ImplyingImplications @ ImplyingImplications @lemmy.ca

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I think it's the first one. A lie starts small but can quickly grow out of control. It's from the poem "Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field" which is about a man romantically pursuing a woman by making up lies about her current fiancé and ultimately results in all their lives being changed for the worst.

My favourite are the overly specific records. "Joe Bob has recently broke the record for most points in the first game after a knee surgery with 4 points. The last record holder was John Jock who scored 3 points after a knee surgery in 1987."

I am always reminded how precise and verbose one must be in text since it's so easy to intend one meaning but have people interpret another.

I said I wondered why, my dude. Past tense. As in "I initially wondered why Samsung wasn't on the list, so I looked up the list, and saw it's only for Chinese companies."

I'll play journalist and link the actual list (PDF). I wondered why Samsung, a company that literally produces military weapons, wasnt on the list. The list is specifically just for Chinese companies. There is apparently a law requiring the Department of Defence maintain and publish this list.

Do you think that's True doe?

I just think that if the dev doesn't care if they get paid or not then they should offer people back their money. I would assume few people would ask for their money back, but it just seems like the right thing to do. I'm not sure why I'm getting downvoting for suggesting the dev offer refunds. Is offering consumers a choice bad?

He can still purchase things by leveraging his net worth even if he doesn't have liquid cash. The Twitter purchase shows that as well.

if you bought something that went on sale next month, does that mean you are entitled to a refund?

Steam literally gives refunds if you buy something and then it goes on sale.

The Conservative Party of Canada wants to shutdown the CBC, so it's gotta be good.

These boots were made for walking, but that's not what they do. Nowadays these boots are used to hold your arrows for you.

Interesting that the dev decided to make the game free after a month. They announced that they'd rather have more people play the game even if it doesn't make money. While that's nice, some people actually did pay for the game. I hope they get the option of receiving a refund if they'd like.

No homo. 2% is the limit!

Today's lesson: Prepositions

Come on me. Come with me. Come in me.

Nobody sees a sports athlete get a million dollar contract and says "I hope this guy is saving for retirement. How does he expect to make money when he can't pitch fastballs at 100 mph?" Why does this comment only happen to women being models?

i think there are some crimes that will be prosecuted by your home country anyway

It seems pretty rare, but some countries do have laws that essentially apply to citizens, regardless of where they are.

The PROTECT Act is a US law that makes it illegal for any US citizen to have sex with minors, regardless of where in the world it occurs. It's essentially an anti-sex tourism law. Japan and South Korea warned their citizens that smoking cannabis in Canada will still result in prosecution after Canada legalized it.

Theoretically, the ship could be seized by the military of any country. Not following international laws means not being protected by international laws.

Casual Navigation talks a bit about this: What Law Applies In International Waters? Essentially, the ship needs to be registered to a country and the laws of that country apply while on the ship. Most ships register themselves in a country with very lax laws, known as a "flag of convenience". The laws of Libera, Panama, and Marshall Islands must be pretty convenient since those are countries most ships get registered.

What happens if you don't register your ship? It's the same as not having a passport. You're going to have a hard time when you want to dock at a port.

It's a Japanese patent. I'm not sure how it would hold up internationally, but Pocketpair is also a Japanese company and this lawsuit is entirely within the Japanese legal system. That probably gives Nintendo a bit of an advantage since they're such a large and iconic Japanese corporation.

The "update" is from a month ago. Pocketpair shared the patents they are accused of infringing and the payments Nintendo wants.

The patents are for "throwing an object in 3D space to capture a target" (throwing a pokeball) and "moving characters to a virtual field when an event is triggered" (entering a battle) the payment requested is 10 million yen or 64,000 USD. A paltry sum for a billion dollar company suing over a game that made tens of millions.

The patents were awarded to Nintendo after Palword had already released a trailer for their game showing gameplay. Pocketpair also released an earlier game called Craftopia which is Palworld but the pals are just straight up animals. It has the same systems Palworld does but didn't sell very well.

A newer update is that Palworld has since released a patch that modified how their capture and summon system works, likely in an attempt to make Nintendo happy.

Palworld Update v0.3.11 Notes:

Player: Changed the behaviour of summoning player-owned Pals so that they are always summoned near the player

UI: The reticle will now only be displayed when aiming

Edit: there are actually 3 patents. The third one is for the player character being able to ride on another character.