Couldbealeotard

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Yep. It was pretty clear streaming services were always going to end up the same way from the start. Even YouTube has, although that was harder to predict when it was mostly 30s cat videos.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

All they need is for the sum value of the price increase to be greater than the loss of subscriptions.

They have been removing shared accounts, and while the number of eyes have reduced, the profit has increased.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Can you provide an example of when a photo has been taken that breaches the expectation of privacy that has been published under fair use? The only reason I could think that would work is if it’s in the public interest, which would never really apply to AI/deepfake nudes of unsuspecting victims.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Fair use laws relate to intellectual property, privacy laws relate to an expectation of privacy.

I’m asking when has fair use successfully defended a breach of privacy.

Tabloids sometimes do breach privacy laws, and they get fined for it.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Downsizing was a real bait and switch

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Rock shoes

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

They don’t need to release it as open source. They could just do what games used to do, have a server executable so people can host their own sessions.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

Wait, which Replicator are you taking about? It makes a difference.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

People in this thread seem to be missing this point.

This is windows server, not windows 11. The consequences is not “I’ll have an annoying taskbar icon on my home computer”, this is enterprise level interference that could affect large systems and thousands of users.

Linux Mint isn’t an alternative to windows server.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

I only SysAdmin on raspbian thank you very much.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

It was poor form for a media group to air an interview of someone in a current and high profile court case. The affect of the media attention prevented a fair trial and was completely unprofessional from Wilkinson.

Couldbealeotard, 1 month ago

I’m from a non tipping culture country, and it always baffles me when I see the opinion of gratitude in the form of money. Why not write to them to say thanks? Or give a good review? If I tried to give money to someone as a thank you here it would be seen as quite rude.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

Keeping it vague for spoilers: blood and guts, main characters get disfigured, die brutal deaths, etc.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

It wasn’t, but it basically is now.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

Those people were paid for their efforts. Sure it might be disappointing for that effort to not see the light it day, but at the same time I’ll bet many are relieved their name won’t be attached to a poor product.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

Say what you will enjoy this film, it was a wild ride. Sure it may not be pure Godzilla, but it never tried to be. I much prefer it to the 2014 version.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

You’re right.

I will always believe that it started life as a remake of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. It’s almost the same film except for the Velociraptor rip off section.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

You may as well be describing The Matrix.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

That’s a shame. I was keen on cp77 ever since it’s teaser trailer, but the troubles at launch made me wait. I still haven’t played it because it still doesn’t seem like a stable project.

I think what I really want is another good Deus Ex.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

Most of the bad guys in Resident Evil 5 were black because of the relevancy to the setting, and people were similarly kicking up.

Is getting up in arms about one of those any different to the other?

(And just to be clear, I’m not taking about the tribal depictions, I’m referring to the reaction to the early trailers)

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

I think it’s actually because the root word for gargoyle (and gargle) translates literally to “throat”.

They are essentially a decorative throat.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

How do you do this?

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

Tealc was a soldier/slave just mostly obeying orders to survive. He jumped at the chance to rebel.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

Amnesia isn’t an encumbrance for writers, it’s a crutch. When you aren’t good at writing characters and settings with logical depth, you give your main character amnesia. That way anytime something needs explaining you just have your character ask why something is the way that it is. If you need a Deus ex machina to solve a writing mistake you just pull something out of the blue and claim it was always a likelihood.

Couldbealeotard, 2 months ago

A few of the early ones were good. It was a bit of a thing back then when a superhero movie took itself seriously. Of course, very quickly the studio realised they could just take the hardcore fans for granted and then they just became paint by numbers fan service.