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by synu 4y ago
The surprise was that they were functionally incapable of doing so due to corruption and other systemic problems.
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by synu 4y ago
They seem more willing to play chicken with them.
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by synu 4y ago
Their words are backed by nuclear weapons.
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by synu 4y ago
Yes I am familiar, and also aware of propaganda as a concept. Having lived in Ukraine, that’s a part of the world that I understand. What’s the implication you’re making here? I’m not really following what conclusion you’re expecting me to
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by synu 4y ago
Surprising absolutely nobody except the people who said that the best strategy was for Ukraine to immediately surrender.
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by synu 4y ago
So less that in the video games industry great results are driven by singular, great people today, but games would be better if they were?
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by synu 4y ago
That’s why marketing teams work hard to create that perception in the audience.
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by synu 4y ago
I’ve never once experienced the “face” of a game doing all the hiring, or even being involved in too many interviews (except for marketing purposes, of course, but I mean hiring interviews). It’s quite a full time and important job to do th
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by synu 4y ago
It has though, clearly. That people are buying them and this article exists is the most obvious evidence, but there’s a whole retrograming subculture out there who collects and plays with this stuff. Ready Player One was a recent retrogamin
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by synu 4y ago
I worked in the video game industry for a long time. This is a story you’re being sold - it’s the teams who build great games, not some singular great passionate mind. It’s a way for marketing teams to build a brand, not much more than that
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by synu 4y ago
Is there some specific date where you would allow for collectors to value an object? A 40 year old book? A 50 year old car? A Magic the Gathering card from 31 years ago? An arcade console from 35? I’m curious what the calculus is here becau
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by synu 4y ago
It’s fraud also if it’s a forgery, even if the game worked. It was represented as an original when it was sold, not a high quality modern copy.
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by synu 4y ago
Running into people who disagree with you or think you are kind of dumb or call you names isn’t really the same as being silenced.
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by synu 4y ago
That’s a nice looking tile set. Did they update the default at some point?
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by synu 4y ago
It seems like somehow the people who complain they have been silenced are always the loudest these days.
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by synu 4y ago
I didn’t get a sense from the article or post you’re replying to that acting on emotion unconditionally was desirable.
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by synu 4y ago
There was a moratorium? It feels like this conversation has been happening endlessly for years now.
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by synu 4y ago
Yeah, interesting. I was wondering if something like that could be happening.
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Ask HN: Is fake GitHub profile data a thing?
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by synu 4y ago
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by synu 4y ago
Did you ever try Clubhouse? It was just endless channels of “get rich with this one simple trick” type stuff. Not a lot of nuance, just cynically preying on people with the “you know you are better than others, pay me to help you reach your
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by synu 4y ago
I am still not 100% sure if “sigma male grindset” is a joke or not. It seems like one of those things that started as parody, but sincere believers showed up and took it over.
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by synu 4y ago
To be honest, haters and defenders seem to be pretty evenly matched up at the moment. Maybe even slight edge to the defenders if not by number of accounts then by zeal to make lots of replies.
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by synu 4y ago
Be careful, parasocial relationships like that can lead to unhealthy behaviour. People sometimes go off the deep end and start arguing with everyone on the internet about the target of their desire, and lose all sense of perspective. You se
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by synu 4y ago
But to what end?
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by synu 4y ago
It’s strange how there are people who treat it like it’s their job to hate or defend him. You see the same names replying on every thread making the same points, even across multiple posts.
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by synu 4y ago
It’s like when people say there’s no such thing as altruism, and everyone will cheat, steal, or worse given the opportunity - they are telling you a lot more about themselves personally than they realise.
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by synu 4y ago
There’s something to say for not having them - I’m not at my computer, and don’t really need to explain to anyone why that’s the case.
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by synu 4y ago
Wishing you the best of luck. My wife is working through the same challenge, but has a good prospect at the moment we are hoping goes through. I’m sure if you stick with it you’ll make it, even though it’s a shame it’s this way in the first
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by synu 4y ago
If it went like how nicotine and cigarettes stopped being marketed to kids, I’d be ok with that. Adults did complain that their right to smoke candy flavored cigarettes was being taken away, or that kids don’t have money for cigarettes anyw

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