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you really don't have to self-censor "emulator" here. HN moderation is not like social media platforms.

by sterlind 1y ago

lazide 1y ago
Social media platforms censor emulator?!?
- Gigachad 1y ago
  Probably not. But silent deranking of censored terms has everyone paranoid that anything even slightly controversial will get hidden.
  - bigyabai 1y ago
    I'm just covering my ass. Life is good right now and I don't want to meet any Nintendo ninjas, even for insinuated infractions. It's not so much a condemnation of HN, but the way IP is in the US. The only website I want hosting my comments on Nintendo modding is my own.
    - 0points 1y ago
      That's hilarious. That modder who had to pay 2M sold drm circumvention kits for the Switch. That's a pretty clear case. You pretending that saying "emulator" on a forum qualifies just makes you a extra special snowflake.
      - rl3 1y ago
        >You pretending that saying "emulator" on a forum qualifies just makes you a extra special snowflake. Says the person going out of their way to attack another person over a single-character asterisk substitution. Seems fairly understandable to not want to piss off rabid lawyers, however remote the chances of angering them may be.
      - bigyabai 1y ago
        Okay, lol. Special snowflake it is. All I'll say is that I've seen people arrested for discussing Switch emulation in-detail. Never saw that happen with Cheat Engine.
        0points 1y ago
        > I've seen people arrested for discussing Switch emulation in-detail. Nope, that didn't happen. Nobody got arrested for discussing emulation.
    - jraph 1y ago
      I doubt a star will make Nintendo lawyers go "ow nose, they didn't spell out emulator in full, we can't attack them! Damn those star armors!". I don't think it changes anything technically. The only thing this kind of censoring does is countering basic censor bots I think, and somehow making swear words publishable in the US.
      - stavros 1y ago
        The asterisk would make it so they can't just search for "Nintendo emulator" online and find their comment. Until I typed this, I guess...
        jraph 1y ago
        Few results include "Nintendo emulator". Did you mean "Nintendo emul*tor"?
      - bigyabai 1y ago
        Look; if you want to risk your chipper little lifestyle explaining the various ways to run New Horizons, be my guest. I've insinuated enough already, anyone who cares about the discussion on-grounds wouldn't have anything else to ask.
        jraph 1y ago
        My point is that you don't take any more risk if you write emulator instead of emul*tor. You already took the risk explaining what you explained. One character swap doesn't change anything to this. I'm insisting because if you care about not being sued, the stars are not an adequate defense despite what you seem to believe it is, and false sense of security is dangerous. Not that I think that what you wrote here is remotely likely to cause you troubles, but it won't protect you the day you actually document something illegal. To rub it in: > I'm covering my ass No, not at all, and it's important that you realize this. But you do you.
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- perching_aix 1y ago
  Yes. Facebook at some point filtered links to them from private messaging. I know this from personal experience. Not sure if they still do. Also fairly common on Reddit and Discord for communities to ban discussions of them, or even falsely claim they're blanket illegal outright.
  - HeatrayEnjoyer 1y ago
    Why? An emulator isn't legally any different than a virtual machine.
    - bigyabai 1y ago
      Low-level emulators can be legally identical to a virtual machine, but often isn't. Most modern consoles can't be emulated that way, and most require you to dump a bootrom from your own console hardware, alongside game keys and other dubious digital paraphernalia.
    - lazide 1y ago
      Just like a PC, bare hardware without firmware or a boot OS is pretty useless. Same with emulators. Most distribute a pretty wide range of stuff along with them.

you really don't have to self-censor "emulator" here. HN moderation is not like social media platforms.

lazide 1y ago

Social media platforms censor emulator?!?

Gigachad 1y ago
Probably not. But silent deranking of censored terms has everyone paranoid that anything even slightly controversial will get hidden.
- bigyabai 1y ago
  I'm just covering my ass. Life is good right now and I don't want to meet any Nintendo ninjas, even for insinuated infractions. It's not so much a condemnation of HN, but the way IP is in the US. The only website I want hosting my comments on Nintendo modding is my own.
  - 0points 1y ago
    That's hilarious. That modder who had to pay 2M sold drm circumvention kits for the Switch. That's a pretty clear case. You pretending that saying "emulator" on a forum qualifies just makes you a extra special snowflake.
    - rl3 1y ago
      >You pretending that saying "emulator" on a forum qualifies just makes you a extra special snowflake. Says the person going out of their way to attack another person over a single-character asterisk substitution. Seems fairly understandable to not want to piss off rabid lawyers, however remote the chances of angering them may be.
    - bigyabai 1y ago
      Okay, lol. Special snowflake it is. All I'll say is that I've seen people arrested for discussing Switch emulation in-detail. Never saw that happen with Cheat Engine.
      - 0points 1y ago
        > I've seen people arrested for discussing Switch emulation in-detail. Nope, that didn't happen. Nobody got arrested for discussing emulation.
  - jraph 1y ago
    I doubt a star will make Nintendo lawyers go "ow nose, they didn't spell out emulator in full, we can't attack them! Damn those star armors!". I don't think it changes anything technically. The only thing this kind of censoring does is countering basic censor bots I think, and somehow making swear words publishable in the US.
    - stavros 1y ago
      The asterisk would make it so they can't just search for "Nintendo emulator" online and find their comment. Until I typed this, I guess...
      - jraph 1y ago
        Few results include "Nintendo emulator". Did you mean "Nintendo emul*tor"?
    - bigyabai 1y ago
      Look; if you want to risk your chipper little lifestyle explaining the various ways to run New Horizons, be my guest. I've insinuated enough already, anyone who cares about the discussion on-grounds wouldn't have anything else to ask.
      - jraph 1y ago
        My point is that you don't take any more risk if you write emulator instead of emul*tor. You already took the risk explaining what you explained. One character swap doesn't change anything to this. I'm insisting because if you care about not being sued, the stars are not an adequate defense despite what you seem to believe it is, and false sense of security is dangerous. Not that I think that what you wrote here is remotely likely to cause you troubles, but it won't protect you the day you actually document something illegal. To rub it in: > I'm covering my ass No, not at all, and it's important that you realize this. But you do you.
  - Podrod 1y ago
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  - deleted 1y ago
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perching_aix 1y ago
Yes. Facebook at some point filtered links to them from private messaging. I know this from personal experience. Not sure if they still do. Also fairly common on Reddit and Discord for communities to ban discussions of them, or even falsely claim they're blanket illegal outright.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 1y ago
  Why? An emulator isn't legally any different than a virtual machine.
  - bigyabai 1y ago
    Low-level emulators can be legally identical to a virtual machine, but often isn't. Most modern consoles can't be emulated that way, and most require you to dump a bootrom from your own console hardware, alongside game keys and other dubious digital paraphernalia.
  - lazide 1y ago
    Just like a PC, bare hardware without firmware or a boot OS is pretty useless. Same with emulators. Most distribute a pretty wide range of stuff along with them.