bogdugg

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[–] bogdugg 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I understand the reflexive hate for tech executives, but you can do a lot worse than Phil Spencer.

[–] bogdugg 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are tons and tons of lists on Letterboxd, a social network built around movies. Sounds like exactly what you're looking for. You can find popular lists, lists created by users that appeal to your tastes, official lists put out by the site, or anything else really.

[–] bogdugg 5 points 1 year ago

I don't disagree with your overall point, but as they say, anything that can happen, will happen. I don't know when it will happen; tomorrow, 50 years, 1000 years... eventually nuclear weapons will be used in warfare again, and it will be a dark time.

[–] bogdugg 4 points 1 year ago

Didn't they already announce Marathon? Strange that this article doesn't mention it at all.

[–] bogdugg 4 points 1 year ago

It's weird, because they absolutely need to switch things up... but also they have a winning formula and so long as the games sell they will never adapt.

For me, the biggest fault isn't the tech itself (at least not directly), but the game design. Every time they strap another system to that Frankenstein's monster of an engine, those systems need to be justified in gameplay, which is harder to do the more there are. As everything grows in scale and scope, each component, whether locations or mechanics, feels less individually compelling. Then they hide mechanics behind the tech tree, which solves one issue by focusing the player experience, but now the quests feel even more bland because they need to appeal to every possible build.

[–] bogdugg 4 points 1 year ago

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Use what you think is appropriate. If you're unsure, use they/them; if they correct you, adjust accordingly. If you want to be most accommodating, default to they/them for everyone you meet unless they correct you or you learn otherwise. If you'd like others to feel more comfortable providing pronouns, providing your own - even if you believe it is obvious - can be a way to help normalize it for others.

[–] bogdugg 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

2000 shares is not millions... that's less than $100K at the current share price. For scale, the CEO was paid over $8 million in stock in 2022, of which he sold about 50000 shares over the course of the year, which would translate to roughly $2 million worth, which I assume means he's holding many more shares.

I just don't see it. Seems far more likely that he just regularly sells shares as income.

I do agree the other two are more scummy than the CEO.

[–] bogdugg 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

people who sold millions of shares

Is there a source for people selling millions of shares?

[–] bogdugg 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worth noting Biden recently put something like $60-$80 billion into improving the IRS.

[–] bogdugg 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The non-specific disdain people have for reporters, media, critics, news, etc. as if everything is created equal. I think there are many people working in news and entertainment media doing good work, yet a common refrain is "media today sucks". I think it speaks more to how you consume, what you consume, and what you expect, if you believe there is some grand degradation of journalism. Media has certainly become more fragmented, with niches of content and wider levels of quality; the floor is lower, but I also believe the ceiling is higher.

[–] bogdugg 25 points 1 year ago (6 children)

As a child, I remember it was trivial to use Google to see through surveillance webcams that people from around the world had purchased and left unsecured and public on the internet. I hadn't thought much of it then, including how obviously invasive of their privacy it was, but I think it has left me with an awareness of just how little these systems should be trusted to protect that privacy. I have no trust in the system to protect my data from anyone.

[–] bogdugg 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well actually, the dwarves were created by the smith god Aulë deep in darkness under the mountains of Middle-Earth, made to be strong and unyielding. I don't think he cared much about their reaction to the sun, it stands to reason their skin would mirror the materials used by the god that created them - clay and stone. A darker skin tone makes more sense to me frankly.

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