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A friendly heads up to those who follow me:
1. This is a personal account.
2. All opinions and statements are mine alone.
3. I am not a developer relations rep.
4. I am not a customer support rep.
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James Stanard retweeted
We are excited to share that AMD FSR 4.1 will be available to developers on XBOX Series X|S very soon.
We have partnered closely with our friends @AMD to optimize and tune the models to deliver incredible performance and quality on both consoles and the ROG XBOX Ally and Ally X.
This sets the foundation for our work together as we collaborate on FSR Diamond and Project Helix.
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I've got advice for anyone mad about this: double major.
Get a degree in something practical and another that you're passionate about. It's a loophole to get a loan, but it's just sensible. Follow your bliss while having a backup plan. Bonus points if they synergize.
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf
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BREAKING: Seattle’s business community is putting City Hall on notice over public safety.
CEOs from Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Nordstrom, T-Mobile, Alaska Airlines, Zillow, the Seattle Mariners, Puget Sound Energy and others signed a letter demanding Mayor Katie Wilson and the City Council take action to address public safety
They’re calling for CCTV cameras, more police patrols, a 7-minute priority 911 response standard, crackdowns on open-air drug markets, treatment or prosecution for repeat drug offenders, clearing encampments near schools and parks — and a public safety action plan within 100 days with measurable goals and monthly reports.
The letter specifically calls out Wilson's abysmal 34% approval numbers
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It’s eat or be eaten when Metroid Ravenous, the latest game in the 2D Metroid series, arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 Jan 28! #NintendoDirect
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I've seen some people say that the Xbox disc-to-digital program has some kind of "time out" period cuz the text tells you to keep the disc.
That is NOT the case, confirmed to me this morning. The text is intended to explain that if you lose the disc and someone else uses it, only then do you lose the license (if they activate it on their account).
There's no "digital check in" time-out thing for it, despite what some people are trying to spread.
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WHEN YOU REALIZE THE BABY BOOM WASN'T JUST SOLDIERS COMING HOME HORNY.
It was soldiers coming home to the GI Bill free college, 0% down home loans, low-interest business loans.
It was strong unions. Pensions. A house that cost 2 years of salary.
It was confidence that the future was actually going to be better than the present.
That's what produced a baby boom. Not romance. Security.
You want a higher birth rate now?
Give people a future where they know their kids will actually be okay.
That's the whole formula. It's not complicated. It's just expensive, and nobody in charge wants to pay for it twice.
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James Stanard retweeted
Post-mortem GPU crash debugging with LLMs is here! 🔍
New AMD Radeon GPU Detective (RGD) MCP Server:
🤖 Connect LLMs to the AMD crash analysis pipeline.
⚡ From crash dump to root cause in minutes.
🔧 Proposes targeted source-code fixes.
Read more ⬇️
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Analysts are trying to forecast low‑volume sales for Project Helix when the product doesn’t exist in the public domain. Any projection is baseless: there’s no hardware profile, no pricing, no software lineup, no marketing strategy, and no defined audience.
They don’t have BOM estimates, internal targets, or manufacturing timelines. They’re filling gaps with legacy heuristics and outdated assumptions about XBOX’s strategy. Without those fundamentals, you can’t model adoption curves, forecast elasticity, or estimate launch volume.
Predicting Helix’s sales today is like estimating a film’s box office without knowing the cast, the genre, the budget, the release date, or the script.
Xbox Helix May Only Sell 2 Million Consoles In Its Launch Year, Says Analyst via @forbes forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2…
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Advanced Shader Delivery is now generally available in the Xbox PC app — no Xbox Insider signup required! AMD has also expanded ASD support to RDNA 1 through RDNA 4, and Forza Horizon 6 showcases 95% faster load times on day one. See here for more: devblogs.microsoft.com/direc…
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James Stanard retweeted
We have work to do as we move to a more open developer ecosystem. Today we shipped an XBOX Godot sample to GitHub, giving developers a simple starting point for building games with the GDK and other title services.
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This is the most "never going to happen" idea Bernie has ever had. It's all political theater, folks.
I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America.
This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people.
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Hey @WeArePlayground Is it your intention to make driving all roads to 100% frustrating? Do you want us scrubbing the map looking for that one spot we can’t Fast Travel to? Maybe add an assist like highlighting all roads you HAVEN’T driven. Please and thank you. 🙏
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Microsoft’s new “Advanced Shader Delivery” technology reduces Forza Horizon 6 loading/shader compilation times by up to 95%
• Loading instantly
• No shader stutter
• Smoother gameplay
Forza Horizon 6 loading in only 4 seconds instead of around 90 seconds on supported AMD hardware.
via: devblogs.microsoft.com/direc…
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James Stanard retweeted
Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery now supports more AMD GPUs!
Enabled with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2:
🎮 AMD RDNA 3, 3.5, & 4 GPUs.
⚡ Reduce shader stutter & load times by up to 95%.
Learn how to add ASD to your game via AgilitySDK 👇
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James Stanard retweeted
🔥 Xbox Game Dev Update | Spring '26 🌟 May 7
Join us for a closer look at Project Helix with Jason Ronald (VP, Next Generation) & Chris Charla (GM, Portfolio & Programs), and what it means for devs.
GDC speakers will also dive into Xbox developer tools, DirectX State of the Union, Xbox Marketplace updates, and GDC highlights.
Details: developer.microsoft.com/en-u… #gamedev
ALT Graphic for the Xbox Game Dev Update Spring ’26. The design features a dark green-to-black gradient background with the Xbox logo at the top and large text reading “GAME DEV UPDATE” in green and white, followed by “SPRING ’26.” Centered below is a lineup of Xbox hardware, including a ROG Xbox Ally X with a lit screen, an Xbox Series X, an Xbox Series S, and a controller with each of the consoles. At the bottom, event timing is listed: “May 7 | 9 AM PDT • 12 PM EDT • 6 PM CEST.” (Alt generated by Microsoft Copliot and reviewed for accuracy)
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James Stanard retweeted
🔥 We're making publishing easier with Game Package Manager
You asked for it ⭐ Game Package Manager starts rolling out this week for all Xbox developers configuring or adding new products to publish to Xbox. Built by and for the dev community, it’s a new foundation to improve publishing workflows, with more to come.
developer.microsoft.com/en-u…
ALT Black background with the title “XBOX Game Package Manager” on the left, with “XBOX” in bright green and the remaining text in white. On the right, a laptop displays the Microsoft Partner Center interface open to a “Packages” page. The screen shows options for managing game packages, including a main branch labeled “Main” and additional branch options, along with buttons like “Add branch” and “Review & publish.” The laptop is lit from below with a warm glow, creating contrast against the dark background. (Alt generated by Microsoft Copilot and reviewed for accuracy)
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James Stanard retweeted
Game Pass Ultimate has become too expensive for too many players. Starting today, we’re dropping the price from $29.99 to $22.99/month.
Future Call of Duty titles will no longer join Game Pass Ultimate on day one. They will join this tier the following holiday after launch (about a year later). Current Call of Duty titles will remain available to Ultimate subscribers.
We’ll keep learning and evolving Game Pass to better match what matters to players.
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RFK Jr. says being on a carnivore diet helped him significantly reduce visceral fat.
“I had a full-body MRI a year ago and I went to this doctor who said my organs were covered with visceral fat.”
“I went on his diet, which is the carnivore diet.”
“He said I can get rid of all that visceral fat within 90 days.”
“Thirty days later I had lost 40% of it.”
“The MRI I took this week, I was down to 1 percentile of visceral fat.”
“About half the cabinet is on this same diet right now.”
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