mehlmao

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by mehlmao 3y ago
UT99 and all the Unreal games have been delisted from stores and they're shutting down the game's master server. You can still play solo or in LAN but online multiplayer is gone and there's no (legal) way to get new copies.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
We could have privacy protection as the default, and then you can opt-in to sharing your personal life with hundreds of companies so they can show you more relevant ads. Since everyone loves relevant ads, they'd be sure to opt-in, righ
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by mehlmao 3y ago
versus the status quo, where it's not about what you can do, but making the owner like you?
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Off the top of my head: targeted ads towards people who are predisposed to gambling addictions or alcoholism
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by mehlmao 3y ago
I don't think that it's a selling point, I just think it's effective at getting hooks into players and being habit-forming. I have a few friends who cancel plans or bail on our book club because they need to unlock all the li
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by mehlmao 3y ago
That was not a requirement when I first signed up.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Love people implying their beliefs are empirical by arbitrarily assigning percentage values.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
It's also worth noting that this is a race to the bottom for all multiplayer games. If you don't use psychological tricks like FOMO limited time items, lootboxes, battlepasses, etc., susceptible players will drop your game for the
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Why does it need a community? I pay for the tool and it does what I want it to do.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
The rights to ACME's products (and equipment to manufacture them) will be sold in bankruptcy to other companies that didn't give people cancer. These companies will continue to manufacture and sell them. As we all know capitalism
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by mehlmao 3y ago
The only notable innovation to come from cryptocurrencies is the rise of ransomware, a drain on the global economy that funds terrorists and dictatorships.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Comcast and Optimum both offer low-cost cell phone networks. They resell service from the big three, but largely rely on WiFi calling. Phones automatically connect to the default modem/router combos.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
QR code on the bottom of a heat-sensitive can? Or maybe it's transparent, with the QR code printed the same color as the liquid?
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by mehlmao 3y ago
The "User attempting to steal online gameplay" bit came from Cliff Blezinski et al saying that splitscreen multiplayer and co-op was a mistake, because half the people who played didn't pay for the game. In the past ten years
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by mehlmao 3y ago
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.13188.pdf Stable Diffusion spits out slightly blurrier versions of the pictures in its training set.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
*study harder than the rich legacy admissions
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Please explain how Henry Wade could enforce the overturned Texas Penal Code statutes without violating the constitutional right to privacy.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
My understanding is that a lot of work on TLOU2 was performed by contractors.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
I'm a cyclist. Without additional context, I said that a bicycle (and skateboards (that aren't being carried)) are not allowed in the park.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
I've used Smooze [1] in the past. It has a ton of features, but I really just need it for turning off mouse acceleration and making the scroll wheel usable. Glad to see an open source option. [1] https://smooze.co/
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by mehlmao 3y ago
The "thousands of small tech startups" would have gotten $250,000 immediately so they could make payroll, the majority of their holdings back in a week, and 95-98% of their money back in a month under normal FDIC operation. There
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by mehlmao 3y ago
The information stored in therapy or prayer apps is much more sensitive than a disposable Reddit account.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
As opposed to all the valuable things being crated with cryptocurrencies?
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by mehlmao 3y ago
I was sad to see Bloodhunt end development. Thanks for your work on it!
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by mehlmao 3y ago
It's not 'you can't buy it', it's 'you can't sell it and also steal the funds of the people you sold it to'.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
SVB failed to diversify their holdings. The venture capitalists who caused the run and their funds also failed to diversify.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Maybe people wouldn't resent their employer if their employer did something about the people stealing breast milk, or if they actually took action against the managers sexually assaulting women in the "Cosby Suite".
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by mehlmao 3y ago
46% is such a precise number. This is why I can't take "rationalists", the Yudkowskys, and the Silvers seriously. Colossal assumptions turned into confidently stated probabilities.
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by mehlmao 3y ago
What, so Google can track me better? I hate YouTube's recommendation system and only watch videos in a Private browsing window. I would happily pay for YouTube if they wouldn't track me, shovel shit in my face, or otherwise misuse
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by mehlmao 3y ago
Zipcar in fishtoaster's example includes gas in the price. The rental car comes with a debit card to pay for gas. There's a surcharge if you drive more than an 180 miles per day (averaged).

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