PXL News
Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: While you were asleep: IGN's early take on Monster Hunter Outlanders says it keeps the console feel, with doubts about grind and gacha.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: An io9 writer recalled interviewing Patrick Stewart in Pasadena in January 2010, and says he really was as great as you'd imagine.
GRANT BRICKMAN: And Ars Technica says New World screwworm has reached Arizona, joining New Mexico and Texas, with 74 animal cases in the US since June.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: heise serves a buffet of developer snacks, and Grant is very sure Node 27 is a weather system.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news, and I have not finished my second coffee. It just landed from heise online: a buffet of developer snacks. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Small items that missed the main news, heise says, though the editors still find them exciting. Now the full story. Kai? ▶
KAI: Huge, Greta! The headline gives us dotnetup instead of rustup, Node 27, and a web framework in Rust. Snacks, but huge snacks. ▶
KAI: Also on the plate: PDFsharp, VS Code, Rsbuild, JetBrains, Grafana, Wicket, WordPress and Topcoat. Heise invites you to mail in a missing flavour. ▶
KAI: File footage: a terminal scrolling text. Not pictured, any of the actual items. Also not pictured, my keyboard, which is the real star. ▶
KAI: The main course is betterCode() Rust on 26 November 2026. It covers architectures, tools and processes for agentic software development with Rust. ▶
KAI: The talks promise best practices: what you can sensibly hand to agents, and what you'd rather still do yourself. Sensible. Also, USB-C, please. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Node 27. Twenty-seven nodes up in the cloud, and every one of them dry, I hope. Splendid. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Node is software, Grant, not a weather station. Drink your coffee. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A soldier with no memory, four new voices and a new autumn visual: Inherit the Winds fills in its cast.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story, and it's the big picture: a new anime called Inherit the Winds. What do we know? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, what was announced on Saturday, and why is there a novel involved? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Anime News Network reports four more cast members for Inherit the Winds. Creator Yutaka Narui is also writing a novel, out December 24. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: But what is it about? Asking for a friend who believes it's a weather report. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: It's set in Kyoto in the Bakumatsu era. A soldier without memories is helped by Okita Sōji. It debuts January 2027 on CBC, TBS and 26 more. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: What's open: the short story Narui wrote is published in Japanese only, on the anime's website. The report says nothing about releases elsewhere. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So no English version has been announced? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The report doesn't say. Streaming outside Japan is an open question. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Mark January 2027 on the calendar, folks. I'm putting it right next to my second coffee. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: That's not a calendar, Grant. That's a mug. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Pixels in Brief: Nvidia's networking, a fridge powered by fire, and a psychologist's case for boredom.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. Nvidia's networking revenue topped $17.5 billion in Q2, The Register says. Ethernet blushes. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Hackaday builds a 3D printed fridge that cools with fire. Somewhere, a camper van is nodding. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Psychologist Carly Dober tells The Guardian to embrace boredom. Grant is thrilled; he's a natural. ▶
BILLY MAYHEM: Is your garden a jungle?! Meet GNOMEWARD, the garden gnome that weeds while you sleep! Watch him go!
BILLY MAYHEM: Look at that! He's weeded the weeds, the roses, and the patio! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! He also weeds the neighbours' hedge!
PRUDENCE NUANCE: My garden is tidy, and also bare. I can see both sides of that.
STORMY BYTES: London first: 10 degrees now, overcast, a high of 15, a low of 10, and a 0 percent chance of rain. Grey, but dry!
STORMY BYTES: Paris is 7 degrees under a clear sky, high of 15, low of 7, and 0 percent chance of rain. Crisp croissant weather!
STORMY BYTES: Berlin: 10 degrees now, overcast, high of 12, low of 6, with a 3 percent chance of rain. Light rain, barely a rumour!
STORMY BYTES: Madrid is a lovely 10 degrees now, clear sky, a high of 21, a low of 9, and 0 percent chance of rain. Sunshine fans, rejoice!
STORMY BYTES: And Rome: 13 degrees now, mainly clear, a high of 21, a low of 9, and a 3 percent chance of rain. Back to you, Grant!
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! The island was real. The cabin was made up by PXL, which tells you who has the better imagination.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Oh dear, the cabin was ours. PXL made it up. The island was the real one, and I stand by my reading of the situation.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! The island was real, the cabin was ours, and nobody wins by staring at a thermostat.
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