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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just do in what I do. Don't join meetings most of the time. That way when you do it is noteworthy to the meeting stakeholder.

Yeah sure my manglers through the years try to have 'the talk' but after awhile of training them via sheer apathy they shut the fuck up.

I solve complex problems, get my tasks done, I'm independent and I stay busy because I'll get bored. Most meetings could just be an email. There's no real collaboration except managers or scrum masters asking what your blockers are but not actually doing anything about it. If I think the meeting will be a waste of my time I just don't show up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

How are "Dems in charge" when Republicans have had a majority in both Congress and the Supreme Court for years now? For half the time there was also a Republican President.

It is crazy to me that when the GOP essentially ran the government and still did absolutely nothing for this country and didn't follow through on anything they blamed the "deep state" and people still bought into it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Yes, if they offload all of the compute for anti-cheat to the customer's hardware, then you are right for current operating systems.

Client side anti-cheat is not the only way but it is the cheapest way for the game industry.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I didn't say anything about Bernie Sanders as a candidate.

To answer your question, you are wrong because you created a strawman to argue against.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This post proves Bernie Sanders right about at least one person.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Doubtful either will do anything but maybe make a report that might be ready if they are murdered. Cops will say there is nothing they can do because nobody is hurt. I'd bet a field agent would never call you back or show up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

The 'Tells it like it is and doesn't care what anyone thinks' candidate.

I guess they can chalk this up to having a concept of an opinion at the moment in addition to having a concept of a plan.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I know that. That still misses the point. The point of the law is to clarify that on digital storefronts that you make purchases for licensed digital goods, that you can't imply to the consumer that they actually own those goods. It doesn't matter if there is an offline installer. It doesn't matter if you can 'keep your installers forever'.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (12 children)

It doesn't really matter because it doesn't change the point that people think they own digital goods when they don't. GOG may have a more consumer friendly system in place but it doesn't change what has happened with people's music, movies, shows, games and music in games at these digital storefronts, where people have clicked "Buy X" and later on, it's no longer in their libraries anymore. This has happened even when the business still exists and is still providing digital goods.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I've never played DND so I don't know if this is something you could pull off or anything but I'd probably be like

"I snort the fine pile of dust" and then, I don't know, there's some latent personality or intention there, so now we have to alternate playing my character between turns/minutes or something. It'd probably make for some great RP moments, especially if each personality couldn't remember very well what the other was doing previously. Maybe the class and abilities change with each person, which makes arming up appropriately interesting or a pain depending on how we handle it I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Right, if you download the offline installers, then they can't stop you from doing whatever you're going to do with it but you don't own them. Legally, you can't sell them, transfer them to someone else, etc.

There are other sections that make the lack of ownership by you clear and that you still have to abide by the publisher's/developer's licensing agreements but Section 10 states the situation outright:

Section 10 of the GOG user agreement says:

GOG content is owned by its developers/publishers and licensed by us.

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