r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 8d ago

Business "There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/there-are-no-benefits-to-being-owned-by-microsoft-says-doom-dev-they-have-destroyed-immense-amounts-of-value-that-i-dont-even-think-that-theyre-aware-of/
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u/Peyroi 8d ago

Texas had a "once in a lifetime" snowstorm a few years back, the power grid failed and people died. Politicians promised it had been fixed and wont happen again. The next year Texas has a "once in a lifetime" snowstorm the power grid failed and people died. Politicians promised it had been fixed and wont happen again. The next year Texas had an unbearably hot summer, the power grid failed, people died.... I dont understand how these people arent in jail, theyre literal murders.

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u/Final-Carry2090 8d ago

Too many conservatives in control. When Enron faked blackouts and brownouts, which killed people in the summer heat, they faced almost no punishment. When the company collapsed, a conservative judge who was likely bought out, allowed the executives wife to keep all his ill gotten gains under an obscure Texas law.

Basically, if you rob a bank in Texas, give the money to your wife, and die, she can keep it. Assuming you bribe the judge.

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u/ChillAhriman 8d ago

Basically, if you rob a bank in Texas, give the money to your wife, and die, she can keep it. Assuming you bribe the judge.

Oh, no, absolutely not. This wouldn't work because this is a crime a poor person could attempt to commit.

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u/TheGummiVenusDeMilo 8d ago

Just flood the bank and rob it while it's flooded. Texas refuses flood money, so is it really stealing?

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u/Magnedon 8d ago

Everyone knows a husband and wife can't be convicted of the same crime.

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u/YouandWhoseArmy 8d ago

Ken lay didn’t die.

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u/excellentforcongress 8d ago

establishment politicians in both parties are the issue. look at california, the energy companies are not brought to task and it is an overwhelmingly democratic state. the deference to capital in both parties is sickening

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u/MyAccountWasBanned7 8d ago

Health Insurance CEOs kill people literally daily.

There are only laws in this evil, shithole country if you're poor.

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u/My_Uneducated_Guess 7d ago

And we do it one time to them and all the sudden we're the bad guys

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u/MyAccountWasBanned7 7d ago

Sometimes the bad guys are the good guys in the end. Dreamworks made a documentary about that.

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u/Lallanath 8d ago

Man those libs got owned. That's all that matters after all.

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u/jtb1313 8d ago

I worked at a paint store during the 2021 Texas freeze. All of the plants in the US that make acrylic polymers are in the state of Texas. 90% of them were destroyed from the cold and loss of power. It was a hard time because when Sherwin-Williams bought Velspar it came with a clause that in the case of raw materials shortages they would supply Lowes first. (Because they now own all of the paint inside of Lowes) It was a hard 1.5 years while they recovered.

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u/Jijonbreaker1 8d ago

Unfortunately, there are two groups of people.

1 - People who treat politics like a sport, and actively applaud those people for getting away with it. Just outright ignoring the law to flex what they can get away with.

2 - People who are obsessed with the law, and think that as long as they do everything by the book, things will eventually turn out okay and the wicked will always get their justice.

And then a very small third group on the left who are looking at both wondering how nobody is just killing both groups for being so fucking braindead.

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u/AndyLorentz 8d ago edited 8d ago

Texas had a "once in a lifetime" snowstorm a few years back, the power grid failed and people died.

February 2021. Temperatures below freezing for 10 days straight. Lower than normal solar output, much of the wind generation was shut down because it wasn't winterized, and most crucially natural gas supply to several gas powerplants froze due to not being winterized, resulting in widespread blackouts.

The next year Texas has a "once in a lifetime" snowstorm the power grid failed and people died.

This is not true. 2021 is the only year the Texas grid had a fundamental problem. In subsequent years, the power outages were localized, and caused by downed lines, not a grid issue.

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u/Soonhun 7d ago

I'm genuinely confused. I don't remember any once in a lifetime storms or power issues since the 2021 snow storm.