When asked about rumors about HL3 begin canceled today he responded :

"I personally believe all unidentified anonymous sources on the Internet".

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/hi_im_gab...

Do you have any experience with uMatrix?

There was a story here a while ago, about a guy who got rejected at an interview because he went dressed in a suit and tie, and was deemed "not a good culture fit".

There is also someone either at YC or some other accelerator/vc that recently wrote in their blog that as soon as you go to an interview with a suit he will automatically pass as he doesn't believe you can be a techie. Having a hard time finding the post, but it was posted here on HN.

We actually had to let go the only person to have come to our interview in a suit and tie that we actually hired...there is not a good track record.

Where is your company, and what industry is it in?

I was taught (and coached) that no matter what kind of job you're interviewing for, you should show up in a suit and tie. Not because you ever expect to wear that while working, but because it is considered a show of respect to the interviewers.

I have "Game Theory Analysis of the Groups of the European Parliament" and I'm not inclined to punch either.

The only requirement for my MA was to stay alive for two years after graduating my BA (seriously) - needless to say I've never bothered to collect on that offer, but if I had it would certainly be worth less (if there is a metric for value of academic theses) than one issued on the basis of a thesis about Lolcats.

Well, one company alone can't do it, since it will lose customers to others that don't. They may try to all boycott HBO, but I don't see that happening.

I only saw "wife came back when he became famous (and presumably rich)"

Agreed. This will turn out to be just about money, not principle or, you know, what the consumer wants.

My view is that if someone takes your idea and makes it better, it's called progress, and it should be encouraged, not banned.

Well, they did cost him enough for him not to be able to buy a house.

I can't believe something like this is happening. It's not like RealAlternative stole their code. You don't see Apple griefing about QuickTimeAlternative, and that uses it's full name.

Maybe. I skimmed the article and it seems he has to provide a lot of money upfront.

No idea about the dutch legal system, but it seems that the loser pays for the legal costs of the winner (as it should be in my book). So - since the claim ist totally bogus and idiotic, I'd expect him to get all the money back and RM to pay for it.

"but it seems that the loser pays for the legal costs of the winner"

Not always, and often only a part of the costs. The judge decides about this depending on the case.