FMecha

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by FMecha 2y ago
Are there even unions for open source maintainers/contributors?
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by FMecha 2y ago
I used this one: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2006?amount=700
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by FMecha 2y ago
PS5 Slim trade-in value is already tanking because of the PS5 Pro, though [1]. [1] https://twitter.com/Jebailey/status/1833540904797528080
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by FMecha 2y ago
Adjusted for inflation that PS3 is $1,100 now.
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by FMecha 2y ago
PC games are also for most part digital-only nowadays.
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by FMecha 2y ago
>there is no digital substitute Flash carts exist that can bridge your own digital ROMs to original NES systems.
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by FMecha 2y ago
>On the PS5 refresh, no, an internet connection is required to activate the drive, whether or not it came in the box. Because the disc drive and the main board are required to be paired with each other since the PS3/X360 era. People
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by FMecha 2y ago
I originally thought this might/could be an US portion of the Stop Killing Games campaign - until I read the "hardware" part of the title.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Japan and South Korea has their own "digital sovereignty" to a lesser extent too, given how dependent their users are on many local services run by (de facto) keiretsu/chaebols (YJ/LINE/Softbank/etc in Japan; N
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by FMecha 2y ago
So, if the Great 78 Project lawsuit ends up in favor of record labels, which groups will be next to go after them?
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by FMecha 2y ago
It is a legitimate growing concern for men's fitness content and the (young) men who watch those. But if their focus is on women's thinspo stuff (given the title concerns both weight and fitness), that could be a "one stone,
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by FMecha 2y ago
Ironically, men's fitness content creators are also seen as pipeline for the "nutjob" stuff, straight from the fitness content creator themselves.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Other factor in this decision appears to how fitness/workout content tends to have a politically right-leaning slant that can push one into reactionary rabbit hole: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/
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by FMecha 2y ago
>At this point, the Internet Archive should consider simply moving to another jurisdiction. Except international copyright treaties exist, which makes copyright enforcement effectively extraterritorial.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Mastodon is too fragmented for the common people, and any chance of that being popular is getting usurped by Bluesky anyway.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Sources are reporting that they do threaten fines of R$50,000/day.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Paid hobbyists, you mean. In sense that they get paid thru a Patreon/Ko-Fi or something, because these hobbyists likely still want to be compensated.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Also, BAT being a cryptocurrency already turns off people who aren't fan of crypto.
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by FMecha 2y ago
My perception is that AR is also a gimmick that won't seem to take off any time soon. How many times AR technologies have come and went in whimper?
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by FMecha 2y ago
The government wouldn't let GM go out of business for the same reason they wouldn't let Intel met the same fate - even from said invisible hands.
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by FMecha 2y ago
They tried to do this in 2000/2001, but it didn't result in a breakup.
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by FMecha 2y ago
>I absolutely want electronics built into car! Requirements for antilock brakes, electronic fuel injection, and other electronics in vehicles has made them safer and more efficient. There are car people out there who would rather drive a
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by FMecha 2y ago
Don't the court already did #1?
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by FMecha 2y ago
With regards to games - I wonder if stuff like Limited Run Games also qualify as "heritage physical media".
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by FMecha 2y ago
Google also tried to push PC OEMs to pre-install Chrome on their new PCs when Chrome was new.[1] Sony/VAIO is the only manufacturer to have known to take the bait.[2] [1] https://www.crn.com.au/news/google-may-pre-
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by FMecha 2y ago
Stood corrected, only to notice that the editing period has ended.
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by FMecha 2y ago
There's also the issue of latency, which is why Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments were primarily played on CRT TVs.
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by FMecha 2y ago
RHDN has multiple staffs, but only one head admin (Nightcrawler). The issue apparently bows down to infighting regarding the site's future, with Nightcrawler apparently considering shutdown in December 2023: https://twitter.
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by FMecha 2y ago
Only for PC gaming, at the very least (thanks to popularity of Steam). Sentiment to save physical games are primarily a console gaming thing.
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by FMecha 2y ago
>Current execution stumbles do not diminish historical triumphs Not for those who have "$THING was never good" mindset after repeated, multiple stumbles in a row. You see this with anything that closed/died in disgrace. I

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