Commissar SFLUFAN
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ISW analysis for 19 January 2023: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 19, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Senior Kremlin officials continue holding high-level meetings with Belarusian national leadership – activity that could be setting conditions for a Russian attack against Ukraine from Belarus, although not necessarily and not in the coming weeks. Russian -
FAA contractors deleted files — and inadvertently grounded thousands of flights WWW.NPR.ORG The agency's preliminary review determined it was unintentional as the contractors worked "to correct synchronization" between databases.
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Not strictly gaming-related, but Google has added 12K to the misery metric: Google lays off 12,000 blaming 'different economic reality' as mass tech layoffs continue | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Google's parent company Alphabet lays off thousands of people from across organisation.
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Music R.I.P. David Crosby
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to silentbob's topic in The Performing Arts Centre
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Nintendo Plans to Boost Switch Output to Meet Resilient Demand Yeah, we ain't seein' Nintendo's next hardware until mid-2024 at the earliest
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All 11 Ubisoft Games to be Released in the Upcoming Year - Insider Gaming INSIDER-GAMING.COM A list of all 11 games that are expected to be released by Ubisoft in the Fiscal Year 2024 (April 2023 - March 2024). That's a pretty dire list, Yves!
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Rumors from a source that has apparently been very reliable in the past:
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This is what our Microsoft-employed former poster had to say about the layoffs;
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The fact that you were the newest employee -- and therefore more than likely the cheapest employee -- is probably the reason.
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It can't even be defended on a "cost control" basis as the ramp-up costs for new contractors would immediately eat away at any savings that would accrue from not having long-term contracts. This is to say nothing of effectively throwing away the long-term cost efficiencies gained from experience. In the case of 343i, this "contractor churn" would be mitigated somewhat if the studio used an off-the-shelf engine like UE5, but instead they're using their proprietary Slipspace engine which I have little doubt is built upon the foundations of the old Blam! engine which would necessitate getting new contractors familiarized with it which naturally takes time and money.
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I really can't think of a more appropriate way to describe it.
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What It Takes to Build a Game in a War Zone | WIRED WWW.WIRED.COM The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 team has had to navigate war in Ukraine while developing the sequel to their hit shooter. New screenshots:
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I checked with one of our former posters who works at MS and he said that while his team was spared, one of his good friends who has worked at MS for 15 years with stellar performance reviews was informed that tomorrow will be his final day.
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WSJ News Exclusive | WWE’s Vince McMahon Settles With Ex-Wrestling Referee Who Accused Him of Rape WWW.WSJ.COM Multimillion-dollar settlement averts a public legal fight as executive chairman pursues possible WWE sale
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From what I've read, it's practically impossible to be converted from a contractor to a full-time MS employee.
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I haven't experienced so much as a sniffle in the three years since I started routinely wearing a mask in public so there's my further incentive to continue doing so!
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Oh yeah - things are still going swimmingly. The app is currently only slightly less terrible than it was a year ago and now this happens: From 50-75% of Comixology staff let go in Amazon layoffs WWW.COMICSBEAT.COM From 50-75% of Comixology staff let go in Amazon layoffs It's safe to say that the app won't receive any further updates and will be discontinued in favor of rolling the comics reading experience into the overall Kindle platform.
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What appears to be a significant issue with Microsoft as a whole is their stipulation that contractors can only work for them for a maximum period of 18 months (they can return to work for them again after a six-month break in service). This strikes me as being nothing short of insanity as it all but ensures a high degree of churning/turnover which by itself results in increased costs and project timeline slips.
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I'm willing to bet that this is what's going to happen.
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ISW analysis for 18 January 2023: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech commemorating the Soviet forces’ breaking of the siege of Leningrad illustrated that he remains uncertain about his ability to significantly shape the Russian information space. Putin used his January 18 speech to
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It's for this exact reason that I'm still wearing my N95 mask in most public settings. That, and I've decided that I really do like concealing most of my face from other people!
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I don't consider what you described in that spoiler to be "memorable" in the least. If anything, it's all rather quite predictable considering the thematic setting.
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FTC proposes rule to ban noncompetes
Commissar SFLUFAN replied to SaysWho?'s topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
They don't have to give a damn about the workers to use the issue as a cudgel against the companies themselves.
