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by maccard 4mo ago
I’ve spent more than a decade working in games and unfortunately perforce is the best out there for a variety of reasons. None of them are good.
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by maccard 4mo ago
> It's probably just something no one has thought of doing There are 1000 things that's true of about git. At a certain point that becomes a problem in and of itself.
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by maccard 4mo ago
> The initiative has no problem with this as far as I know; the backend being an overengineered mess doesn't make it non-compliant with what SKG wants. SKG wants games to be "playable" and doesn't define what playable
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by maccard 4mo ago
> Not really, it will be the consequence of requiring the game to be given to the community after the EOL. "I'm not calling for it, but if it happens to be the only way to achieve what I want then so be it". > While tha
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by maccard 4mo ago
You've not just edit'ed and added to your comment, you removed a point about supporting open sourcing the games as a solution. > : the goalpost is "the games should remain playable after the publisher stop supporting it&qu
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by maccard 4mo ago
Most of the cloud providers have generous enough free tiers that small developers fit into them. Look at EOS, Playfab, Steam. You can run a backend for free for < 5k players with lambda and dynamodb. edit: > To my knowledge, cloud ser
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by maccard 4mo ago
> But you don't have to design the backend this way. You’re calling for legislating software architecture for a subset of software that is different to how it works everywhere else in the tech industry. > Some games that have bee
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by maccard 4mo ago
Dropping a server binary works if that’s all you need. Playfab and AWS provide software services - how do you operate without Playfab's player data, or matchmaking, or parties?
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by maccard 4mo ago
Those games are unaffected whether or not SKG is written into law. If ojr of those games has an optional multiplayer component all of a sudden it can come under the purview. One of the things SKG has pushed down the line is what is “playabl
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by maccard 4mo ago
> 90% of games have no online conponent, and run in perpetuity after purchase So those games are unaffected regardless of this law. > This only affects AAA game studios that produce micro transaction slop and live services. The exact
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by maccard 4mo ago
Game developer here. If it were “just” that easy I’d love to support this. > All the publisher would have to do is to create a "mini self-hosted server" application and provide it and they would follow the law on this You’re m
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by maccard 4mo ago
I work in games. Everyone, and I mean _everyone_ uses windows with visual studio.
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by maccard 4mo ago
You don’t need a pihole. iOS and android both have parental controls that are very simple to use.
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by maccard 4mo ago
Steam is simple - pay the $99 and follow the instructions.
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by maccard 4mo ago
https://blog.whatsapp.com/introducing-parent-managed-account... It’s very recent but WhatsApp are giving you exactly what you want!
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by maccard 4mo ago
I mean, the government bans lots of things for under 18s. Gambling, alcohol, opening bank accounts, getting married are all restricted by governments. I’m not saying governments shouldn’t provide laws on what children can and can’t do, I’m
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by maccard 4mo ago
Except they are. I’m not aware of any actual bypasses of parental controls on iOS or android. You choose apps and allow or deny them, and you provide limits which are guarded by passcodes or parental prompt (on iOS at least). > It feels
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by maccard 4mo ago
I don’t think it’s suspicious - I think trust globally in tech companies has been deteriorating at the same pace in most western countries is all.
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by maccard 4mo ago
The solution is parental controls on devices.
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by maccard 4mo ago
I disagree. I don’t have a huge problem with the UK government monitoring my online presence; I’m reasonably sure my ISP is siphoning all that information to them anyway. That may be problematic for some, but I’m ok with it. My problem is t
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by maccard 4mo ago
If your license is open then Anthropic and OpenAI are using your work anyway.
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by maccard 4mo ago
That’s a blast from the past. I love the usability of that library but it’s much worse than lots of the proprietary math libraries I’ve used since
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by maccard 4mo ago
This is nonsense. It’s referrals for jobs that get filled before the JD is even posted, or discussions about what companies/people _actually_ want when they’re tendering projects. It’s tickets for sold out events, access to golf tee ti
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by maccard 4mo ago
> Don't you think these types of restrictions will weaken rather than empower the US? I do. But I think the US is currently in a position of strength that they are continually undermining.
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by maccard 4mo ago
What chinese labs are on par with GPT-5.3 and Sonnet 4.6 that I can go and use today? (granted they're 4 months ago, not 6 but nothing was released in Dec/Jan so I rounded up).
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by maccard 4mo ago
Almost all of the major tech companies are either HQ'ed in the US or have a very significant US entity, and make up probably about half of the S&P500. The US's power has changed and is actively changing, but the US still holds
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by maccard 4mo ago
Ah. Well that’s a problem. My advise is either manage up, accept fate or move team
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by maccard 4mo ago
I’d you’re not willing to stand your ground and have a direct conversation with your co worker then there’s no solution to it.
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by maccard 4mo ago
I had this happen to me twice. The first time I ignored it, second time I responddd with “I could have asked ChatGPT myself but I asked you”. Never happened again.
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by maccard 4mo ago
Don’t ever write this in a professional environment. It’s childish ant achieves nothing other than pissing off the person it’s targeted at and probably the manager who now has to deal with a shitty behaviour complaint.

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