Privacy and Security. You're out there where no paparazzi can take bikini pictures of you. It's easy to secure so that nobody can kidnap you. And take a look at the interior of those Yachts, they are not cramped. Look at this thing:  It's bigger than your home. It has its own helipad. It is 111m long.

This is how I find out that he has a yacht called "Rocinante". I couldn't find the date where Gaben bought it, but the boat was originally built in 2008 and for someone else, so I guess I don't know if Gaben is a "The Expanse" fan or just a fan of "Don Quixote". I'd prefer the former. Anywho.. #EatTheRich

This is how I find out that he has a yacht called "Rocinante". I couldn't find the date where Gaben bought it, but the boat was originally built in 2008 and for someone else, so I guess I don't know if Gaben is a "The Expanse" fan or just a fan of "Don Quixote". I'd prefer the former. Anywho.. #EatTheRich

Developing a good game is not only a money problem.

Hard disagree. My mom is a working class socialist and a millionaire.

They enabled my switch to Linux and out of Microsoft's ecosystem with their investments and technology. I'm reckon that there are few Valve *loyalists*, but rather a whole bunch of people grateful for their efforts.

Then why praise one for having a pet project just because it *might* help the environment? If it's not a good thing that they exist, why does there *need* to be a caveat of "but he's doing good things with his money."

Personally, if I had GabeN money to spend on a yacht, I would commission something similar to S/S Delphine, S/S Norrskär or / S/S Storskär, I love the classic lines of a late 1800s, early 1900s small ship. Modern yachts/ships look so boring...

Why specifically $5M and not say $1M? Building a house should apparently cost you half of that, and I assume the rest is for investing into passive income? I agree with the other guy, talk is cheap. I probably don't need a 4k TV or multiple consoles, but I immediately started planning and buying after a raise.

But there are degrees of how bad they are.

Why is everyone acting surprised, this has been Gabe's thing for a long time? He's super into boats and submarines and owns a submarine company or something like that. i think I'm burned out from the news cycle, getting outraged by this just feels like a waste of my emotional energy that I could spend somewhere it will matter.

Care to elaborate how she earned that million exactly?

Epic only takes 12%, and they too have cloud saves. If they could take 15% while being a multibillion dollar company, then taking 30% is by definition overcharging. And that many others also overcharge doesn't change that fact.

What is it with millionaires and yachts? I hate boats, even on a calm day in a lake which is only about 2 m deep I'm constantly convinced the damn thing is going to sink. Do people actually like being on boats, it's basically like being in a cramped apartment that is really inconvenient to get to and from, that constantly experiences a never-ending earthquake, why is that anyone's idea of a good time? Also I *really* hope somebody has tested that submarine extensively.

But there are degrees of how bad they are.

While he stays on a boat, that boat's purpose is a marine lab for conservation research. Helps to know why it has a submarine. Billionaires shouldn't exist, but this isn't as evil as the headline makes it sound. If I basically lived on a research boat, I'd want LAN parties, too.

>as if newell is the guy doing all the work He's the one who makes all the decisions. That's what matters here. > proton and steamos would be nowhere today without the decades of work by the WINE/DXVK contributors And Proton wouldn't exist at all without Valve. > all valve did was add their proprietary client on top of that That's completely false. > that work was done by valve employees and contributors, not the billionaire The billionaire is the one who told them to do it.