I used to buy a lot more. The combination of getting laid off and only finding a shit job that pays shit (thanks AI) and inflation are the big factors.

Capitalists can go fuck themselves. If they want people to buy they need to pay us.

I never see characters in games as “me”. I try to make someone hot or wacky. Often that’s a buff lady. Sometimes it’s “the biggest beard and hair I can get”.

What a piece of shit.

That money could have gone to so many better causes. I hope he suffers.

That settlement isn’t big enough and the people responsible for the firing aren’t punished enough.

We really should stop letting companies buy each other. In fact we should split the big ones up.

I will unilaterally decide.

First off, conservatives aren’t allowed to speak anymore.

That… that might be it. I might be done. Now everyone else can get to work building a better world.

He’s lying. Or bullshitting. Whatever you call it when people say shit without any regard for the truth. Typical conservative slop.

People don’t think too good when they’re emotional, so this would be very effective.

I don’t understand how so many people played final fantasy 7 and the only lesson they seemed to take from the story is “tifa got big titties”

It’s not corporate owned. No profit motive to turn things to shit.

Don’t blame the tool, blame the user 😁

I compare it to snapshot tests a lot. They’re similarly constrained by “good if used wisely” but most people don’t do that. It’s easier to use them extensively. That’s just how people are. They do the easy thing

Paying more money for better results doesn’t fit into the world view of many business decision makers.

How do you feel about people who refuse to use ride-share like Uber because it’s exploiting labor? I don’t want to give them any money because fuck them, but some of my friends say the drivers need money so refusing to use it is only hurting them.

The up-front cost of a console is probably cheaper, barring putting some labor in and getting lucky on sales. You’re right about that.

A PC has more utility, a larger library, and no subscription fee. That $80/year PsPlus subscription eats into the savings pretty fast. And when your playstation is end-of-life, it’s far less useful than an older PC.

I’m sure some PC-building nerds would be happy to help put together a cost effective machine for you, but sadly I’m not that kind of nerd. I splurged on a pre-built machine when I had a nice job.

Can they both fail? Consoles kind of suck. Closed platform owned by mega corps. Their main appeals of “easy” and “cheaper” haven’t been true for years.

Microsoft could have done like a … Steam machine for windows like 25 years ago. Optimized windows install on certified hardware, games that also play on desktop windows. They could’ve made steam. Except they couldn’t because they’re a souless corporate husk full of parasitic ghouls.

Fuck em. Fuck them all.

If I could get hired someplace else, I would go.

Sadly, everywhere either isn’t hiring or is frothing at the mouth over AI.

Software job.

Good: this place is so dysfunctional I can fuck off most of the day.

Bad: the place is extremely dysfunctional. Pays crap. No benefits.

Not going to buy a PlayStation.

I imagine in a few years they’ll come crawling back, and learn nothing from the whole experience.

Well, yeah, AI is mostly garbage. Fuck it. Fuck the people pushing it.

It’s a horrible policy that people stop paying social security tax at like $200k or something. That’s backwards. The first $50k or so should be untaxed, and it should ramp up from there.