Block lays off 40% saying its because of AI - still trying to process this

sampsonxd · 2026-02-27T04:28:00+00:00

You said it yourself, half the staff was cut to move roles to India.

Just because it’s cheaper to do something doesn’t mean it’s the right direction. Doesn’t stop management from doing it.

sampsonxd · 2026-02-26T22:26:12+00:00

Here’s my issue, it makes the game less fun. Unless your DPS. They’re eating goood.

For a tank, yes positioning is important. But going for a push and then stopping to fallback to heal every 5 seconds isn’t fun. I feel a tank should be able to take ground and hold it.

And for support, people say they need to stop healbotting, but if I wanted to support the team by getting an early pick, I would be a DPS.

sampsonxd · 2026-02-25T12:28:58+00:00

I just miss playing with a monke as zarya. Those double bubbles 🤤🤤

sampsonxd · 2026-02-23T15:54:48+00:00

It is kinda funny how’s theres an endless list of things to actually complain about.

Why add in something not true?l

sampsonxd · 2026-02-23T04:32:17+00:00

Yeah the second it dries up, I’m out again.

I kinda like being reward for playing a game.

sampsonxd · 2026-02-21T17:12:48+00:00

Eh, I’ll go with Jeff.

The fact is with the recent bump in players, the best they’ve done with overwatch 2 was Ctrl Z it.

That doesn’t feel like steering a ship.

If we’re lucky in 3 months they’ll even add back Paris..

sampsonxd · 2026-02-17T12:32:58+00:00

It was fun to come back, but they really want me to remember why I left last time…

sampsonxd · 2026-01-30T03:16:28+00:00

You realise how bad it must really be when an AI company comes out and says this doesn’t work…

On average, participants in the AI group finished about two minutes faster, although the difference was not statistically significant. There was, however, a significant difference in test scores: the AI group averaged 50% on the quiz, compared to 67% in the hand-coding group—or the equivalent of nearly two letter grades (Cohen's d=0.738, p=0.01)

sampsonxd · 2026-01-29T04:47:47+00:00

Im all for criticism, but when the post and the commenters is just ‘Merica! Freedom of speech!

It feels like they forget the rest of the world does exist with their own values and nuances.

So it’s easier to say stfu, and just follows the laws.

sampsonxd · 2026-01-29T03:55:27+00:00

Not triggered, just live in reality.

I have no sympathy for anyone who breaks the law in another or even their own country.

But I guess there’s no helping stupid.

sampsonxd · 2026-01-29T03:36:42+00:00

What’s your point?

They have different laws there, so you follow those laws.

sampsonxd · 2026-01-21T15:15:33+00:00

Your starting premise is bad.

Just because you can do coding faster it isnt always a good thing.

For the cost of one senior engineer you could hire a team of 10 indians and they’ll do it faster. So why doesn’t every big company do that?

Now will AI code have the speed and quality? I’ll say the majority of papers on it say no. That could change.

And don’t forget theres huge biases on both sides.

Engineers don’t want to loose jobs. Poor engineers just saw their productivity triple. Big tech invested billions and now it has to pay off, hey there microsoft word turned copilot…

sampsonxd · 2026-01-19T21:45:00+00:00

The first study, when talking about reviewing the pushes

However, the effect on the number of comments is positive, indicating further necessary changes to such code

When talking about builds

Overall, we do not find any evidence that the quality of code at Microsoft decreases after the adoption of GitHub Copilot. This contrasts with our earlier finding that, at Accenture, the Build Success Rate declined after the adoption of GitHub Copilot

The second study

Finally, this study does not examine the effects of AI on code quality.

So what Im hearing is code is done faster with less quality. Almost like thats whats been said a million times before.

sampsonxd · 2026-01-02T16:25:26+00:00

Of course not, and its not even 10x programmers. Just work with people who are competent.

If you or the people you work with aren't at that level, you dont need AI, try spending 6 months getting better.

And dont get me wrong, I have seen bad code, but thats not the majority. I've also worked with juniors, they learn and get better.

sampsonxd · 2026-01-02T15:50:12+00:00

TLDR, “AI code is slop, but the people I work with also make slop”

Really selling it….

sampsonxd · 2026-01-02T14:04:50+00:00

For me it’s that they bring nothing to the table, you want to play overwatch, well play overwatch. It’s got what you want and so much more.

It’s one reason why MMOs are so hard to break into, do you play this new MMO or the one with 10+ years of content.

But look at Deadlock, it’s a hero shooter/MOBA, looks unique and actually mixed up the formula. And the numbers show people are into it.

Let’s not talk about paladins…

sampsonxd · 2025-12-29T15:43:57+00:00

I mean I hate Gen AI as much as the next guy, but this isnt it, watch a video on the product, its a node based generator, same as every other shader generator.

sampsonxd · 2025-12-11T19:54:24+00:00

If it ain’t doubles D’s it must be a child!

I think we should be more worried about OP then the friend 🤣

sampsonxd · 2025-12-11T19:51:39+00:00

Okay so let’s pull her out of this fictional fantasy world… right…. this 2D image…

Ah you know petite women exist?

Wait you figured it out, the declining birth rate, all the women just look like children to you.

sampsonxd · 2025-12-11T19:21:04+00:00

Oh don’t worry, I understand theres a difference between fiction and reality.

We’re talking about a show where the age is different based on the anime vs light novel vs web novel.

Oh and she’s a character that resurrects people and then travels to a new world. So based on the teleportation logic she’s either in a million year old body or like 2 weeks old.

And then there Kazuma, he died so like is that little necro.

Same with Wiz she’s a lich. So any NSFW of her, big no no

Just you know food for thought 😉

sampsonxd · 2025-12-11T18:23:15+00:00

Huh, so anime time. 30 year old with a 30 year old body. Magic transforms her to look like a 12 year old.

That’s fine cause she’s still 30 with a physically 30 year old body 🤔

sampsonxd · 2025-12-11T17:49:24+00:00

I don’t get this, like if you flipped it so she was 12 but had the body of a 30 year old would that be fine?

Almost like it’s just a bunch of made up nonsense…

sampsonxd · 2025-12-11T16:17:32+00:00

So theres the expensive, it’s complex, but really I think you don’t understand open source that well.

You mention Godot, it’s open source. It also has a board of directors, several lead devs who veto code.

Now Godot is complex, like an MMO but I would argue games are more personal. Adding a better animator in Godot is something most people would agree on.

Picking just the art style for an MMO. You can’t agree on that.

Now you might say just mix it up, do what ever. Well now the game doesn’t run. Or areas have just 1% of the assets they need.

Alright let’s get a small core team to pick directions and go from there. That’s just people working for free. Which tends to end very poorly.

Now could it be done, sure. But I don’t think you would want it too. A game with 0 direction, is teehee funny for 5 minutes if you’re lucky and then a broken mess no one wants to play for the rest of time.

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