Limitless Possibility

Luc-Olivier gives Yanik an overview of what's coming to the electric car market in the next year or so.

• FU: GitHub/probobpd: Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!
• FU: Drew DeVault: I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit
• FU: Polygon: Google shuts down internal Stadia game studio
• FU: Polygon: Terraria canceled on Stadia after developer gets locked out of his Google accounts
• FU: Ford says ‘millions’ of its vehicles will run on Google’s Android starting in 2023 - The Verge
• FU: Sean O’Kane on Twitter
• FU: Nissan Gives Up Root Shell Thanks To Hacked USB Drive | Hackaday
• Electric cars mentioned:
  • Audi e-tron GT
  • The rumoured Ford F-150 Electric
  • Ford Mustang Mach-E
  • GMC Hummer EV
  • Lucid Air
  • Mercedes-Benz EQC
  • Rivian R1S
  • Rivian R1T
  • Tesla Cybertruck
  • Tesla Model S
  • Tesla Model X
  • Volkswagon ID.4
• Audi reveals its Porsche-powered E-Tron GT - The Verge
• Apple Car Production Again Linked to Kia Motor's US Plant in Georgia - MacRumors
• Hyundai Executives Said to Be 'Divided' Over Prospect of Apple Car Partnership - MacRumors

Yanik looks back at what has changed in the world of desktop Linux since he last used it 10 years ago.

• FU: End of year holiday hardware sales in Japan
• Distributions
  • Arch Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • CentOS
  • Fedora
  • Alpine Linux
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Slackware
  • Source Mage
  • Void Linux
• freedesktop.org
• GNOME
• systemd
• Flatpak
  • Alternatives: AppImage, Snaps
  • bubblewrap
  • Red Hat Developer: Introducing the Red Hat Flatpak runtime for desktop containers
• Wayland
  • YouTube/Mladen Mijatov: The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013) (I mistakingly said during the episode that this presentation was given by the creator of Wayland.)
• Mart Raudsepp: Gentoo GNOME 3.30 for all unit systems
• The Register: KDE maintainers speak on why it is worth looking beyond GNOME

Luc-Olivier talks about new features available to app developers with an iOS 13 deployment target.

• FU: YouTube/SkillUp: Destiny 2: Beyond Light - Review
• FU: The Incomparable | Sometimes the Drawer is Empty (Episode 536)
• iOS 12.4 to 13.0 API Differences
• SwiftUI | Apple Developer Documentation
• Combine | Apple Developer Documentation
• UIKit | Apple Developer Documentation
• Core Data | Apple Developer Documentation
• MetricKit | Apple Developer Documentation

Yanik and Luc-Olivier talk about their favorite games they played in 2020.

• FU: App Store: Stadium
• FU: The Verge: Stadia comes to the iPhone and iPad with new iOS beta
• FU: saurik's tweet about Cydia suing Apple
• FU: Tim Sweeney's tweet announcing Spotify's availability on the Epic Games Store
• FU: Cabel's tweet about Scott Forstall working on WordArt
• Year of PlayStation
  • YouTube montage of the 77 most notable PS1 games
  • YouTube montage of the top 30 most sold PS1 games in Japan
• Yanik's honorable mentions
  • Gran Turismo 1
  • I.Q. Final
  • Jumping Flash! 2
  • Ace Combat 2
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
  • Battlefield 1
  • Game Boy Light hardware
    • YouTube/My Life in Gaming: Game Boy IPS Screen Mods for DMG, Pocket, GBC, GBA, and GBA SP
• Lucco's honorable mentions
  • Papers, Please
  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
    • As discussed on episode 136: Ultimate Swinging Pro
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Yanik's #4: Tales of Phantasia
  • YouTube: Tales of Phantasia SNES Opening showing off the Flexible Voice Drive technology
  • Recommended fan translation by Phantasian Productions
• Yanik's #3: Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back
• Lucco's #3: Time Hollow
  • As discussed on episode 135: I Bought Dr. Pepper Before It Was Cool
• Yanik's #2: Dragon Quest IV
• Lucco's #2: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • YouTube/LoadingReadyLive: Kathleen's Island Tours
• Yanik's #1
• Lucco's #1
  • This section of the show contains significant story spoilers. To avoid being spoiled, skip ahead to 2:44:53 once we acknowledge the awkwardness of having to mention spoilers.
• Heisei era gaming
  • YouTube montage of the most notable games of the Heisei era
  • YouTube: みるみる's 平成のゲーム史を振り返ってみた series of Heisei game history videos (Japanese)
• If this episode somehow isn't enough, check out our other 2020 gaming episodes:
  • 129: Climate of Negativity about cloud gaming
  • 134: Pressing Buttons Feels Good about the 9 games that define our taste in video games
  • 135: I Bought Dr. Pepper Before It Was Cool where Yanik recommends handheld games to Luc-Olivier
  • 136: Ultimate Swinging Pro about the first Danganronpa game
  • 138: Gran Turismo 7 Prologue about revisiting Gran Turismo Sport
  • 149: Big Oof about next-generation consoles
  • 150: All My Friends Have HomePods about reviewing Google Stadia

Luc-Olivier and Yanik review Google Stadia.

• Our new About/Subscribe page
• FU: VICE: Internal Sony Docs Explain How "Activities" Became a Cornerstone for PS5
• FU: YouTube/Beyond Ghibli: DEGENERATE - An Exploration of Sex in Anime & Manga
• FU: YouTube/Mother's Basement: The Magic of VTubers
• FU: YouTube: Claire Saffitz x Dessert Person
• FU: Limitless Possibility 100: Aberration of Value
• Stadia
• Stadia availability & requirements - Stadia Help
• Bandwidth, data usage, and stream quality - Stadia Help
• Google Stadia’s director of games reflects on the service’s first year

Yanik and Luc-Olivier catch up on what's going on with next-gen consoles.

• FU: Spiritsnare's graphics work for Kiara
• FU: 7GUIs
• FU; Stadia Premiere Edition promotion for YouTube Premium subscribers
• FU: ZDNet: Microsoft takes a major step toward .NET unification with .NET 5.0 release
• Xbox Series S and X
  • Eurogamer: Inside Xbox Series X: the full specs
  • Xbox Game Pass
  • YouTube/Maximillian Dood: NEXT GEN IS HERE...Sorta...Xbox Series X Demo & Review, shows off Quick Resume
  • YouTube/Digital Foundry: Halo Infinite Gameplay Trailer Analysis: Are The Graphics Really 'Flat'...?
  • YouTube/Digital Foundry: Xbox Series X Backwards Compatibility Tested - And The Performance Is Extreme
• PS5
  • YouTube/The Verge: PlayStation 5 Review: a next-gen feel, featuring a good explanation of ray tracing
  • Eurogamer: PlayStation 5 uncovered: the Mark Cerny tech deep dive
  • PlayStation Blog: Experience PS5’s Tempest 3D AudioTech with compatible headsets at launch, TV Virtual Surround Sound coming after launch
  • YouTube/Maximillian Dood: I Thought It'd Be Bigger - DAY ONE PS5 & Impressions w/Maximilian, last 2 minutes are first-time reactions to Astro's Playroom
  • YouTube/Digital Foundry: PlayStation 5 Backwards Compatibility Tested - And It's Fantastic!
  • PlayStation Blog: PlayStation Plus Collection details revealed
• Switch Pro?
  • YouTube/Digital Foundry: In Theory: Could Next-Gen Switch Use Nvidia DLSS AI Upscaling?

Luc-Olivier and Yanik take a break from Twitter.

• FU: gran turismo sport – broadcasts from the lonely frontier
• FU: Drew DeVault: What is this Gemini thing anyway, and why am I excited about it?
• FU: Yanik making progress on Celestia
• Yanik's gemlog post about returning to Twitter (HTTPS)

Yanik talks about what he values in software and makes an announcement.

• FU: joshua stein: C Programming on System 6
• Limitless Possibility 139: Replicantable, Which is Not a Word, our BeOS episode
• Due for Mac
• Project Gemini
• Some Gemini clients to get started:
  • Twin Peaks for Windows
  • Felicity for macOS
  • Bombadillo for the command line
  • The mozz.us Web proxy if you can't use a browser directly
• Yanik's Gemini capsule
• Other recommended gemlogs:
  • Solderpunk versus the windmills from the creator of Gemini
  • mieum's rawtext gemlog
  • sloum's gemlog
  • Drew DeVault's geminispace
• Trivial Technologies
• Usable Technologies
• Yanik on the Fediverse/Mastodon

Luc-Olivier returns to the show with thoughts on recently announced gadgets.

• FU: Transit • The simple and beautiful way to get around.
• FU: YouTube (Square Enix): 『電車でGO!! はしろう山手線』ティザートレーラー
• FU: Super Nintendo Exploration Squad 44: Super Bases Loaded
• FU: G3L Mastodon: Haiku 68k port on the NeXTcube
• FU; joshua stein: Video: C Programming on System 6 - Intro
  • Note: The video series has resumed since this episode was recorded.
• FU: Stump Sohla on the Babish Culinary Universe channel
  • 18th Century Mac & Cheese
  • 7-Course Convenience Store Tasting Menu
  • Soup and Ice Cream on Fire, released after recording
• FU: Amazon Luna
• FU: Nintendo: Super Mario Bros. 35
• FU: YouTube (CarlSagan42): Being TOXIC in Mario's New Battle Royale
• YouTube (The Verge): Google Clips review
• Introducing Ring Always Home Cam: An Innovative New Approach to Always Being Home | The Ring Blog
• Amazon’s helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells - CNET
• HERO9 Black 5K Video 20MP Streaming Camera & Bundles | GoPro
• The episode where Luc-Olivier reviewed the GoPro HERO5 Black

Yanik and special guest Richard talk about their appreciation for Japanese train stations.

• FU: The 1st generation Hololive English girls:
  • Mori Calliope
  • Takanasha Kiara
  • Ninomae Ina'nis
  • Gawr Gura, our precious music gaming shark daughter
  • Watson Amelia
• Rambalac's YouTube channel, consisting of 4K videos of walks taken around Japan
• The Verge: Inside Uber's Plan to Take Over City Life with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
• Favorite stations:
  • Nishitetsu-Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station
  • Yokohama Station
  • Kyoto Station
  • Japan Railway and Transport Review
  • The Minatomirai Line
  • Bashamichi Station
  • Doai Station
  • Kawasaki Station
  • Todoroki Station
  • Atsushi Hayakawa's great winter photo of Todoroki Station
• Bonus picks:
  • Nagoya Linimo and the 2005 Expo Memorial Park
  • Yurikamome and the Odaiba area
• Richard's MétEX, the Paris Métro Experience
• Previous episodes related to the topics discussed on this episode:
  • 2: Mobile Payments
  • 54: Yanik's Tokyo Travel Guide, slightly outdated but it's not like anyone is travelling right now anyway
  • 91: JOINUS, about Yanik and special guest Spiritsnare's love for Yokohama