If they used official closed source code, there is some legal issues, if challenged, but if they reverse engineered the server code then it's a lot more leeway (similar to emulators). Most private servers I'm familiar with are the former, though, and since the assets and such are generally client side, nothing the server hosts is illegal.

Though again, I don't even think that should be illegal but c'est la vie; it's copyrighted code.

Exposition 33 is a French psyop and it worked. Baguette for life!

My neighborhood starts early, as early as those stands pop up, and somehow they continue for months.

They also import illegal ones, although not at much this year. Local city governments have been cracking down. Last year, I heard heavy duty fireworks as early as mothers day.

Not to mention, you could hurt yourself with how hard and how many times you bash his head.

Reading this article, ESA feels like the evil archenemies of the Stop Killing Games folks. As SKG put it, the talk of illegality was to mislead a Californian legislator too busy to fact check.

That said, the real fight ESA is pushing is more in regards to private servers for MMOs and other always-online games that SKG wants to be legal as part of preservation. I personally disagree with ESA in that regard, although I can understand their legal argument regarding the lawsuits on World of Warcraft private servers, mentioned in the article.

(Though, my two cents, I personally feel "free market" should mean official servers are better and earn their subscriptions: more people, more reliable, better content, etc... but they usually aren't. So fuck them, lol).

Ah yes, I remember when Paraguay marched on Berlin...

Instructions unclear, cooked pizza in clay kiln.

I should be impacted, with Simple Choice, but the irony isn't the price being the issue; my plan doesn't have throttling built in, so it's slightly more than the newer plan while also offering more reliable internet. I've considered updating the plan for slightly cheaper and higher caps, but the fine print always stopped me.

He's quite active on Bluesky now, which is where I follow him.

Would make a great "What radicalized you" answer, too.

Btw, my toddler was given absolutely fantastic treatment in Japan. Free toys and patience. I bet other countries are similarly respectful.

The irony is that might even produce more atheists than not reading the Bible, especially depending on which sections they read. That book is fucking awful and most Christians don't actually know what's in it...

Nevermind the climb, you're practically crouching to pee with that ceiling there.