Monday, May 22, 2023

Blinking White Guys and The Debt Limit Deadline...Let's leave it there for now

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed June 1 as the “hard deadline” for the US to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on its obligations. “I indicated in my last letter to Congress that we expect to be unable to pay all of our bills in early June and possibly as soon as June 1."

When people on social media want to react to something they see with incredulity, they normally seek out a meme known as the blinking white guy.

He has become a cornerstone of internet culture for millions - yet few people know his story, nor how he reached the dizzying heights of meme fame.

For the past two-and-a-half years, Drew Scanlon has pretty much been the official face of "what the f***?".

Recalling the moment that would become the stuff of internet legend, he recalled: "I don't remember doing it at all.

"It was one joke in a two-hour stream that we did every week, and a very forgettable moment for me at the time."

That stream was a 2013 episode of Unprofessional Fridays - a show by video game website Giant Bomb. . .

Blinking white guy: The three stages of incredulity
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Playbook: No one’s blinking on the debt limit anytime soon

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GOING DOWN IN HISTORY: Private commercial mission to International Space Station (joining 7 already onboard)

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DRAGON FREEDOM CALLING!! Private Ax-2 Commercial Astronauts call Earth from orbit aboard SpaceX Dragon 'Freedom 9,040 views May 21, 2023

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Apple Pay...Reaching Deeper Into Your Pockets >> “We are very pleased with the initial response,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts in early May

 

Apple Is Reaching Deeper Into Your Pocket. Why PayPal and Other Fintechs Should Be Scared.

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Carleton English
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Banks have lost nearly $1 trillion in deposits over the past year as money flowed into higher-yielding money-market funds. One company grabbing some of the cash: Apple. The iPhone maker recently launched a savings account with a 4.15% yield, 10 times the national average for banks. “We are very pleased with the initial response,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told analysts in early May. . ."

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Polishing "Tears of The Kingdom"

 

An Entire Year Was Spent Just Polishing Tears Of The Kingdom, Producer Reveals

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John Rooney20 mins agoLast Updated: May 22, 2023
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Tears of the Kingdom in All its Glory
 Tears of the Kingdom in All its Glory

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  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has trailed a ton of hype following its initial reveal at E3 2019. Fortunately, and we stress the word fortunately, given the state of recent AAA releases of our time, the game has surpassed all expectations. 
  • What you may not know, however, is that this didn’t come to happen without the right people exercising their authority in the right way.
  • Eiji Anouma has revealed in an interview with The Washington Post that Tears of the Kingdom was ready to launch last year but all this extra time was spent polishing the game instead of rushing with the release.
  • The result is as follows; Tears of the Kingdom has become OpenCritic’s highest-rated game of all time right off the bat, not to mention star-studded ratings on other prominent platforms as well. 

In a vast spectrum convoluted with major releases that fail to perform up to the mark upon launch, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a striking string of proof that things don’t have to stay flickering on that note necessarily. According to the producer of Nintendo’s latest front-running title, Tears of the Kingdom was ready to release by March 2022, but Eiji Anouma announced the delay in an attempt to polish Tears to kingdom come.

Sitting down with The Washington Post in an interview to cast a lens on his industry masterclass, Eiji wanted to ensure that Tears of the Kingdom would ultimately represent what Nintendo is capable of, and the rest has been history so far, bar none. Link’s latest venture is an exceptionally enjoyable game to experience, made even more glorious with improved features and the novel Ultrahand mechanic that players just can’t get enough of. . .That is why you’ll find players having no less than a blast with Tears of the Kingdom, quite literally, we kid you not. Some good folks have been turning Link into a bomber pilot in the game, subjecting the protagonist to rain hellfire from above and thus dispatching his foes like there’s no tomorrow. But this is barely where the fun starts to begin. Talk about majestic flying battleships, shooting NPCs into the sky, and a specialized Link launcher..."

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MASSIVE WEAPONRY IS THE BEST DETERRENT TO WAR???? The Real Top Gun: US Military in Heated Stand-Off with China | 60 Minutes Australia...| 359,175 views May 21, 2023

It might sound like twisted logic, but military forces everywhere argue that the greater the firepower they possess, the greater the chance of maintaining peace.
In other words, massive weaponry is the best deterrent to war.
Right now the theory is being tested like never before, and much of it is happening in Australia’s backyard, the Indo-Pacific region.
The United States wants the world, and more particularly China, to know of its increasing presence there, and to do that it’s putting on a spectacular show.

Reporting from the hotly contested South China Sea, Amelia Adams reveals the U.S. military in full-flight is an extraordinary sight to behold.
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