I keep thinking Fable 5 is an instalment of the Lionhead/Microsoft RPG series...

Lol, this site got blocked by my company's network filtering for the reason "games". So you're not the only person/thing that thinks this xD

Also blocked by my company's network filter as well for the same reason.

Meanwhile performance of Meta projects runs at 20% full of bugs.

And just like that Messenger has gone down right on cue.

I thought my sarcasm was apparent

In SCRUM though if that stuff isn't in the sprint you'll probably get backlash from QAs as it needs testing etc, or questioned why you're bringing in that stuff.

Easier to sit back and not do anything.

Majority of the things I've mentioned don't need QA. Improving performance of an existing code is fine as long as it passes the existing test suite. Dev tooling / Monitoring is for devs only. Unused code is unused, just needs review from another dev to confirm. Documentation is for devs only.

And I work on the backend in a smaller company these days. Our backend code doesn't pass through QA, we just write tests and another backend coder reviews the tests if new tests are written. QA only handles frontend.

The Infinity version lets you download as you go rather than download the whole 2TB+! archive.

Can just grab them out of the cache once they've been downloaded, wherever they're stored.

I just want to download swf files without installing anything. Then I'll load them up in real Adobe Flash (Flash Projector).

Flashpoint runs without installing anything via the ZIP version. It's FOSS software so no issue there I hope?

I don't meet the system requirements. This is an old OS hence why I have real Adobe Flash.

Use a newer machine to grab the files then transfer them?

You must have one somewhere, you're chatting on HN with a modern SSL certificate.

I'd have to spin up a VM which is entirely too much effort for this. I wish they just let you download the files.

Yeah that's the biggest issue with Flashpoint. AFAIK many games are hardcoded to load files from certain URLs and Flashpoint does patches & emulations of server calls. Support for sytems other than Windows is also wonky...

Respectfully, I think this is a you issue at this point!

Privately owned company, GabeN is getting on a bit now, he does have a son mind, we'll see what happens later on.

He has three, that's a good redundancy plan.

so he can count to three after all, interesting

Have you seen the salaries Meta pay?

That's the crux. People aren't asking "Am I earning enough?" but "How can I earn more?", and it all spirals into whatever the current system could be called.

So employees should have plenty in the bank to fall back on while they found their own companies to compete … right?

And Virgin Media in the UK still doesn't support IPv6

Free article:

https://www.techradar.com/pro/microsoft-is-reportedly-planni...

.NET is great because you use a FOSS library and then a month later the developer changes the licence and forces you to either pay a subscription for future upgrades or swap it out.

Yeah why is this so common in .NET?

Enterprise usage. Devs know companies will just pay out. Easier than trying to get sponsored.

Surely it's less of an advantage in rich countries because naturally less theft occurs?