Lady Gaia
@ladygaia.bsky.social
She/her. Semi-retired technologist with an artistic streak. Fondness for music and games will be ill-disguised by general geeky tendencies. Not a fan of bullies.
I have tried to point out in the past that there is no such thing as "the business of making money." That you have to do something people actually value to have a remotely sustainable business model, and ignoring that inconvenient fact is what leads to trouble. It rarely goes over well.
July 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I have tried to point out in the past that there is no such thing as "the business of making money." That you have to do something people actually value to have a remotely sustainable business model, and ignoring that inconvenient fact is what leads to trouble. It rarely goes over well.
I vividly remember trying to decide whether I could justify spending $2000 on a 330MB hard drive for my NeXT cube. I knew there was no way I could find $4000 for 660MB between the couch cushions.
February 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I vividly remember trying to decide whether I could justify spending $2000 on a 330MB hard drive for my NeXT cube. I knew there was no way I could find $4000 for 660MB between the couch cushions.
You do have company, Liz, we're just not nearly as loud about it. I'm mostly mourning the entire release window because so many other games will be fleeing from it and there will be so little conversation worth having for those of us who aren't interested. Perhaps we just need a #GTAFreeGaming tag?
February 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
You do have company, Liz, we're just not nearly as loud about it. I'm mostly mourning the entire release window because so many other games will be fleeing from it and there will be so little conversation worth having for those of us who aren't interested. Perhaps we just need a #GTAFreeGaming tag?
The Dunning-Kruger effect
Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Dunning-Kruger effect
The desire to boil criticism down to a numeric rank is hugely counter-productive ... and yet somehow pervasive. The desire to over-simplify and measure subjective things in absolute terms must be resisted for there to be any meaningful criticism at all.
February 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The desire to boil criticism down to a numeric rank is hugely counter-productive ... and yet somehow pervasive. The desire to over-simplify and measure subjective things in absolute terms must be resisted for there to be any meaningful criticism at all.
I use nVidia at every opportunity just to increase the chaos of the overall discourse.
January 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I use nVidia at every opportunity just to increase the chaos of the overall discourse.
It could hardly be worse, but that aside? Yes, Blue Sky has been a breath of fresh air after I had basically given up on social media. Welcome, and may your stay be enjoyable!
January 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It could hardly be worse, but that aside? Yes, Blue Sky has been a breath of fresh air after I had basically given up on social media. Welcome, and may your stay be enjoyable!
I am not at all surprised. BioWare elevated whatever genre it tackled with writing, lore, and worlds that were singularly ambitious in their reflection of the societal complexities. Instead of fluffy tropes you trusted your audience by challenging them – and yourselves. I can't thank you enough.
January 31, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I am not at all surprised. BioWare elevated whatever genre it tackled with writing, lore, and worlds that were singularly ambitious in their reflection of the societal complexities. Instead of fluffy tropes you trusted your audience by challenging them – and yourselves. I can't thank you enough.
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Real leaders take responsibility and solve problems, instead of creating them and blaming everyone else!
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January 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Real leaders take responsibility and solve problems, instead of creating them and blaming everyone else!
Receipts:
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Smart pup! I'm sure your good influence had something to do with it. ❤️
January 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Smart pup! I'm sure your good influence had something to do with it. ❤️
... and best wishes for whatever comes next. Your name attached to a project in any form would pique my interest.
January 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
... and best wishes for whatever comes next. Your name attached to a project in any form would pique my interest.
Damn. Your journey with BioWare created so many memorable moments for me. I'm sure you hear it all the time from others, but Inquisition was my personal GOTY in 2024 and The Veilguard was an exceptional close to the arc again as my GOTY in 2025. Deepest thanks from the bottom of my heart.
January 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Damn. Your journey with BioWare created so many memorable moments for me. I'm sure you hear it all the time from others, but Inquisition was my personal GOTY in 2024 and The Veilguard was an exceptional close to the arc again as my GOTY in 2025. Deepest thanks from the bottom of my heart.
I assume it's largely because the Executive's unilateral powers are limited – and tariffs are one of the strange outliers that Congress decided to begin delegating to the President starting in the 1930s. "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
January 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I assume it's largely because the Executive's unilateral powers are limited – and tariffs are one of the strange outliers that Congress decided to begin delegating to the President starting in the 1930s. "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
A game needs to be *engaging* to be fun. There are a lot of different ways to keep a player invested. Challenging their physical skills is only one of them, and it's neither universally appealing nor a guarantee that players will be entertained.
January 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A game needs to be *engaging* to be fun. There are a lot of different ways to keep a player invested. Challenging their physical skills is only one of them, and it's neither universally appealing nor a guarantee that players will be entertained.
Late to the party but ... would it really? Part of what I adored about Outer Worlds is that isn't *like* much of anything. It's like a game from a parallel universe. Its brilliance lies in *not* being like other games, rejecting genre conventions as if they did not exist at all.
January 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Late to the party but ... would it really? Part of what I adored about Outer Worlds is that isn't *like* much of anything. It's like a game from a parallel universe. Its brilliance lies in *not* being like other games, rejecting genre conventions as if they did not exist at all.
As I often remind my teams: code can enable wonderful things but the code itself is a liability. Why would anyone in their right minds want a liability-generator?
January 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
As I often remind my teams: code can enable wonderful things but the code itself is a liability. Why would anyone in their right minds want a liability-generator?
Some of the suggestions I get from LLM-assisted coding are just mind-bogglingly bad. Sure, it occasionally saves me some typing but only when I know what I need to type well enough to determine whether what it's suggesting is vaguely reasonable in the first place.
January 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Some of the suggestions I get from LLM-assisted coding are just mind-bogglingly bad. Sure, it occasionally saves me some typing but only when I know what I need to type well enough to determine whether what it's suggesting is vaguely reasonable in the first place.
Congratulations on finally giving the world a peek at what you've been up to. I adore the aesthetic and can't wait to find out more! Oh, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for not giving a fig what the hate brigade thinks. You'll still be around long after they've had their day.
December 14, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Congratulations on finally giving the world a peek at what you've been up to. I adore the aesthetic and can't wait to find out more! Oh, and thank you from the bottom of my heart for not giving a fig what the hate brigade thinks. You'll still be around long after they've had their day.
I'd enjoy being in Zoom meetings more if there were more cats involved. Invite your kitty to be on camera!
December 2, 2024 at 5:43 PM
I'd enjoy being in Zoom meetings more if there were more cats involved. Invite your kitty to be on camera!
This is me in every single game ever. I'm simply not part of the world they've built long enough to get a good feel for scarcity so it's hard to adjust accordingly. I wish my party members would take a firmer hand in confiscating and using things more appropriately.
December 2, 2024 at 5:41 PM
This is me in every single game ever. I'm simply not part of the world they've built long enough to get a good feel for scarcity so it's hard to adjust accordingly. I wish my party members would take a firmer hand in confiscating and using things more appropriately.