So pretty much like playing Hexen 2 on a P100 in 1997 huh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II

This reminds me of the reaction when I point out that to non-native English speakers that Canadian students may not have had as much English grammar instructions as they did.

Also this brought to mind all those times I’ve been taken to task about my own phrasing.

Gatekept by non-readers indeed.

As usual, the business fundamentals thing happens after the compensation has been paid out.

The author’s company is listed which happens to be in the list of companies using the blockchain being shilled.

That’s practically above board in the land of blockchain companies.

I’m starting to think that some writing classes would really help the EA/LR crowd.

The encouragement of a situation where you disconnect with those outside, the sleep deprivation, the drip of hints that you’re not meeting the standard, the trust in the great leader.

It also sounds corporate, yes.

With so many parts of tech operating like a mixture of religion and fandom this would be the atheistic answer. (This is my diametric opposite of a sneer.)

Is there some EA culture thing where every thought has to be expanded into essay form?

Imagine being a skilled San Francisco-style tech worker, at the apex of your industry, and the heights of intellect and rigor you can scale outside of that very specific context turn out to be “race science” apologia. Probably a lesson in there somewhere.

You know how sometimes you use a grocery app and it’s fairly obvious that the people writing them don’t spend time in grocery stores? I’m getting that same impression here.