And of course it is a cost cutting measure. In the UK centuries of academic tradition are sacrificed on the altar of neoliberalism

Doesn’t sound like he will be too sad

Musk, an antagonist to various figures in the worlds of business and politics, has a close relationship with Ellison – who is often described as a mentor to the South Africa-born tech entrepreneur.

Ellison sat on the board of Tesla between 2018 and 2022 and put $1bn into Musk’s purchase of Twitter – since rebranded as X. According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk, when the Tesla CEO asked Ellison to invest in Twitter, Ellison said he would put in a billion dollars or “whatever you recommend”. Musk is a frequent visitor to Ellison’s Hawaiian island, Lanai, according to the book.

They announced some upcoming expansions, I wonder if one of those would address the “story always the same” part, since that does seem to be a common criticism

I got really deep into Caves of Qud (classic rogue like) after initially dropping it for being too difficult. It has a bit of a learning curve, but beyond that, it is really fun. Very engaging sci-fi fantasy world, lots of interesting things to do or see, some fun random quirks/jank, and very diverse character customization. I think what I love the most is that it’s a knowledge game, where you excel by learning some bits and tricks here and there, like the effects of cooking with certain ingredients or getting some special items with an important effect (aka cheesing stuff).

Also besides being a very hard roguelike, it is really chill in a way (also helpt by the music).

If you do have struggles with it, I can recommend giving roleplaying mode a spin, where you don’t have permadeath, or there is a website called qudzoo with some seriously good advice.

“Small state” somehow often includes huge military and policing apparatus.

I just can’t believe that he still ate her food after previously almost dying from it… must be really tasty I guess?

This will just further the business model of “We offer AI, but actually it’s just Indians” with big tech companies gladly looking past the AI not being really AI

Is this another thing he did to distract from the Epstein files?

Not sure if that thumbnail pic is China or Mirrodin

Selbst die Sklaven sind nicht sicher vo der AI Revolution 😵

Great Kreator song

Yeah, discovered an interesting artist through this