https://aftermath.site/xbox-microsoft-layoffs-ai-prompt-chatgpt-matt

I have a friend who was part of their 1900 layoff shortly after acquiring Blizzard in 2024. Basically, brought into a meeting and then no more job.

She learned last week that every single person who remained in her former group except one had been laid off in this last round. We’re talking about people who had been with Blizzard for years and years and had been happy with their jobs and loved even playing the games that they were making. Just poof! Gone.

The layoffs have been asinine enough, but the completely tone-deaf response from one of their leaders saying “use AI to help with the trauma of job loss” has just been the icing on the cake.

The best comedy echoes for ages. 😂

Your printer looks a little bit furry.

Why doesn’t she just send these questions in a text or through Discord since that’s where the convo is taking place?

Wow, look at the time! It’s 1984 already!

Introducing, Barb-GPT! You talk to Barbie and she talks back! If you tell Barbie your secrets, she can give you fun tips in return.

Tell Barbie that Mommy and Daddy have discussed not being able to afford another kid, and Barbie will have the government anti-abortion squad at your door tomorrow. Whisper to Barbie that Grandma’s legal status is not entirely clear and Barbie will have ICE take care of all Grandma’s problems. Share to Barbie that your big sister in college has expressed political views that don’t align with Dear Leader, and Barbie will ensure that you’ll never have to share a room with that mean sister ever again!

Barbie, with the power of Barb-GPT! Coming for all your children today, for a better future tomorrow! Brought to you by the partnership of Mattel and Big Brother!

Osmosis Jones.

A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.

David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.

It comes down to the variable weather in the US versus the UK.

The UK has maybe handful of weeks of actual hot weather, months and months of rain, and then some weeks of bitter cold. The day is more important than the month who cares if it’s March or September? It’s another day of rain and grey.

The US has extreme weather changes across the year, especially in the northeast where differences in US and UK English first began to diverge, intentionally and unintentionally. In a state like Massachusetts, knowing the month is important for things like setting the scene in letters “home” and so forth. The summer months and grossly hot. The fall/autumn is full of brilliant colors and mild weather followed by months of bitter, unrelenting cold winter. The spring months yield to green and mild weather again. Knowing that the month is April is very important because the 4th of April is going to be incredibly different from the 4th of September.

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They have almost no content library these days. I’m actually surprised that it is as high as it is.

We’re only nerds if we come out of the Silicon Valley region of California. Otherwise, we are just sparkling geeks.

“It never…happened!”

Digg? Is that you…?

My aunt’s birthday is December 24th. At age 5, I considered this and then announced aloud: “Aunt Helen is as old as Jesus!”

It’s been 35 years, and it comes up every year.

Oh snap! This has opened up a whole new rabbit hole for me my friend.

A friend of mine was curious about this Kindle jailbreak of which you speak. Could you elaborate on how the jailbreak works for a Kindle?

I mean…

It really looks like it’s HER backpack from here.

Ah! The joys of being a lady in the city!

xAI? Ain’t that his son?

That’s fair and that makes sense to me.

This is a bad idea. As someone comes from a “Honda family”, I drive a Honda because I don’t want a Nissan.

This feels like the quality of Hondas get to drop while the cost of Nissans get to jump. I fail to see how this benefits anyone.