Feature by Ed Thorn Senior Staff Writer Published on 2 May, 2021
The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web.
Sundays are for getting those all-important squash to water ratios just right. Before you turn on the tap, let s read this week s best writing about games.
Rolling is a variation of hypertapping where a player drums multiple fingers on the bottom of the controller. It’s sometimes called flyheccing because it’s similar to a technique pioneered by Hector “Fy” Rodriguez on arcade cabinets. A thumb or finger hovers over the d-pad and the drumming of the fingers pushes the d-pad into this waiting bit of flesh. The drumming vibration of the fingers creates speeds faster than hyper-tapping.
Why Is Big Tech Under Assault? Power.
Tech executives wanted to change the world, and they did. Of course we’re now questioning them.
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Big technology companies are still misdiagnosing why they have so many enemies.
Mark Zuckerberg this week told interviewers that people and institutions who are losing control in the world blame Facebook for the changes they’re seeing. Jeff Bezos last week countered critics of Amazon by doing back-of-the-envelope math to calculate his company’s value to shoppers, employees and businesses.
The sentiment behind these executives’ messages was, basically: If people don’t appreciate our companies’ contributions to the world, they’re wrong.
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Mr. Chauvin, 45, who spent 19 years as a Minneapolis police officer, was fired immediately after Mr. Floyd’s death, along with three other officers involved. Mr. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, which carries a penalty of up to 40 years in prison, and the lesser charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
The three other officers are scheduled to be tried together in August.
In-person attendance has been strictly limited throughout the trial because of Covid-19, with one spectator seat reserved for each side. On Monday morning, Mr. Floyd’s brother Philonise, who gave emotional testimony about his brother earlier in the trial, was in the Floyd family seat, later followed by a nephew, and an unidentified woman was in the Chauvin family seat.
After Ex-Officer Is Charged in Daunte Wright Shooting, Demonstrators Gather
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Kim Potter, who fatally shot Mr. Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn., has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
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Protesters gathered outside the police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn., for a fourth night to protest the killing of Daunte Wright, a Black man shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on Sunday.CreditCredit.Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters
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Demonstrators hold signs as they gather near the Brooklyn Center police station on Wednesday.Credit.Scott Olson/Getty Images