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Yeah, I didn’t mean to sound entitled. I only meant I was excited for projects like fq to shake things up. When I was writing a parser for the sound file I was
by sillysaurusx 3y ago
Yeah, I didn’t mean to sound entitled. I only meant I was excited for projects like fq to shake things up. When I was writing a parser for the sound file I was thinking “hmm… this really feels like duplicate work.”
On the other hand, it’s surprising to me that “grab sounds from a wii game” is so niche! My gut felt like it would be slightly more complicated than unzipping a tarball, but my gut didn’t expect it to be a programming challenge worthy of a small competition.
- foobarian 3y agoIt’s all fun and games until Nintendo sends in a cease and desist notice
- sillysaurusx 3y agoSeriously. Nintendo is an evil corporation. I was about to write “close to,” but they crossed the line when they sent someone to prison and garnished his wages for the rest of his life.
- ozim 3y agoNot just someone but dude was not ripping or cracking stuff for fun. He made business out of it and what’s worse he added ransomware to scam his “customers”. POS deserved all of it if not more.
- sillysaurusx 3y agoIf he added ransomware, that’s a bit different. Making a business out of it isn’t that bad (think about it in terms of people going to prison for assault vs merely making some money), but the ransomware would be. Still, garnishing someone’s wages the rest of his life seems out of proportion. But I admit it’s harder to defend someone that made a livelihood out of holding peoples’ data hostage.
- huimang 3y agoThe punishment was severely out of proportion to the actual crime. He was definitely being made into an example.
- ninepoints 3y agoI really don't think protecting IP produced at company expense is "evil." That's their prerogative, and people knowingly violating agreements/ToS are playing with fire.