I prefer Crockett because she's not as religious tbh. That and she is a criminal defense attorney who studied the law to protect people. I prefer my politicians not to be involved with any church in any official capacity if I can avoid it. That's just my preference on politicians though, you do you
Get off of Github and I bet you those drop to nearly zero. Using Github is a choice with all of the AI slop it enables. They aren't getting rid of it any time soon. The want agents and people making shitty code PRs—that's money sent Microsoft's way in their minds.
Now that they see what the cost of using Github is maybe Godot will (re?)consider codeberg or a self-hosted forgejo instance that they control.
third party voting is a signal that maybe things should change fundamentally, and since voting is the only way to express things, maybe you should listen instead of convict
fact: whoever is still looking backwards at votes right now is looking at the wrong thing and you'll never see the solutions you desire. shoulda coulda woulda
Is that the only way to affect change in this world? I used to call myself an anarchist. Do you think I just vote to change this world into one I wish it to be? And even so, maybe the change I sought was "anyone but donald trump" because I literally could foresee this administration doing exactly this? When fascism is on the line, I was strategic in my actions by voting for Kamala. I'm no accelerationist. I would like to vote third party in national elections if the system were friendlier to it, but I am well aware of how the national election system works in the US—I know it was in favor of donald trump winning, and I couldn't have that for my neighbors.
Anyone who wants to interpret it. Obviously a number of people are not choosing between democrat or republican. That should mean something changeable to anyone who cares about the implications of it. What does that mean to you? Does it mean anything to you?
social media just needs http requests to exist, how does pre web 2.0 fix things honestly. gui apps have existed since windows 95 or even earlier, how is the tiktok app technically different than the space cadet paddle game with added network functionality?
having a good video game idea is the hardest part, which is why every single video game these days are completely unique ideas that didn't steal at all from D&D. Hit points? Hit chance? Random damage? Class archetypes? Character Leveling and advancement? Go into dungeon, loot, avoid enemies, extract and return to safety as a play pattern? Never repeated in the AAA Diablo or Elder Scrolls games or indie games like lethal company or in an FPS like escape from tarkov. It was actually those unique ideas that were never copied that were harder than the bajillions of dollars spent on making them with code and artists. That unique, never-copied D&D idea cost jabillions and bajillions of dollars and time etc actually, much more than the billions spent on development really.
Baldurs Gate 3 didn't just use the D&D rules and mechanics, it was a complete 100% overhaul of completely new ideas and zero re-hashes of something played in the 70s. It was because of these new innovations that was the hardest part of BG3 and all other games totally not derived of a 70s game people played on their kitchen tables that got jobs in the video game industry
Renting a home to live in is theft. Work with that example in your head, not cars or uhauls. Not many people say hotels are theft (though, it's worth considering as well)
If the concept of rent must exist, at least have it go to the government.
Really depends, imo. Local municipalities? Sure, but that's a decade-long fight to make it widespread throughout the nation. Welcome to democracy where one party is more than happy to work across the aisle with fascists. Federal? I can just imagine the Trump executive order firing all workers and the terrible outcome that may ensue.
The big picture is health insurance and food corporations have captured our political and legal process, I agree. It needs completely rooting out, and anyone against it, republican or democrat, should be removed from office. Citizens United and any other form of legal corporate money in politics needs gutting.
"The legal action, originally filed in 2024 by digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt"
Vicki is a leading campaigner for children’s digital rights, with over 20 years of senior leadership experience in national charities. She is the founder and CEO of Parent Zone, an organisation that works with families and global brands to improve the lives of children in today’s digital world.
That is why Valve is being sued for 900 million. Because Vicki Shotbolt wanted to. Why did she want to? Here is her claim (in her own words, not mine):
But Steam’s prices appear to be the lowest?
Steam can offer the lowest prices because of the anti-competitive price restrictions that Valve often imposes on game developers and producers (the Price Parity Obligations). This means a publisher or developer would not be able to list a game on another platform as well as Steam, unless the prices offered on Steam is the same or lower. This applies to games on all other distribution stores (including online and physical stores) not just those distributed by Steam Keys. This allows Valve to maintain the monopoly position it has for PC Games as there is not real incentive for gamers to go elsewhere where a game may be cheaper (which would then in turn enable those other platforms to improve).
It is also not possible to offer add-on content on other distribution platforms for cheaper or at an earlier time: this limits the ability of rivals to compete on price and enables Valve to charge the consumer higher prices in the absence of competition. The claim argues that the add-on content is a separate product, and that through the price restrictions and inability to purchase add-on content from another distribution platform or the developer itself Valve has illegally tied these products and limited consumer choice. Consumers must then purchase via Steam and pay its commission charge.
In the UK, dominant companies are not allowed to charge excessive prices. The claim argues that Valve’s commission rate of up to 30% is excessive given: competitors lower commission rates; the way the platform operates for the consumer; and the high level of profit that Valve is making absent a viable competitor (which its behaviour directly restricts as developers are not permitted to list games at lower prices on competing platforms). This unfair commission charge is paid for by the consumer.
"[...] but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?
Steam has a much easier claim to be considered a monopoly. It's a little like (note: I never said it's exactly like or it is very much like—I only said it's a little like) Chrome being a monopoly for web browsers—everyone chooses to install chrome on their computers when they install a PC and prefer not to use the pre-installed Edge or Safari. Very few people install Epic games, much like very few people install Firefox. If you want to game on PC, you pretty much have to install Steam to play with your friends you know? Otherwise you're kinda lame and don't have friends.
How would a person build a properly FOSS games store
Never in the history of software has people been able to deliver software over the internet in an easy way until Steam came out. It was revolutionary. People cried and shit their pants with the sudden and seismic shift that occurred. Every other form of software delivery pales in comparison to the Steam app.
If I make a game, I will package it for flatpak if I can. Hopefully there is some way for me to distribute that on Linux. I can't imagine how it would happen though... woe is me. Don't look at flathub!
And don't look at Itch.io either since none of it is open source at all. Don't look at the itch.io github. Don't look at its package delivery system that is so much worse than Steam. Don't look at it! It is bad! Stop looking at open source software that competes with the value proposition of Steam!
And then there's the Steam interface. It is made in React.js and we all know that FOSS cannot use React.js. There are not enough FOSS react devs out there to compete, so unfortunately Valve will just always produce better software than the FOSS world. It is inevitable. FOSS GUIs that equal or surpass closed-source commercial giants? Never happened once, never will happen in the future.
I'm not at all shitting on you specifically. There's just a mindset of "we can't even try" that exists out there on lemmy and reddit and the greater web that I really hate.
An entire year of people being illegally deported or disappeared into concentration camps: Libs "i sleep", Two White People Get Shot, Libs: "Real Shit"
To all you libs on lemmy: "If it don't apply, let it fly" as they say. If you think this post isn't about you, it isn't about you. If this post is about you, maybe consider why that's an issue.
You succumbed to the ethnic colonial kool-aid (nationalism) fed to you in school and subsequently believe all people of a nation are culturally the same. You have never been to Alberta. There are 'dumb redneck' equivalents in every nation everywhere. It's silly to think dumb canadians don't exist, unless you have a strange image of canada which doesn't include Alberta
I coulda said that way more politely but I'm hangry and hate nationalism and what it does to people when they were children
as an early 90s-born millennial near the upper limit of gen z, it's been great seeing them discover mid 20s aging as I enter my early 30s :) it doesn't stop Gen Z. You keep on aging from here on out. I remember thinking the 70s were only 30 years ago, and the 80s only 20.
What exactly does Apple think that they’re brining to the equation in order to deserve that 30?
Because Valve can and Tim wants his yachts. No one is gonna stop em either. The App Store and Steam are the same thing: Store fronts that sell other peoples goods. You may say that Steam is just an app—don't tell me, tell your representatives
You may say that Steam is just an app—don’t tell me, tell your representatives
Tell your representatives, not me. According to our representatives, what Apple has is not a monopoly. You don't have to convince me, you have to convince them. If you truly care about this issue, vote accordingly.
Because thats how they're getting away with it? Who cares if it's true or not, no one who can do anything about it cares. Tell your reps to start caring about monopolies.
When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and, crucially, it would be free. ...
email, straming, VOIP and video calling, whatever IOT or app protocol.
Only email and VOIP are the two non-web based techs. HTTP (streaming, video calling, IOT, and app apis) is web, not internet tech. HTTP is a big piece of the internet. Nearly everything runs on HTTP.
Email is still extremely popular and used quite frequently for more than chatting with friends. Businesses use email to communicate with customers. Schools use email to communicate with parents. Doctors use email to communicate with patients. Utility bills are sent via email. Etc, etc, etc.
Web portal, web portal, web portal, oh and web portal. Web portals are what people use. Apps, too. Email, you mean GMail and Outlook?
Turns out it's hard to orchestrate hundreds of millions of people spread out over 9 millions square kilometers isn't exactly easy to do, but I'm sure you have a better strat
Yes that is part of the difficulty of organizing them—that and theres many millions of those people and they are spread out. How do you reach them over such vast distances and impact them? Would love to hear how you would have achieved it?
Are the semantics really a hill you are gonna die on? Alright guys, go get the organizers to change all the banners to reword it so this guy is satisfied—sorry but that's what's needed in this moment!
I'm being snarky, but what's your desired goal? What does success look like to you here, if people listened to you instead of calling it a 1-day general strike?
Some day in the future:
"Hey guys, we're going to do an indefinite general strike!"
"What's that?"
"Remember that one day thing you all did on Jan 30? It's nothing like that!"
"Sweet! I'll go to work then!"
I don't think you agree that the above scenario is your intended goal, so enlighten us with a corrected conversation
You care too much about semantics, got it. Not a bad thing, just isn't useful atm. Have a great day. Time and place for that is in a few years from now, not right now
Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections ( www.democracydocket.com )
Coherent ideology
[a green flag with a leaf stands above an utopian green city with vegetation and clean energy] ...
GOP Lawmaker Asks God To Cleanse Government of Non-Believers at Christian Nationalist Event ( www.friendlyatheist.com )
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' ( www.pcgamer.com )
The Wall Street Journal Gets Community Noted For Saying Gen Zers And Millennials Are 'Splurging On Rotisserie Chickens' ( offthefrontpage.com )
Our duty
Real Nazis
Save as PDF
YSK that TikTok is harming children at an industrial scale. We know this because we obtained internal documents from the company ( www.afterbabel.com )
I'm In Danger!
‘Ripping’ Clips for YouTube Reaction Videos can Violate the DMCA, Court Rules * TorrentFreak ( torrentfreak.com )
Rent is theft
You have got to be shitting me
Just say the word
Why is Valve being sued for almost $900 million, but Epic Games wasn't sued when they bought Rocket League and Fall Guys to remove them from steam?
Seems like buying games to remove them from your competitor is a scummier thing to do.
I'm foss plus steam ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
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We have been calling for the abolition of DHS since 2003. Liberals are just waking up now.
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18+ Byam Shaw - The Woman, the Man and the Serpent (1911)
Just one
Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department ( www.theguardian.com )
Not your traditional lunatic but more in the "humblebrag" department...
Yes
...is this retro?
Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App ( www.macrumors.com )
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‘It’s not too late to fix it’: internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul of the web’ ( www.theguardian.com )
When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989, his vision was clear: it would used by everyone, filled with everything and, crucially, it would be free. ...
Waiting mode is the best!
Yes, the call isn’t for three hours, why do you ask?
YSK that a general strike is one of the most effective ways to push for change. There is a general strike in the works across the US for this Friday.
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