Ultimate X-Men: Concerns, Complications, And Implications For Ultimate Marvel

This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World.

This video covers some of the concerns I have regarding the future of Ultimate X-Men. When this series was announced after Ultimate Invasion, we learned that Peach Momoko will be writing and drawing it. We also learned a bit about the kind of story it’ll tell.

And for the moment, those details have me worried.

I hope those worries are ultimately unfounded. But I thought I’d share them because I think they have major implications for the future of this new Ultimate Universe. Enjoy!

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Sexy Short Story: Love In The Dark

The following is a sexy short story inspired by about a couple who loved hooking up on moonless nights. Enjoy!


Tara Linden had always had an active sex life. Since she started dating in high school, she didn’t hide her fondness for such basic acts of intimacy. Nobody would ever accuse her of being a full-blown nymphomaniac, but every man she dated came to appreciate her desires.

However, appreciating her sexual appetites weren’t the same as actually complementing them. That proved quite difficult, resulting in a number of failed relationships that started off passionate, but eventually fizzled out.

Then, she met Aaron Hargrave – the man who ultimately became her husband. He put in more effort than any past lover, seeking to meet her passion with his own. It helped that he had been just as active as her when it came to sex. But that was only part of the challenge. The real issue was finding a way to align their desires on top of satisfying them.

In doing so, she and Aaron discovered an unusual quirk to their sex lives – one she didn’t expect, but came to cherish. As it turned out, she and Aaron had the best sex when they did it in the dark.

“Another dark, moonless night,” Tara commented as she climbed into bed, wearing only black panties and a matching nighty. “Glad I’m not as tired as usual.”

Laughing to herself, she recounted how they’d discovered this quirk. When they first got together, they made love like she had with many of her past partners. They often did it in the middle of the day or with the lights on, enjoying the sights and spectacles of sex in addition to the sensations.

But then, one night the power went out. And they were basically alone in the dark with a storm raging outside. Tara still didn’t know what possessed them to make love that night. But when they did, having to navigate the act in a darkened room with nothing but their hands and their horniness to guide them, they felt a real difference.

There was just something about Aaron feeling his way around her body that made it more intimate.

And there was also something practical to it – him not having her naked body to focus on during the act.

Whatever the quirks, it made for some of the best sex they’d had to that point. They even made use of it on their honeymoon, making sure they blacked out the windows of their hotel. Since then, it became a regular part of their love life. They still enjoyed doing it with the lights on every now and then. But Tara knew their most intimate moments often came under the cover of darkness.

“Hope you’re not too tired tonight, babe,” Tara said to herself as she curled up under the covers.

She tried resting her eyes, at first. She didn’t expect to fall asleep quickly, still too restless from a long day at work. Aaron was about to turn in, as well. She’d heard him in the bathroom brushing his teeth before turning in. He’d been up late chatting with friends, planning their next camping trip later in the month. He didn’t sound tired. That was a good sign to her.

She’d only bee in bed for twenty minutes when Aaron entered the bedroom. She pretended to be asleep while he slipped out of his pants and T-shirt, leaving him in just his briefs. That was usually what he slept in. And as soon as he turned off the lights, he slipped into the bed with her.

The feeling of his warmth certainly helped her relax. And naturally, he gravitated towards her. She sensed he was somewhat tired. But when he curled up beside her, spooning her from behind, he lightly wrapped his arms around her. In doing so, Aaron’s restlessness once again showed, among other things.

Initially, he just laid with her, his arms still draped over her. But slowly, under the covers and within the darkness, he began feeling up her body. Tara offered no protest, even letting out a silent gasp of approval. Encouraged, he stealthily reached under her nighty and grasped her breast. Since she wasn’t wearing a bra, he got a nice handful of her fleshy mound. His touch was more than enough to spark that initial desire.

“Mmm…you’re wearing less than usual,” her husband commented.

“It’s hot. I was feeling lazy,” Tara replied through the content purrs.

“You expect me to believe that?” he scoffed.

“Does it matter?”

“Not at all.”

Her grin widened as he continued rubbing her breasts, showing a skill and thoroughness he didn’t usually show in broad daylight. It was as though he were tracing every feature, trying to visualize her ample breasts. Doing so just happened to involve squeezing her mounds and rubbing her nipples in just the right way, rousing her desires and igniting a fresh heat between her legs.

As Tara gasped and purred under Aaron’s touch, she shed her nighty. It would just get in the way at that point. Despite the late hour, she was too alert to simply relax. She wanted more. She desired more. And if hard flesh poking her from within his briefs were any indication, Aaron shared that desire.

“Your tits feel better than usual, tonight,” he commented. “Let’s see what’s going on inside your panties.”

Aaron spoke with such deep, masculine overtones. Just hearing those words sent Tara into a frenzy, tapping into the most primal parts of her brain and body. Arousal mixed with anticipation as she felt him trace his hand down her core, softly trailing over her abdomen and navel, and eventually reaching the eager flesh between her legs.

He was careful, but direct upon slipping his hand under the thin fabric of her panties. As soon as she felt his fingers graze over the slit of her vagina, hot shivers coursed through her body. And Tara let out a light gasp to voice her approval. Encouraged, Aaron continued working his talents, slipping two finger inside her folds to feel the slick warmth within.

“So hot and wet,” he commented. “Guess you weren’t lying when you said it was hot.”

“Not…entirely,” Tara said through sharp gasps.

The touching and teasing continued. The combined stimulation of her breast and vagina hit all the right triggers, turning her burning desire into a tangible, physical want for his sex. It became more physical for Aaron as well. The continued grinding against her from behind, his pelvis rubbing right against her butt, intensified the growing hardness within his underwear. That shared want grew and grew. She could even feel it in his breathing as he rested his chin on her shoulder, more masculine sounds supplementing his every gesture.

Finally, the escalating foreplay culminated. All Tara had to do was say the word.

“Make love to me,” she said through her gasps. “I want it…so much.”

Aaron didn’t say a word, offering only a masculine grunt of affirmation. From there, he swiftly removed her panties, the darkness giving no hindrance whatsoever. His brief followed shortly after. Tara almost immediately felt the hardened tip of hie penis rub against her exposed thighs. The simple touch of their naked flesh seemed to provide the last spark, allowing instinct and passion to guide the act that followed.

Her eyes still closed, but with a beaming grin on her face, Tara got onto her back. Aaron then got on top of her, their bodies perfectly aligning themselves through the darkness. She eagerly spread her legs and wrapped them around his waist, further deepening their embrace. That helped guide him the rest of the way, the tip of his member now touching her outer folds. Upon feeling it, he buried his face in her shoulder and neck – grasping her waist with both hands before carefully entering her.

“Oh God…Tara!” Aaron gasped.

Tara let out a deep, affectionate purr. The sweet, smooth penetration of his flesh sliding into her – the tight folds of her vagina stretching and embracing every inch – it was ecstasy. It was beautiful. It was their love taking the form of a real, genuine act. And once their flesh was entwined, the act manifested in that wondrous lover’s dance they knew so well.

It was slow and steady.

Yet, at the same time, it was so thorough and focused.

In the darkness of the night, there was no visual guide – no sight of one another’s naked bodies. Every movement, touch, thrust, and undulation had to be done entirely through feel and familiarity. Aaron knew her body so well. And Tara knew his – knowing where, how, and with what intensity to touch him. They each put their knowledge to good use, making love in the darkness with a harmonic grace that needed to be felt instead of seen.

“Yes! Yes! Ohhh Aaron…my love!” Tara moaned into the night.

“Tara…so beautiful,” he gasped.

Her smile widened. Him calling her beautiful, despite the limited visibility, just made his words more sincere. With growing passion, she raked her nails over his back, feeling around every masculine sinew as he made love to her.

Together, their bodies moved and grinded together in a sensual heat – naked skin complementing naked skin. Inside her, Tara felt his hardened flesh stimulate all the right spots. Between his touch and sentiment, he stimulated all the right areas – physically and emotionally. And through the exertion, she felt the heat inside her building up – the well of sensations escalating with each intense exertion.

The final result was a late-night orgasm that washed over her like a hot wave of pure pleasure.

“Oh God! Oohhh God! Oohhh yes!” she cooed as the feeling hit.

Her toes curled, her knees bent, and her core erupted in a wondrous release of sensations. She also made her distinct O-Face that Aaron once said looked so adorable – her biting her lower lip while her eyes fluttered liked she were drunk. She knew he was picturing it at that moment. He’d slowed his movements, feeling the extra tightness around his penis. Her orgasmic cries moans always seemed to enchant him. And while she savored the feeling, he lovingly kissed the side of her face.

“I love making you come,” he said, “even in the dead of night.”

Tara replied with another loving purr, offering more affectionate gestures to show her appreciation. However, she had no intention of thanking him with a simple kiss and a hug. The man she loved deserved better. He might not have expected her to climax as quickly as she did, but he had to expect her to return the favor.

Once again, they acted on raw instinct and intense desire. Tara, demonstrating more strength than she thought she had before turning in for the night, grasped Aaron by he shoulders and rolled him onto his back. He offered no resistance, even laughing somewhat at her sudden burst of energy. Tara laughed too, knowing she still had energy to spare.

Now on top, she skillfully straddled his waist – her pelvis still aligned with his and his still-erect penis rubbing against her moist outer folds. Even though her body was still processing the echoes of her orgasm, she eagerly guided his penis back into her flesh – her hot folds surrounding his length once more.

Their flesh once again united, she began riding him. Her eyes remained closed, but her focus never wanted. Just like he’d done with her, Tara let the feelings and sensations guide her movement. Through smooth, steady gyrations, she worked her tight folds along his hardened penis – putting some extra intensity into every motion.

She could sense through his gasps and grunts he was close. His kept his hands on her hips at first. But as he drew near, he directed them to her bouncing breasts – a clear indicator that he too was ready for his share of ecstasy.

“Oh God! Tara…I’m close! I’m really…really close!” he grunted.

“Do it, my love,” she told him. “Feel this…with me!”

She took his hands in hers and squeezed her breasts with him. A warm shiver coursed through her body again, which felt amazing even after an orgasm. It also gave her the extra push she needed to guide her love beyond the brink.

She heard it in his heavy breathing.

She felt it in the way his penis tensed inside her, ready for an overdue release.

When Aaron let out that distinctly orgasmic grasp, she steadied her hips and held him closer. She then felt that distinctly warm feeling of hot, seminal fluids filling her depths – mixing with her feminine justices within. She’d always loved that feeling – the manifestation of their sex converging inside her. It made for a uniquely intimate feeling – a physical connection to go along with the love they’d made together.

“Beautiful…” Aaron said through his orgasmic daze.

“Indeed, it is,” Tara said in agreement, smiling widely through the darkness.

They still couldn’t see each other, but they didn’t have to. Tara could feel his loving smile on her. And she was confident that he felt hers, as well.

For a moment, they lingered in their sexual union – her womanly flesh milking him for every drop of his masculine release. Once the orgasmic rush subsided, she parted from him and captured his lips in a soft kiss. Through the darkness, they found one another once more. And this simple gesture capped off a wonderous act that had emerged through the darkness.

“I love you,” Tara said as she rested her head atop his chest.

“I love you, too,” Aaron replied.

“Even when it’s dark…even when I think I’m tired…you know how to treat a woman,” she said.

“What can I say? It’s a gift and a skill.”

“Call it what you want, babe. I’m happy to share both.” “So am I.”

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Jack’s CreepyPastas: The Dark Protector

This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World.

This video is a CreepyPasta story that I wrote and narrated myself. Enjoy!

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The NFL Playoffs, Peacock, And A (Bullshit) Precedent

I love football. I hope I’ve made that abundantly clear by now.

And this is one of the best times of the year to be an NFL fan. It’s the start of the NFL playoffs. The regular season is over. The best teams have set themselves apart. And now, it’s time to see who is ready to make a championship run to the Super Bowl.

As an NFL fan, these next few weeks are often among the best. But this year, we encountered an unexpected complication. One of the biggest matchups of Wild Card Weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins, was not available to watch on standard broadcast or basic cable. Instead, fans had to use the Peacock streaming service to watch it.

Now, let me go on record as saying I fucking hate this.

Seriously, fuck the NFL for making this kind of bullshit deal. This isn’t some random regular season game, nor is this a streaming service that most people have. This is the goddamn playoffs! These are all national games that, for over 50 years, have been available to watch on basic broadcast and cable. It seems so simple, putting a major sports event on TV in a form where most people can watch it.

But this time, the NFL decided to fuck all those loyal fans over by essentially locking a playoff game behind a goddamn paywall. And this is after they recently repackaged NFL Sunday Ticket with YouTube TV for nearly $500! I know the NFL is the biggest sports league in America by a very wide margin. I also know football is the most popular sport by an even wider margin. But this is just bullshit greed taken to a whole new level.

And, given how the NFL seems to not give a damn about fan outrage, I have a feeling this won’t be the last time. Peacock, which is owned by NBC Universal, paid the NFL a lot of money to stream that game exclusively. They don’t care if it pisses off fans. They just care if it gives them a small uptick in subscribers. And because fans have little power in wake of all that money, this is going to set a bullshit precedent that nobody outside executives likes.

Even though the outrage even drew ire from congressmen, I don’t know if that will change anything. I just know that, if this bullshit deal made both sides extra money, then they’re going to do it again and it won’t matter how pissed off fans are. That’s just the world we live in.

So, in wake of this level of hopelessness, I just want to say one more time fuck the NFL! Fuck NBC Universal! And fuck Peacock!

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SAG-AFTRA’s Deal For AI And Video Game Voice Actors: Why It Matters (And Why It’s Concerning)

One of the biggest stories in 2023 was the SAG-AFTRA strike, which also coincided with the WGA strike. It was one of the most impactful and extensive labor disputes in recent history. Some would even argue it was the most important strike to ever occur in the entertainment industry. I’m certainly inclined to agree with that. That’s part of why I felt compelled to mention it.

The strike by both unions had many issues of concern, but one of the biggest had to do with artificial intelligence and emerging technology like generative AI. Both writers and actors alike were concerned that studios would start using AI to effectively replace them or use their past works to create derivatives without any compensation.

It was a very legitimate concern. I’m of the opinion it was the single most pressing issue for everyone involved in the entertainment industry. Artificial intelligence is no longer just the domain of sci-fi stories. Even the limitations of existing tools are capable of producing music, art, literature, and various other forms of content. Future tools promise to be even more effective.

Eventually, in the not-so-distant future, AI tools might get to a point where they can produce content at or near the quality of any human. They don’t even need to achieve human-level intelligence. They just need the right amount of refinement, investment, and engineering.

But even with this pressing issue, both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA largely won their dispute. They were able to get a contract that included provisions protecting them from future encroachments by AI. That is certainly an important, worthwhile consideration. It helps ensure that those working in the entertainment industry can continue to make a living.

However, less than a few months after the strike ended, there are already new encroachments. And they’re happening with the full support and sanction of SAG-AFTRA. According to multiple reports, the union reached a deal with a company called Replica Studios to allow actors to license their voices to be replicated by artificial intelligence for video games.

Naturally, this has caused some concern and consternation, especially among voice actors who do a great deal of work in gaming. On the surface, it seems like an about-face. This seems like a manifestation of what they were protesting against during the strike, letting studios use AI to replicate iconic voices or figures in certain productions.

However, I don’t think it would be accurate to say this is a complete reversal. For one, SAG-AFTRA makes it clear that the intention of the deal is to ensure that those whose voices are licensed and utilized by AI receive appropriate compensation. This way, studios can’t just use a bunch of recordings of a famous voice and stick them in a game without paying the appropriate people. That is perfectly reasonable.

At the same time, there’s no denying that this will undermine current and future voice actors working within the gaming industry. The process for voice acting in most modern games can be extensive and expensive. A high-profile game like Grand Theft Auto V cost over $250 million to develop, unadjusted for inflation, and that game involved a lot of voiceover work.

Developing video games has only become more expensive over time, much more so than movies, TV shows, or music. Some are already estimating that the development of Grand Theft Auto VI could exceed $2 billion when all is said and done. No matter how you feel about video games or their development, that is not sustainable.

In that context, it makes sense to allow the use of AI tools to help cut down on that cost, especially as games and computing power increases. And it will certainly benefit those who have iconic, established voices in the video game industry.

But for those who aren’t in the industry yet or just aren’t well-known, this could be the first step in rendering voice acting in video games an unviable career path. It could become to acting what switchboard operators were to telephones.

I don’t doubt for a second that those in SAG-AFTRA are aware of this. They have to know on some levels that AI technology will continue to advance. They can’t fight it. They can’t stop it. They can’t prevent it from becoming more and more capable with each passing year.

And unlike video or artwork, mimicking voices is a more mature technology. It’s something that doesn’t really need much refinement to replace the work of a human voice actor. If they didn’t make this deal, then it just would’ve been harder to work around with each passing year.

Even if this deal is ultimately beneficial to actors and voice actors, it should still be a concern. It sets an early precedent for how unions, studios, and actors are attempting to accommodate advances in AI with their profession. While this primarily impacts the gaming industry, it is bound to affect others eventually.

There will come a point where AI is capable of replicating the imagery, mannerisms, and presence of any living actor. There will also come a point where AI is capable of producing animated content that’s difficult to distinguish from the kind that’s traditionally produced. What happens to the industry and those who work within it at that point? Would this deal that SAG-AFTRA did for gaming work? Or will it only delay further disruptions?

I don’t claim to know the answer. But if you’re involved in the entertainment industry in any way, this warrants serious attention. The existing AI tools we have now are plenty disruptive. They’re only going to get better with time, investment, and better engineering. The incentives are strong and at this point, there’s no putting the AI genie back in the bottle.

This technology isn’t just going to affect our lives. It’s going to affect how we make a living. If we don’t find a way to coexist with it, then that will only cause greater problems down the line. And it will impact far more than video game development.

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Ultimate Spider-Man #1 Review: A Bold New Way

This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World.

This video is my full review of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto. This newly-rebooted Ultimate universe is in need of its heroes. But the Peter Parker in this universe never became Spider-Man as a teenager. Instead, he lived a normal life, marrying Mary Jane Watson and having two kids with her.

Now, in wake of the events of Ultimate Invasion, we finally see the origin of a very different, but ultimately refreshing kind of Spider-Man. Enjoy!

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My (Terrible) Experience With COVID-19 (And A Reminder To Get Vaccinated)

Being sick sucks. I think we can all agree on that.

It doesn’t matter what you’re sick with. That doesn’t make the experience any less debilitating. Even something as simple as a headache can hinder your ability to do anything, major or minor. But when you’re sick with something serious, that compounds every aspect of why being sick sucks.

I know this because over the holidays, I got very sick. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say the 2023 holiday season was the sickest I’ve been in over five years. Being someone who works out regularly and makes a concerted effort to stay healthy, it was more than a little jarring. To make everything so much worse, I found out early on that I was sick with COVID-19.

While many believe the COVID-19 pandemic to be over, there’s no question that the disease is still raging. Granted, the strains going around today aren’t nearly as severe as the ones we saw at the start of the pandemic in 2020. On top of that, we have better treatments and multiple vaccines with which to combat it. But it is still a serious disease and one you do not want to deal with.

I can say that definitively, having dealt with it. And I freely admit, I was among those who thought I no longer had to worry about COVID-19. Since it began in 2020, I felt very fortunate to have never contracted it. I did test myself regularly and even on days when I didn’t feel 100 percent, they came back negative.

At times, that was surprising because a lot of people within my family and friends did contract the disease at some point. My parents got it. My siblings dealt with it. I even had multiple cousins and their friends deal with it. By 2023, I worked under the assumption that I had probably been exposed, but didn’t show any symptoms. And since I had also been vaccinated, I thought I didn’t have anything to worry about.

I was wrong.

I was painfully, frustratingly wrong.

I actually started feeling sick shortly after Christmas dinner. At the time, I thought it was just me having eaten too much or a general product of a stressful holiday season. But then, the symptoms compounded. My throat got sore. I started coughing a lot. And my face became hot, even in the middle of winter. At times, my face felt like I had just stuck my head in the oven. That’s when I started to get worried, but I thought it was something I could sleep off.

Again, I was wrong.

The day after Christmas was the day I felt really sick. I had plans to visit my uncle and siblings. I even had plans to go out to breakfast that day. I thought I could push through it. Then, one of my siblings demanded I take a COVID test before I drove over. I ended up taking two. And when both came back positive, pretty much all my holiday plans from that point forward were cancelled.

It was very upsetting. I vividly remember cursing more in that morning than I had at any point in 2023. But it gave me painful confirmation that I was very sick and this was not something I could tough out. It was also not something I could risk spreading to family members. My relatives include young children and cancer survivors. And there was no way I was ever going to put them at risk.

So, from December 26th until several days after New Year, I isolated in my home. And no, it was not a relaxing staycation. I didn’t just missed out on multiple holiday activities with friends and loved ones. I ended up experiencing a wide range of horrible symptoms that felt like my body was torturing me from the inside.

My sinuses were stuffed and clogged in ways I had not experienced, despite a long history of allergies.

My throat was sore and my voice was weak in a way that exceeded the worst cases of strep throat I ever had.

My lung capacity was severely diminished, so much so that just talking on the phone or walking up a flight of stairs would leave me winded. As someone who regularly runs three miles a day, this genuinely scared me.

But the fever was still probably the worst symptom and not just because of my temperature. My head kept getting physically hot as my fever fluctuated constantly, despite the cold weather outside. At one point, I had to go out on my deck at 2:00 a.m. in 24-degree weather to cool down because my head was so hot.

But the weirdest and most disturbing symptom I experienced during my entire bout with COVID-19 was the insomnia. That was probably the most frustrating and the most disturbing. Usually, when you get sick, you just want to sleep it off or sleep until it runs its course. But with this strain of COVID-19, I physically could not get tired.

For three solid nights, I would just lay in bed trying to sleep. But no matter what I did, I remained painfully alert, even when the rest of my symptoms were tempered with medications. I tried cutting out coffee. I tried avoiding sugar. But nothing seemed to work. I couldn’t make myself tired. I couldn’t even make myself drowsy. And I almost always get drowsy in the afternoon, so that was a strange experience.

By the fourth day, I took some over-the-counter sleeping pills that finally allowed me to sleep through the night. I still felt like crap the next day, but just getting some sleep did help. And after that night, the worst of my symptoms started to lesson.

By New Years Eve, I was able to sleep on my own and manage most of the symptoms. I was still coughing a lot and my sinuses were still stuffed up. But my fever had gone down, my appetite was normal, and I didn’t feel quite as weak. I still kept losing my breath when I went up a flight of stairs and people could tell I was sick whenever I talked to them on the phone. But I was on the road to recovery.

As I write this, I feel fine. My lung capacity is almost back to what it once was, my sinuses are normal, and my sleep schedule is back to normal. But make no mistake, this disease left an impression on me and, having gone through it, I have a few important messages to those who think COVID-19 is over.

For one, get vaccinated! Seriously people, stop making excuses and stop giving any attention to anti-vaxxers.

In this regard, I failed to take my own advice. This past fall, I did get my usual flu shot. The flu had surged in my area and I thought that was more pressing. But I did not get a COVID-19 booster because I foolishly thought it was no longer an issue. I had opportunities. I could’ve gotten one at pharmacy that’s less than three blocks from my home.

But I didn’t and, as a result, my holiday was ruined and I experienced the worst sickness I’ve had in years.

Even so, I still consider myself lucky. As bad as I felt, I never felt sick enough to go to a hospital. I also didn’t go to an ER or visit my doctor, although I probably should have after the shortness of breath got very bad. But I did manage to heal. I did manage to get through without any noticeable damage. That might be more a product of me being relatively healthy and having a rigorous gym routine. I understand not everyone else can make that claim.

But even if you are as health conscious as me, I still highly recommend that you get a COVID-19 vaccine or a booster as soon as possible. Do not leave something like this to chance. Do not assume that the worst is behind you and if you get exposed, you’ll be able to manage it.

Trust me, you do not want to experience what I did over the holidays. You’ll be doing yourself and your loved ones a favor by being proactive. My 2023 holiday plans might have been ruined by COVID-19, but it could’ve been so much worse. And I hope everyone will take this experience I’ve shared to heart.

The pandemic might be over, but COVID-19 is still a concern. Take it seriously. Otherwise, it might cost you more than your holiday plans.

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Napster, Generative AI, And How The Internet’s Past May Define Its Future

This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World.

This video explores a major chapter in the history of the internet to help inform what may lay ahead for the future. And for those of a certain demographic, one of the most disruptive programs during the early days of the internet was Napster.

This famous/infamous program completely upended the music industry. It also triggered lawsuits and upheavals from which the industry has never recovered. How it all played out was complicated, but the end result set a precedent that has helped shape the course of the internet.

Now, with the rise of generative AI, a similar predicament is playing out. And we would all be wise to heed the lessons learned from Napster.

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Happy New Year 2024!

We did it!

We made it through another year!

That, alone, is something worth celebrating these days. Now, today is the first day of a new year. Nobody knows what 2024 will bring. Nobody knows what sort of upheavals, challenges, and triumphs lay ahead. But with every new year comes new opportunities. With new opportunities come new potential. Whatever form it takes, I look forward to pursuing and realizing it as best I can.

But for now, let’s just celebrate the year we had and enjoy the start of something new.

So, from the bottom of my heart and to everyone reading this, Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year 2024 | Hopes, Gratitude, And Resolutions

This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World.

This video is a retrospect of what came in 2023 and a hopeful outlook for what awaits in 2024. Enjoy!

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