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I have some politic-related personal projects, including:
-a general projections spreadsheet
-a project dividing US governors, senators, and house members into factions within their parties
-an alt-history
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damn the whole leadership circle has to go
Marcus Wassmer (Epic Games EVP) talks about what AI has done for Fortnite & UE so far, and why they're more worried about moving too slowly than about AI skepticism
He says it almost completely got rid of a type of cooking bug they've been fighting for a decade, and together with faster shader compression it should make update sizes way smaller
They also rewrote a big part of the DirectX 12 renderer in about a week, when he expected it to take one engineer 3-6 weeks. He says it came out with better CPU performance & fewer bugs
He says Fortnite now has automatic monitoring for PC crashes that finds driver & hardware problems that used to take months to track down, and it can generate fixes for them too
He also says the engine should get a lot more modular now, since AI can handle/refactor thousands of files that were way too much to do by hand
[via This Week in Videogames]
you know what fine
if things continue as they are, improve for Talarico, or deteriorate for Paxton, I will *finally* move TX-Sen to Tilt D.
that's probably the race I am least sure about (or most unwilling to get wrong I guess)
I get that the elections are right around the corner, but why is everyone posting their final predictions now? a lot can happen in a week.A
wait so did Flavio successfully flee Brazil or is he getting detained
Flávio Bolsonaro's passports cancelled after he fails to surrender them bbc.in/4spkpjQ
I currently have Dems flipping the House with less seats than they did so in 2018 by but I'm praying polls are underestimating Dems like they had last year
this is a fine response but I fear Cuban-Americans have a zero tolerance policy with this stuff
#FloridaSenate
Angie Nixon on whether Cuba is a dictatorship in interview with CBS News:
"That is what people have told me. I have never been to Cuba, and so I will have to take their word for it."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Nixon previously stated "Sí, absolutamente" that Cuba is a dictatorship in a Univision interview. CBS News corrected its post on this clip, noting it did not accurately portray her answer.
periodicocubano.com/angie-nixon-ca…
facebook.com/reel/114718922…
univision.com/local/miami-wl…
it's underdiscussed how "poetic" it is that the first *imperial* dynasty in China was the Qin and the last was the Qing
I think I said it earlier
but I will happily sacrifice the Oregon governor's mansion so Hinajosa can win
Politico: Republicans cautiously optimistic about Zach Nunn in Iowa’s 3rd district and Joe Mitchell in Iowa’s open 2nd District
Link: politico.com/news/2026/10/23…
fuck it, OH-Gov -> Lean D
.@VivekGRamaswamy campaign responds:
ALT Attributable to Connie Luck, spokesperson for the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign: “We don't know what happened between Amy and her mother, who first spoke out about Amy in 2020, but we know that Amy Acton is a serial fabulist who has some serious problems with the truth that the public needs to be aware of before deciding who to entrust as governor.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Donna Arthur lost custody of Amy Acton at age 12 after Acton's stepfather was charged with raping her. Arthur stayed married to him until his death. Acton and her brother have been estranged since. Multiple outlets cite 1978 court records of the charges.
actonforgovernor.com/dr-amy-actons-…
dispatch.com/story/news/pol…
I hope this ends Ramaswamy's political career, disgusting move by him.
might bump the race to Lean D if post-controversy polls look poorly enough for him
