They’re a conversation piece.

Not all conversations are worth having though.

They’re houseplants, and they’re telling each other horror stories around an (unlit?) campfire.

Invading a place that wants to kill you is not that unheard of. Some of us explore flanks of erupting volcanoes, abysses, or want to go to space/the Moon/Mars.

Going there naked, and with absolutely no idea what you’re exposing yourself to, is bonkers though. Especially absurd for the crew of a spaceship with interstellar capability. How the hell did they reach Earth without killing themselves a thousand times on their travel?

Not waning interest in Ubisoft?

Because, ooh boy, did my interest in Ubisoft wane year after year of overproduced cookie cutter crap. And I’m not expecting a change of phase.

Also, Guillemot, you’re talking publicly a lot for someone with (now convicted) sexual harrasser friends you’ve protected all of your career.

That’s the guy Julianos got his name from right? IIRC divines are aliases of the old Bethesda team.

I mean, yeah, it kinda detracts from his whole backstory. Especially if the whole reason was just to be able to say “See? He’s totally American by birthright!”.

The whole point was that shit shouldn’t be important.

My knowledge of Superman is very basic, but I always had that image of him being placed in the pod as a baby.

Of course there must be like 40 retellings of that scene at this point if we count all media.

Is that canon? Was he sent as an embryo or something?

It’s easy to test for water holiness. If you drop the bottle and it bursts into flame molotov-cocktail style, it is still holy water.

Source : Belmont et al., Wallachia, 1986

Boring movies are boring.

Most people prefer their stories generally ending on a positive note, and then once in a while go for a darker one, if they’re in the mood for it. And yes sometimes we need one of these.

But every movie being a heroic sacrifice or a downer ending, even if they’re good, would be depressing. And then it would start losing power quick, too.

(old man) Logan wants a word too.

Once I encountered a group of geese near a pond like that. I tried not disturbing them, but they were literally blocking the path, so once it was clear they were here to stay, I went through.

Yeah, was hissed at by an angry dinosaur.

… this joke made me audibly groan. Congratulations.

It’s like the “don’t think about a pink rhinoceros” thing. Saying it makes people do it as a reaction.

About the same brand of humour as “you lost the game” and stuff.

Then the joke lands wrong on two levels because, one, AI code is being enforced by higher ups, not developers (it is “cheaper” after all, as long as you don’t count the tedious shitty work needed to fix it), and two, the comic represents “Programmers” actually in control of that shit and (mis)using it for personal gain.

It’s true we don’t fear it as much as artists, because the thing with art is that it’s way easier for a cynical board of executives to go for “good enough” crappy pseudo-art and not break anything. It does not mean developers in general aren’t impacted negatively by that shit too, and it certainly does not mean they are profiting of it and enabling it.

However this is clearly what transpires from the comic.

Spread salt on the road.

Then you understand why “actual” developers feel insulted and protest against being part of that ridiculous, malevolent conspiracy theory in the comic.

This shit is trying to rile up an old, stupid “creative vs tech people” war. It’s completely missing who the real enemy is, instead misrepresenting and putting an easy target on the basic nerds like it’s fucking 1980.

It stinks. It’s reactionary bullshit, and they should be ashamed of it. If you still can’t see it, I don’t know what to tell you.

Those aren’t anymore. But these still are.

Developers have had easy employment for a long time, and it’s only beginning to turn to shit.

We simply aren’t used to protest a lot. It’s starting though. Look at the video game developers starting to unionize, for now it’s still making news when they do.

You are starting your point by saying you are perceiving a lot of developers advocating for gen AI. I am saying I don’t see that many actual, professional developers doing so, I actually see a lot who don’t, and I also see a lot of “not developers” who do. Yes, the AI bros are very vocal. They also don’t represent “developers”.