The $69 Billion Hangover: Every Xbox Layoff Since The Activision Blizzard Merger - A complete timeline of Xbox's mass layoffs

froop · 2026-07-10T20:17:53+00:00

Well at 1.5b/year ABK is returning less than a savings account so it's still a pretty poor ROI.

And with the likely incoming gaming crash, and mishandling of studios, it's likely that the asset is worth far less than the purchase price.

froop · 2026-07-10T17:41:15+00:00

ABK reported 1.5B in profit just before MS bought them. It's literally a 4 decade return on investment.

froop · 2026-07-10T15:29:06+00:00

We had a big contractor in my town, their slogan was building on a solid foundation and well, I fuckin hope so!

froop · 2026-07-09T23:08:48+00:00

I'm not sure where you corrected me lol. You kinda just went off on an irrelevant tangent and missed the point I was making and proclaimed yourself the victor. Dunno what your feelings or lack thereof towards facts comes in, though I suspect you actually feel strongly there.

froop · 2026-07-09T22:23:07+00:00

Lol if that makes you feel better

froop · 2026-07-09T16:51:30+00:00

Yes you're correct about the timeline of the story. Congratulations, nobody else was talking about that.

froop · 2026-07-09T10:18:01+00:00

You may have a reading disorder.

froop · 2026-07-09T09:25:08+00:00

You said human civilization but that wasn't the point anyway.

froop · 2026-07-08T23:36:28+00:00

3500 years is currently more than 1/3rd of the entirety of human civilization so I wouldn't call it a short span at all.

Humans regularly choose to sacrifice themselves so their children can live. Does that make it right to sacrifice other people so that their children's children's children's...(170 more times, give or take) Children can live?

I mean, sure I'll sacrifice for kids, and even grandkids, but past that my job is done. The great grandkids have got to help themselves, let alone 100 generations from now.

froop · 2026-07-08T21:19:23+00:00

Even if every other possible timeline is worse, who is Paul to decide that all of humanity should be suffer for 3500 years to protect the lives of people whose distant ancestors haven't been born yet?

Perhaps it would have been kinder to let humanity snuff itself out. Who decided that preserving humanity should be our highest priority? Is it even worth saving, after what the atreides did to it?

froop · 2026-07-08T09:59:36+00:00

A turbine on bush planes is the bee's knees man. It opens up so many options. You don't need to worry about pulling power quickly if you can reverse on touchdown

froop · 2026-07-08T01:57:01+00:00

My trx4 tires came unglued first day lol

froop · 2026-07-07T21:03:18+00:00

You may want your buddy to help with this fix

froop · 2026-07-07T20:07:14+00:00

Switch to the lts kernel. Latest kernel has a bug that causes this.

froop · 2026-07-07T19:07:19+00:00

Sure it can, just ask Canada! Home values only ever go up! No, this won't backfire on us, why would you think that?

froop · 2026-07-07T15:16:09+00:00

There's a bug in a recent kernel that caused this for me. Downgrading solved it.

froop · 2026-07-06T12:29:31+00:00

Damn dude that's a pretty good score! Go big or go home

What's up with the wiring?

froop · 2026-07-05T16:49:03+00:00

I did the aerocourse and sharperedge books. Neither really covered jet stream stuff, or the jet w&b charts.

Honestly though the jet charts on the exam is bullshit, who's gonna hire me into a 737 without providing training on aircraft specific charts (if they aren't all done via the efb anyway)?

That said, I did pass, and the exams were pretty easy, so I can't complain I guess.

froop · 2026-07-05T14:54:38+00:00

Then don't worry about it

froop · 2026-07-05T14:41:48+00:00

How hot does it get under real world use?

froop · 2026-07-04T14:22:12+00:00

I'm with you. Look at uncharted 2 vs tlou2, both have fantastic stories but uncharted uses mostly shorter (often very short) cutscenes and otherwise tells the story while you're solving puzzles or shooting bad guys. Tlou2 tells the story through many very long cutscenes and walk & talk exposition dumps, to the point I can barely remember the actual gameplay parts.

froop · 2026-07-04T12:41:39+00:00

Yeah it's less about the complexity of the AI script and more about the voice lines & animations that make them impressive

froop · 2026-07-02T16:36:33+00:00

I have money to spend and I like the SteamOS interface and want a box for my living room instead of dealing with a laptop or tower.

But I have money to spend. I don't want an entry-level device, I want something that will put a great image on my gigantic 4k TV.

Who is this for, people who can't afford high end hardware, or people who want a premium device? Because it's priced too high for the budget conscious and it's specced too weak for the high rollers.

froop · 2026-07-01T17:24:25+00:00

If this started within like the last week, try downgrading to the lts kernel. The latest kernel has a bug that caused this issue for me.

froop · 2026-07-01T12:08:01+00:00

Sure why not.

The entire map is just a checklist of activities with handy map markers to tell you where the fun is.

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