Pirating games you own?
Rentlar @ Rentlar @beehaw.org Posts 12Comments 388Joined 2 yr. ago
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I mean, to most people that have some high-level understanding of economy and marketing, it's evident that the Barbie movie is about selling Barbie toys to increase Mattel's sales.
That was the premise and the director would have been fired if the movie were anything but that... All the socially progressive elements of the movie are well received by the audience but ultimately just stylistic flavour that doesn't take away from the underlying message to purchase their product.
I wouldn't call it a lack of critique or skepticism from the left, to me it's more that it's obvious that a franchise-based movie is to push the consumerist franchise and even as a leftist it's not worth discussing.
Is the author expecting something like Barbie and the Quest for Labour Rights, Marvel Avengers: Infinity Class War (as if Disney would allow that), My Little Pony: Friendship is The Working Class Rising Up, or Hello Kitty: Rebellion Against the Ruling Class?
I'd rather see this author's opinion on Oppenheimer. There were some good themes portrayed there, and it prominently showed how progressive movements were being shut down and ridiculed as "Communist", where is wasn't fully warranted.
When minor to moderately severe health issues are viewed as externalities to the American Healthcare System that can be ignored, it only leads to worse and more debilitating outcomes for people.
@RemindMe@Mstdn.social is a bot you can use to remind you.
Comment bots are mostly fine so long as they are clearly labelled, don't take up unnecessary amounts of space, have clear purpose and add value to an article or discussion. So stuff like TLDR, Piped, Wiki bots are fine. Stuff like GROND, GPT (even though it's cool we have a Masto feature that does that), Anakin, Musk bots aren't useful here imo.
Post bots, I'm kind of on the side of I'd rather not see them, I like talking about articles with the user who posted it. I won't be too upset if they end up allowed, though. A whitelist, or a strictly enforced guideline would be acceptable for me.
TL:DR; Been there. Ask yourself what it is you really want out of this struggle. If obtaining it would make it worth it and $ isn't a pressing issue, go for it.
How have you felt so far? How close do you feel, any closer in any way than when you first finished school (or whatever marked the start of your journey) looking for the next opportunity? How are your finances?
Do you still in your heart believe that this is the direction you would want to go? If you manage to obtain it before the end of the year or next year, would you look back and say to yourself, the struggle and the wait was worth it for this?
If you feel like you're going through what you're doing just because of sunk-cost, probably be a good idea to change your course. If your desire to take this path, even if it wavers a little, and the passion you had going into this journey remains, then keep going and keep trying.
I'd consider myself fortunate in the circumstances of my life, but I've been there a couple times, where as I finish the program I've been doing, the railroad track I've been following in my life seems to disappear in a dense fog of unknown, quickly approaching and it sometimes appearing like a cliff.
You never know what the future will hold, trying to predict every single possibility before deciding will only make your head spin (it did mine). What will happen will happen, but what you have control over is what you yourself would do about it. No matter what path you take, acknowledge 'possibility' but focus less on the unknown and focus more on how you can best prepare to reach your goal.
Organizing to save humanity and a habitable environment against the interest of my rich buddies!
Even if I just write it down then toss it 2 minutes later, the act of writing something down or typing it up helps me remember better, than just looking/reading something.
If I do keep the note around then I use it as a reference. My handwritten notes generally are formatted in fancy but messy bulleted lists to help me disseminate information quickly and easily, and I'll add quick diagrams with arrows if needed.
Typed I just write it all out, only adding bullets, tabs or other formatting if I have time.
Barricade the major roads to Lavaca Bay specifically to oil tanker traffic at points 1.5 miles away from the terminal.
I mean, they aren't going to really care about how little the 1 mile rule is based in fact, it's all about getting shielded from scrutiny.
Yeah, like the guy was saying the way they were walking people out and leaving them just off the property is like how you'd leave a bag of trash out on the curb in New York.
Such inhumane treatment of patients, and it's awful they are sending patients to missions ill-equipped to deal with the medical issues that should be addressed and cared for at the institution they're being moved out of.
If that is what the US medical system calls proper healthcare, hospitals would be better off investing in garbage trucks over ambulances.
I just started a new job not too long ago after a year of being unemployed...
It's hard and the whole recruitment process is soooo bullshit 90% of the time.
You can't force someone to give you a job and most of the time that you don't land a job it's not because of you. I know I blamed myself for not having a job many days, but in reality the circumstances are not in your control.
Some HR take months to move their arse on a requisition, stringing you along with boilerplate responses to followups for months. Some months I got no bites, other months I got 3 interviews.
Get references, study (whether in a school, books at the library in areas of interest), figure out what kind of jobs you want, apply to whatever jobs you think you want, get people you know to refer you to their work, take certifications, go to industry conferences of your interest, join professional groups. Get a recruiting agency to help you. Go to employment counseling.
It took me a year despite doing every single one of these things. Some days it was easy for me, other days it was hard even without any specific disability. Do your best, be the best yourself you can be, don't let being without a job define yourself. Look more towards the person you want to be, and start with changing the things you can change rather than what you can't.
Totally agree with you, both admins and users have made this such a great little space to have friendly conversation.
It's an excellent proof of concept that with the right moderation and community mindset, it is possible to have an online space to discuss conflicting opinions without being dickheads. With how a lot of big social media feeds on toxicity and antagonism for the sake of engagement, it seemed like this kind of place couldn't exist online. Beehaw sure proves this wrong, thanks to the tireless work of mods to banish trolls and the generally compassionate and empathetic attitude of users.
Weeks ago there seemed to be an issue with posts not loading for the first minute of every hour, but it appears to be resolved by now. That's just to say that in general it's been solid but there have been patches of instability, like most any Lemmy server.
Companies are going to do this more and more:
"Oh! We had no idea that the AI-powered black box computer system we implemented is breaking labour law in ways that were just so happening to benfit us!"
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Have an excellent time! You are right that taking breaks on occasion is a healthy way to engage with a social site like Beehaw!
@dartilyart@kbin.social You're very talented! Thanks for sharing your artistry with us on the Fediverse!
I'm not a lawyer, this is my personal opinion which has no basis in legal fact. Use my words at your own peril.
Tom's video goes very nicely in-depth, and makes a good argument for why a lot of media, memeing and things in content do not fall under fair use and are considered copyright infringement in US/UK law.
A judge could just as well make a ruling that widens the understanding of fair use in copyright law as they could restrict it in favour of copyright owners. Big firms like Sony do court shop so they will try to find somewhere that would more likely rule in their favour. Just saying it might not be entirely beneficial even for companies with huge coffers to try to define where the line is for fair use through a suit.
Especially for copyrights owned by businesses that have gone under or just completely orphaned copyrighted works, I think the law should be changed such that those rights return to the original creator or the work enters the public domain. I agree with Tom in general that copyright ought to last less than 50 years, ideally 20, but big entertainment ain't gonna let that happen anytime soon.
Courts and lawyers and the whole system being so trigger-happy with lawsuits in the US just makes my head spin. It is the "land of the fee" after all, the team with big bucks often wins out nowadays.
In any case, I can't wait for next year for it to be legal to draw a "fanart" Steamboat Willie sporting a very large willy.
Stallman would disapprove:
That's a 100% increase in fans over one year!
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This guy was last online before some current Steam users were born...
Is it piracy to do that? I'd argue no.
Is it illegal? Possibly, but it's a grey area and it all depends on your country whether it breaks the law.
(I am not a lawyer so take this as an armchair opinion at most) In Canada, you are allowed to do "format conversion" of media for personal and archival use. So even if on the label it says "Copying this tape is a crime", making a copy to replace an older tape nearing the end of its life (implying you don't intend to use it), converting it to CD or digital file format is allowed in order to play the media in respective devices built for the formats. So it's arguable that conversions/changes to be compatible with Linux or a low-disk space computer could fall under this, for a game which you have a license/genuine copy.
The caveat is that in Canada breaking or circumventing "digital locks" is strictly against the law. The overall definition of what constitutes a digital lock is (to me) very broad and vague. So DRM-removal would arguably fall under digital lock circumvention, but other cases would be less clear.
Legislation is in the House of Commons right now (Bill C-244) to better define in what cases circumvention of locks would be permitted for fair and reasonable use of a product.