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Re:Fortnite and the Good Life by rujuladanh on Monday April 08, 2019 @06:38PM (#19609791)
> all which lead to greater value creation and self fulfillment superior to defeating some imaginary creature

That is 100% subjective.

For instance, I can easily argue that breaking kernels and writing drivers for obscure hardware does not add any real value for society as a whole.

However, playing and socializing with people does create value for society, specially in this day and age where people is evermore alone, if only in reduction of antidepressants ;)

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Re:Fortnite and the Good Life by rujuladanh on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:53AM (#19612405)
It seems you missed the point.

Anyway, parent said obscure hardware, so hardly useful for most people. And it sounded more like a personal activity, it is not clear he/she did publishing or upstreaming or blogging about it.

By the way: actual drivers for complex hardware are nowadays mostly written or maintained by companies.