Kevin Beaumont
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Yikes, Microsoft is laying off about 10k staff, majority Xbox. What a disaster.
I fear the MS SLT is destroying the Xbox unit by trying to make a brand rather than giving gamers great experiences.
https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox
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System Adminihater
systemadminihater@cyberplace.social@GossiTheDog Xbox is dead. Sony and Nintendo are what remains.
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Kevin Beaumont
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.socialLord, Microsoft cancelled Zenimax Online Studios new MMO - that they'd moved Elder Scrolls Online developers over to recently (hence why there's little ESO content from now on).
They've also locked the devs out of Slack without actually telling them they're fired, so they're finding out online.
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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 
markwyner@mas.to
@GossiTheDog dude.
Their email to employees says “I recognize that these changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before. Our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger.”
So…“because we’re so successful, you’re all fired.” Did I get that right?
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@GossiTheDog this is MS desperately trying to fund all the dev and infrastructure going into AI that no on wants and no one is buying, right?
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Kevin Beaumont
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social> lays off 9000 people citing pivot to AI
> tells people laid off to talk to AI
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@GossiTheDog the world has gone insane; the cognitive dissonance and just plain assuming that everyone is a moron and will take what you say at face value just blows me away.
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Graham Sutherland / Polynomial
gsuberland@chaos.social
@GossiTheDog the fucking gall
I feel like punching that guy in the throat
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fuzzyfuzzyfungus
fuzzyfuzzyfungus@cyberplace.social@GossiTheDog Has anyone gotten to work on the AICD-11 classification of personality disorders?
Apparently we already need it.
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@GossiTheDog Do people already let Chatbots do their break-ups or are they waiting for "agents"?
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Kevin Beaumont
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.socialThis guy ended up on BBC News, which MS considers a tier 0 media outlet 💀 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckglzxy389zo
If anybody wonders this isn’t the first gaff with MS staff using AI and thinking they work in marketing - eg one security person posted an AI generated picture of children working in a SOC, to show how good their services are. 😅
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About
Having been on Fedi for some time (since 2017) and jumping across various platforms and taking some time off on occasion, I am back with an Akkoma instance. Quiescent Cafe is my comfy space; quiet and chill, a place to talk about interests and the good things in life.
Automatically included with the Akkoma sign-up is an XMPP account with Matrix gateway. See the Server Info below for more details.
Registering
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Donations
To ensure this continues to exist, donations can be made to help cover the hosting and associated expenses like domain renewal and backups.
Either of the one off or recurring donation options are appreciated. It says swansinflight as it uses the same account as my photography.
Moderators and Bus-Factor
At the moment this is just me. If it grows beyond more than several users, Moderators will chosen from the member base. If I get hit by a bus or otherwise disappear, this will keep running for approximately a month until hosting isn't paid, realistically more than a month as I keep the account in credit. My wife will have all the details to log in and inform local users of their options, whether that is taking over the server or migrating to another instance.
Rules
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- Treat others as you would have them treat you.
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Server Info
Akkoma
This Akkoma instance is hosted on Linode in Australia. At the moment it is on a small VPS, but based on donation viability I am more than happy to scale it up as required.
XMPP
A Prosody instance is running on the same server.
Previously it authenticated against Akkoma, and I would like to get that working again since changing back from ejabberd to Prosody. But in the mean time simply request and I will create an xmpp account for you. There is no web client associated, you will need to install an app. I recommend Gajim for Linux and Windows, and Monocles Chat or Conversations on Android. iOS seems a bit hit and miss, but have heard Monal is okay. There a plenty of other options, but I have found these the most solid.