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James Cameron's Avatar, a story that is both aesthetically stunning and environmentally aware, astounded spectators in 2009. People from Earth have created a mining operation on the planet Pandora and destroyed the life of the Na'vi, the humanoid inhabitants of that world, in the somewhat distant future depicted in the movie Avatar. In an effort to interact with the indigenous people, humans have created "Avatars," which are Na'vi bodies that can be controlled by a human consciousness that has been electronically implanted. In this Slogging thread, our community discussed the release of the sequel to Avatar(2009), and the possibility of the movie beating its predecessor and becoming the Highest grossing movie of all time. This Slogging thread is by Valentine Enedah, Teri, Jadesola T. Kareem, Janhavi Talhar, Manas Goel and Mónica Freitas occurred in slogging's official #random channel, and has been edited for readability. Avatar: The way of life Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 10:35 AM Official Trailer: Avatar: The Way of Water trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MyW72ELq0 Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 10:41 AM Avatar emerged as the Highest grossing movie of all time with $2,923,905,528. Cameron worked with linguists to create an entirely functioning Na’vi language, invented his own specialized camera for capturing actors’ facial expressions, and paved the way for future use of motion-capture animation in filmmaking. The effects of were absolutely groundbreaking for its time, and the film broke all kinds of box-office records. Avatar Beginning on May 5, 2022, the first official trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water was released exclusively in theaters before screenings of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness from Marvel Studios. The trailer was released online by the official Avatar YouTube channel the following Monday, May 9. The video surpassed all of the new Star Wars movie trailers with 148.6 million views on its first day, setting new milestones for Disney. Therefore, it would be absurd to assume that Avatar is no longer relevant. With some stunning visual effects work highlighting the aquatic scenery on the planet of Pandora as well as Jake Sully and Neytiri with their family, the trailer demonstrates that James Cameron hasn't lost a step in the thirteen years since the first film. Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 10:45 AM The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Earth's wildlife, and the franchise's official Twitter account have announced a new partnership that will enable fans to express their creative side. Fans of the series can create their own underwater creature in a virtual recreation of Pandora's oceans in an effort to save ten exceptional animals. By 2030, Disney US will contribute $5 to the group in order to help safeguard 10% of the world's oceans for aquatic life. Fans have until December 31 to start creating their own creatures. Fans of the series can design their own aquatic animal in a virtual recreation of Pandora's oceans, where ten exceptional animals are being protected. Disney US will contribute $5 to the group in order to help safeguard 10% of the world's oceans by 2030 for every aquatic Pandoran animal made. From now until December 31 of this year, fans can start creating their own creatures. Since Avatar is well known for its emphasis on the environment, the collaboration between the two is only fitting. The promotion is anticipated to give fans the chance to express their creativity and sense of humor in the virtual world because the franchise is known for its imaginative and distinctive visual style. Fans of the franchise who care about the environment will be extremely satisfied with the way that embracing creativity will help the worldwide effort to safeguard creatures on Earth. Waters will also play a key part in the upcoming sequel, and since the movie won't be out for another month, viewers won't have to wait long to see the amazing majesty of Pandora's oceans. The long-awaited sequel to the Avatar film series will be released in theaters on December 16, 2022. When the first two sequels were first announced in 2010, a 2014 release date was anticipated. Eight theatrical release dates were postponed due to the film's demands over a long period of time; the most recent was announced in June 2020, which resulted in the current 2022 release date. The third episode will be released in December 2024, followed by the fourth in December 2026, and the last episode in December 2028. It sounds like the second movie will be about three hours and ten minutes long, so it should be quite the experience. Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 10:45 AM Release Date: Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 10:45 AM Do you think the sequel might be on par with the first Avatar(2009) released or it might do better? Teri Nov 4, 2022, 11:10 AM I watched it when it was released in the cinema, but to give an actual affirmative response of how well it would do now, I don’t know. But it may do well depending on the PR of the movie. Let’s watch and see.. Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 11:35 AM Teri You are on point.🔥 Looking forward to it's release. Jadesola T. Kareem Nov 4, 2022, 12:02 PM Hmmm not sure it'll do better than the previous one. Depends on how well they market it. 💚 1 Janhavi Talhar Nov 4, 2022, 12:42 PM The first film set such high standards that I'm not sure the sequel can live up to them. ps. I was completely distracted after the first film. Wouldn't see it in the middle of exams. 😀 2 Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 3:32 PM Jadesola T. Kareem Actually! It all depends on marketing. Valentine Enedah Nov 4, 2022, 3:33 PM Janhavi Talhar 😂😂 Please don't! I'm hoping Black Panther 2 lives up to the first one. Manas Goel Nov 4, 2022, 5:55 PM The first part of this movie was such a disappointment 😕 😂 1 Valentine Enedah Nov 5, 2022, 5:34 AM Manas Goel I guess you are not a fan. Mónica Freitas Nov 9, 2022, 11:24 AM Valentine Enedah at the time, Avatar was THE movie because it was so groundbreaking effects wise. Right now, it doesn't have the same advantage. People will probably watch it because they liked the first one, and not because of groundbreaking effects. I might watch it 💚 1 Valentine Enedah Nov 9, 2022, 3:58 PM Mónica Freitas Actually! I hope it still picks a significant amount of views. It's a good movie. Mónica Freitas Nov 23, 2022, 3:27 PM Live record your reaction to the movie! So we have first hand insight into how good it is 🔥 1 Valentine Enedah Nov 23, 2022, 4:56 PM Mónica Freitas Definitely, I will do that! James Cameron's has a legacy to uphold: the 2009 sci-fi film was a mega-hit. Avatar 🔥 1

The Highest Grossing Movie of All Time Is Set to Release a Sequel

With the newest sneak peek into the upcoming Super Mario film, renewed conversation about what else is possible in the franchise’s future has sparked yet another discussion. Frequent fan debates about Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars have restored excitement and hope for a long-awaited sequel in the near or distant future. At the same time, comments in a recent interview made by the game’s co-creator, Chihiro Fujioka, give us more hope that a sequel is on the horizon. Surprisingly, there’s more of a chance for an official sequel than previously thought. Spiritual Successors to Super Mario RPG Since the release of the game in 1996, fans have been eagerly waiting for a sequel. Nintendo’s answer to fan anticipation came from another Mario RPG series in 2001 with a new style called Paper Mario. The game was received well by fans who praised it for containing the same lovable sense of humor and new memorable characters as found in Super Mario RPG. Two years later, another debuted, but this time, Mario shared the spotlight with Luigi in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The series was also praised for its humor and gameplay that finally gave Luigi the attention he deserved. Super Mario role-playing series The role-playing part of both series added the same welcome aspect fans enjoyed in Mario’s first RPG game: the ability to explore the world in a way that the platformer genre couldn’t offer. Nintendo’s attempts to create more stories in the Super Mario universe have been successful until recent years. Game developer of the Mario & Luigi series, Alpha Dream, filed for bankruptcy in 2019, leaving the fate of the fan-favorite series unknown. The Paper Mario series has also seen its share of misfortune, with fans offering more criticism than praise to recent Paper Mario sequels veering away from the series’ usual and beloved gameplay. Fujioka’s Comments About a Super Mario RPG Sequel With Nintendo wanting to expand the Mario franchise, and Square Enix wanting more success overseas, the two created an epic Mario RPG. Perhaps it will be the same partnership that can give the Super Mario franchise the RPG boost that it needs and deserves. Luckily, it might just be possible. In an interview with MinnMax, Fujioka discussed his career at Square Enix and how his ultimate dream scenario for his final game would be to develop an official sequel to Super Mario RPG. Of course, this news took the internet by storm and has fans debating on whether the sequel is already in development. Fujioka stated: “Mario & Luigi is cool, but I would like to go back and create a Mario RPG where you’re only controlling Mario.” When asked about whether he had any particular story ideas in mind, Fujioka simply commented that “was a secret.” Fujioka’s comments are certainly exciting for those who have been waiting nearly 30 years for a Super Mario RPG sequel, but it does not mean fans can expect its release in the near future. However, to add to the excitement, Square Enix also announced its plans to “HD-2D” many of its Super Nintendo titles. This means that many games will mix 2D character art with an of the SNES game environments. However, it wasn’t stated whether Super Mario was a part of that plan or not. Since both Square Enix and Nintendo have expressed interest in revisiting retro titles, with Nintendo’s remake of Link’s Awakening in 2019, perhaps both companies will collaborate again sooner than later. HD/3D version Why a Super Mario RPG Sequel is Difficult for Nintendo to Make The sequel will be challenging to bring about if neither Square Enix nor Nintendo both agrees to it. This is where the tricky part comes in. Back when both companies agreed to collaborate on a project, it meant that some creativity put into the game, such as characters and easter eggs from other IP, would belong to either one of the companies or both. This means that proper licensing permission would be needed to create a sequel, so even though this is a Super Mario title, Square Enix owns part of it. Nintendo would need approval from Square Enix to use some of the IP seen in Super Mario RPG and vice versa. Therefore, a Super Mario sequel is a bit more complicated to create than fans might think, but it’s not impossible. Conclusion One would think that since Super Mario RPG was created to help both companies gain success, the two companies would want to make a sequel that could be equally beloved and successful. After all, it has been 26 years since the release of Super Mario RPG and it’s still considered one of the best Mario games of all time. Why not continue that legacy with an even better sequel? Also, fans have long agreed it would be nice to see Geno in another game.

Is a Super Mario RPG Sequel Ever Going to Happen?

David Copperfield: Chapter 13 -  The Sequel Of My Resolution

It's finally arrived. Nintendo revealed new gameplay footage for the long-awaited, highly anticipated sequel to 2017's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Nintendo made gameplay the reveal this week during its E3 2021 Nintendo Direct presentation, along with a targeted 2022 release period. The Breath of the Wild sequel reveal teaser featured footage of the hero Link soaring through the sky, along with what appeared to be a fair amount of in-game footage. It appears Link will have new magical abilities and techniques at his disposal. Nintendo the development for a sequel to Breath of the Wild in June 2019 during E3 of that year. Fans have been waiting patiently for some new developments for about two years now, and it finally arrived during the Nintendo presentation. initially announced The Legend of Zelda Announcements Hit E3 2021 Elsewhere, Nintendo also confirmed Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda due out later this year. This will be a special Game & Watch handheld console release featuring The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (The original Game Boy Version). Additionally, it will feature a special Link version of Game & Watch's VERMIN, along with a playable clock and timer. This special Legend of Zelda edition of the Game & Watch arrives on November 12. A new preview is also available below. Earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword would be receiving an upgraded HD release. The HD remastering of Skyward Sword is just around the corner, and it will be available on the Nintendo Switch later next month (Jul. 16). The upcoming sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is due to arrive on the Nintendo Switch later in 2022. More in Gaming: Evil Dead: The Game Trailer, Gameplay Mechanics, and New Footage Netflix and CD Projekt RED Announce The Witcher Partnership for WitcherCon Capcom Reveals E3 2021 Lineup: Monster Hunter Rise, The Great Ace Attorney Keep up with all the latest gaming news, features, and guides. Subscribe to our newsletter in the footer below!

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel Set for 2022 Launch

Introduction Jeremy Evans is the lead developer of the Sequel database library, the Roda web toolkit, the Rodauth authentication framework, and many other Ruby libraries. He is the maintainer of Ruby ports for the OpenBSD operating system, and has contributed to CRuby and JRuby, as well as many popular Ruby libraries. We are happy to present a brand-new interview with Jeremy to our readers. Hope you enjoy it! The Interview You became a Ruby committer and received the Ruby prize 2020 with your work on keyword arguments separation. Could you tell us how did it happen, how did you feel about that? Evrone: I was overjoyed to both become a Ruby committer and to be the recipient of the RubyPrize in 2020.  In terms of how of those happened, I'll start with becoming a Ruby committer. Jeremy: I have been contributing patches and bug reports occasionally to Ruby since 2009. However, I started to get more involved with Ruby in early 2019 when hearing about the direction for keyword arguments in Ruby 3. The original proposal for keyword arguments in Ruby 3 was for full separation, so that passing a hash to a method that accepts keywords would raise an error, but also that passing keywords (a hash without braces) to a method that accept an optional hash argument would also raise an error. I thought this proposal went too far, by breaking compatibility with Ruby code that did not use keyword arguments at all. I built a patch on top of the original proposal that was more backwards compatible. I ended up presenting this proposal with Yusuke Endoh at the developer meeting at RubyKaigi 2019. While waiting on a decision from Matz about keyword arguments, I started sending in patches to fix other Ruby bugs, and after quite a few patches, Endoh-san recommended I become a committer, and Matz approved. In regards to RubyPrize, I originally was nominated in 2019 for my work on keyword arguments and general bug fixing. I was ultimately selected as a final nominee in 2019. I continued to work on general Ruby bug fixing in 2020, fixing many long standing bugs in Ruby's object model, as well as working on some important performance enhancements for keyword arguments and the generation of partial backtraces. I was again nominated for RubyPrize in 2020, and this time I was selected as the recipient. I believe this is the second time a Ruby developer has been the RubyPrize final nominee one year and recipient the following year, with Takashi Kokubun (the developer of Ruby's JIT implementation) being the RubyPrize final nominee in 2017 and winner in 2018. You are an author of Roda and Rodauth, a maintainer of Sequel and a Ruby committer. Which of your open source activities do you find the most rewarding and interesting for you right now? Evrone: This is a hard question to answer, since I find all of my open source work rewarding. However, if I have to choose, I think my work on Ruby itself is probably the most rewarding, for a few reasons. Jeremy: First, it affects the largest number of developers. While I'm happy with the popularity of the Ruby libraries I maintain, there are many more users of Ruby itself than users of the Ruby libraries I maintain. Second, working on Ruby is personally more challenging for me. In many cases, this is because it is written in C and not Ruby (for changes to core Ruby or C extensions), or because it involves parts of the Ruby standard library that I am not as familiar with. Most of the other libraries I maintain are written in pure Ruby and I'm very familiar with them, so fixing bugs in them or adding features to them is generally not as difficult. Third, it gives me a sense of accomplishment to be able to fix bugs in Ruby that have been known but unfixed for many years. That's a situation that doesn't happen in my other open source projects. Your projects have lots of tests and high test coverage. What do you think about Ruby 3 type signatures: can they help you write better software? Evrone: Unfortunately, I have to admit my ignorance in this area. I haven't used any of the static typing tools available for Ruby, and therefore I am not qualified to comment on whether they help write better software. Jeremy: I will say from my brief time reviewing the documentation for such tools, that they have limitations I think would be too restricting. I extensively use plugin systems in my libraries, and heavily use singleton classes, and last I looked there was not good general support for these in any of the available Ruby static typing tools. However, such tools may have improved since then, as this is not an area that I have followed closely. You are currently responsible for OpenBSD's Ruby ports, including JRuby and Rubinius. From your point of view, how is OpenBSD used in 2021 and what is its niche compared to Linux-based distributions? Evrone: I don't think I can speak to general OpenBSD usage. However, in terms of my personal experience, I run OpenBSD on all of my personal desktops and laptops, and for all security sensitive servers at work. From a security standpoint, I think OpenBSD is the best general purpose operating system available. I make heavy use of OpenBSD-specific security features such as pledge and unveil in my Ruby web applications. Jeremy: I also appreciate that it is very easy to administer OpenBSD systems, even more so in recent years. In my experience, using OpenBSD since 2002 both personally and professionally, OpenBSD is very stable, not just in a system-uptime sense, but also in terms of not making pointless changes. OpenBSD does not perform as well as more popular operating systems, but in my environment, I am happy to trade performance for better security and easier maintenance. How closely do you keep track of other web frameworks, auth frameworks and database toolkits? Evrone: For web frameworks, I usually look at the release notes for Rails and Hanami when they release new significant versions, mostly to see if there are new useful features I would want to add to Roda. However, I do not follow the development of either beyond that. Jeremy: I don't follow the development of other authentication frameworks at all. When I started working on Rodauth in 2015, I reviewed the frameworks available at the time to gather ideas. However, I haven't done any review since then. For database libraries, I review the ActiveRecord CHANGELOG every few months to see if there are useful features I would like to add to Sequel. Lately, I've been finding out about new significant ActiveRecord features via Twitter after they get proposed as pull requests. In a couple of recent cases, I've thought the features sounded useful and have developed implementations for Sequel. This is how the async_thread_pool database extension and column_encryption model plugin were developed. I also read the release notes for major ROM releases, though more to see how they are using Sequel instead of for ideas to improve Sequel. In recent years lots of new features landed in Ruby: pattern matching, numbered parameters, keyword arguments, type signatures, ractors, async fibers, rightward assignment and more. What are your favourites and have they affected the way you develop Ruby software? Evrone: I'm very conservative in my use of new Ruby features. Most of my libraries still support Ruby 1.9+, and my production applications run on Ruby 2.5+. I would say the newest Ruby feature I've been using in my applications that I've found quite helpful is the lonely operator, which was introduced in Ruby 2.3. Jeremy: You maintain Sequel and its ORM layer for more than 10 years. What do you think about the main challenges ORM developers face nowadays? Evrone: I'm not sure I have a good understanding of challenges that other ORM developers are facing these days. In terms of personal challenges with Sequel, the last few years have been fairly smooth and challenge free. I would say that in general, there are aspects of Sequel where the internal complexity is high and working with the related code is challenging. One of these areas is Sequel's prepared statement and bound variable support, which is because Sequel was never originally designed to support those features. Another of these areas is Sequel's advanced association support, especially support for eager loading limited associations. However, I don't think I've had significant issues in either of those areas in the last few years. Jeremy: For what use cases would you recommend Ruby developers to use Roda, Rodauth and Sequel? Where do they fit perfectly and where developers would want to choose other frameworks? Evrone: From a technical perspective, I think Roda, Rodauth, and Sequel are the best Ruby web framework, authentication framework, and database library. In all three cases, I think the performance, architecture, and flexibility are significantly better than the more popular frameworks. If the primary consideration for choosing frameworks is technical, I think Roda, Rodauth, and Sequel provide clear advantages. I think this applies regardless of the size of the application. Jeremy: However, in many cases, technical considerations may be less important than other considerations. If you compare Roda, Rodauth, and Sequel to Rails, Devise, and ActiveRecord, the Rails stack has several advantages. First, more developers know the Rails stack, so it is easier to find developers that are already familiar with it. It is going to be more challenging to find developers that are already familiar with a Roda/Sequel stack. Second, more external libraries are designed to work with the Rails stack, so it is easier to find libraries compatible with the stack. With a Roda/Sequel stack, instead of having many gems that could handle a particular need, you are likely to have just one, or possibly none in an extreme case. Third, I think the Rails stack involves less risk. This less risk manifests itself in two ways. One is, "No one ever got fired for choosing Rails", or something like that. Another is, at least for Rails and ActiveRecord, there are simply more developers actively working on the libraries. While Roda and Sequel often get high quality patches merged that were submitted by external developers, the majority of the development for both happens by me. I would like to think in my absence, due to the 100% line and branch coverage, an interested developer would be able to take over my libraries, similarly to how I took over maintenance of Sequel, but that may be optimistic. Overall, I think the choice of using a Roda/Sequel or a Rails stack mostly depends upon the relative value you place on the technical considerations versus the non-technical considerations. Recent worldwide pandemic forced developers to work from home and conferences to take place online. How did that affect your work-life balance, your projects and open source contributions? Evrone: I consider myself very lucky that the pandemic did not have a larger impact in my life.  There were a couple months where I worked remotely from home, but otherwise my job was much the same as before. I worked on the same projects and my open source contributions were not significantly affected. I do miss attending conferences in person, and look forward to the end of the pandemic so that I can start doing that again. Jeremy: Roda recently passed 1 million downloads, becoming the fourth Ruby web framework to pass that threshold. Sequel now has over 25 million downloads, and these numbers mean a lot of feedback on your open source work. What are the main technical lessons you learned from it through all these years? Evrone: I think the most important thing I've learned from my open source work is the importance of testing. Having a test suite that you can rely on is critical to confidently fix bugs and develop new features. Before I started maintaining Sequel, I did not have a good appreciation for how helpful a good test suite was. I think the main reason I was successful in taking over maintenance of Sequel was its comprehensive test suite with almost 100% line coverage, since it allowed me to easily make changes and see if those changes caused regressions elsewhere in the library. Jeremy: Your popular open-source projects and OpenBSD work expose you to alternative Ruby implementations: JRuby, MRuby, Rubinius to name a few. How popular are they and how do they affect the projects you maintain? Evrone: Testing my libraries on JRuby has been very helpful in terms of finding bugs, especially thread-safety bugs that do not occur on CRuby due to CRuby's global VM lock. I'm not sure exactly how popular JRuby is. I get a feeling that the overall percentage of Ruby web applications running on JRuby is small compared to CRuby. However, the percentage is probably significantly different if you only consider large Ruby web applications running in enterprises. Jeremy: I don't do embedded work, so I haven't had a chance to use MRuby, beyond the experience of packaging it for OpenBSD. From my limited knowledge, it's not that popular in the United States, but it is quite popular in Japan. As far as I can see, Rubinius as a project is dead. I think TruffleRuby has taken its place in the overall Ruby ecosystem. I do some CI testing of my libraries on TruffleRuby, but I'm not sure TruffleRuby runs on OpenBSD, and I haven't tried it personally. VIM has been your favourite text editor for years. Have you checked VSCode? Many developers think that it's a good modern VIM alternative that can mimic all the keyboard navigation we are used to. What’s your opinion on that? Evrone: I haven't tried VSCode. VIM still meets my needs. Truth be told, for all my years using VIM, I'm still not an advanced VIM user. However, VIM works well enough for me that I haven't bothered trying an alternative. Jeremy: Are there any plans for your future work that you could share with our readers? Evrone: My plans are fairly boring. I plan to continue to maintain the libraries I'm currently maintaining for at least 15-20 more years, and probably beyond. I also plan to continue working on Ruby itself for the same time frame, primarily focused on bug fixing. Jeremy: Web development has recently made a full circle and returned back to its roots with projects like Hotwire that render all HTML on the backend. What do you think about that "HTML-over-the-wire" and "Fullstack without JavaScript" hype? Evrone: I've been actively promoting limiting JavaScript usage to the absolute minimum for many years. Most of my applications are Web 1.0 style request-response applications with server-rendered HTML and standard HTML forms. I only use JavaScript where it is necessary. When I need something beyond request-response, in most cases my need is unidirectional (server->client), so I use MessageBus and not WebSockets. Jeremy: That's doesn't really answer the question, though. I haven't used Hotwire or a similar libraries, and when I do use JavaScript in my application to submit requests, I'm probably just as likely to use JSON as HTML. So in a certain sense, I would say I hope the trend goes even further in terms of simplicity. If you do need to use JavaScript, I don't think it makes sense to be dogmatic about JSON vs. HTML. You should pick whatever makes the most sense in that particular case. Generally if you have to replace the content of an entire element, then HTML works better, otherwise JSON can work better. It's also possible to mix the two. I have applications where I'll have a dynamic request return a response that is a JSON object that contains HTML snippets, in cases where I want to update multiple HTML elements. If you could change one thing in any of your projects or Ruby without having to care about anything, what would it be? Evrone: If I could change one thing about Ruby without having to care about anything, I'd probably start removing features, starting with refinements and Module#prepend. Both of these significantly complicate the Ruby object model and implementation. Both have been the cause of numerous bugs, and in some cases the issues they cause may not be fixable. This is a selfish answer, as I don't use either feature in my libraries or applications, but I have spent extensive time fixing the issues caused by the features. So in terms of personal use, the features are all cost and no benefit. I certainly see the advantages they offer to other projects, though. Jeremy: The conclusion We had a great talk with Jeremy and learned more about his projects & life. At Evrone, we often use Ruby to develop custom solutions for our clients. If you love it as much as we do — just send us a message via the form below, and let's have a chat! Previously published here. The author of the story is the Chief Editor at Evrone .

The First-Person Sequel and Roda Insights from the Lead Dev: an Exclusive Interview with Jeremy Evan

There are games so good, that we just can't get enough. Here are our picks for games that should have a sequel. This Slack discussion by Nicolas Ng, Jack Boreham Limarc Ambalina, and I occurred in slogging's official #gaming channel, and has been edited for readability. What game do you think deserves a sequel? Jose Hernandez Mar 31, 2021, 9:32 PM This is a weird answer but . It was originally meant to be part of a trilogy that had a plot intended to explore some of the setting's more interesting conflicts and would basically expand on lore in a really interesting way. It had amazing combat too that I think back to all the time Nicolas Ng Apr 2, 2021, 5:11 PM Warhammer 40K: Space Marine I’ve never played it, but I definitely need to check it out! Jose Hernandez Apr 2, 2021, 5:45 PM My answer might seem weird too, but I’ve been waiting for another sequel to the . I never got to play the first two, but I always thought they looked like so much fun. Jose Hernandez Apr 2, 2021, 5:47 PM Mario soccer games I really want a . The first game was well received and loved to this day. Lest have a sequel! Jack Boreham Apr 2, 2021, 8:45 PM Simpsons hit and run sequel Such a random answer Jack but I do love that game haha. My answer to this would be We need a remaster and a sequel. I also was crushed when I heard the news about TellTale shutting down and their not getting a second season. It's one of their best titles ever and the fact that it runs alongside the main series without interfering with it is amazing. Limarc Ambalina Apr 2, 2021, 10:49 PM The Legend of Dragoon. Game of Thrones game Jack, I feel the same exact way. My mom would never let me own a GTA game, but I did have Hit and Run and it was amazing. Jose Hernandez Apr 3, 2021, 12:13 AM Limarc, I was also disappointed to hear about TellTale because their Batman series was great. Jose Hernandez Apr 3, 2021, 12:14 AM I have the telltale game but I'm yet to finish it! It is in my long backlog but I swear I'll get to it Limarc Ambalina Apr 3, 2021, 5:02 AM Haha I promise it's worth the wait Jose Hernandez Apr 3, 2021, 5:52 PM Have you never played a Grand Theft Auto game? I'm one of the few gamers in the world that are in the same boat as you, if so. Limarc Ambalina Apr 3, 2021, 5:57 PM I've played a little of San Andreas when I would go to my cousins' house, but I've never sat down and fully played one. And now that I'm old enough to buy it for myself, I kind of have no desire to. Jose Hernandez Apr 3, 2021, 6:07 PM As a kid, Jose, my mum was the exact same, although I don't think we were missing out on much with GTA. I'm not the biggest fan of the grand theft auto franchise to be honest. I much prefer being Homer and causing havoc around Springfield. Jack Boreham Apr 3, 2021, 6:23 PM As a kid I probably put in around 100hrs into that game and still never beat it. I actually came back to it a few years ago and I still couldn't finish the game...😂 Jack Boreham Apr 3, 2021, 6:24 PM

5 Video Games that Desperately Deserve a Sequel

What is Sequelize is a promise-based Node.js ORM for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and Microsoft SQL Server. It features solid transaction support, relations, eager and lazy loading, read replication and more. Sequelize Installation Sequelize is available via (or ). npm yarn npm install --save sequelize You’ll also have to manually install the driver for your database of choice: # One the following:
$ npm install --save pg pg-hstore # Postgres
$ npm install --save mysql2
$ npm install --save mariadb
$ npm install --save sqlite3
$ npm install --save tedious # Microsoft SQL Server of Setting up Connection To connect to the database, you must create a Sequelize instance. This can be done by either passing the connection parameters separately to the Sequelize constructor or by passing a single connection URI: Sequelize = ( ); sequelize = Sequelize( , , , { : , : }); const require 'sequelize' const new 'database' 'username' 'password' host 'localhost' dialect /* one of 'mysql' | 'mariadb' | 'postgres' | 'mssql' */ If you’re connecting to the database from a single process, you should create only one Sequelize instance. Sequelize will set up a connection pool on initialization. This connection pool can be configured through the constructor’s options parameter (using ), as is shown in the following example: options.pool sequelize = Sequelize( , { pool: { : , : , : , : } const new /* ... */ // ... max 5 min 0 acquire 30000 idle 10000 Modeling Tables User = sequelize.define( , { firstName: { : Sequelize.STRING, : }, : { : Sequelize.STRING }
}, { }); const 'user' // attributes type allowNull false lastName type // allowNull defaults to true // options Internally, calls . sequelize.define Model.init The above code tells Sequelize to expect a table named users in the database with the fields and . The table name is automatically pluralized by default (a library called is used under the hood to do this). This behavior can be stopped for a specific model by using the : true option, or for all models by using the define option from the . firstName lastName inflection freezeTableName Sequelize constructor Sequelize also defines by default the fields id (primary key), and to every model. createdAt updatedAt If you want Sequelize to automatically create the table (or modify it as needed) according to your model definition, you can use the method, as follows: sync User.sync({ : }).then( { User.create({ : , : });
}); // Note: using `force: true` will drop the table if it already exists force true => () // Now the `users` table in the database corresponds to the model definition return firstName 'John' lastName 'Hancock' Querying in Sequelize A few simple queries are shown below: User.findAll().then( { .log( , .stringify(users, , ));
}); User.create({ : , : }).then( { .log( , jane.id);
}); User.destroy({ : { : }
}).then( { .log( );
}); User.update({ : }, { : { : }
}).then( { .log( );
}); // Find all users => users console "All users:" JSON null 4 // Create a new user firstName "Jane" lastName "Doe" => jane console "Jane's auto-generated ID:" // Delete everyone named "Jane" where firstName "Jane" => () console "Done" // Change everyone without a last name to "Doe" lastName "Doe" where lastName null => () console "Done" Datatypes in Sequelize Below are some of the datatypes supported by sequelize. Sequelize.STRING Sequelize.STRING( ) Sequelize.STRING.BINARY Sequelize.TEXT Sequelize.TEXT( ) Sequelize.CITEXT Sequelize.INTEGER Sequelize.BIGINT Sequelize.BIGINT( ) Sequelize.FLOAT Sequelize.FLOAT( ) Sequelize.FLOAT( , ) // VARCHAR(255) 1234 // VARCHAR(1234) // VARCHAR BINARY // TEXT 'tiny' // TINYTEXT // CITEXT      PostgreSQL and SQLite only. // INTEGER // BIGINT 11 // BIGINT(11) // FLOAT 11 // FLOAT(11) 11 10 // FLOAT(11,10) Raw Queries in Sequelize As there are often use cases in which it is just easier to execute raw / already prepared SQL queries, you can use the function sequelize.query. By default the function will return two arguments — a results array, and an object containing metadata (affected rows etc.). Note that since this is a raw query, the metadata (property names etc.) is dialect specific. Some dialects return the metadata “within” the results object (as properties on an array). However, two arguments will always be returned, but for MSSQL and MySQL it will be two references to the same object. sequelize.query( ).then( { }) "UPDATE users SET y = 42 WHERE x = 12" ( ) => [results, metadata] // Results will be an empty array and metadata will contain the number of affected rows. In cases where you don’t need to access the metadata you can pass in a query type to tell sequelize how to format the results. For example, for a simple select query you could do: sequelize.query( ).then( { }) "UPDATE users SET y = 42 WHERE x = 12" ( ) => [results, metadata] // Results will be an empty array and metadata will contain the number of affected rows. Please refer for more details. https://sequelize.org

Use Sequelize ORM with Node JS Project

Photo by Eugene Lim on Unsplash The ES2015 or ES6 specification introduced to . Libraries like React went from to , ie went from rolling their own constructor to leveraging a language built-in to convey the programmer’s intent. class JavaScript React.createClass class MyComponent extends React.Component For a web application’s persistence layer, a few databases come to mind like (possibly paired with ), or a key-value store like . Node.js MongoDB mongoose Redis To run a relational database with a Node application, , “An easy-to-use multi SQL dialect ORM for Node.js” is a good option. It allows the application to run backed by a MySQL or PostgreSQL instance and provides an easy way to map from entities’ representation in the database to JavaScript and vice versa. Sequelize Sequelize’s API for model definitions looks like the following (from the docs ): http://docs.sequelizejs.com/manual/tutorial/upgrade-to-v4.html const MyModel = sequelize.define("MyModel", {  // fields and methods}); To add class and instance methods you would write the following: // Class MethodMyModel.associate = function (models) {};

// Instance MethodMyModel.prototype.someMethod = function () {..} This is necessary pre-ES6 since there was no concept of classical inheritance. Since we have class now, why not leverage them? For developers who are used to having classes, the following would likely look familiar: class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {  static associate(models) {}  someMethod() {}} Sequelize actually supports this, but the documentation is a bit lacking. One of the only place to find a reference to how to do this is in a GitHub issue: . https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/issues/6524 Here’s a cheat sheet for things you would want to do and how to achieve it using ES6 classes + inheriting from : Sequelize.Model Defining fields on a model Creating associations Custom table name Custom model name Wrap queries Instance methods Initialising all models Initialise the model with typed field(s) const Sequelize = require("sequelize");class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {  static init(sequelize, DataTypes) {    return super.init({      myField: DataTypes.STRING    }, { sequelize });  }} Associate your model to other models const Sequelize = require("sequelize");class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {static associate(models) {this.myAssociation = this.belongsTo(models.OtherModel);// orthis.myAssociation = models.MyModel.belongsTo(models.OtherModel);}} Setting a custom table name for your model const Sequelize = require("sequelize");class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {static init(sequelize, DataTypes) {return super.init({// field definitions}, {tableName: "myModels",sequelize});}} Setting a custom model name for your model (for Sequelize) const Sequelize = require("sequelize");class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {static init(sequelize, DataTypes) {return super.init({// field definitions}, {modelName: "myModel",sequelize});}} Wrap queries const Sequelize = require("sequelize");class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {static getId(where) {return this.findOne({where,attributes: ["id"],order: [["createdAt", "DESC"]]});}} Instance methods const Sequelize = require("sequelize");class MyModel extends Sequelize.Model {getFullName() {return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`;}} Initialise all your models followed by is an alternative to , it’s a bit clearer what is and isn’t imported and under what name. require() model.init() sequelize.import(path) const Sequelize = require("sequelize");const sequelize = new Sequelize();// pass your sequelize config here

const FirstModel = require("./first-model");const SecondModel = require("./second-model");const ThirdModel = require("./third-model");

const models = {  First: FirstModel.init(sequelize, Sequelize),  Second: SecondModel.init(sequelize, Sequelize),  Third: ThirdModel.init(sequelize, Sequelize)};

// Run `.associate` if it exists,// ie create relationships in the ORMObject.values(models)  .filter(model => typeof model.associate === "function")  .forEach(model => model.associate(models));

const db = {  ...models,  sequelize};

module.exports = db; For any questions about using Sequelize in this manner or developing Node apps backed by relational databases, feel free to comment below or tweet to me . @hugo__df Originally published at codewithhugo.com on May 9, 2018.

Using ES6 classes for Sequelize 4 models

I can’t count the number of times that the phrase “I don’t understand Sequelize associations” came out of my mouth this past week. I’m pretty good at creating tables and adding/modifying/deleting instances, but I’ve never really worked well with associations. Don’t get me wrong, I can write a “Order.hasMany(Products)” association with the best of them, but I never really felt any need for those getProducts() and addProducts() methods. Until this week, that is. Senior phase of my bootcamp at Fullstack means projects, and right now we’re working on a group project building a simple e-commerce site. We were able to quickly associate our orders and products (what we’re selling is common enough that we know it will be a many-to-many association), and we even built a join table to associate the two, but when it came to querying the database, we ran into some trouble. We tried directly writing rows in our join table (which we called order_product), but that just caused a lot of trouble. If we later wanted to update that row (which we did — we wanted to set the price when the order was finalized), we’d have to query the product database to get the price and then update the order_product database. Our whole group was working on this issue and making suggestions, and while we had some great ideas, nothing seemed to work as we wanted. I tried some quick Google searches, and eventually wound up in the section of the Sequelize documentation that discusses associations and the methods attached to many-to-many associations. Suddenly … our problems were solved (okay, maybe it wasn’t that easy). We decided to try the addProduct() association method, and once we got the syntax right, our order_product table was creating its own rows without us having to query it directly. And when we needed to find the current product price, rather than having to query the order_product table to get all the products and then the product table to get the prices, we were able to just use the getProducts() method to get an array of all the products in our order (although in that case we still did have to query the order_product table to update the price). Instead of querying the order_product table to get each product in the array, then querying the product table to get the price, then updating the order_product table, we were just using one quick association method to get all of the products (no need to query the products table!) and then running one query to update the price. Much easier than even attempting to do this without the association methods. One note: we used ‘addProduct()’ to attach each individual product as part of the order — that was not something we were able to do in bulk (we tried, but that’s not how the addProduct() method seems to work). But we were able to retrieve all of the products at once using getProducts(). Just something to remember when using these methods. I still wouldn’t say that I’m an expert at Sequelize associations. But I definitely had an “ah-ha!” moment this week, and I am starting to understand them better. Through the Sequelize issues my team experienced this week, I learned that it never hurts to try something new. I am confident now that I can use associations methods when working with Sequelize, and I’d definitely encourage others to try it (even beginners) — once you get the hang of it, these methods really are fantastic time savers!

Sequelize: Association Methods Make Life Easier

Often at times, I find my self struggling with Sequelize to find a direct answer for my query. Recently, I have been working on a fullstack application in which there was a basic requirement of paginating results from backend (REST API) to the frontend. I struggled for two reasons. Firstly, coming from NoSQL background it’s hard to grasp SQL DBs. Second reason being is Sequelize documentation does not provide a clear and direct solution to this very basic abstraction. Lot of people assume things in the world of SQL databases. Thus, in this post we will be talking about a basic paginating module using Sequelize, MySQL and Node.js. I am using you have some tables and records inside your MySQL database. To setup a new app and making database connection, read my post on Getting started with Sequelize . Defining a Model I am directly jumping on model definition: user I am using that we a table that contains hundred of user records that we want to display on an web application, say in the admin panel, and we want to show just 50 records at once. In the I am defining an endpoint that will fetch number of results we need from the database. api/user.js /:page is the model for searching multiple records in the database and it returns both the data required and the count of elements in that table. The above query will get 50 user records at once until the next page is called to fetch the next 50 records. and are required in queries related to pagination in which fetches the number of rows based on the query whereas is used to skip the number of rows in the database table. findAndCountAll limit offset limit offset readers_. If you’d like to talk about it more,_ Thank you for reading. If you find this post useful, please hit the 💚 button so this story can reach out to more ping me on Twitter .

How to paginate records in MySQL using Sequelize and Nodejs

Introduction to ORM ORM or Object Relation Mapping is a process of mapping between objects and relation database systems. An ORM acts like an interface between two system. ORM provide advantages for developers from basic ones like saving time and effort and rather focusing on business logic. The code is robust instead of redundant. ORM helps in managing queries for multiple tables in an effective manner. Lastly, an ORM (like ) is capable to connect with different databases (which comes in handy when switching from one database to another). sequelize Getting Started with Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js. Sequelize is easy to learn and has dozens of cool features like synchronization, association, validation, etc. It also has support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, and MSSQL. I am assuming you have some form of SQL database service started on your machine. I am currently using MySQL. Sequelize Installation Sequelize is available via npm. Setting up a Connection Sequelize does setup a connection between the rest api/application and your SQL database. To setup basic connection between the two: How do I setup my Sequelize Connection? For the sake brevity, I like to divide code into modules. After all, the Unix philosophy of is major part of the philosophy behind writing code in JavaScript (and using Node.js as a server side platform) these days. one program/module should do one thing I start with / file in the root of my application/api folder in which I define the general constraints needed to setup the connection with database: config.json config.js You can do this in your file if you like to follow that pattern. For more info on this see . .env [dotenv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) After defining the configuration variables, in my folder or where I define schema of tables in the database at application level, I create the connection in an file: models/ index.js It’s important to notice that I am exposing object which contains every model/table schema definition. From now, I just have to import the object to apply operations on specific database tables using it. db db This setup can be auto-generated with the help of tool that helps in bootstrapping a new project in an effective manner (like the above) and handle database migrations directly from the terminal. Sequelize CLI Conclusion Sequelize is feature rich ORM for Node.js. It has a documentation that at times may not provide direct solutions to your problems but there always Github issues for that. What I like about is its Promise based control flow. Coming from NoSQL background (and using MongoDB), understanding Sequelize really took less time. Most of the query based models are quite similar to that in MongoDB (especially the CRUD operations). I am looking for a brighter, more improved documentation and ease of support from Sequelize. Want to receive more articles like this one? Subscribe me here . Sometimes, I send “never seen before” content to my subscribers. 💚** readers_. If you’d like to talk about it more, ping me on_** Thank you for reading. If you find this post useful, please hit the button so this story can reach out to more Twitter .

Getting Started with Sequelize for Nodejs Applications

Blizzard attempts to breathe fresh air into a fading, but loyal IP The announcement of Overwatch 2, revealed at Blizzcon 2019, divided much of the game's fanbase. But the problem wasn't the once fiercely loyal fans fervently arguing over their ideal version of the game, it was the indecision and lack of direction taking place within the walls of Activision/Blizzard/King. While on paper, a sequel to a once wildly popular title like Overwatch seems like an easy win for a AAA developer like Blizzard, who employs more than 100 developers in Overwatch's Team 4 alone. But it turns out, getting the game into the hands of players and fans has been much harder than they anticipated. The main problem, as it seems to have turned out, was the lack of direction from higher-ups in regards to what exactly they wanted to be done with Overwatch 2. Was it to be a PvE (player versus environment) with PvP (player versus player) updates, or continue filling its niche as the fast-paced team shooter that so many fell in love with? What could they do to bring the players back that they lost? Development Purgatory Much of the problems with creating a game like Overwatch, or any hero/class shooter game, is just the balancing aspect of it. This was a problem plaguing their original title, as it had received little to no updates since the development of the sequel began. Many of the popular compositions being played were considered "meta" for up to a year at a time. The PvE missions had been the same every year, special event skins were getting seemingly more and more plain. But the problems at Activision/Blizzard were just beginning. The news of workplace sexual harassment rocked, but not necessarily shocked, much of the gaming world. Being caught in the middle of a PR storm, and losing their Vice President, Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard doubled down on getting as much of the game done as possible and getting it into the hands of fans that had been waiting almost 3 years for a glimpse at what the future might hold for Overwatch. Microsoft steps in In quite surprising news, tech giant Microsoft offered Activision/Blizzard a deal they couldn't refuse, ultimately settling at $68.7 billion for acquisition. Would this fix any of the pervasive frat-boy cultures that had been so prevalent in the offices? Would it get the development back on track? But most importantly; would it simply gut much of their titles, keeping only the most lucrative in their portfolio? Fans feared the worst. But then we got real, tangible news. Overwatch 2, a beacon of light in the mist Then it came; April 26th. We finally had a date. The community was hesitantly excited, we had gone through years of stale gameplay, with little to no updates or content added. We were losing a teammate going from 6 players on a team to only 5. Still, fans were yearning for more news. The fifth season of the Overwatch League was to be played on the beta patch, throwing a wrench into many of the organizations that had spent the season building synergy between their 6 personal rosters. The community seems split on Overwatch 2 gameplay, but most seem happy just to have any sort of content added. The core mechanics of the game felt much the same, but the pacing was different, the UI was different, and we finally had new maps and a new hero to play-test. The beta, unfortunately, came to a close on May 17th, but don't fret. The Overwatch team announced that on June 16th, they would be sharing more news pertaining to Overwatch 2, as well as new PVP beta. For now, the community seems to have stepped back from their metaphorical ledge and embraced change, even if it doesn't fit their ideal vision of the game. The future is uncertain for Overwatch 2 and Blizzard in general, but for the first time in a long time, fans are excited for what the future holds and eager to see more of the game they've been so patiently waiting for.

Overwatch 2: Will It Hold Up?

After an April full of exciting game releases like The Crew Motorfest, Stellar Blade, and No Rest for the Wicked, May isn’t staying even a bit behind. In this story, we are going to check out the 10 best games to be released this month. Personally, I can’t wait to play them, and you shouldn’t miss out too. Endless Ocean Luminous - May 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXjoA_Gai4&embedable=true Release Date: May 2
Platforms: Switch
Publisher: Arika Following the steps of his predecessors, Endless Ocean Luminous puts you in control of a scuba diver to explore the fictional Velled Sea, with over 500 species for you to discover. Team up with folks all over the world, because now, the matches allow groups of up to 30 people to explore sunk temples and shipwrecks. Crow Country - May 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy1cICMVSTk&embedable=true Release Date: May 9
Platforms: PC, PS5
Studio: SFB Games With a retro style, Cow Country tries to bring to life the golden era of horror games; using a tank camera, its art style and mechanics resemble a lot of the classic Resident Evil games in all its glory. In this game, you’re gonna explore an abandoned park to understand why Edward has closed it while solving many puzzles and mysteries. A demo for Crow Country is available here. Little Kitty, Big City - May 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUdu2q88K4&embedable=true Release Date: May 9
Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Studio: Double Dagger Studio With a cutesy art style, Little Kitty, Big City lets you take control of a cat who is trying to go back home; you can mainly focus on finding your way back, or explore as a true cat would. Climb on people’s furniture, break their glasses, steal their objects, find collectibles, and interact with other animals before going home. Homeworld 3 - May 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCUI70kF7o&embedable=true Release Date: May 13
Platforms: PC
Studio: Blackbird Interactive Homeworld 3 is a galactic real-time strategy game where you can play solo, PvP, and Coop. It continues the award-winning story of Homeworld 2, with massive battles among the stars and nebulas. Now, the game also includes a coop mode for up to 3 players, in a battle on the molds of roguelike. Team up with your friends in random fleet battles while obtaining artifacts to improve your ships. The Rogue Prince of Persia - May 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzOxEK7hXo&embedable=true Release Date: May 14
Platforms: PC
Studio: Evil Empire The Rogue Prince of Persia is a new take on the franchise. This time, in the hands of Evil Empire, the creators of Dead Cells, this new entry will get a different art style from its predecessor and will have a roguelike gameplay, which the team at Evil Empire are professionals doing. The game will also feature a procedurally generated map, set place around the city of Ctesiphon. You will battle the Hun army that was sent to destroy the city, and it is your job to prevent it. Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut - May 16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWBNwhb870&embedable=true Release Date: May 16
Platforms: PC
Studio: Sucker Punch Productions The once-Playstation exclusive is making its way to PC this month. This version includes everything from the original version and some extra functionalities due to the power of the PC. Enjoy the Tsushima island with unlocked FPS and multiple graphic customizations, support to super ultra-wide monitors, increase the performance using the functionalities of your GPU, like DLSS, FSR, and XeSS, and enjoy high-quality sync with Japanese, due to real-time cutscene rendering. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 - May 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYGOkMnGCE&embedable=true Release Date: May 21
Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
Studio: Ninja Theory In the sequel Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, we follow again the story of Senua while she battles for survival on the Viking Island. There, you will fight to save the victims of the tyranny while dealing with her own darkness. System Shock: Remake - May 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDdQ6_pYgk&embedable=true Release Date: May 21
Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Studio: Nightdive Studio The complete remake of the 1994 cult System Shock that was released for PC in 2023 is now making its way to consoles. In this game, you live in Cidadela Station, but everything gets out of hand when the most advanced AI takes control of everything, turning its people into cyborgs and mutants looking for blood. Fight for survival and destroy SHODAN before it destroys you. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - May 23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCV-uTRULn8&embedable=true Release Date: May 23
Platforms: Switch
Studio: Intelligent Systems Initially released for the GameCube in 2004, Super Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG praised by critics and won the RPG of the Year award in 2005. In this entry, you will take the role of Mario, while he tries to save Princess Peach from the hands of Grodus, collecting all the Crystal Stars and making new friends along the way. F1 24 - May 31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnyCWsA6KSI&embedable=true Release Date: May 31
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
Studio: Codemasters That is the newest entry in the F1 yearly franchise; it includes more refined graphics, a revamped campaign, a new physics system that impacts the performance of your car, crossplay, and a VR mode. Those were the games I’m keeping an eye on this month; let me know what games you are interested in this month or if I missed an important game in the comments below. After an April full of exciting game releases like The Crew Motorfest, Stellar Blade, and No Rest for the Wicked, May isn’t staying even a bit behind. In this story, we are going to check out the 10 best games to be released this month. Personally, I can’t wait to play them, and you shouldn’t miss out too. Endless Ocean Luminous - May 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXjoA_Gai4&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKXjoA_Gai4&embedable=true Release Date: May 2 Platforms: Switch Publisher: Arika Release Date: May 2 Release Date: Platforms: Switch Platforms: Publisher: Arika Publisher: Following the steps of his predecessors, Endless Ocean Luminous puts you in control of a scuba diver to explore the fictional Velled Sea, with over 500 species for you to discover. Team up with folks all over the world, because now, the matches allow groups of up to 30 people to explore sunk temples and shipwrecks. Crow Country - May 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy1cICMVSTk&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy1cICMVSTk&embedable=true Release Date: May 9 Platforms: PC, PS5 Studio: SFB Games Release Date: May 9 Release Date: Platforms: PC, PS5 Platforms: Studio: SFB Games Studio: With a retro style, Cow Country tries to bring to life the golden era of horror games; using a tank camera, its art style and mechanics resemble a lot of the classic Resident Evil games in all its glory. In this game, you’re gonna explore an abandoned park to understand why Edward has closed it while solving many puzzles and mysteries. A demo for Crow Country is available here . here Little Kitty, Big City - May 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUdu2q88K4&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUdu2q88K4&embedable=true Release Date: May 9 Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Studio: Double Dagger Studio Release Date: May 9 Release Date: Platforms: PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Platforms: Studio: Double Dagger Studio Studio: With a cutesy art style, Little Kitty, Big City lets you take control of a cat who is trying to go back home; you can mainly focus on finding your way back, or explore as a true cat would. Climb on people’s furniture, break their glasses, steal their objects, find collectibles, and interact with other animals before going home. Homeworld 3 - May 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCUI70kF7o&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCUI70kF7o&embedable=true Release Date: May 13 Platforms: PC Studio: Blackbird Interactive Release Date: May 13 Release Date: Platforms: PC Platforms: Studio: Blackbird Interactive Studio: Homeworld 3 is a galactic real-time strategy game where you can play solo, PvP, and Coop. It continues the award-winning story of Homeworld 2, with massive battles among the stars and nebulas. Now, the game also includes a coop mode for up to 3 players, in a battle on the molds of roguelike. Team up with your friends in random fleet battles while obtaining artifacts to improve your ships. The Rogue Prince of Persia - May 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzOxEK7hXo&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzOxEK7hXo&embedable=true Release Date: May 14 Platforms: PC Studio: Evil Empire Release Date: May 14 Release Date: Platforms: PC Platforms: Studio: Evil Empire Studio: The Rogue Prince of Persia is a new take on the franchise. This time, in the hands of Evil Empire, the creators of Dead Cells, this new entry will get a different art style from its predecessor and will have a roguelike gameplay, which the team at Evil Empire are professionals doing. The game will also feature a procedurally generated map, set place around the city of Ctesiphon. You will battle the Hun army that was sent to destroy the city, and it is your job to prevent it. Ghost of Tsushima: Directors Cut - May 16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWBNwhb870&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWBNwhb870&embedable=true Release Date: May 16 Platforms: PC Studio: Sucker Punch Productions Release Date: May 16 Release Date: Platforms: PC Platforms: Studio: Sucker Punch Productions Studio: The once-Playstation exclusive is making its way to PC this month. This version includes everything from the original version and some extra functionalities due to the power of the PC. Enjoy the Tsushima island with unlocked FPS and multiple graphic customizations, support to super ultra-wide monitors, increase the performance using the functionalities of your GPU, like DLSS, FSR, and XeSS, and enjoy high-quality sync with Japanese, due to real-time cutscene rendering. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 - May 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYGOkMnGCE&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYGOkMnGCE&embedable=true Release Date: May 21 Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S Studio: Ninja Theory Release Date: May 21 Release Date: Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S Platforms: Studio: Ninja Theory Studio: In the sequel Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, we follow again the story of Senua while she battles for survival on the Viking Island. There, you will fight to save the victims of the tyranny while dealing with her own darkness. System Shock: Remake - May 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDdQ6_pYgk&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDdQ6_pYgk&embedable=true Release Date: May 21 Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Studio: Nightdive Studio Release Date: May 21 Release Date: Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Platforms: Studio: Nightdive Studio Studio: The complete remake of the 1994 cult System Shock that was released for PC in 2023 is now making its way to consoles. In this game, you live in Cidadela Station, but everything gets out of hand when the most advanced AI takes control of everything, turning its people into cyborgs and mutants looking for blood. Fight for survival and destroy SHODAN before it destroys you. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - May 23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCV-uTRULn8&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCV-uTRULn8&embedable=true Release Date: May 23 Platforms: Switch Studio: Intelligent Systems Release Date: May 23 Release Date: Platforms: Switch Platforms: Studio: Intelligent Systems Studio: Initially released for the GameCube in 2004, Super Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door is an RPG praised by critics and won the RPG of the Year award in 2005. In this entry, you will take the role of Mario, while he tries to save Princess Peach from the hands of Grodus, collecting all the Crystal Stars and making new friends along the way. F1 24 - May 31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnyCWsA6KSI&embedable=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnyCWsA6KSI&embedable=true Release Date: May 31 Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S Studio: Codemasters Release Date: May 31 Release Date: Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S Platforms: Studio: Codemasters Studio: That is the newest entry in the F1 yearly franchise; it includes more refined graphics, a revamped campaign, a new physics system that impacts the performance of your car, crossplay, and a VR mode. Those were the games I’m keeping an eye on this month; let me know what games you are interested in this month or if I missed an important game in the comments below.

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A Pixelated History of Gender Representation From the early stages of video game development, female characters were primarily portrayed as heroines needing rescue or as secondary NPCs. When they took on the role of main characters, their depictions were highly sexualized. The iconic image of with substantial triangular breasts in tiny shorts can be called a symbol of female depictions in the in Europe and the USA in the 90s. This decade marked the rise of female characters taking center stage, albeit often in a sexualized manner. from became a cultural icon, embodying empowerment and the era's limited portrayal of female characters. Tomb Raider (1996) games Lara Croft Tomb Raider Japanese video games reinforced this standard. and featured "excited" female characters in exceptionally revealing clothing, particularly notable in characters like from and from the eponymous series. JRPGs, fighting games, visual novels 2B NieR: Automata Bayonetta Nintendo and many other developers portrayed women as fragile princesses constantly needing rescue. Their famous princesses, Peach, Princess Daisy, and Rosalina, continue to present "feminine" images in traditional, bright, voluminous dresses. Video games like featured women as objectives rather than protagonists, embodying the "damsel in distress" trope. Donkey Kong First playable female characters The first ever playable female character is Billie Sue, from the Atari 2600 game , released in 1982. Billie Sue is depicted as a simple, pixelated character, typical of the era's graphical capabilities. She is characterized by basic, blocky graphics, with her gender being identifiable through minimalistic details that suggest traditional female attributes. Wabbit was the first commercial video game to involve many women as . It leads to the development of a sequel, , starring a female protagonist. And it would seem, is it possible to sexualize such a character? Let's get a look: Pac-Man (1980) players Ms. Pac-Man (1982) The 90s and early 2000s saw an influx of female characters who were both solid and sexualized, like Lara Croft of . Samus Aran's character ( ) proved that women could be powerful and strong in video games. But all this came in one pack with her sexuality. Especially in cut scenes. For example, In the first part, her spacesuit was removed like this: Tomb Raider Metroid This was a trend that continued for a long time in the next releases: Things started to change around 2010. The featured Faith Connors, a protagonist celebrated for her realistic physicality and depth of character. This era also saw a push towards more narrative-driven games that offered complex roles for female characters, such as Elizabeth. Mirror's Edge (2008) BioShock Infinite's Expanding Diversity and Inclusivity Over time, while not wholly disappearing, sexualization in games has decreased, and today's situation in the gaming industry seems more positive than in advertising or cinema. For example, Lara Croft has come a long way to becoming a strong and independent explorer in the latest series of reboots, which started in 2013. Deep and well-developed female characters like Senua from have appeared. In this case, the standard cliché of the male savior falls on the main heroine - Senua saves the soul of her deceased loved one. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Modern female game characters such as Ellie from , Clementine from , Aloy from , and Jesse Faden from are are widely known and famous. They are strong, evolving, and realistic heroines. The Last of Us The Walking Dead Horizon Control Traditional "bikini armor" are also becoming a thing of the past. In recent years, many developers have been paying more attention to the realism and practicality of character equipment, moving away from unrealistic and sexualized clothing. This change also reflects a desire to provide players with more diverse and respectful representations of women. For example, series has long equalized male and female characters regarding skills and clothing. Even the heroines of fighting games, traditionally bestowed by developers with a few centimeters of fabric, are now dressed diversely and fully. , with its vast variety of clothing, can be cited as an example. The Elder Scrolls Tekken 8 The industry has seen significant strides in inclusivity, with games like and featuring diverse characters across the gender spectrum. and its sequels explore LGBTQ+ themes with sensitivity and depth, marking a progressive step in storytelling. The industry's challenge is pushing boundaries, questioning stereotypes, and embracing a more inclusive vision of heroism and adventure. Video games can lead to inclusivity as we progress, reflecting the rich tapestry of human experience in all its forms. Overwatch Apex Legends Life is Strange (2015), The number of female gamers is increasing , directly affecting developers' approaches and the success of various games. Although some old male players are dissatisfied with such changes, the market remains oriented towards a younger and more progressive audience, which most actively consumes gaming content. yearly A survey by revealed that 46% of gamers worldwide are female, challenging the stereotype of gaming as a predominantly male hobby. Newzoo Conclusion Reactions to increased diversity in gaming have been mixed. While many players welcome the broader representation, some segments of the gaming community have pushed back against what they perceive as forced inclusivity. However, the commercial success of games with strong female leads and diverse casts suggest that most gaming audiences value and support these changes. In conclusion, it's important to note that despite modern heroines mostly wearing full armor and skins, in most cases, they are still represented in only one possible physique - very slim. There is still a long way to go in representing quality and diverse female characters. These should be women of different body types and backgrounds, realistic and complex, with their motivations, goals, and stories. It's crucial to move away from stereotypes of gender, skin color, and shapes and provide players with a wide range of characters that can represent various aspects of experience and identity.

Virtual Equality: Changing Women's Representation in Video Games

ভার্চুয়াল সমতা: ভিডিও গেমে নারীর প্রতিনিধিত্ব পরিবর্তন করা

Virtuelle Gleichstellung: Die Repräsentation von Frauen in Videospielen verändern

Igualdad virtual: cambiando la representación de las mujeres en los videojuegos

Égalité virtuelle : changer la représentation des femmes dans les jeux vidéo

आभासी समानता: वीडियो गेम में महिलाओं का प्रतिनिधित्व बदलना

事実上の平等: ビデオゲームにおける女性の代表の変化

가상 평등: 비디오 게임에서 여성의 대표성 변화

Igualdade virtual: mudando a representação das mulheres nos videogames

Виртуальное равенство: изменение представительства женщин в видеоиграх

Sanal Eşitlik: Video Oyunlarında Kadınların Temsilinin Değiştirilmesi

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虚拟平等：改变视频游戏中的女性形象

SQL has a long and proven history. It has survived the fuss around NoSQL. And even if not perfect, it has been demonstrated to be the best available language for data. This is no surprise! The story began in the 1960s with the development of databases—an era marked by the introduction of the Integrated Data Store (IDS) at General Electric. However, it was Edgar Codd's relational model that revolutionized data handling. His model, which turned data into a series of tables (or, more strictly, relations), has influenced database systems ever since. This era also saw the birth of SQL (Structured Query Language), which became the standard language for interacting with relational databases, including MariaDB and others. The utility of relational database systems So, why do we need all this database stuff? Let's imagine you're building an app, maybe a simple to-do list to keep track of your daily tasks. Initially, you might think, "Why not just save each task directly to a file?" After all, my programming language has constructs and libraries to save and read data from disk. Also, implementing this seems straightforward: create a task, write it to a file, delete a task, and remove it from the file. These are good points; however, as your app gains traction, users start to aggregate, and suddenly, you have thousands of users trying to add, delete, and modify tasks simultaneously. At this point, the simplicity of files becomes fragile. Imagine one user is updating a task at the exact moment another tries to delete it. Or maybe two users are editing the same task at the same time. With a simple file system, you're likely to end up with corrupted or lost data because there's no inherent mechanism to handle such conflicts. Databases handle these situations gracefully through the . Essentially, a set of principles ensures that even if your app crashes midway through an update, the data remains consistent, and no half-completed tasks are left hanging. Back to the to-do app example, imagine trying to move your task "Buy groceries" from to which also requires changing the property, but your app crashes right in the middle. With a relational database, it's all or nothing—either the task is marked complete and the property reflects the new time value, or it's like you never tried to update it in the first place, avoiding those incorrect half-states. ACID properties pending completed last_updated last_updated Now, let's consider data relationships. In your app, tasks might belong to different categories or users. In a file system, maintaining these relationships is cumbersome. You might end up with a separate file for each category or user, but then how do you quickly find all tasks across categories or ensure two users don't end up with the same task ID? Databases have the ability to manage complex relationships, making it easy to query all tasks for a specific user or category or even more complex queries like "show me the number of completed tasks for user U grouped by category C during the last month." Security is another biggie. In a file system, if someone gains access to your files, they have your data. Databases offer robust security features, like access controls and encryption, safeguarding your data from unauthorized eyes. And then there's the issue of growth. Your simple to-do app might evolve into a complex enterprise project management tool over time. With a file system, every change can feel like renovating a building with people still inside. Databases are built to be flexible and scalable, meaning they're designed to grow with your needs, whether you're adding new features or handling more users. In the end, choosing a database over a simple file system is about preparing for success while standing on solid ground. It's about ensuring that as your app grows, your data remains secure, consistent, and manageable and your users happy. After all, no one likes losing their to-do list to a random crash or waiting forever for their tasks to load because the system is bogged down handling conflicts and searches! A bit of history It was Edgar Codd who proposed the relational model for databases, and since he was a mathematician, he formalized the concepts by creating what is called relational algebra and relational calculus. All this was theoretical until IBM and others started to implement the concepts in academic and research projects. They also wanted to come up with a standard language for querying data in relational databases. At first, they invented QUEL (Querying Using the English Language) at the University of California, Berkeley. At IBM, researchers wanted to come up with their own language and started a project that I perceive more as a game between colleagues called SQUARE (Specifying Queries Using a Relational Environment). This led to a query language that had a scientific-like notation with subindexes and super-indexes, which was hard to type on computer keyboards. To solve this, they redefined the language to only use standard characters and, in an ingenious and probably friendly mockery way, called it SEQUEL. This name, however, was a trademark in the UK, which prevented them from using it. They removed the vowels in SEQUEL, and boom! SQL was born. By 1986, SQL would become an ISO and ANSI standard. As a curious historical remark, although their inventors had to rename SEQUEL to SQL, they continued to call it "sequel." Even today, many software developers and IT professionals continue to pronounce it "sequel." The name Structured Query Language (SQL) would appear later. The utility of SQL SQL is a declarative language, meaning that you specify what you want to get and not how to get it. The database is in charge of doing whatever needs to be done to get the data requested. SQL isolates database complexity. A database is a complex piece of software with tons of algorithms implemented in it. These algorithms deal with different ways to get data stored in disk or memory. Different algorithms are more efficient in different circumstances, which include different queries and different datasets. For example, in MariaDB, a component called the is in charge of deciding what algorithms to use given a SQL query and stats gathered on the actual data. The query optimizer analyzes the SQL query, the data structures, the database schema, and the statistical distribution of the data. It then decides whether to use an index, which joining algorithm is the best, and how to sequence the operations. This process involves a remarkable amount of complexity and mathematical precision, all of which the database abstractly manages for you. As a developer, you only need to worry about constructing the query to get the data you need and let the database figure out whether to use an index or not (with some datasets, not using an index could be faster), B-trees, hash tables, and even whether to add the data to an in-memory cache, as well as many other things. query optimizer SQL also allows you to handle writes, that is, creating and updating data. It also allows you to define the schema of the database, or in short and over-simplifying, the tables and their column structure. In fact, there's much more that SQL allows you to do, and its functionality can be divided into four categories: Creating and manipulating the schema. Data definition language (DDL): Inserting, updating, and deleting data from the database. Data manipulation language (DML): Retrieving data from the database. Data query language (DQL): Dealing with rights and permissions over the database and its objects. Data control language (DCL): In my more than 15 years of experience in the industry, I have rarely seen the previous categories used in a work environment, with the exception of DDL, which refers to activities related to handling database schema updates. These categories are useful mostly in academic circles or in teams implementing relational database management software. However, it's good to know that these terms exist and are used by others as they help in discussions around database technology. With this in mind, let me briefly touch on one of such discussions. Some would say that developers have to deal only with DML and DQL, while DDL and DCL are DBAs' concerns. In practice, this division is not so easy to make. Developers need to understand how database objects (like tables and columns) are created and how access to these objects is managed. However, it is true that developers spend most of their time writing SQL statements to modify and query data. You'll see that this book focuses on DML and DQL while explaining other categories as needed. On the other hand, DBA's are experts on everything database—from infrastructure and general database management to SQL query optimization and migration, a DBA is always a valuable brain to have in your team. Conclusion So, in conclusion, databases solve real problems that application developers face, thanks to their ability to ensure data integrity through ACID properties, manage complex relationships, and provide robust security features. I only scratched the surface here, but this should be enough to give novice IT practitioners a quick refresh on the importance of relational databases and SQL. Also published . here

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This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1) Ulysse Gazin, Universit´e Paris Cit´e and Sorbonne Universit´e, CNRS, Laboratoire de Probabilit´es, Statistique et Mod´elisation, (2) Gilles Blanchard, Universit´e Paris Saclay, Institut Math´ematique d’Orsay, (3) Etienne Roquain, Sorbonne Universit´e and Universit´e Paris Cit´e, CNRS, Laboratoire de Probabilit´es, Statistique et Mod´elisation. Table of Links Abstract & Introduction Main results Application to prediction intervals Application to novelty detection Conclusion, Acknowledgements and References Appendix A: Exact formulas for Pn,m Appendix B: Numerical bounds and templates Appendix C: Proof Appendix D: Explicit control of (16) for α=0 Appendix E: Proof of Corollary 4.1 Appendix F: The Simes inequality Appendix G: Uniform FDP bound for AdaDetect Appendix H:  Additional experiments 2 Main results 2.1 Setting We denote integer ranges using JiK = {1, . . . , i}, Ji, jK = {i, . . . , j}. Let (Si)i∈Jn+mK be real random variables corresponding to non-conformity scores, for which (Sj )j∈JnK are the “reference” scores and (Sn+i)i∈JmK are the “test” scores. We assume Under (Exch), the p-values (1) have super-uniform marginals (see, e.g., Romano and Wolf, 2005). In addition, the marginal distributions are all equal and uniformly distributed on {ℓ/(n + 1), ℓ ∈ Jn + 1K} under the additional mild assumption: While the marginal distribution is well identified, the joint distribution of the p-values is not well studied yet. In particular, we will be interested in the empirical distribution function of the p-value family, defined as Note that the p-values are not i.i.d. under (Exch), so that most classical concentration inequalities, such as DKW’s inequality (Massart, 1990), or Bernstein’s inequality, cannot be directly used. Instead, we should take into account the specific dependence structure underlying these p-values. 2.2 Key properties We start with a straightforward result, under the stronger assumption The conditional distribution of p only depends on score ordering which is unambiguous due to (NoTies), and is thus invariant by monotone transformation of the scores by (1 − ). Writing explicitly the cdf of p from the uniformly distributed transformed scores yields (4). See Appendix C.1 for details. Proof sketch. i F i In the literature, such a result is used to control the conditional failure probability P( ≤ α| D ) around its expectation (which is ensured to be smaller than, and close to, α) with concentration inequalities valid under an i.i.d. assumption (Bates et al., 2023; Sarkar and Kuchibhotla, 2023). p1 cal (Exch) (NoTies), ( ) (1) P (5)-(6) Proposition 2.2. Assume and then the family of p-values pi , i ∈ JmK given by has joint distribution n,m, which is defined by and is independent of the specific score distribution. The next proposition is an alternative and useful characterization of the distribution P n,m. Proposition 2.3 is proved in Appendix A, where several explicit formulas for P are also provided. We also show that this generalizes the previous work of Marques F. (2023) n,m Comparing Proposition 2.1 and Proposition 2.2, we see that having i.i.d. scores is more favorable because guarantees are valid conditionally on D (with an explicit expression for U = U(D )). However, as we will see in Sections 3 and 4, the class of exchangeable scores is much more flexible and includes adaptive scores, which can improve substantially inference sharpness in specific situations. For this reason, we work with the unconditional distribution as in Proposition 2.2 in the sequel. cal cal 2.3 Consequences We now provide a DKW-type envelope for the empirical distribution function (2) of conformal p-values. Let us introduce the discretized identity function and the following bound: Proof sketch. Use the representation (6), apply the DKW inequality separately to (U1, . . . , Un) and to (q1, . . . , qm) conditional to U, and integrate over U. See Appendix C.4 for details (a slightly more accurate bound is also proposed).

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I am from Ukraine, and I’m trying to use my LinkedIn in order to spread the truth about the war that is going on right now. 22. Why The Queen’s Gambit Was the #1 Show in 12 Countries The Chess Show on Netflix | The Queen's Gambit 23. I am a Big Believer in Deep Work - Interview With Omri Hurwitz, Tech Marketer & Media Strategist An Interview with Omri Hurwitz, Tech Marketer & Media Strategist 24. Guide on How To Eliminate COVID-19 News According to the American press institute, the purpose of news and journalism is to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments. 25. How the Noonies is Like the Dundies [or at least I told my team that] Managing people, meh. Building teams, now that's fun. It is really interesting to think about how individuals can make others better. 26. The First Week of YourStack 2,281 days ago Product Hunt launched as a tiny newsletter. The early days were especially chaotic. I didn’t get much sleep, skipped the gym, and buried my head into work. While unsustainable (I'm not advocating overworking yourself!), it was sooo fun and energizing to build something brand new. It was also scary. New products – especially those driven by community – are incredibly fragile. 7 days ago we launched a beta of YourStack (with a grammatically incorrect, non-editable tweet – lol). Instantly those same nostalgic feelings from the early days of Product Hunt re-emerged. The response has been very encouraging. Alex was kind enough to write about it on BuzzFeed. Lucas followed with a story on TechCrunch. And a bunch of folks shared support on Twitter and Product Hunt. But the product is very early and our roadmap is deep. So far we've onboarded only ~4% of those that have signed up as we build tooling to scale (thanks for all your patience!). I wake up each morning nervous but excited to read your feedback and wild ideas as the team and I continue building. If you get a chance, create your account and start stacking. We're whitelisting new friendly folks each day. Feedback? I'd love to hear it at ryan@yourstack.com. Cheers,
Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) [27. The Internet of Money: Lubricant for the Internet of Things](https://hackernoon.com/the-internet-of-money-lubricant-for-the-internet-of-things) The history, condition, and direction of communication, media, civilization, and the whole of humankind is not complete without discussing the essence and history of money. The history of human civilization can be explained by the constant struggle between two tendencies--centralization vs. decentralization—exemplified by what has unfolded in the development and evolution of communication media technologies. The same is true for money; or what we should more accurately refer to as currency. You might ask, what does money have to do with communication, marketing, and media? Everything. Money is what makes the world go ‘round.  Contrary to the popular song, money CAN buy you love and unfortunately, as we will soon see, money hasn’t exactly made the world go ‘round lately. 28. What the West Can Learn From Vietnam’s Response to Covid-19 Thank you so much for the outpouring support for my story. It's been viewed ~50k times and shared by hundreds. You can comment below with Hacker Noon's brand new commenting system, or join the conversation in various places around the internet: 29. The Two Most Important Things To Remember When Doing Modern PR 30. Why Home Media Servers Are Worth Your Time Files are getting larger and space for your favorite content can be at a premium. Getting your own server can make storing data so much easier. 31. Future of News: Top Journalism Trends and Insights for 2023 Did you know? Two out of three journalists say their work has been impacted by economic uncertainty. 32. Do Not Buy a Computer from Walmart, and Related Advice How do you feel about your ability to give advice? Depends on the topic. Do you have advice for me? Do not buy a computer from Walmart. 33. The News DAO? 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The CEO of My Company, Genius, Must Be Black When Tom and I started Genius in 2009, we wanted to build something that would grow bigger than rap lyrics. The first 4 songs I annotated on RapExegesis, as it was originally called, were rap songs. However, the 5th one was Elton John's "Rocket Man", the 6th was The Eagles' "Hotel California", and the 7th was a poem, the first non-lyrics post on the site - Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody!  Who Are You?" 40. Could COVID-19 Help Bring About The Media Revolution We Need? On friday 20th of March, I and many thousands of UK business owners, self-employed workers and unemployed workers eagerly tuned into the 5pm news, hoping to catch a vital update on whether the government would be offering us the essential aid that we need to survive the coming 3 months. What followed was an ‘unprecedented’ broadcast (I’m going to take a shot every time Rishi Sunak says this word from now on) promising support. 41. Stop Using Fake Quotations You Found on the Internet The Internet is full of people seeking and sharing useful information. Yet, news stories are subject to constant skepticism — the political views and motivations of legitimate news outlets are under constant scrutiny. 42. "They're Noncreative People Who Are Controlling Creative Things" Joe Rogan on Suits [2007 Interview] Joe Rogan and Tom Green joke about how big the internet could become over skype interviews with fans in 2007. 43. The Metaverse Insider Partners with MILC Platform to Revolutionise the Global Media Industry The Metaverse Insider is proud to announce a partnership with MILC as part of its evolving Metaverse ecosystem. 44. Learnings From Managing a News Publishing Platform There are many options when it comes to publishing a news product. Some publishers choose to collaborate with other publishers to develop their own platform, 45. Why Media and Entertainment Can’t Do without Mobile Apps There are over 2 million apps available for download both for Android and iOS platforms, and the average smartphone owner uses at least 30 of them each month. The most popular app categories are social media, messengers, games, business, education, and lifestyle. 46. How the Washington Post Uses TikTok, and What That Means for GenZ News Consumption GenZ-ers seem to like political and international news so journalists are now moving to TikTok. 47. Hallyu for Idiots: Understand the Korean Wave via Parasite and K-dramas Feature Picture: Parasite - Best movie of the decade, in my opinion. As well as 2019 Best Picture according to the Academy Awards. 48. Podcasts have Enabled Newer Insights into Sex Positivity Last year was a gamechanger for the entertainment industry. Why so? 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For the same deal after 4 years Netflix wrote a check of $400 Million. During these 4 years, neither Larry David nor Jerry Seinfeld (creators of Seinfeld) has done any new work for the show. 52. Why a Career in Motion Graphics Is a Good Option for Tech Savvy Students in 2023 Today, there’s no shortage of roles in the tech space for young aspiring professionals to pursue. From becoming a coder with a lucrative salary to an app developer with room to grow at a company, there are seemingly endless career options for students interested in technological processes. 53. Avatars Will Emerge as Storytellers Humans rule the world. 54. What's Next for Media - A Conversation With Sean McDonnell 55. Top Articles This Week In Tech: WN 14 We hope you did have an awesome week! Here is your dose of the best
articles that came up over the last week. Have fun reading them! 56. #FreeYakutia: Ukraine Plans to Help Yakutia to Become an Independent Country in 2022 This Slogging thread by Arthur Tkachenko occurred in slogging's official #random channel, and has been edited for readability. 57. Here We Go Again: 21 Saucy Predictions for 2021 21 Predictions for 2021 58. 20 Data Science Podcasts You Don’t Want to Miss Podcasts have unequivocally become one of the most dominant forms of media consumption in recent years. 59. Facebook: Brazen Censorship or a Tactical Solution to a Sophisticated Social Ask? We are entering a completely new supra-state level of regulation. This function that has suddenly gone to Facebook as a state has all the chances to contribute 60. The 59 Best Technology Journalism Stories Published in 2020 In a year dominated by pandemic, there was also a lot of notable technology news and analysis. 61. The Disintermediation of the Media: How Bad Journalism Came To Be And Why It Persists Multiple times a day, the President of the United States types a thought into his phone, my pocket buzzes, and I read his message. I don’t watch the news anymore. 62. My Experience With a Global News Organization and a Trillion-Dollar Corporation Julian Gough recounts their experience dealing with big organizations. 63. Stop Compromising Your UX for Display Ad Revenue: It's Not Worth It Banner ads can make website visitors uncomfortable, but they are a big source of revenue. This article covers how to balance your user's experience & your ads. 64. "Why Don't I Have a Computer?" David Letterman Asked Bill Gates in 1995 Bill Gates explains the origins of Microsoft and tries to convince Dave to get a computer. (Air Date 11/27/1995) 65. How AI and Machine Learning Are Infiltrating the Media Industry For the past few years now, the increasing digitalization of customer journeys and the exponential improvement of cloud technologies and computing capacities have invited media groups to rethink the way they do business. If it sounds like I’m using long words to say “digital disruption”, trust your instinct. Many of these disruptions have been centered around the mountains of data media groups have access to, and what Artificial Intelligence (AI) (and machine learning more specifically) could do with it. Indeed, while artificial intelligence has been fully embraced by a plethora of pure players (Spotify, Netflix, Buzzfeed, Disney…) traditional actors are still lagging, and now see the technology as a shortcut to a much-needed renewed growth. 66. From Wojcicki to Mohan: A Look at the Future of YouTube Under the New CEO In light of Susan Wojcicki's departure as the CEO of Youtube, what is the future of the company like? 67. Media Conglomerates Are Taking Over The World That's right, media conglomerates are taking over the world... or at least are trying to. This Week on Planet Internet, David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Ustav Jaiswal dive into the world of big media - think Facebook, Disney, Comcast, ATT - about the policies, who owns them, and more. Thank you for checking out the 67 most read stories about Media on HackerNoon. to find the most read stories about any technology. Visit the /Learn Repo

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