v56 - Persistent Mode

The summer heat has finally broken here in Shizuoka, and I'm enjoying a cool, wet, and cloudy day huddled around my microphone for warmth. I hope you'll join around my verbal campfire for yet another one of these.

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Stuff we talked about, in order of me talking about them:

• A TV commercial for the Famicom Disk System
  • Also, the animation that played when a Disk Writer kiosk was overwriting your disk with a new game
• I am an SS-tier Gundam Designer
• Test Double is now on Wikipedia
• Aaron's puns, ranked
• The End of Programming
• Nvidia buys Hugging Face for 💵
• AI Agents Are Working Around the Clock. Why Are Startup Founders Working Even Harder? (News+)
• OpenAI is developing "Persistent Mode" for Codex (Archive)
• Apple and European Commission Reach Agreement on App Payment Terms Under DMA
• Apple Cuts Jobs in Siri, Vision Pro Immersive Video and Gaming Teams
• Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra chips and updates its desktop Macs
• New Mac Mini and Studio
• Surprise and Shine event on 9/9
• Apple's Foldable iPhone Details (Archive)
• Former Arkane leads say Xbox let them come in and finish Redfall's final major update after being laid off
• Your Discs. Now Also Digital.
• 'This is horrifying' Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 AI filter leaks and players are inserting it into every game
  • It's about preserving artistic vision
• GTA 6 is a secret cozy game / healthy living simulator
  • Also with a neat 26-minute trailer.
• Spiderman: Brand New Day
• Park Hyatt Tokyo (the one from Lost in Translation)
• Star Wars Zero Company
• Star Wars Galactic Racer
• Exit 8 the Game, Exit 8 the movie