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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 24/09/2026

This one in particular I see "playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner."

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 07/09/2026

rare los angeles rainbow, just now

a faint rainbow against stormy clouds; toward the bottom of the frame, the tops of a couple palm trees silhouetted against the sky

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 14/08/2026

hopped in the pool for some @ceogaming.org merch shots

very bald photographer in chest-deep pool water holding a DSLR with a flash; two subjects sit at the edge of the pool with their feet in the water

close-up of CEO-branded shorts; the model can be seen sitting at the edge of a pool, kicking their legs in the water

two models sit at the edge of the pool, splashing water

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 12/08/2026

Twitch has added GenAI training opt-out at www.twitch.tv/settings/sec... There's also additional info in their FAQ: help.twitch.tv/s/article/tw...

Screenshot of Twitch account settings:

Toggle button labeled "Training for Generative AI"

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod).

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 12/08/2026

I happened to be nearby as well 🫣

Photo of a burning building; black smoke plumes above, and a fire department ladder truck spraying water in front. In the foreground, a small crowd watches.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 10/08/2026

I think my cat had a nightmare? Was watching a movie, he was on the back of the couch, sleeping. Suddenly he "gasps" and is on his feet, hissing at me. This went on for a couple minutes. *Very* upset about something. Nothing I or the movie would have done to startle him, either. Odd! Cat tax ⬇️

Gray maine coon / tabby mix laying elegantly on a patio sofa, the sun shining on his face.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 08/08/2026

Also snagged a haul of coffee beans up in Portland, from PDX Coffee Club. Started with the Proud Mary since it's already a month off roast. Getting Earl Gray / black tea vibes, which tastes OK-ish, but clearly too astringent. Not sure how to adjust tho. 1:16, 90c, 3:00 TBT (v60).

Photo of 3 coffee bags. Sunday Coffee, Proud Mary, and Cosmopolis Coffee. As well as a "PDX Coffee Club" sticker depicting a pine tree drinking a cup of coffee.

Closeup of the Sunday Coffee notes:

Ethiopia Guji Megadu
Anaerobic Natural, Log 25.12
Orange Creamcicle, Cherry Compote, Creamy

Closeup of the Proud Mary coffee details:

Ethiopia
Abana Estate - Anderacha
Heirloom varietal, Natural process

Closeup of the Cosmopolis Coffee details

light-medium roast
varietyu: striped bourbon
Process: anaerobic
elevation: 1850m
note: watermelon, fig, almond butter, root beer

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 08/08/2026

Spent a few days along the Oregon / NorCal coast.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 30/07/2026

The speech bubble meme format is, hands down, my favorite in years.

Screenshot of a post by @richardvhirst.bsky.social. Simpsons character Martin Prince striking a dramatic pose, with a speech bubble, quoting a Guardian article titled "I thought Nolan's Odyssey was a bore. If you want Greek myths brought to life, try the thrill of opera!"

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 25/06/2026

If you've been waiting to play it, Invincible VS is 20% off for the Steam Summer Sale.

Illustration of OmniMan and Invincible clashing.

Text: Invincible VS Steam Summer Sale - 20% off deluxe and standard editions.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 19/06/2026

Adobe going full slop in the latest version of Lightroom. Bummer.

Screenshot of a bullet point from the Lightroom release notes: "Turn your photos into short videos with custom or preset text prompts to quickly bring your creative ideas to life."

Screenshot from Adobe's docs on how to prompt a video from an image, in Lightroom: "In the Generate Video dialog box, select the options from the following dropdown menu before generating a video:

Model: Select Firefly Video, Google Veo 3.1, or Google Veo 3.1 Fast partner model.
Aspect ratio: Select the width and height ratio for the video.
Resolution: Select the definition of video quality.
Duration: Select the video duration in seconds."

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 19/06/2026

bro is begging to be set free from this mortal coil, wtf

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 06/06/2026

The most cursed setting in Windows. I have never encountered a scenario where this does anything useful.

Screenshot of a Windows 11 setting, "Automatically manage color for app," the perfect option for when you want to subtly fuck up your color and lose days of work when you realize it's all slightly off.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 27/05/2026

My Combo Breaker gallery is here! gallery.rmpaul.com/Esports/Comb...

Wide angle close-up of a Venom cosplayer; there is a "zoom" blur effect on the image.

Photo of @margotphoenix.bsky.social working at the CB command center.

A very young street fighter player pumps his fist after winning his match on stage at CB.

A photo of the CB trophy and medals. The medals are swinging, with a trail of motion blur behind them.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 25/05/2026

Goodnight Combo Breaker ... see you next year. <3 #CB2026

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 12/05/2026

I'm late but here are some recents!

Tabby cat standing on his hind legs to look over the edge of a balcony.

Maine coon cat on his back on the floor, showing off his belly fluff.

Maine coon cat on his back on the floor, showing off his belly fluff. Morning light casts shadows across him.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 11/05/2026

"What do you mean the weekend is over?"

A confused looking cat, sitting on a desk, mouth slightly agape.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 30/04/2026

🔴LIVE for Invincible VS LAUNCH DAY! Pounding one of these and jumping straight into ranked. twitch.tv/tempusrob

A can of Invincible VS "Blood Orange IPA" beer next to a pint glass emblazoned with the gold silhouette of a goat.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 11/03/2026

Hello I am GDC'ing for the first time.

GMaps screenshot of Yerba Buena Gardens, where most(?) of GDC hangs out.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 03/03/2026

SoCal FGC! You can get your hands on Invincible VS this Saturday at @arcadeshock.bsky.social!

Invincible VS at Arcade Shock - Community Demo - Saturday March 7, 2PM-5PM

Show up, support your local, and play an early build of Dupli Kate and Invincible VS

Arcade Shock - 227 E. Compton Blvd, Gardena, CA 90248

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 29/12/2025

ProGrade is raising its memory card prices 30-100+% in Japan next week. Only 3-4% of that is due to weak Yen. Have to imagine other markets and other companies will be following suit soon...

Chart showing the new prices of ProGrade's products in Japan. Most are increasing 30-50% while others, especially low-end SD cards, are more than doubling in price.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 16/11/2025

What do you mean "normal tournament?"

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 15/10/2025

Wait is this where Conker got his name from??

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 07/10/2025

B&W take on some favs from LTA finals

Photo of 100T Dhokla, from behind, raising a finger to the crowd as he enters the arena for his match at LTA Finals.

Close-up photo of the stage manager placing the trophy on the stage for the LTA finals. He's wearing white gloves, and the lighting is reflecting from the trophy, to his face.

Photo of players entering the arena for the LTA grand finals. They are high-fiving fans as they walk. In the foreground, the trophy sits on a pedestal.

Photo of FlyQuest, from behind, raising the trophy after winning LTA finals. Confetti fills the frame.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 02/10/2025

lmao the "social media doesn't have to suck" crew seem intent on making it suck

Response by me, to a post from @pfrazee.com about how "the response to Jay's post about the 'you must hate waffles' meme proves her point"

Man, come on. "Waffles" is about folks overreacting to harmless choices in taste. Y'all have twisted it to avoid addressing real concerns. Team needs to take a day off from posting.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 25/09/2025

I know gigabit internet is nothing new, but I marvel at the fact that in 15 minutes I can pull what would have taken *8 months* when I was a kid on my first internet connection. Magic, tbh.

Screenshot of Steam's download page, showing a game downloading a 75GB game at nearly 900Mbps.

Screenshot of a download speed calculator, showing that a 74.9GB game would have taken 7.9 months to download at 28.8Kbps.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 23/08/2025

Someone in the esports photog discord was diving into Darktable, so I decided to try it out too. The docs are hella outdated and the UI is inscrutable, but capabilities are impressive. This clean of a fix for mono-color lighting would be a nightmare in other software, but DT did it with two sliders.

Photo of Seth Killian, John Choi, and Chris Li in the crowd at Evo, in extremely blue lighting.

The same photo of Seth Killian, John Choi, and Chris Li in the crowd at Evo, but with proper color balance.

A photo of a host on the mic at Genesis X, in extremely red lighting.

The same photo of a host on the mic at Genesis X, with proper color balance.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 22/08/2025

Revisiting my Evo gallery this morning ... a few more favs.

Rick, GM of Evo, sitting on stage with the hosts as they watch the closing credit roll at Evo 2025.

Wide shot of the Evo 20205 arena, as MenaRD celebrates a win on stage.

Woman playing a dancing rhythm game in the Evo 2025 arcade.

A player stands and cheers with an arm outstretched, celebrating a win on-stage during CVS2 finals at Evo 2025.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 08/08/2025

It almost didn't happen, too! Only caught two clicks with the game up, before it swapped over to the Champion graphic! Not a bad shot either, but definitely doesn't hit the same.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 06/08/2025

One of our goals this year was to have a stronger emphasis on showing the community. The C in the FGC is no buzzword. People don't go to Evo because it's big, it's is big because of the people that come together at Evo.

A man holding a ring, proposing to his girlfriend on stage.

A man carrying a planter, with large ferns growing in it. The planter also contains a fully functioning arcade stick.

A teary-eyed man hugs a woman after winning his pool. They are standing next to another smiling friend.

5 people simultaneously playing a DDR machine.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 06/08/2025

My tenth Evo, in the books. Lead my biggest photo team to date. Watched the Invincible VS trailer I helped create debut on the Evo main stage. Captured MenaRD taking his long-sought Evo win. gallery.rmpaul.com/Esports/Evo-...

View of the Evo Showcase stage from the crowd, a they cheer for the CvS2 Top 8 players.

Photo of IFC Yipes turning to point to the crowd during his commentary in the Evo arena.

Photo of GO1 reacting to winning Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves at Evo. He's facing the crowd as they cheer for him.

Photo of MenaRD reacting to winning Street Fighter 6. He has turned to face the crowd, arms outstretched. The arena's LED screen is behind him with the game's "KO" graphics still showing.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 05/08/2025

After a week of terrible hotel coffee, I'm finally getting to my @yesplzcoffee.bsky.social beans. Turns out there are still some Nice Things left in the world.

A coffee pour over setup and a bag of coffee beans on a kitchen counter.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 21/07/2025

Dunno how well it works, but it does exist, via the "Tools" menu on top right of results.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 20/07/2025

These dorks have no desire to actually understand anything.

@k_kohlbrenner: doesn’t replit take snapshots of db and environment ?

@jasonlk: I am confused too. Replit was clear it was unrecoverable. I should be able to take its word on it.

But once I wake up, I’ll investigate more.

I just shouldn’t have to.

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 19/07/2025

She definitely got one of these tho

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Robert Paul @tempusrob.com · 08/07/2025

And I don't want to drop too many screenshots but this part really jumped out at me. The value of familiarity, and the way it allows us to bypass uncertainties in communication. You can extrapolate this to so many things ... design, development, team-building...

Itoi: And this is a vague area, but boring things don't have any familiarity.

Iwata: Familiarity.

Itoi: Right. The three of us don't have to be formal with each other, we can just say, "You're being dumb."

Miyamoto: Uh-huh.

Itoi: In situations like that, you exchange a lot. You can go back and forth about heavy topics and long-winded matters and stuff about burnt bits of yakisoba. But without familiarity, it's like, "Sorry if it sounds rude, but..."

Iwata: Yeah, uh-huh. (laughs)

Miyamoto: Yes, that's right.

Itoi: That limits what you can pass on. Familiarity increases the flow of traffic. The more you can toss all kinds of things back and forth, the more fruitful it will be. It will spread.

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