Yep. A lot of these tech companies that have run in the red for years are now being called on to produce a profit and pay the big backers.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

That’s not the one I was talking about, but it doesn’t surprise me.

I just assume it’s a convoluted way to present Loss.

Same thing is happening a lot of places. One large american company that I’m not going to mention is doing several rounds of layoffs along with a return to office initiative.

That’s a conspiracy I can get behind. I have noticed a lot of times one of them grows a conscience for half a moment something damning comes out about them soon after.

Some cults use a similar tactic. You’ve joined, you’re sucked in, and suddenly if you really want the inner mysteries you have to do something terrible on video to prove your loyalty. Then it’s impossible to get out without destroying your life.

Apparently, SpaceX has special tactics to stoke his grandiose ego and trick him into giving them the freedom they need.

It’s a tale as old as bosses. Many of them have big egos and think that because they’re in charge that magically gives them expertise. So if you want to do something you either get them looking at something shiny or you make them think it’s their idea.

I had a boss like that ages ago. If I wanted to work on something out of the ordinary I would plant the idea, then a few weeks later I would remind him that he brought it up a while ago. I used the fact that he had a million things going on so he never really remembered who brought it up. I didn’t care that he got the credit because I got to work on cool things and expand my repertoire.

Why do you think we have mostly terrible “journalism” these days?

https://xkcd.com/644/

That’s why way back in the day they had GIMPshop and why there’s PhotoGIMP now.

I bled 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, and 21st of October. I plan on doing it backwards this month. My cup and non-existent uterus runneth over. I’m thinking of having a pregnancy scare next month sometime, just in time for the holidays.

I’m getting some rainbow truck nuts and a car bra for my truck. I like to keep folks guessing.

My favorite is Stop Having Fun, Guys. Broken Base hits too close to home for too many franchises I enjoy.

So I went and looked. OP seems like a very unhappy individual. I found traces of the below plus a lot of the “whiney entitled gamer” archetype. I sure hope they find happiness someday.

It’s Easy so it Sucks

It’s Short so it Sucks

Unpleasable Fanbase

“Stop Having Fun” Guys

Who, me? Never.

It’s my fault. I signed up for it before I realized it was a pro China instance and the other day I said I’m not a Communist.

Artists of all types. Egirls. Game creators. News organizations.

I played Cyberpunk on Stadia. It was pretty good, no complaints from me. Stadia worked out really well in general for me.

I replaced it with a Steam Deck when it shut down. I used the money that Google refunded me and ended up not spending anything on it. I think BG3 was the first Steam purchase I made that didn’t come out of the refund.

I liked cloud gaming. I may dabble in it again someday but I don’t play often anyway and now I have a backlog so it’ll be a while.

Probably unpopular, but I really like Studio One. Reaper is more powerful, and I love it too, but there’s something about Studio One that just let me wrap my brain around it the first time I used it. For me, it’s great for quick and dirty production which is a lot of what I do and “just works” with my interface and mixing console.

Of course that’s not the case for everyone and a lot of folks want and need something with more to it.

You’re exactly right. Given the circles we run in it’s easy to forget the rest of the world just doesn’t give a shit about any of this.