RIP in peace

I need a young priest and an old priest…

Survivorship bias is kind of how capitalism works. The most unscrupulous ways are the easiest and fastest ways to gain money and money-adjacent things. Its not always good for long-term earning, but by that point the capitalists have moves on to something else leaving the workers to shoulder the loss. The less capable capitalists end up sharing that burden with the workers sometimes, meaning they end up not surviving to billionaire-hood.

Basically, to become a billionaire you have to survive all the other people trying to get there as well. Being more ruthless and more conniving, and more willing to throw others under the bus.

We can say there are exceptions, and Gabe and Valve certainly seem like ones… but as others have pointed out, they’ve resorted to less than savory methods on occasion to make sure they come out ahead. Its unlikely that its to an extreme reached by other industries (diamonds and chocolate come to mind first), but that doesn’t mean they have no guilt to bear. Just more forgivable to most in light of alternatives.

*when selling steam keys

No wonder it’s so empty…

All of Discworld.

That’d be a pretty big book…

Can I move in with you?

Yeah, but at least they’ll be on better terms to negotiate their contracts.

Let’s see if they make the most of it…

Is this a meme too?

Yes, as we all know no one ever takes jokes too far to the point of electing them president of a powerful nation.

James Willems, is that you?

I’m pretty sure they’re all just really pixels.

Sadly that’s the risk of any innovation, that someone will use it to manipulate and abuse others for power or pleasure.

The people telling you Wikipedia wasn’t a valid source were teachers who wanted you to learn to verify information. The people telling you to “just ask chatgpt” are middle managers who just want to get their kpi up to justify their yearly bonus.

They were never the same people, and implying they are is very disingenuous.

Well, also “as proof of a concept that may to lead to something more useful”

I once had some papa john’s pizza, never again.

On a scale of dorito to jolly rancher how would you rate it?

His wife will fix it in post…

My god… GTA Online was a battle royale all along…

“back then”

2010… only a couple years before GTA V came out. We were well into the digital era by then.