Impressive crowdfunding results. May their game do as well as Palworld but escape Nintendo's litigious attentions.

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Thanks for the interview, Liam and Michele. It piqued my interest enough that I've added the game to my wishlist.

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Wow. Such hostility. 20 to 25 years ago when I sold their computer and printer products, the HP brand had a good name. Admittedly, I stopped paying attention after I closed my business. What did HP do that so badly damaged their reputation and the confidence in their brand?

They weren't the only one playing that game with printer and ink pricing, after all. I sold plenty of third-party refill kits as a result.

Based off the reputation I remembered, I would have figured their interest in SteamOS was good news.

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Also, if you don't want to use this, LIMO exists as an alternative.

For those of you having a lot of trouble with the search engines on this one, here is the link:

https://github.com/limo-app/limo [External Link]

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And I haven't even had the chance to try the demo yet ...

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I'm with @Salvatos here. I have a very low opinion of unions. I grew up in Alberta, a region well known for its hostility towards unions. My parents despised them because of how the union mistreated my father. My childhood best friend's father fell victim to a union that was blind to reality. The employer insisted they could not afford the union's demands. The union refused to compromise and the business shutdown rather than be run into bankruptcy. Everyone lost their jobs while the fat-cat union bosses moved on, not the least bit affected or concerned by what they had done.

Once unions become entrenched, they become the very thing they were formed to protect against. Some union headquarters look more opulent than a billionaire's mansion.

In many third world countries like the US

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@Mountain Man

Most companies don't treat their employees like crap. That would be counterproductive. I can honestly say that throughout my career, I've worked for around half-a-dozen employers, only one of which treated me like crap

Similar experience. I've had two really bad employers. Interestingly, both of them were large corporations. Neither of them were unionized.

For the most part, I've worked mostly for small businesses. No unions and they usually treat their staff like human beings. You interact directly with the owners every day.

@Mountain Man

if you're competent and reliable, you'll be well compensated for your work

With one employer, this was not my spouse's experience. They continued to exploit, disrespect and bully her until she finally had enough and quit. She was their most competent employee but not her boss' favorite because she didn't kiss up. Also a non-unionized corporation. Sensing a pattern?

In my opinion, the corporate business structure dehumanizes the workplace. Doesn't seem to matter if it is public, private or franchise. Large unions have the same effect. The bureaucratic tendency to see employees as machine parts instead of human beings is a big part of the problem. The term, "human resources", says it all.

Our best employment experiences have always been with small, privately-owned businesses. The absolute best have been self-employment.

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This would be useless to offline gamers such as myself.

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@melkemind

I admit that the online tools are convenient and cool, but I just can't bring myself to trust an outside source with my IP. Would love to see the GIMP devs make some of those basic functions just as easy and convenient!

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I love GIMP -- every version they've released. I even installed the Windows version on my PC at work.

When Mint stopped installing it by default, I added it to my list of apps that need to be manually installed (and removed/ignored Mint's substitute).

I don't get the dislike either. GIMP is a very powerful tool and it's open source!

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