The other contenders mostly are bad.
Drm-free still exists.
They provide a lot of value without charging the end user very much.
Microsoft could have done this except they’re run by idiots and assholes. Nothing technical stopped them from launching a good store platform. They just didn’t want to.
Why would someone want a page summarized?
If it’s short, just read it.
If it’s long, the LLM will probably fuck it up.
They’re really going after the illiterate and lazy segment.
I didn’t personally find it difficult, but I have thousands of hours in video games.
There’s also the class of comments that explain strange business decisions.
# Product guy said to return January 1st if the user doesn't have a birthday on record
Kind of arbitrary but someone with decision making power decreed it.
Furthermore, if you are being paid the same but your productivity goes up, and the owner keeps all the new profits, you’re being robbed.
Even if it was dirt cheap, I don’t want to give microsoft my money. I don’t want to rent games or get stuck with a subscription.
People who pollute the earth should have to fix the damage they do. Failing that, they should pay heavy fines.
I want job postings and a way to reach people I worked with.
I absolutely do not want the click bait and slop.
I would recommend sticking with that strategy and working on it. Going too “spicy” too soon is risky, and doesn’t really pay off better than finding someone who clicks with you on medium heat topics like “you saw Caroline rose play?? How was it?”
My girlfriend says that it’s often more about flow than content. A well executed conversation about a common topic will go farther than an awkward foray into “so you ever done coke?”
Cars ruin everything. The primacy of cars is upstream from a surprising amount of problems with modern life.
Some times I’d just ask “so what do you do for fun?”, and then follow up. People usually like talking about their interests. I don’t care nearly so much about their work and family. If they’re huge into metal, or play football in a rec league, I want to know.
If you’re lucky, one of their funs will be something you can talk about.
I’ve known several people who moved from QA and testing to developer roles, but usually as an internal transfer.
Most recruiters and management don’t know shit about fuck when it comes to technical details, so it’s not surprising a lot of them think “Oh the guy who knows how software works and how to handle edge cases? No, we don’t want him”
Fuck test automation, it’s a fucking trap get out of it as soon as you can
lol.
Meanwhile, the org I work at has no test automation, so things that should be trivial require hours of tedious, error-prone, manual testing. Also they break stuff and don’t find out until after it’s merged.
I have no regrets from setting my editor to save-on-blur
They chose to go into this business. If they can’t do the job in a way customers like while making a profit and paying fair amounts for labor, fuck em don’t do the business.
Unsure if my Text really makes sense tho as its a bunch of Weird Nonsense im typing out as i suck at expressing myself via Text but maybe someone can relate? >.<
Line breaks between paragraphs help. Emojis don’t. Writing is a skill you can practice, so don’t give up.
To your point, maybe you’re just getting older? There’s always been a small number of breakouts and a bunch of clones and shovel-ware. When you’re a kid, things are new and unlimited in their potential. As you get older, you realize that the game world is limited
Good. Windows is all of bad, expensive, and untrustworthy
Funnily enough it would probably be better for the majority of shareholders.
They should sell products users want at prices they’re willing to pay. Without abuse, deception, or other malicious acts.
I can see the appeal but I wouldn’t trust it.
Related thought: I despise how much stuff is made into video when a few paragraphs, maybe with a gif, would do just fine.