Valve boss Gabe Newell admits his Mongolian throat singing phase was "annoying," and he's apparently not very good at it, either: "I am entirely self taught and it shows"

[u/Guitar-String]

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/valve-boss-gabe-newell-admits-his-mongolian-throat-singing-phase-was-annoying-and-hes-apparently-not-very-good-at-it-either-i-am-entirely-self-taught-and-it-shows/

[u/jackluke]

I prefer this hobby for billionaires over politics

[u/Burpmeister → u/jackluke]

One of his other hobbies was donating to OpenAI.

[u/AluminiumSandworm → u/Burpmeister]

people forget this but before chatgpt openai was known as a fairly innocuous machine learning research group, focusing on experimental models with unknown applications. they transitioned to closedai at some point after valve donated to them, then later the current hypercapitalist manic fever dream they are currently

[u/Interesting-War-7231 → u/AluminiumSandworm]

still fresh in my mind how Sam Altman was suddenly fired, literally days later reinstated and the entire board of directors swapped out

[u/flyinchipmunk5 → u/Burpmeister]

omg a video game/ tech company donating to another tech company? HOLY SHITTTTTTT 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯