uninvitedguest

@uninvitedguest@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Booking.com cancelled woman's $4K hotel reservation, then offered her same rooms for $17K⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to book flights with aggregators. After an experience with Priceline (owned by booking.com) I will never, ever again.

  Had to cancel a flight due to the whole family getting COVID. When we tried rebooking using the credit, we had to call in to a special number to deal with an agent. This agent had a different flight price list than what was publicly listed - and of course the agent’s prices were higher. They were so much higher that it was cheaper for us to throw our credit out and book online than to use our credit and book through the agent.

  We spent hours railing against this. Calling, calling back, trying different agents, calling the airline, ombudsman, etc. I even wrote with receipts, call, and chat logs to CBC’s expose section though never heard back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The story of a crazy Half-Life 2 bug, as told by former Valve dev Tom Forsyth (Mastodon thread)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have one at home⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve said something with such absolute certainty that is not making sense to me.

  Now I’m not versed in Japanese tax law, but Japan does follow International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). I’m also not versed in the capitalization of video game development expenses.

  A business is going to write down their asset based on their ability to generate future revenue from it. With Concord dead on arrival, it would be fair to say that they would write down everything related to the individual game development. If they left any asset on the books it would be related to the IP/trademarks/copyrights/etc (maybe some transferrable technology if they are getting really specific).

  I’m not able to make the connection between issuing takedowns on community servers/videos and the accounting write off of an impaired asset. Issuing takedowns seems more in line with IP protection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which I would have learned earlier had I read the article!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired colleagues get reinstated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can't speak for the USA, but typically in Canada (Ontario) people would not want to return to the employer but force a greater settlement.

  Also, in Ontario, an employer that is found to be union busting would result in automatic certification of the union - no vote needed.