Rhaedas
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- Comment on UK petition of "Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state" just got thrown back to the Government 1 hour ago:
Looking at the petition itself it wasn't very specific on the terms, which is why I questioned the very broadness of the request . "Keep" implies maintaining how it is currently, not a transition to open source and player run.
- Comment on UK petition of "Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state" just got thrown back to the Government 4 hours ago:
I'm curious on how signers of this petition think companies could afford to do this. Often times shutting a game down is because the interest of players has waned. Making a law to require them to keep that server and software running...forever? Is the end goal to kill any online game development?
It would make sense to require a company to release the code for players to host their own servers, which has been done by many games in the past. Not to continue to run it themselves.
- Comment on Chicken vs Egg 7 hours ago:
Wherever humans draw the line. The meme uses the assumption that there is a clear change from earlier species to later descendants, when it reality it is a continuous change of many characteristics each time an individual reproduces and spreads their genetics. It's the flaw of the missing link argument.
- Comment on Did Obama Becoming President Make People Hide Their Racism? 4 days ago:
Yet not a word when other Presidents wore similar or the same color before and after. It was just something to target.
- Comment on "What The Heck Is That": Dune 2's Black & White Planet Initially Scared Warner Bros. 1 week ago:
I also love that they used some science with a small bit of handwavium to make it work, the black sun's light being shifted more into the infrared spectrum and affecting the visuals as well as what life was left on their planet.
- Comment on Live Updates: Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fining Him $9,000 2 weeks ago:
Is that a typical amount for anyone who might do similar? It sure doesn't seem like a lot, especially for someone that is known to push law boundaries.
- Comment on U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs 3 weeks ago:
And real benefits instead of a fixed healthcare system that profits on necessity.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Also many suicide failures have reportedly had second thought even right after they attempted, such as on the way off the bridge. All we can do is help them if possible, so that if there was regret they might be able to recover their life. The self immolation is a tough example because it's true that survival means a long road of pain, but I don't think we should try and draw lines to determine who should and shouldn't be saved (again, if possible). I'd also rather be hated by them for trying to help than to think that I could have done something but chose an easier route of inaction by mental justification.
- Comment on cute little devils 4 weeks ago:
That look. I'm not petting it.
- Comment on somewhere a postdoc is crying 1 month ago:
Thanks for the extra info. I figured it applied across many solutions. And your TLDR was my initial response - chemistry...well physics in general to cover everything else too, is weird.
- Comment on aliens. 1 month ago:
"They're the same picture." Relatively.
Who knows what an alien's obscene graffiti looks like?
"Glorb, have you been doing those disgusting symmetry circles again? Pervert."
- Comment on somewhere a postdoc is crying 1 month ago:
My uneducated gut feeling is that it's due to the ratio of water and how the water molecules interact with the acid. Other acids have similar curves (in that they aren't a smooth curve).
- Comment on What produced the old dead channel tv static audiovisuals on tvs? 1 month ago:
"Waves are everywhere" made me think of the Feynman's "Seeing Things" video. "Tremendous mess of waves"
- Comment on [NEWS] "Star Trek 4" Gets New Writer For Final Film - Dark Horizons 1 month ago:
Casting was the best part of the newer movies, even with some of the changes, but I wasn't a fan of the stories. They weren't Trek. I take that back, the very beginning of 2009 felt Trek. Still enjoy that clip, even with the lens flares.
- Comment on boogie worms 1 month ago:
Don't embarrass us, call a big one.
Not that big.
- Comment on Peak technology 2 months ago:
We had a 5P back in the Win98 days, and it was exactly what you'd expect a printer to be. The refills were pricey, but they'd last a long time (we printed a lot then). And you could get a bit more life out of an empty drum if you shook the hell out it.
I do wonder about compatibility with Win10/11 at this point. I know some other old devices I still have around are all but impossible to get to work.
- Comment on Peak technology 2 months ago:
It's uncanny how any post about problems with HP always has the same solution in the comments. Brother.
In related news, learning what Audi is doing with their new model and subscriptions makes me think the world has gone mad.
- Comment on How many times will I tell you? 2 months ago:
It's best to have an agreed default in a household, so there's no surprises during a half awake trip or an emergency. Lid down is the best hygienically, but seat down is better than all up as it's a shared need for everyone sometimes.
Women who do lid up for the men have done that out of a history of men in their lives thinking their aim is perfect.