Evening Reading - February 1, 2024

Published February 1, 2024 8:57 PM, by Asif Khan

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look.

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In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• Penny's Big Breakaway is a colorful throwback platformer with yo-yos
• This month's Splatoon 3 Splatfest is about the days of the weekend
• Devolver Digital CEO Douglas Morin steps down as former CEO & co-founder returns
• Amazon (AMZN) Q4 2023 earnings results beat EPS & revenue expectations
• Facebook (META) Q4 2023 earnings results beat revenue & EPS expectations
• Apple (AAPL) Q1 2024 earnings results beat EPS & revenue estimates
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) sales topped $90 billion in 2023
• Facebook (META) initiates quarterly dividend
• Facebook (META) reports 3.07 billion monthly active users (MAUs) in Q4 2023
• Facebook Reality Labs lost $16.12 billion in 2023 on $1.896 billion of sales

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And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

New Tears of the Kingdom strats have dropped

Now you know how to Pocket Rocket.

Love the attention to detail in Tears of the Kingdom.

That's an interesting strat!

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When you least expect it... OHIO!

Godzilla would have very little to destroy.

First we had 216, then 330, then 440, and now 436? I am sticking with 330.

Nice day in Canton, Ohio. I even saw the sun.

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This game looks cool

I will pay $50 for it.

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Country Roads!

“You know we all die. But the goal isn't to live forever. But to create something that will.” - Mega Ran

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Wild Kingdom

Happy dog.

Panda cleans its house just like I do.

That cat has seen the world.

What a candle holder!

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PirateSoftware explains the economics of Twitch streams

Not sure how accurate this calculator is, but I can see why Twitch is floundering.

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Zuckerberg testifies on online child sexual exploitation

Maybe this is the beginning of meaningful change on the Internet... or not.

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Shacknews Dev Update - Bubbletron Adds Poop Streak!

Things we shipped today:

• Bubbletron
  • Added a start screen to Bubbletron
  • Added "On this day" to Bubbletron start screen
  • Added Info Button
  • Added Bubbletron Favicon for the website
  • Added Poop Emoji Streak for players who find the lowest valuation of the day
  • Added text to results screen to let players know 
  • Updated text generated by Share button to include poop emoji and valuation
  • Updated hyperlink generated by Share button to include https:// to the link
  • Updated text generated by Share button to say "trillion" not "billion"

Things we are working on:

• Shackpets
  • Still working on improvements to the app before relaunching later this year

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There you have it, Shacknews. Your Evening Reading for February 1, 2024. Please consider subscribing to Shacknews Mercury to support our site for as little as $1/month.

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