ImplyingImplications @ ImplyingImplications @lemmy.ca

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Companies dont tell you beforehand that they are going to shut games down. They usually dont even know they will, so I dont see how your example holds up here. Maybe you could explain.

But what if they did? Some places have already put laws requiring sellers to inform purchasers if they are selling a licence instead of ownership. If the terms were clear at the point of sale, and I agree to the terms, what's the issue? You're allowed to think it's a bad deal, but why does that mean I'm not allowed to accept it?

Its like if Samsung would remotely lock your TV making you unable to turn it on again because they stopped "supporting" it.

Right. If they explained that at point of sale they would be doing that, and I was alright with it, what's the problem? I understand you wouldn't accept that deal. That's fine. You wouldn't buy that TV. I don't see why I must be prevented from buying it too.

The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them.

If a company says they're going to disable a video game a year after I purchase it and I won't be able to retain or repair it and I agree to those terms, can I still buy it?

It's not going to get the signatures because the average person does not care about this. I play a lot of games and even I don't care. If you don't like the game, don't buy it. Why does there need to be regulation to stop me from buying it too?

I highly recommend Yakuza 0. It's an origin story prequel for the series and personally I think it has by far the best storyline. It also has the caberet club minigame!

The guys be like, "I play Yakuza for the gritty depiction of organized crime", and then spend 12 hours giving women makeovers in the cabaret club minigame.

I can't imagine why someone would pirate this video instead of just watching the original...oh

Thanks, you too!

I was just going to say my new PC was $5000 and $1,200 of that was the GPU.

My old PC could barely launch STALKER 2 so I decided it was time to upgrade. While picking out the parts I also decided I wanted to try using Linux as the OS. Then I got worried some of my games wouldn't work. I mean, would STALKER 2 even run on Linux? What about Monster Hunter? Surley these huge titles wouldn't have Linux support! They do. They work out of the box. It's amazing how far Linux support for gaming has come.

The headline makes it seem like it's just gamers but it's more about the overall gender divide in South Korea. It's a very interesting read. Men in South Korea feel like they're struggling to get by and women wanting fairer treatment is being seen as wanting to make things even more difficult for men. It seems like it's heading towards a tipping point.

The charges for murder vary by State. Here's a New York lawyer explaining Murder 1 vs Murder 2 as it relates to New York State law. Murder 2 is regular premeditated murder. Murder 1 is murder with the intent of influencing or intimidating government ie. Terrorism. The lawyer in this interview suggests the Terrorism charge is, ironically, politically motivated, but it will be difficult to actually prove beyond a doubt that Luigi's intentions were to change government policies and not just get even with someone he disliked.

In most places murder 1 is premeditated murder and murder 2 is manslaughter. Murder 1 in New York is different.

The South African President?

I have never heard of "unconditional discharge" being a possible sentence for a crime. It's like they made it up just for Trump.

LLMs don't verify their output is true. Math is something where verifying its truth is easy. Ask an LLM how many Rs in strawberry and it's plain to see if the answer is correct or not. Ask an LLM for a summary of Columbian history and it's not as apparent. Ask an LLM for a poem about a tomato and there really isn't a wrong answer.

Depends on the country. The Canadian government lists several special medical diets for prisoners. Food allergies is one but they list quite a bit like diets for diabetic or pregnant prisoners. For all these diets the prisoner must be diagnosed and can't simply request it because they want it.

A diet of conscience is a requested diet for religious or moral beliefs. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires prisoners recieve a diet that conforms to their beliefs should they be able to adequately describe and demonstrate adherence to them.

Im going to assume OnlyFans doesn't do that because they want to. They'd likely be harassed by government if they didn't.

Pornhub had to remove all unverified videos (which was most of their videos) and now anyone who uploads must follow similar rules that OnlyFans has. Pornhub posted an announcement saying they reported 118 instances of child abuse materials while Facebook reported 84,000,000 but that somehow they're the ones being threatened to be shutdown unless they implement more rules.

Glad I don't have to give up eating beaver for Lent

There are dietary laws for Catholics, specifically about fasting and abstaining from meat consumption, but they vary wildly by region. For example, Canadian Catholics are permitted to eat meat on Friday if they perform an act of charity, read the Bible, or pray more than usual. Just make sure you're Canadian or else God will be mad.

Did you need the picture of the spider? 😰

"At the same time, he worked to send massive quantities of heroin and methamphetamine to the United States in exchange for heavy-duty weaponry such as surface-to-air missiles to be used on battlefields in Burma," he added.

And I thought the plotlines of the Yakuza series were a little crazy. Turns out they weren't crazy enough.