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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Intellectual property is a means of production after its released. It requires no further input from the creator, and so they shouldnt have a monopoly over it.

  If the internet actually enforced copyright to the letter of the law, it wouldnt exist in its current form. No memes, no game streamers or videogame youtubers, no unlicensed music, no image sharing. Copyright needs to be defended to the best of the holders ability otherwise they lose it. It would necessitate a constant stream of scanning and policing and litigation thatd be so taxing on platforms theyd just shut down. Video game streaming operates in a legal grey zone because the law is flawed.

  Theres a reason programming tools are almost all open source. From languages to libraries to software, the alternative is just too inefficient.

  Copyright is an old shitty system from the days when books required publishers who had to register an ISBN for everything they published. The modern equivalent would be if every unique copyrightable contribution on the internet first required submitting the media to a government agency to store a hash of it and issue a UUID.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too soon?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i mean hes right. shoulda just been on the right side of history

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Eagle screech]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Make her morbidly obese with a walmart motorized cart and itll be accurate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Applies to many things. Not just religion⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  God isnt real

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The one drawback to walking at night⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  finland has a homocide rate of about 1 per 100k.
  Countries are generally lower than cities, but some cities for context :

  Hong Kong : 0.29
  Glendale CA : 0.52
  Tampere, Finland : 2.2
  Arlington TX: 4.8
  Los Angeles CA : 10.3 Albequerqe NM : 21.3
  Washington DC : 31.85
  Flint MI : 70.7 Tijuana MX : 95.9

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gives a piracy history lesson⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Torrenting is less common but thats because most piracy is just streaming now. Its more profitable to host a streaming site, youre less likely to get a virus streaming compared to torrenting now, and its easier to access and find.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for Overwatch alternatives⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  once mecha break comes out next year, mecha break. its waay more fun and teamplay is just as important if not moreso.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you moderate yourself?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I started making one but never finished it lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you moderate yourself?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If youre adhd try gamifying aspects of your life.