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Seems like a lot of those small services use their platform as a Trojan for “copyright” protection spyware and other really lovely practices while if you get something from Steam you can have a degree of trust that it won’t be too shady.
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May 3, 2021 16:46
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f-droid.org
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May 3, 2021 17:19
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duz posted:still hilarious that you can only buy one thing at a time on epic And you still can't buy anyone else a game. Not that anyone would ever want to buy a video game as a gift.
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May 3, 2021 18:54
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Let's see.. highly unstable warpstone-lightning battery, wheel made of bones and rotten wood, literally has scythes mounted everywhere theat may well impale the driver, who is a deranged clan skryre warplock engineer... Eh, still safer than a Tesla!
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May 3, 2021 19:47
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I was an huge fan of WHFB but I've never played any of the video games Is this poo poo any good?
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May 3, 2021 19:55
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Peanut President posted:I don't think Valve does any gatekeeping for steam at all. They just wait for people to report poo poo and then they kick it out. Speaking of, they're being sued by the company that owns Humble Bundle for being a monopoly. They actually used to gate keep (which I think was just them only working with established publishers), until they started doing project greenlight and allowing certain Indy games. Eventually they just threw the gates wide open altogether. Volmarias has issued a correction as of 19:57 on May 3, 2021 |
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May 3, 2021 19:55
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Volmarias posted:They actually used to gate keep (which I think was just them only working with established publishers), until they started doing project greenlight and allowing certain Indy games. Eventually they just threw the gates wide open altogether. Greenlight was amusing since it came about because indy devs wanted in (previously you'd basically have to contact Steam as you would Microsoft/Sony re: releasing on their platform), then there were a lot of complaints that the $100 upfront was too high a cost to participate in greelight, and now instead there's the "my Zelda-like Soulsborne pixel art platformer isn't getting the attention it deserves, why is steam discoverability so bad" complaints. Falcorum has issued a correction as of 20:09 on May 3, 2021 |
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May 3, 2021 20:06
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If you want to stand out dont be slavishly derrivative. So ez
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May 3, 2021 20:35
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Here's a pretty good (and long) video about the Chinese social credit system from an actual Chinese academic on the system. They talk about a lot of the reality (it's still pretty cyberpunk dystopia but not yet nearly as widespread, coordinated, or all-encompassing as often portrayed) versus the anti-Chinese propaganda and just common misunderstandings. I think it's important to keep an eye on even for Americans because if the various programs are seen as a success you bet your rear end some billionaire in San Jose will be ready to disrupt your poo poo, and a lot of it as it exists could be ported to the United States very easily without too much legal hair splitting and only a few greased palms I think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4UurP59nDM
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May 3, 2021 20:37
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We're already halfway there with credit scores and publicly viewable criminal and financial records
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May 3, 2021 21:14
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The Bloop posted:I was an huge fan of WHFB but I've never played any of the video games if you like warhammer and total war, then it's the best videogame of all time.
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May 3, 2021 21:19
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In the future your class position will be determined by your anime preferences Dubs watchers, just know that you get -69 points each time you make that mistake
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May 3, 2021 21:20
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tokin opposition posted:In the future your class position will be determined by your anime preferences Socialism with waifu characteristics
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May 3, 2021 21:23
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tokin opposition posted:In the future your class position will be determined by your anime preferences The Space Dandy dub is better than the original
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May 3, 2021 21:35
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Biplane posted:if you like warhammer and total war, then it's the best videogame of all time. well I know nothing about the total war games but I love warhammer and own 99999 skaven guess I'll look into it
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May 3, 2021 21:47
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Silhouette posted:We're already halfway there with credit scores and publicly viewable criminal and financial records Yeah we're already there, it's just that we did it the neoliberal way so it's patchwork, decentralized, largely run by private companies, and tied into the financial system.
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May 3, 2021 23:13
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tokin opposition posted:In the future your class position will be determined by your anime preferences It's a small, but important, act of resistance against the police state. Yo-ho. Don't give it up, Luffy.
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May 3, 2021 23:41
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The Bloop posted:well I know nothing about the total war games but I love warhammer and own 99999 skaven hope you like being bilked for dlc and buying 'sequels' that amount to expansion-esque updates at full price
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May 3, 2021 23:52
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i like older Total War games and Warhammer but i couldnt get into WH:TW 
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May 4, 2021 00:12
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Nothus posted:Yeah we're already there, it's just that we did it the neoliberal way so it's patchwork, decentralized, largely run by private companies, and tied into the financial system. Well that's the thing, that's basically what China's system is. Some specific aspects are a lot worse, kinda think like the US no-fly system but a dozen or so involving various programs or public services but the rules are super unclear, and usually in practice the threat of getting on one of those lists, even if the official can't actually do it, is enough to quiet a lot of complaints. Some of it also includes way to sanction companies, which are actually in theory good, but in practice it's basically a part of the mindset you see in libertarians and tech bros in the US that everything, even (especially) social issues, is an engineering problem that just needs apps and management structures. Basically taking the whole community aspect out of communism, building a zero-trust system.
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May 4, 2021 01:20
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The Bloop posted:well I know nothing about the total war games but I love warhammer and own 99999 skaven you can control a million skaven, take over and infest everywhere else by building hidden hives underneath normville. you have to take captives to feed your forces after battle, if they get hungry enough they may revolt. also, you have to deal with their inbuilt skaven treachery.
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May 4, 2021 01:36
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Riot Bimbo posted:hope you like being bilked for dlc and buying 'sequels' that amount to expansion-esque updates at full price A true skaven would just pirat the game...
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May 4, 2021 01:46
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The Bloop posted:A true skaven would just pirat the game...
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May 4, 2021 02:34
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mazzi Chart Czar posted:It could have been like the 1950's where it was a big wall with little doors, and you pay to get the food out. What you mean like an automat?
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May 4, 2021 03:16
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Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk utopia
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May 4, 2021 03:18
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The Bloop posted:I was an huge fan of WHFB but I've never played any of the video games ya Riot Bimbo posted:hope you like being bilked for dlc and buying 'sequels' that amount to expansion-esque updates at full price don't buy them then
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May 4, 2021 06:57
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Tiler Kiwi posted:ya Im just real salty about WH2 being announced and released, and then have it run worse than the first game despite doing less and having equivalent fidelity. And i paid for it because at some point my habit of alwats buying indie games i liked became a habit of just buying games.
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May 4, 2021 07:43
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thats how they get ya
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May 4, 2021 09:14
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/technician-for-water-co-linked-to-liver-failure-says-his-dog-got-liver-illness/?amp=1quote:The lead water technician for Real Water—a Las Vegas-based company that produces “alkalized” bottled water now linked to liver failure cases—testified that he had no relevant experience to be a water technician when he was promoted to the position last August.
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May 4, 2021 10:54
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Vacuum and timeshare salesman you say.
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May 4, 2021 11:10
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I could totally see this guy as a PK Dick protagonist
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May 4, 2021 11:14
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Tulip posted:Always double check your conference call settings. The Epic v Apple trial began this morning with kids yelling overtop each other on a packed phone line. "I would suck all of you to get Fortnite mobile back," said one voice. Were over a year into this poo poo and somehow the same people are still loving up Zoom calls And god help you if you have to explain how to work Microsoft teams to those people
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May 4, 2021 11:59
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VideoTapir posted:According to a taped deposition from late March that was obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Aiken was promoted from his job of loading bottled water onto shipping pallets to the company’s lead technician after “a couple hours” of training.
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May 4, 2021 12:22
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Bottled Water = Disrupted with new paradigms in hepatitis.
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May 4, 2021 12:26
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I mean he was a vacuum salesman That's basically 90% of a head technician
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May 4, 2021 12:29
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The Nastier Nate posted:Were over a year into this poo poo and somehow the same people are still loving up Zoom calls Because we don't expect Boomers to actually be able to do their job.
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May 4, 2021 15:45
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VideoTapir posted:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/technician-for-water-co-linked-to-liver-failure-says-his-dog-got-liver-illness/?amp=1 quote:Aiken’s own dog developed a liver illness that month after drinking water Aiken brought home from work. The dog recovered after his wife identified the water as the possible source of the illness and told Aiken to stop giving it to him.
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May 4, 2021 15:57
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Colonel Cancer posted:I mean he was a vacuum salesman lol
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May 4, 2021 17:54
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Volmarias posted:There's a reason that those dialogs continue to get increasingly scary. There are far more people who will get some malware to guide them through doing this to install some other kind of malware, than there are legitimate users of this. We live a documentary, it's called "Idiocracy," and it's starring you 
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