Valve boss Gabe Newell reveals daily routine in bizarre new interview: "I get up, I work, I go scuba-diving, then work some more"
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Gabe Newell is better than many others, but this is true, the best man on Earth will become an absolute pissbag given power for continuous enough period of time to realize that.
And the best man on Earth is probably some volunteer medic in some African warzone, not a computer programmer and a tech businessman.
Power always corrupts.
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Maybe it's you!
Thanks, but I have my very reasonable doubts
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We believe in you, rottingleaf!
Thx, will remember that
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Ironic because Gabe appreciation is still kind of cult like.
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Ironic because Gabe appreciation is still kind of cult like.
Honestly I think the reason for the pseudo cult think is three parts he doesn't want it, he keeps his head down, and valve generally produces decent services and products. If any of those disappeared folks would probably stop it to a large degree.
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Well no shit I'm talking about issues which actually relate directly to their role.
unless it's a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.
If that's not an issue relating directly to their role I don't know what it.
The only reason they'd wake up 3AM for some crisis is if either the market is collapsing or their company is collapsing. Those things happening unexpectedly is something the majority of CEO-s will never experience. I guess it doesn't suck to be a CEO when the sucky thing almost never happen.
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I think you missed the point. No one was talking about Android or iOS. We were talking about Windows and Linux.
Valve's investment in Linux began back in the Windows Vista days when MS tried to control Windows the same way that Apple does with iOS.
You literally mentioned iOS above. And my point stands. If Gabe were to start porting those games to a Linux phone of some sort, it would really help that platform, much like he’s helped the Linux community and his own business interests.
Him going after Microsoft benefits everybody. Him going after Apple could do the same.
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I hope that he decides to work on a neutral payment processing system. Cooperating with the EU's Linux initiatives, he can probably put quite a bit of weight onto the scale, making a digital Euro into a thing.
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There's no reason to idolize the man.
I'm not doing that, just saying it. There's no reason to idolize anything. Even idols. Antique Mediterranean was better for being as religiously pluralistic as rural China.
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You literally mentioned iOS above. And my point stands. If Gabe were to start porting those games to a Linux phone of some sort, it would really help that platform, much like he’s helped the Linux community and his own business interests.
Him going after Microsoft benefits everybody. Him going after Apple could do the same.
You literally mentioned iOS above.
It's literally called an analogy. It was not literally the subject of the conversation.
If Gabe were to start porting those games to a Linux phone of some sort, it would really help that platform
You're still literally demonstrating that you don't understand the motive of supporting Linux, despite me literally just explaining it.
Gabe literally does not care about the platform, he cares about protecting his revenue stream. Making Linux phones would literally not do that.
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You literally mentioned iOS above.
It's literally called an analogy. It was not literally the subject of the conversation.
If Gabe were to start porting those games to a Linux phone of some sort, it would really help that platform
You're still literally demonstrating that you don't understand the motive of supporting Linux, despite me literally just explaining it.
Gabe literally does not care about the platform, he cares about protecting his revenue stream. Making Linux phones would literally not do that.
I understand this was motivated by his businesses interests. But it’s happens to benefit others as well. Value working to make Linux phones more viable is a bit of a pipe dream but it would certainly whip Google and Apple into shape. And that was my point.
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I would 100% still work if I were rich. The only thing that would change is when and what I work on.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Helps to keep a healthy routine.
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Steam has been coasting on the fact that everyone shoots themselves in the foot, sure, but you should look into the unparalleled level of "free" (30% cut) marketing support Steam gives to developers. On no other platform could developers end up with the visibility they achieve on Steam with nothing more than very strategic timing and good social media presence. It's still insanely hard, but the fact that it's even possible to compete with zero marketing budget against AAA companies speaks volumes.
You only get that "marketing" if your game is already popular. So the 99% of games not getting that visibility are paying the same as those free that are.
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unless it's a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.
If that's not an issue relating directly to their role I don't know what it.
The only reason they'd wake up 3AM for some crisis is if either the market is collapsing or their company is collapsing. Those things happening unexpectedly is something the majority of CEO-s will never experience. I guess it doesn't suck to be a CEO when the sucky thing almost never happen.
And the market is only open from 9:30-4.
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Okay?
Do you even have a point?
Those don't pay remotely as much.
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Valve was making bank before lootcrates, and lootcrates have been available to kids since trading card games.
Sure, we know loot boxes are bad because they exploit the psychology of gambling. But what about Steam sales? They’re exploiting FOMO, hoarding/collecting psychology. We know that Steam users are buying billions of dollars worth of games they never play.
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Sure, we know loot boxes are bad because they exploit the psychology of gambling. But what about Steam sales? They’re exploiting FOMO, hoarding/collecting psychology. We know that Steam users are buying billions of dollars worth of games they never play.
Now you're being actually ridiculous. "Sales are bad"? Really?
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The thing isn't that they have constant work to do, but that they must be available for work at any time, for any reason. Some random and unpredictable crisis waking you up at 3am for the 5th night in a row? Sucks to be you.
I've known and work with extremely powerful CEOs.
This couldn't be further from the truth.
They hire people to wake up at 3am for them.
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I hope that he decides to work on a neutral payment processing system. Cooperating with the EU's Linux initiatives, he can probably put quite a bit of weight onto the scale, making a digital Euro into a thing.
The EU now has a digital wallet payment system in a trail run
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html
Would be neat if they integrate it
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Casual reminder that Gabe Newell owns 6 yachts worth an estimated US$1 billion and that he is not your friend.
not my friend, but not as clearly my enemy as many other wealthy people
