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carnage4life, 16 days ago to random

Truly nuts that these are the last two tweets from a game studio that Microsoft just shut down.

Read from bottom to top.

ppn, 7 months ago to random

That is a very polite way of saying that Epic Games is going to be increasingly terrible from now on and that he wants no part of it 😅
#EpicGames

ppn, 7 months ago to uk

"The British Navy has dropped the custom of employing Chinese laundry workers on warships over fears they may spy for Beijing [...]
However, they are being replaced by Nepalese Gurkhas"

So the British are going to stop a racist tradition for a very racist reason so they can get even more racist 🤡

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12660163/British-Navy-drops-custom-employing-Chinese-servants-warships-fears-spy-Beijing.html
#UK #british #navy #racism

ppn, 11 months ago to random

Of course Bobby #Kotick is blaming unions, regulations, organizations and basically anyone else than himself and the rest of the leadership of his companies for the toxic workplace culture, the discrimination and the sexual harassment.

He has been known for decades to protect sexual predators but okay, sure Bobby. cough Madvig cough 🤡

#Activision #Blizzard

https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/activision-blizzard-ceo-addresses-toxic-workforce-claims-microsoft-deal-1235628361/

ppn, 4 months ago to random

Happy new year 2024 🎊.

It has been a bit weird these last 3 years, because I celebrated on a different continent (and in a different time zone obviously) each time 😅.

ppn, 6 months ago to OpenAI

“I deeply regret taking out the guru. I never intended to harm the cult. I love everything about the Microsoft money that Sam could bring with his bullshit and I will do everything I can to reunite with my bank account”.

FIFY 🤡

#OpenAi #SamAltman

ppn, 10 months ago to Futurology

Launch of #Meta’s #Threads already going “well”. No EU lol 😂 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-04/meta-s-threads-hasn-t-appeared-in-eu-app-stores-ahead-of-launch

A car landing on its front yet still moving forward despite the crash as an allegory of the launch of Threads without EU.

ppn, 10 months ago to random

Am I trying to draw again? I think I might but I am so rusty 🤣

ppn, 6 months ago to random

I am always surprised at how many people watch MKBHD, Linus Tech Tips and the likes on Youtube. In terms of informative value, most of these tech Youtubers are honestly hot garbage.

carnage4life, 15 days ago to random

Microsoft really spent $68.7B acquiring Activision only to realize their gaming division is now too big and costly so they’re doing layoffs every quarter 🤦🏾‍♂️

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-08/xbox-studio-closures-microsoft-plans-more-cost-cutting-measures-after-layoffs?embedded-checkout=true

ppn, 8 months ago to twitter

It is kind of hilarious how bad the “CEO” of #Twitter is at her job. She is almost as bad as its owner 😂. https://gizmodo.com/x-twitter-ceo-shares-ad-tweets-criticize-elon-musk-1850862068

ppn, 1 day ago to Watches

My 3rd #GrandSeiko is secured. I had been looking for one for weeks and stumbled upon an opportunity to get one that meets literally everything I wanted. l will post about it later but if you know that I already own a Spring Drive one and a Quartz one, you can guess where this is going 😉 #watches #watchesofmastodon

johnpeden, 4 days ago to Watches

I've recently gotten into #watches and #space at the same time. They do tend to be related, but I never expected interest in one to create interest in another.

All that to say, all the cool gears in mechanical watches are awesome. But, I also got a Casio G-SHOCK that syncs with the radio broadcast of the atomic clock every night. Its really fascinating technology, at least to me!

ppn, 8 days ago to rolex

Now that the weather is getting sunny again here, I can show a little something about my #Rolex Datejust. People tend to think that the cream Buckley dial is just a flat colored dial and they are not wrong. Most of the time it does look uniform. But as soon as you put it in the sunlight, you’ll notice that it has some texture/graininess in the way it reflects strong light. I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of that. #watches #watchesofmastodon

Wrist shot in strong sunny lighting conditions. The dial shows some graininess due to how the dial reflects the light.

ppn, 12 days ago to Eurovision

#Eurovision is still an anachronistic political shitshow and while I am glad that Israel is not on the podium, it should have been straight up banned from the competition like Russia. As usual the EBU is worthless and hypocritical.

ppn, 15 days ago to apple

#Apple's new #iPad lineup is getting very stale and confusing. They are having a hard time justifying meaningful names and features behind the spec bump from M4 vs M2, nobody likely understands what happened to M3 in iPads, and the Pencil Pro can be so easily mistaken for a Pencil 2 or a Pencil USB-C. The pairing of compatible iPad/Pencil is especially such a big mess that they might as well bundle them together at this point to avoid trouble.

ppn, 16 days ago to microsoft

Mike Ybarra’s “Won’t someone think of the executives’ feelings” in defense of Phil Spencer in the wake of the massive layoffs at the studios that #Microsoft recently acquired is hilariously tone deaf. Pretty much a reflection of how cowardly and incompetent his short leadership at #Blizzard was https://www.eurogamer.net/former-blizzard-boss-mike-ybarra-defends-xboxs-phil-spencer-following-arkane-austin-tango-gameworks-closures

ppn, 3 days ago to random

Catching up on a few albums I should have purchased a few months ago 😅 #Loona #Loossemble #Chuu #Heejin

violinguy, 14 days ago to Watches

This is one that grew on me. It's a Parnis Chinese automatic PVC coated #watches #watchesofmastodon

ppn, 1 day ago to Watches

Having a Spring Drive one and a Quartz one in my collection already, it is only natural that my 3rd #GrandSeiko would be a Hi-beats automatic. When I saw the radial snowy dial, the 44GS case and the blue GMT hand, I knew that the SBGJ201 aka “Mt Iwate” was the one. It’s not the first watch that can handle timezones in my collection but definitely the first regular GMT. #watches #watchesofmastodon

Front shot of the SBGJ201 on its cushion
Front side shot of the SBGJ201 on its cushion
Wrist shot of the SBGJ201

gpowerf, 6 days ago to Watches

I went out to look at watches, and I saw some beautiful Tissot PRXs. They are pretty but far from perfect. Especially the quartz ones seem hit and miss (miss really) when it comes to hitting the markers.

Then I saw some Citizen Tsuyosas in various colours, which are also very beautiful! I was impressed.

Then I saw the Grand Seiko range next to Rolex and Omega and GOOD GOD! How can humans manufacture something as perfect as a Grand Seiko. 🤯 #horology #watchesofmastodon

ppn, 1 day ago to Watches

With how sunny it is right now, it is not too hard to get a lum shot of my Seiko SNK809. Field watches are so easy to read 👌 #watches #watchesofmastodon

Wrist shot of the Seiko SNK809 in the light