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[–] shaquilleoatmeal@lemm.ee 7 points 26 minutes ago (1 children)

He’ll only be able to make the first prototype, and then a second. He will never make it to 3.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 13 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

By then he should be able to pass the tech off to a smaller, independent contractor like Gearbox (please don't; I don't want Randy in my brain) or Obsidian.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 45 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Suddenly this makes way more sense

[–] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 9 points 1 hour ago

I can hear this picture

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Valve bros dont need to worry about what happens in life after gaben, because I think gaben is going to ascend to cyberspace before the end.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 minutes ago

That's... Not a very promising roadmap...

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 42 minutes ago

Him and Kurzweil just hanging out on the same subnet.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Not advocating for our against but 2 thoughts here:

1: Gabe isn't Musk. Yes money etc but don't immediately jump there without other malfeasance please. Caution absolutely but don't ascribe one rich assholes shit to another.

2: He probably has hard data on accessibility... Possibly more than nearly anyone else. There's a HUGE portion of the population that can't use "traditional" controllers or other input devices. And that's not even going into the medical realm.

Could game Gabe be starting his villain phase? Sure! But until more negative details come out I'm just hoping this is investments he'd use toward a new steam controller.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

You don't get to be a billionaire without some malfeasance.

And even if you don't assume actively malicious intent like you should with Musk, there's a lot of potential danger with technology like this, and if you don't stand a lot to gain, and have reasonable controls against things going wrong, it's probably not a good idea to be an early adopter. It's just like a pacemaker, there are a narrow segment of people who should want to test a new model/concept for them.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago (6 children)

It’s wild how Lemmy gamers and others treat Steam as if it’s a noble corporation and Gabe is THEIR billionaire so he can’t possibly be bad. The fact that he’s a billionaire is proof that he underpaid and stole from everyone below him. There are no good billionaires, and Gabe is not your friend

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 31 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

I mean, it's hard to hate on someone who pays his people well, gives fun benefits, cultivates chill working culture and is overall simply a chill guy and whose big, fat marketshare comes from actually working for the customer.

Yeah. He could probably pay better or give more of his wealth into the society. Hell, prolly even should. But the fact is that among anyone else with that title, Gabe looks like a goddamn saint.

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 1 points 46 minutes ago

cultivates chill working culture

Seriously?

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

He’s anti union, valve employees aren’t allowed to unionize. Also seems cool with making money off all the games made by studios who are also underpaying and over working employees

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

He could direct his company to stop targeting kids with addictive gambling mechanics and looking the other way regarding grey-market resellers.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

it's almost as if there may be room for something in between love and hate, black and white, good and evil

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 0 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Is a killer a good person? Isn’t there a line to cross before you become bad? If you reached billionaire status you left the moral line far behind

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 0 points 33 minutes ago

that's a good way of thinking when you are 6.., by puberty you should have realized it's not that black and white

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

But yet he might be one of the beat billionaires in the pool of filth.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

Nicest guy in prison

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[–] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 hours ago

Billionaires should not exist

[–] isekaihero@ani.social 12 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

We could build Sword Art Online, but I think we all know that this technology will be used to beam ads directly into your head 24/7. You won't be able to sleep because of the penis enhancement ads.

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nah, it's GabeN.

Half Life: Alyx Episode 2 will be coming straight into your brain.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm hoping if it's headed by Gabe's efforts it will be relatively clean. Guess only time will tell.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What are the chances this won't be proprietary?

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

That will be awesome for when my body dies, but I still want to be a brain in a jar playing MechWarrior.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee 20 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

"As part of your onboarding process, we're just going to implant your Company ID. That way, for your safety, we'll always know where you are. If you hear a buzzing sound, that means return to the office immediately. Reduced work speed will produce a mild reminder shock.

"Welcome to the Corporation."

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

Reminder shock is amazing LMAO

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe they could use the implanted chip to wall off your non-work side when you enter your office so you're not distracted and fully focused on your job.

Then when you leave your work side gets blocked off so you can leave work at work. Automatic work/life balance.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Not sure if it was intentional but you just summarized the show Severance.

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

It was. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 34 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They should make a big facility to test the implants

[–] Crabhands@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe have an AI overseer, they could name it Gladys

[–] DasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 hours ago

Yperating System?

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[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago

I’m only doing the brain chip thing if it can fully transplant me to a Matrix level of simulated reality and get me out of this current hellhole permanently.

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