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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for Fri, 22 Sep 2023

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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis on Fri, 22 Sep 2023

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New Super-Human Super Mario Bros Speedrun Record Set

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I love reading about speedrunning, specifically Super Mario Bros speedrunning, so this piece in Ars Technica about a new world record by Niftski is right up my alley. Here's the run if you want to watch it:

Four particular things caught my eye about this run:

  1. Niftski's new record is 4m 54.631s, which is now faster than what was believed to be the theoretical limit for a human-played game.
  2. It's also extremely close to the fastest SMB game ever played done using tool-assisted speedrunning (where you basically play in super slow motion, so you can make all the very precise movements easily, a la The Flash). "In the battle of man versus machine, Niftski is now just 0.35 seconds away from standing up, John Henry-style, against the standard of machine-made automation."
  3. I always marvel at the level of dedication and ingenuity of the players working together (though competition) to lower the possible times through the tiniest of adjustments.
  4. His heart rate tops out at 188bpm by the end of the game. I know he's sitting at a desk, but that's got to be of some cardiovascular advantage, right?

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Tags: Super Mario Bros ยท video ยท video games
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deezil
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If you think this is awesome (and it pretty much is) then feast your eyes on a video that needs an update now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rIJNT7dCmE
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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for Wed, 06 Sep 2023

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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis on Wed, 06 Sep 2023

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I Am - Somebody

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From 1971, here's Jessie Jackson on Sesame Street doing a call-and-response with the children of the poem I Am - Somebody.

I Am
Somebody
I Am
Somebody
I May Be Poor
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be Young
But I Am
Somebody
I May Be On Welfare
But I Am
Somebody

It's difficult to imagine something like this airing on the show now. Sesame Street was originally designed to serve the needs of children in low-income homes, but now the newest episodes of the show air first on HBO...a trickle-down educational experience. (via @kathrynyu)

[This was originally posted on August 12, 2016.]

Tags:Jessie Jackson    poetry    Sesame Street    TV    video   

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deezil
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Sesame Street and Square One Television developed my young mind into a thinking and loving being. This is what TV is for.
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*@gmail.com

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deezil
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BEDLAM DL3
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Nikkoura
21 days ago
Me too!
saintgimp
19 days ago
Why am I on this DL?
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tdarby
23 days ago
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This is re:Cephalopod 15 years later and Iโ€™m absolutely here for it
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23 days ago
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Hi all, just replying to loop in *@outlook.com and *@yahoo.com.

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