night the men and women on Cutlery Corner create the greatest accidental art known to mankind. Let me prove it to you. In perhaps the ultimate proof that cutting…