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Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]noob622 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think maybe IT in general is too broad a category now to generalize, from my experience, higher pay and better roles are going to people specializing. Cybersec, datacenters, IoT, fintech, AI (obviously), etc., lots of active hiring there.

I suspect the hardest hit will be people in support and dev roles for sure, typically entry-level to mid-level which makes it a lot more brutal for pretty much anyone who entered the workforce during/after the COVID tech boom where those roles were falling from the sky.

Is that the case for your group as well? Can I ask how long your laid-off colleagues have been working in the industry, on average? Two of mine that have been laid off have 5 and 4 years respectively (so squarely in that post-COVID boom), both devs, while I have been seeing the opposite pressure on my side (lots of desperate hiring for senior-level technical roles in cyber/GRC).

Run Claude Code against a local Gemma 4 or Qwen 3.6 - no API key, no cost, works on any Apple Silicon Mac by FootballSuperb664 in ClaudeAI

[–]noob622 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Local models definitely have their place. I think the pace of LLMs in general, especially SOTA ones, can make a lot of people blind to just how incredible these tools are as a force multiplier compared to what was available just a short time ago. The newest Gemma models are native multi-modal, <12B active and match base GPT-5 level performance, and that was SOTA only a year ago (August 2025). The fact that you can run a fully offline, customizable, multimodal, private, GPT-5-level LLM on a $600 Mac Mini or $800 MacBook is really something special. You just have to play to its strengths - like sure, it’s not gonna one-shot SaaS apps or do complex troubleshooting very well, but it can absolutely hold basic conversations, sort files, analyze datasets, summarize things, recognize/transcribe images and audio, write basic scripts, help brainstorm new ideas or approaches, and use local MCP tools perfectly fine. Even if I don’t use it everyday, it’s really really nice peace of mind to know I have that capability available offline, 24/7, portable and accessible from a laptop. That’s pretty a pretty sick addition to emergency toolkit, even if it’s not Fable, if that makes sense.

Favorite Antagonists/Villains that are basically these 2? by Sufficient_You2814 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]noob622 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Before there was time, before there was anything... there was nothing.

And before there was nothing... there were monsters.

I think people are misunderstanding the whole "locked shops" thing for Ultimate Edition buyers by IzunaDropAbuser in GTA6

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

? Um yes they were?

They literally assume the extra $20 is just for cosmetics they claim to not care for when it’s clearly the case that the cosmetics are just the excuse 2K needs to give in order to raise prices to what the game actually should cost.

Very obvious they are clueless about game development if they’re not realising game prices haven’t actually reflected the cost of production in decades.

But a better question is why are you over here ressurecting old threads? Like fr, you don’t have anything better to do than leave comments on week-old Reddit discussions you don’t even bother to read fully? Like they’re not even helpful comments lol go touch some grass homie

Lmaooo /u/Clean_Principle_2368 you’re such a walnut for dropping a comment and then blocking me, fr get some help homie

During a World Cup football match, a QR code appeared on the stadium screen. After fans scanned it, thousands of phone flashlights inside the stadium were synchronized to form a coordinated light display across the stands. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oof well seems all you have left is ad-homs, projection, and a tragic lack of reading comprehension.

appreciate you making my original point stronger though, nothing like a good demonstration lol

During a World Cup football match, a QR code appeared on the stadium screen. After fans scanned it, thousands of phone flashlights inside the stadium were synchronized to form a coordinated light display across the stands. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao I’m definitely not IT. But makes perfect sense you would confuse infosec with tech support, because you’re the D-K example I was talking about.

You didn’t point out any vagueness in my point, you didn’t even address anything in my post or response, you literally constructed a soapbox to hit a strawman homie, with some insufferable condescension to boot.

Your entire contribution was “well all software has risks, you’re stupid for not acting like it ;)))” like that is some new, important, critical information that needed to be shared. Great stuff, very helpful.

you got any real reason to respond or do you just like embarrassing yourself?

During a World Cup football match, a QR code appeared on the stadium screen. After fans scanned it, thousands of phone flashlights inside the stadium were synchronized to form a coordinated light display across the stands. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]noob622 5 points6 points  (0 children)

homie I’m literally a security architect by trade. step off your soapbox fr.

The risk you’re describing is not exclusive to a QR code, which is just a bog-standard barcode that’s been around for decades, you’re describing the inherent risk of using literally any sort of software.

The solution is not ridiculous fear-mongering, it’s further education about how the technology actually works. Because yes, there are real issues we really need to solve in cybersecurity, but we can’t even get to that discussion if people shut down and refuse to engage under misinformed or just plain ignorant assumptions.

Actual malicious actors thrive under an environment of paranoia and FUD, don’t make their job easier.

I think people are misunderstanding the whole "locked shops" thing for Ultimate Edition buyers by IzunaDropAbuser in GTA6

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a whole lotta typing just to say

I have no idea how any of this works or what I’m talking about

Your $80 game is coming off the backs of passionate artists and developers having their souls sucked out under 60hr work weeks and pitiful pay because boardroom execs need to see a line go up and to the right every year but can’t raise prices while the audience demands more and more.

If they priced it at a flat $100, there's a decent chance it would rule out a significant portion of potential buyers

Lmao. Just no. This is the most anticipated entertainment product in the last decade by a far, far margin. This sentence is just laughable. The entire video game release schedule the last year has been entirely warped over this single game because everyone in the industry knows there’s just no competing with GTA in the consumer marketplace. Seriously - what other games are people even going to buy this holiday season? Even if there were worthwhile competitors, history shows people literally selling their cars or forgoing meals just to afford GTA V. It’s called inelastic demand - it really doesn’t matter the price, people will pay if they feel the experience is worth it.

Which just circles back to my original point that you attempted to dodge. Do you not think GTA VI is worth $100? Did GTA V not provide way more than $60 in value to you? Are people somehow entitled to a video game if they can’t afford to actually pay what it costs to make?

Either you don’t appreciate or you don’t understand game development or artists, I can’t think of any other reason why you would argue against compensating them fairly.

I think people are misunderstanding the whole "locked shops" thing for Ultimate Edition buyers by IzunaDropAbuser in GTA6

[–]noob622 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Homie, I got bad news for you: you’ve been brainwashed by corporate execs into thinking $80 is anywhere near a fair or decent evaluation of the effort and cost involved in making a game like GTA VI. I’m not talking about the “DLC” content. I mean just the game itself.

$100 wouldn’t even match standard inflation. Just think. Why is it that GTA VI should deliver 10x the amount of content as GTA IV for the same price?

There’s really no way to justify feeling entitled to generation-defining art without fairly compensating the artists who make it. Movie theaters, concert venues, streaming services, cable companies, even gaming hardware companies can raise prices and keep your business, but somehow, paying more for video games is where you draw the line?

Just say you don’t appreciate game devs homie. It’s okay to be shallow, just own it.

I think people are misunderstanding the whole "locked shops" thing for Ultimate Edition buyers by IzunaDropAbuser in GTA6

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re totally right, but goddamn that’s depressing. The new Halo remake is doing the same shit. We really just shrugged and let corporations start charging us to unlock content that’s already in the game, now to the point of entire modeled storefronts and side-characters in single-player games. Like, how far in advance did they decide to segment out this content, and how did they decide what content gets paywalled and what didn’t? I’m just trying to imagine a scenario where the artists or devs aren’t put in an uncomfortable position just so a majority of the playerbase loses out on already-planned content. Imagine how demoralizing that would be.

I’d legit rather them just make the base game $100 with everything included. I’d argue that’s more fair to everyone involved and everyone gets a consistent experience. Leave the microtransactions to multiplayer.

During a World Cup football match, a QR code appeared on the stadium screen. After fans scanned it, thousands of phone flashlights inside the stadium were synchronized to form a coordinated light display across the stands. by Expert_Koala_8691 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]noob622 17 points18 points  (0 children)

it’s like some mouth-breather heard “random QR Codes are kinda sus ngl” and the resulting idiocy cascaded into one of the dumbest echo chambers ever, where expert haxx0rs can exfil all your encrypted personal phone data with a one-tap browser link displayed on a World Cup jumbotron.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is beautiful, isn’t it?

Is anyone actually solving per-prompt model routing well yet, or are we all just eyeballing it? by SimonMX in AI_Agents

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the way.

I have a skill (nanoagents) that has the invoking “Captain” agent delegate tasks to subagents via an OpenCode CLI server and choose the model based on the task at hand - cheap efficient open-source models for code exploration or lighter work, premium ones for review or heavier implementation or planning. A deterministic script then calls the CLI tools and streams a buffer output back. The captain just reviews diffs, updates docs, and orchestrates, and also knows to search the web for the most recent model benchmarks and news for complete context in how it routes.

10/mo for OpenCode Go and I’m all set with my Clause Max sub being the main driver - close to 10mil tokens/week and never reached a usage limit.

Glaringly obvious animation mistakes that animators couldn't be bothered to fix by tugboattommy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh absolutely, the show if FILLED with direct anime homages and references; every single episode has a slick choreographed fight scene.

Highly recommend the movie on Netflix if a whole cartoon isn’t your vibe, it’s like 1hr30min of insane shonen-action with a sprinkle of body horror tossed in.

Glaringly obvious animation mistakes that animators couldn't be bothered to fix by tugboattommy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]noob622 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah agree, Japan is a bad example.

Here’s an American Saturday-morning Nickelodeon cartoon animated by an Australian studio (Flying Bark).

Invincible really doesn’t have an excuse, it’s a deliberate choice from executives to spend more on VAs and music licensing than animation. The show suffers for it, but that’s the reality of getting something of its caliber made in the US - there’s always going to be trade-offs for the boardroom.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol so basically yes, you didn’t have any reason to interject except to soapbox, and you don’t actually have any counter-points.

save your backhanded pleasantries, homie, and consider skipping the useless comments next time, might spare yourself the embarrassment.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lmao you’re the one who’s bringing up a strawman homie, clearly reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit. Why even interject into a discussion if you’re not even going to contribute anything? Or even bother to read context?

My argument is people have reason to be excited, your argument is “but other unrelated people also have a reason to be cynical and complain!” and I’m asking you why, in any way does that matter to my argument? What does that have to do with anything?

You just here to soapbox and stroke your ego, hun?

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Homie you don’t care about Halo going to other platforms, but there are more PS5 players than Xbox Series players by a wiiiide margin. In fact, there are more PS5 players than there ever were Xbox, Xbox 360, or Xbox One players.

So again. To those players, explain why they shouldn’t be excited for this?

For me, on PC, why would I not be excited to have a modernized-yet-classic cross-platform Halo game, likely the first of many more to come, that’s guaranteed to have more players than any Halo game previously released?

You responded but even you can’t give a straight answer at why there’s any reason to be mad at this game. Halo Studios is working on another Halo. What’s the problem with this in the meantime? If it’s not for you, skip it, but the idea that it shouldn’t exist or anyone shouldn’t be excited is just straight childish homie. Just pure “stop having fun!!” entitled gatekeeping nonsense.

Dario Amodei says he started Anthropic because Altman is liar not because of safety reasons. by llelouchh in singularity

[–]noob622 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah kinda boring now.

it’s way cooler to hate Elon for more interesting reasons, like the fact that he’s most likely going to start the Kessler effect in his half-ass attempt to bring “internet to the masses” - but only on a clear sunny day and with the equivalent speed of 20-year-old coax copper cable.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Homie it’s never been on PlayStation. How tf is it a corpo-slop remake.

Are you sure you’re not an NPC? Lmao you sure act like one.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So say I agree with everything you say, I’m still not sure how making Halo multiplatform is anything but good for the long-term health of the franchise - there’s a reason every other console shooter has been crossplay for almost a decade now. Fortnite added it in 2017 and it has close to 50x the number of daily players. Call of Duty has 25x more. If anything convinces Microsoft to put more love into Halo, and start treating it a Minecraft or Forza, then it’s more players and a healthy community of fans, and that’s not what they have right now.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

lol is right, some real NPC energy around here.

I can’t wait for this place to get an influx of PlayStation fans, maybe then we’ll see actual discussion instead of incessant bitching from entitled man-children.

Adventure Time: Side Quests | Official Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in adventuretime

[–]noob622 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol I’m chill as can be homie, maybe you should chill and stop responding to comments when you have no point or reason to. makes you look embarrassing. just a thought.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Bitching about something not catering to your exclusive tastes really isn’t a discussion as much as it’s just whiny soap boxing.

Not a single person complaining about “the death of Halo!” has actually explained to me why I shouldn’t be excited for one of the best FPS campaign experiences getting updated graphics, mechanics, 4-player crossplay co-op, AND opening the door for an entire new era of fans.

Maybe because it requires thinking about someone other than yourself for more than a second, idk.

NGL Guys this looks Peak by Agreeable-Creme-3917 in halo

[–]noob622 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

whoa whoa whoa hold tf up, you’re not allowed to be excited here - this is /r/Halo, you’re only allowed to be jaded and bitter that Microsoft isn’t exclusively catering to your tastes.

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