I have no reason to disagree that the game released was ultimately the best version of itself, but to say that—in the context of the whole development cycle—the game that was released was not compromised in any way feels disingenuous and dishonest to me.

On the one hand, the guy who wrote this blog post is kinda unhinged.

On the other hand, I’m kinda living for it and agree with his views.

So really it all evens out in the end.

Not the only ways to do it by far, but I do agree with you that most people just pay for streaming services.

People don’t pirate music

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They’ve really been making a lot of improvements lately; it’s nice to see.

Precisely this. Consumer VPNs are not tools for security or anonymity. They won’t protect you from most kinds of fingerprinting or tracking beyond IP-based tracking. They have relatively specific uses. I recommend Privacy Guides’ article on them for further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/vpn-overview/

I like shorts! They’re comfy and easy to wear!

That’s what they’re saying. The implication is that Barone doesn’t care about money and therefore may not make a sequel.

I took 7 1/2 years. Everyone moves at different speeds. Comparison is the thief of joy.

I have friends and a family who care about me, and I’ve been listening to one of my new favorite podcasts, “You’re Wrong About”.

That’s about all that’s getting me through life right now.

I’ve been using a SimpleLogin alias on Patreon for a while and have never been flagged, so there’s that.

To put it in a way that’s slightly less genteel than the other posters, let me tell you my motto that I live by as someone with multiple mental illnesses:

Mental illness is no excuse for being an asshole.

It says in the article.

Law enforcement use CSS to pinpoint the location of phones often with greater accuracy than other techniques such as cell site location information (CSLI) and without needing to involve the phone company at all. CSS can also log International Mobile Subscriber Identifiers (IMSI numbers) unique to each SIM card, or hardware serial numbers (IMEIs) of all of the mobile devices within a given area. Some CSS may have advanced features allowing law enforcement to intercept communications in some circumstances.

Looks like they aren’t using “IMSI catcher” because it only covers one of the uses of those devices.

Just in case anyone didn’t feel like reading the article, here’s the last (and imo most important) paragraph:

However, without changing the DMCA, we can’t expect to see real, lasting change in this space. Doctorow said as much to me: “What we really need to do is get rid of DMCA 1201, that law that makes it a crime to format shift your media…it’s the same law that stops farmers from fixing their tractors, blocks independent mechanics from fixing your car, stops rivals from setting up alternative app stores for phones and games consoles…this law is a menace!”

Not real, but certainly creative.

Yeah, my friends and I always used Forgotten Realms lore as a base in homebrew settings and then just do whatever on top of it, like that one time we had chocobos in a campaign LOL

can’t imagine you would have many problems on opensuse tumbleweed

What’s your favorite cut of human meat, and who are you looking to murder and eat next?

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