[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

US admin: "If you want to do business here, these are the rules. Also, these are the consequences if you ignore the rules."

EU: "If you want to do business here, these are the rules. Also, these are the consequences if you ignore the rules."

US admin: "That is UNFAIR and ILLEGAL!! You are taking ADVANTAGE of our generosity and giving us a BAD DEAL. There will be CONSEQUENCES, the BIGGEST consequences. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The internet was revolutionary. No longer do we have to pay exorbitant prices to rent a VHS tape or buy a magazine to escape from the drudgery and repetition of existence.

Now, we can stream porn for free. Or for those who have money to spare, there's 3D VR porn. In fact, there's even video game porn.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Without the standard file hierarchy (which can be enabled), most executables straight up wouldn't work. The linker and standard library .so files aren't where they're expected to be.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

This sounds like something Uwos Lab would do.

*clicks link*

Yeah.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Called it. Removing the ability for a device to connect to its own debug bridge was the obvious step after crippling sideloading.

My bingo card also includes:

  • Removing the permission for the pm command to disable preinstalled applications and services at the user level.
  • Preventing implicit/default permissions from being removed through adb.
  • Requiring registering with Google as a developer to enable ADB at all.

Fuck you, Google.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago

It never should have been allowed to bundle unrelated legislation in bills.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

People don't like tracing what something is doing across seven 12-line functions spread through multiple files?

Fry shocked gif

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

They can't even write regex properly.

The only difference between ([0-9]+)? and [0-9]* is that the latter actually readable.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes, optional. As in, the developers have the option to optimize their games despite publishers pushing for cheaper development and shorter deadlines knowing they can get away with instead adding proprietary black box generative models. And you, as the consumer, have the option to either pay inflated prices for a product launched on paper or to instead choose to enjoy motion sickness while playing a game at 20 frames a second.

Keep kissing that leather jacket, fanboy.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

When you call them out on it, the excuse is predictably some version of "we're doing it because they did it first", using hate speech as the example.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

More importantly, who the fuck is anthroporphizing AI?

Google search results AI answer: "Thinking..."

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Misleading pricing:

Using the billing period as the header and showing the price for the billing period... except for monthly—which shows 1/4 the price and says "every week" in smaller, gray text.

Punishing non-subscription payments:

Adding a $6.50 (1400%) surcharge for wanting a weekly one-time payment instead of a recurring subscription.

Charging more for longer periods:

Monthly billing, once you remove the dark pattern and convert it to its actual price, is $2. There are 12 months in a year, meaning it would cost $24 to maintain that subscription for a year.

Why is the yearly subscription $29, then?


If you want to verify this for yourself, you're going to need to clear your cookies and reload an article a lot. They do A/B tests and show different subscription requied modals. This one was the worst.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 267 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

> FAA prevents SpaceX from launching more rockets
> Musk guts the FAA
> FAA no longer stopping rockets
> Musk decries nobody will stop other people's rockets

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pivot_root@lemmy.world to c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works

Modlog, which includes a site ban—something only admins can do.

The community bans also include communities that aren't moderated by any instance admins, and some that are only moderated by a single person who likely isn't aware of actions taken under their community's name.

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Once one company gets away with it, the rest follow.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pivot_root@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

The Citra website has been replaced with the same statement made on the Yuzu website, and the GitHub repository is now gone as well.


Other build dependency repos taken down with it:

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pivot_root@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

This also includes ceasing development and destroying their copies of the code.

The GitHub repo page for Yuzu now returns a 404, as well. In addition, the repo for the Citra 3DS emulator was also taken down.

As of at least 23:30 UTC, Yuzu's website and Citra's website have been replaced with a statement about their discontinuation.


Other sources found by @Daughter3546@lemmy.world:


There is also an active Reddit thread about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1b6gtb5/

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An ad that showed up as I was browsing through the news. Bloody ridiculous...

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submitted 2 years ago by pivot_root@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world

You may know it as Space Melody by Luna Park or as ResuRection by ППК (English: PPK), but the original melody was composed by Eduard Artemyev for the 1979 Soviet film Siberiade. The original name of the song, as titled in the movie's soundtrack release, is la mort du héroes (the death of heroes, if my French is correct).

Here's a link to the original composition, if you're curious.

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