He asks maybe three or four times, tops.

…still too many…

Other devs, please follow suit.

This industry needs class consciousness in it yesterday.

Just because you’re paid well doesn’t mean you’re not being mistreated.

It’s valid to be thankful for what you have but to also know you deserve more.

Epic not getting enough flak for being involved.

It happened on Fortnite.

The idea that Epic didn’t know is a joke.

This has got real “A cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education” energy.

Most company leaders also believe pay and promotions could become linked to workplace attendance

Gee, I wonder who makes the decisions about linking those things, and why they might do that? It wouldn’t be to force the issue, now would it?

No shit you “believe” they’ll become linked because as the “company leader” you’re the one writing the fucking policy linking them. So much talking out their ass like they’re not the ones making this decision.

Jesus Christ these chucklefucks really want people to break out the guillotines, don’t they? They’re practically begging for it.

I’ve been aware long enough of big gaps in the libraries of streaming services that there was never a reason to give it up.

It took until fucking March of this fucking year for Spotify to have any old De La Soul to stream. Good thing I’ve had a high quality rip of their early discography for fifteen fucking years. Otherwise I would have been shit outta luck on listening to them.

I couldn’t stream a killer album from fucking 1989 in 2022. There continue to be massive gaps in their libraries due to licensing issues and people who just don’t want to get underpaid by Spotify.

And why is that anyones problem but Valve’s?

Who else is hurt by having it split?

It doesn’t hurt the players to have it split, so it feels like you are defending anti-consumer business practices just because its Valve.

Sure, but a fragmented player base impacts Valve’s bottom line more than anything else, so I don’t understand why this is an argument.

Oh no! A few thousand players will stay on the old game while the new one will still absolutely dominate the charts because people like new and novel.

Genuinely, who would that deeply affect outside of Valve trying to make sure the player base is all on the current game to make the most money? Why are we defending business practices that are clearly aimed at making the most profit at the expense of customer service?

Weren’t we all supposed to be Valve fans because we expect better of them?

Funny, on release day, I got downvoted for pointing out they pulled a Blizzard/Overwatch 2.

Half-baked release with missing content and no new content? Check.

Release removes previous release, a game that was at one time a paid game? Check.

I feel like Valve gets way too much of a pass here on this for just being Valve.

Flying around in space is cool, but the game goes out of its way to make sure that you know that “space” is not a vast openness but little boxes in front of the planet sprite.

I’m one of the few people for which this is a “strength” of the game. I have severe thalassophobia and games like No Mans Sky where I’m allowed to free-roam in space actually make me feel super anxious and nauseous. I get the same feeling when swimming in large bodies of water, or in big underwater levels in video games.

So like, a real space sim like NMS is so hard for me to face without feeling ill, but somehow, these fake little boxes in Starfield make it so I don’t feel that way enough that I can actually play it. I still get twinges of anxiety, but it’s nowhere near as bad.

This is pretty much how I feel about Starfield.

It’s got some strengths, but none of them able to cover for the sheer amount of bad boring writing and in general hamfisted story.

It’s good… if you ignore all the bad parts.

Even Fasterer: Dead bodies in boxes with physics glitches.

I wouldn’t go so far as “usually.”

There’s definitely at least a fair number of wheelchair users with great upper body strength, but I somehow doubt they’re the majority.

A lot of people, when they end up a wheelchair user, fall deep into depression and struggle in their new, disabled life.

Source: Probably more depressing than it’s worth to talk about.

Especially because they don’t actually make that much money from their online store as opposed to Amazon Web Services. That’s the behemoth that keeps them chugging along. It should be a separate company.

What users consider “Features” and what Microsoft considers “Features” are wildly different. I’d say that probably played a role in it.

Honestly, the only useful “features” in Windows I’ve found in the last few years were all provided by a non-standard Microsoft app that isn’t easy to find: PowerToys.

PowerShell is nice too, but it’s not new enough to be considered a “feature” anymore.

Bumblebees are so fuzzy! They’re adorable.

Luckily it’s usually an easy fix if you know your way around the UEFI. Just plop grub back where it needs to be in the boot order.

Although I definitely wish Windows didn’t mess with the boot order occassionally.

Also, finally, I dual-boot and I haven’t actually had this happen in about a year now. I think maybe Microsoft finally stopped fucking around (with this one thing).

EDIT: Actually, it could be because I’m on Windows 10 and they stopped “Feature Updates” and all I get are security updates now. That could be why they stopped fucking with my boot order.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-sorry-but-no-more-feature-updates-for-windows-10

I mean, the One Ring does shrink and expand to fit different… erm… fingers… perhaps it could fit something else…

I heard this in John Hamm’s voice.

I’m glad he’s doing more comedy work these days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen

When this kind of shit has a Wikipedia entry, you don’t really have an excuse for not understanding a long-term vilification of the poor in general in the US, used as an excuse for excessive means testing, and gutting social programs in general. More recently, in Florida, where they began a program of drug testing recipients of welfare, they spent more money drug testing people than they saved by kicking people off the program for being caught doing drugs.

The US is, by the numbers, a majority Christian nation. Thus it follows, a large number of those people must be behind these attitudes.