Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/goog…

#ProjectGenie #AI #GenAI #Google

Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI

At the end of January, Google revealed Project Genie - their new experiment to have generative AI create explorable interactive worlds.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The deliberate conscious effort that we humans require to do anything, like make art or write an academic paper, has been belittled and glossed over.

Instead results are glamorously prized as the product of success, and the amount of effort that it took to get there is hidden away in shame.

AI is the obscene extreme to that mentality: not more thinking, effort, work, anything— get the result now. While it was that exact effort that made us human in the first place.

📣 N'oubliez pas: ce mercredi dès 13h30, test des sirènes! 🇨🇭

Chaque année, le premier mercredi du mois de février, on procède dans toute la Suisse à un test des sirènes qui sert à vérifier leur bon fonctionnement.

Plus d'informations: alert.swiss/fr/preparation/tes…

#Plushtodon #Sirenentest #Sirenes

"The best things in life are free
And you can give them.to.the birds and bees..." --- Barret Strong

Feeding Common Henbit and citrus fruits (from neighbor plots) to the birds, supplementing the store bought feed...

#backyardChickens #JiDokKo #JiDori #Silkies #SilkyChickens #CommonHenBit #ホトケノザ　#仏の座 #地鶏 #じどっこ #烏骨鶏

Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/epic…

#EpicGames #EGS #PCGaming #Gaming

Epic Games Store saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025

Epic Games have release their 2025 Year in Review for the Epic Games Store, and they appear to be doing doing quite well compared to previous years.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Oops, VS Code's Snap version is basically a haven for bloat.

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#linux #ubuntu

Microsoft's VS Code in Ubuntu's Snap Format Eats Up Disk Space Like Bloatware Even After Removal

The bug itself was reported all the way back in November 2024, and the issue is still present for current Snap versions of VS Code and even VSCodium.

^{Sreenath (It's FOSS)}