Rare Encounter

Rats in tubes, Steamy games, and non-fungible pointers.

Show Notes

Flamin' Hot Cheetos Scandal!

Stolen valour flavour!

Podcast: Who Really Created Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? - Los Angeles Times

Richard Montañez did not invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos as he claims, according to Frito-Lay employees who worked on the product development team for Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

The man who didn't invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos

“If that story existed, believe me, we would have heard about it,” said Ken Lukaska, who worked as a product manager for the core Cheetos brand when Flamin’ Hots were rolling out nationally. “This guy should run for office if he’s that good at fooling everyone.”

Out of this World

Elon Musk: Scientist predicted in 1953 book how man of same name would lead humans to Mars | Weird | News | Express.co.uk

The Wernher von Braun claimed in the 50s that a man named Elon would bring us to the moon.

Wernher von Braun - Wikipedia

Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun. Father of modern rocketry. Without him there would have been no Apollo missions. Without him, England wouldn't have been pelted with V2 rockets during World War II.

UFO news: Bombshell UFO report from US tipped to be 'story of the century' | Weird | News | Express.co.uk

A BOMBSHELL US government report on UFOs could turn into the "story of the century", it has been claimed.

How to Talk About the Pentagon's UFO Report Without Sounding Like a Conspiracy Theorist

Pointers on the blockchain

Because the solution to keeping something unique is by turning it into an NFT. :facepalm:

zhuowei/nft_ptr: C++ `std::unique_ptr` that represents each object as an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain

Issue #9: This exists

Adult games on Steam

Valve Has Been Quietly Changing the Rules for Adult Games on Steam | TechRaptor

Despite the number of pornographic games on Steam (going as far as VR sex with a Japanese schoolgirl!) and a whole section of the service dedicated to them, the folks over at Valve still seem to have problems deciding what's acceptable and unacceptable adult content.

Steam Adult Only Games Section Debuts with Steam Labs Experiment | TechRaptor

Did you know that there's an adult games section in Steam? And it's been there since December?

Browsing Sexual Content

The hottest hottest games on Steam.

Steam Curator: Adult Only Games

Steam Community :: Conquer and Breed the Demon Queen

After getting kicked out of the Hero's party for only summoning weak little slimes, imagine their surprise when you come back and you summon the Demon Queen herself straight out of hell and onto your dick!

TOJam 2021

Forest Quest

The game made by coldacid and zahlman this year at TOJam.

TOJam 2021: Feels like a Re-run - itch.io

And all the other games!

3D X-ray microscopy (XRM)

High Capacity 3D X-ray Microscopy | Solutions | Bruker

Physiological Monitoring Subsystem | Bruker

Nick?

Feds asking Canadians to take ‘leap of faith’ that Bill C-10 won’t hurt free speech: experts - National | Globalnews.ca

You better not say the wrong thing on social media, citizen!

The Noid is Back!

Domino's is bringing back this 1980s mascot

And he's bringing Crash Bandicoot with him!

Nuro self-driving vehicle avoids the Noid in Domino's Pizza ad