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  <title>551: The Workstation Lifestyle</title>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Mike shares his adventures and process of coming from mobile app projects to working with Unreal Engine, and why he realized a laptop just wasn&#39;t going to cut it.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=74364&amp;coupon=2024">Network Membership Holiday Discount</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=74364&amp;coupon=2024">Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on the network. Sign up now and save $3/m FOREVER!</a> Promo Code: 2024</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="⚡ Send Sats with Strike from Around the World" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/download/">⚡ Send Sats with Strike from Around the World</a> &mdash; Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply send sats in over 36 countries 🌎. </li><li><a title="💸 Cash App" rel="nofollow" href="https://cash.app/">💸 Cash App</a> &mdash; The Cash App can quickly send sats just by scanning a QR code. It's a great app loaded with features and a simple UI.</li><li><a title="🎉 Boost from Fountain&#39;s Website" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.fountain.fm/show/OWdse4h3MzNbS8Og5RJk">🎉 Boost from Fountain's Website</a> &mdash; Use Strike, Cash App, or your favorite app with Lightning support and Boost via QR Code right from Fountain's website. No other app is needed! </li><li><a title="Adobe gives up on $20 billion acquisition of Figma " rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/adobe-gives-up-on-20-billion-acquisition-of-figma/">Adobe gives up on $20 billion acquisition of Figma </a> &mdash; Competition probes in the EU and UK made regulatory approval dicey.</li><li><a title="U.S. Government Officials Reportedly Want DOJ To Investigate Apple For Its Anti-Competitive Behavior Against Beeper Mini Over iMessage" rel="nofollow" href="https://wccftech.com/apple-and-beeper-mini-doj-investigation-called-by-us-officials/">U.S. Government Officials Reportedly Want DOJ To Investigate Apple For Its Anti-Competitive Behavior Against Beeper Mini Over iMessage</a> &mdash; Beeper Mini and Beeper Cloud are still inaccessible for 60 percent of Android users, with Apple trying its best to prevent access to iMessage servers</li><li><a title="The Coder Robe" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupitergarage.com/product/the-coder-robe">The Coder Robe</a> &mdash; Look and feel comfortable, life is better in a robe.</li><li><a title="Unreal Engine 5: everything you need to know" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.creativebloq.com/features/unreal-engine-5-everything-you-need-to-know">Unreal Engine 5: everything you need to know</a> &mdash; Unreal Engine 5 is the real-time creation platform that has it all for game development, visualisation, and VFX.</li><li><a title="A Fan Used Unreal Engine 5 To Make A ‘Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’ Studio Ghibli Movie And It’s Amazing" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/11/23/a-fan-used-unreal-engine-5-to-make-a-zelda-ocarina-of-time-studio-ghibli-movie-and-its-amazing/?sh=145980834273">A Fan Used Unreal Engine 5 To Make A ‘Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’ Studio Ghibli Movie And It’s Amazing</a> &mdash; The second half of the video switches from animated movie to third-person perspective video game, and I’m left thinking “I really want this game, with these incredible cut-scenes.”</li><li><a title="Red Dead Redemption Unreal Engine 5 remake makes the remaster look like poop" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gamingbible.com/news/red-dead-redemption-unreal-engine-5-remake-521419-20231206">Red Dead Redemption Unreal Engine 5 remake makes the remaster look like poop</a> &mdash; Thankfully a devoted fan has taken matters into their own hands by creating a concept for the original Red Dead Redemption remake on Unreal Engine 5.</li><li><a title="Unreal Engine 5&#39;s next big RPG is Elden Ring meets Assassin&#39;s Creed" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gamingbible.com/news/unreal-engine-5s-rpg-elden-ring-assassins-creed-683553-20231208">Unreal Engine 5's next big RPG is Elden Ring meets Assassin's Creed</a></li><li><a title="Precision 7865 Tower Workstation" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktops/precision-desktops/spd/precision-7865-workstation/xctopt7865us_vp">Precision 7865 Tower Workstation</a> &mdash; Mike's new rig.</li></ul>]]>
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  <title>534: Blame the Automation</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>The Mad Botter</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Azure suffers a big outage, and Microsoft blames faulty automation; why we think there might be early signs of weak demand for Apple's Vision Pro and more.</itunes:subtitle>
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Just three people were on duty in Australia when 'power sag' struck and software failures left them blind</li><li><a title="Apple Claims Vision Pro SDK Downloads Exceeded Expectations Amid Developer Lab Attendance Concerns" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/04/vision-pro-sdk-downloads-exceeded-expectations/">Apple Claims Vision Pro SDK Downloads Exceeded Expectations Amid Developer Lab Attendance Concerns</a> &mdash; The affirmation comes on the heels of concerns highlighted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last month claiming that the developer labs have been "under-filled with small amounts of developers."</li><li><a title="Apple&#39;s Vision Pro Developer Labs Not Drawing Many Attendees " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/02/apple-vision-pro-developer-lab-attendance/">Apple's Vision Pro Developer Labs Not Drawing Many Attendees </a> &mdash; Any developer can apply to attend a developer lab, but Apple is not reimbursing for travel, and developers located on the east coast of the United States will have to fund cross-country travel to get to the lab.</li><li><a title="Elon Musk wants to turn X into a LinkedIn competitor" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.xda-developers.com/elon-musk-x-linkedin-competitor/">Elon Musk wants to turn X into a LinkedIn competitor</a> &mdash; All in the name of turning X into an "everything app."</li><li><a title="Elon Musk&#39;s X obtains required license for crypto payments" rel="nofollow" href="https://finbold.com/elon-musks-x-obtains-required-license-for-crypto-payments/">Elon Musk's X obtains required license for crypto payments</a> &mdash; Notably, Rhode Island approved a requested license by Twitter Payments LLC — X’s payment branch — on August 28, according to data from NMLS. The “Currency Transmitter” license also includes different crypto-related service providers, such as crypto exchanges, wallets, and payment processors.</li></ul>]]>
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Just three people were on duty in Australia when 'power sag' struck and software failures left them blind</li><li><a title="Apple Claims Vision Pro SDK Downloads Exceeded Expectations Amid Developer Lab Attendance Concerns" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/04/vision-pro-sdk-downloads-exceeded-expectations/">Apple Claims Vision Pro SDK Downloads Exceeded Expectations Amid Developer Lab Attendance Concerns</a> &mdash; The affirmation comes on the heels of concerns highlighted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman last month claiming that the developer labs have been "under-filled with small amounts of developers."</li><li><a title="Apple&#39;s Vision Pro Developer Labs Not Drawing Many Attendees " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/02/apple-vision-pro-developer-lab-attendance/">Apple's Vision Pro Developer Labs Not Drawing Many Attendees </a> &mdash; Any developer can apply to attend a developer lab, but Apple is not reimbursing for travel, and developers located on the east coast of the United States will have to fund cross-country travel to get to the lab.</li><li><a title="Elon Musk wants to turn X into a LinkedIn competitor" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.xda-developers.com/elon-musk-x-linkedin-competitor/">Elon Musk wants to turn X into a LinkedIn competitor</a> &mdash; All in the name of turning X into an "everything app."</li><li><a title="Elon Musk&#39;s X obtains required license for crypto payments" rel="nofollow" href="https://finbold.com/elon-musks-x-obtains-required-license-for-crypto-payments/">Elon Musk's X obtains required license for crypto payments</a> &mdash; Notably, Rhode Island approved a requested license by Twitter Payments LLC — X’s payment branch — on August 28, according to data from NMLS. The “Currency Transmitter” license also includes different crypto-related service providers, such as crypto exchanges, wallets, and payment processors.</li></ul>]]>
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