Seems to me, Second Life/Linden Lab still being around after 20 years is pretty commercially successful.
They've kept it open mainly in maintenance torpor for the last 10 years or so, but the players are still there,
around 40,000 every day. No other effort has come close.

Surprises me and I think that they must make a ton of money.
It's probably the world's largest usable collection of 3D somethings in one place.
Meta should try to understand why it is that people have stuck with SL for almost 20 years.
Those are the customers that get it.

I interviewed for a Larrabee engineering position up in Oregon.
Took the corporate shuttle jet. They had good peanuts.

Unimaginative interview guy wanted me to write him a sort in pseudocode on his whiteboard.
Fuck that. I gave him: list.sort

We both agreed on 'no' and Larrabee was dead within a year.
My fault.

After working there, I am surprised that they can get any products out the door.
There's a small percentage of really bright people. But there's an army of clueless
boomer middle managers just wanting to cash out their shares like back in the 90's,
people from India that believe that they will take over by hiring only from the same caste,
and guys from China that walk four abreast down hallways, smirking like
they (will soon) own the place. When you're a Jet....

Worst of all, the sales weasels, relentlessly milking expense accounts,
always too late chasing whatever tech is making the front page of The Journal.

Those smart people? They aren't allowed to make decisions.

Write a version of your code that's 5% as capable in every way,
then replace yourself with the new, improved version,
then repeat this request.

As long as you only drive within the state, then it sort of works.
But when they open that door, gps tracking won't be far behind, with all it entails.

Getting between a wealthy person and a dollar.

On one hand, governments say Apple should regulate what apps can be installed and where, under penalty of law.

On the other, governments say Apple is a walled garden monopoly that should be regulated
because people are not free to sideload anything they wish, anytime, anywhere.

So, which is it?

One does graphics and sound and eschews database work because it lacks all artistic merit,
the other does read-a-record write-a-record all day, and knows 47 languages, poorly.

Could be crypto.

beeeecause you don't want to live on top of a factory where they make the things you need?

I brought a 2 year old iPad, out of warranty, to the Apple store.
It won't see the charger half the time. Apple guy replicated the fault.
Didn't see any socket problems. He said they'll replace it with a refurb.
For $500.

Tip them. Yeah, ok.

...of course, "Microsoft Silicon".

Coin a new word, or call it something that describes it better.
GPT could be butter, or a trampoline, for all anyone knows.
And not one of those dictionary words with a letter or two missing.
Buncha' lazy nerds.

When the music stops and everyone is looking for a seat, why not collect %3 from the players?

Way to break the "surgeons wear masks in surgery" scandal wide open.
And don't get started on that Guns don't kill people hippie garbage.
This country is goin to hell in a handbasket.
Now tell us all about white people.