Then, responding to those who have said he’s “only doing this for the money", Szymanski tweeted: “Yes, no fucking shit. I make games for a living. If I didn't want to earn money from them I wouldn't charge money for them.”...
"I like the business model of ‘I want money so I make something that I think is worth money, and you pay me that money and you get the thing, and we’re all happy’,” Szymanski continued. “That’s it. There’s nothing complicated or hidden here.
The unsealed court order wasn’t just fishing for a list of vague identifiers that could be winnowed down to a list of suspects and a follow-up warrant demanding actual identifying information on these ~30,000 YouTube users. No, it appears the feds led with the big ask, demanding names, addresses, phone numbers, and user activity for every viewer of these videos between January 1-8, 2023. AND(!!) it asked Google to provide IP addresses for all viewers who were not logged into (or did not possess) Google accounts.
Hey all, hoping I can gain some insight into an issue I’m having with my sengled lightbulbs. Basically I have two scenes set up in HAS, one “default” scene that has all the lights at 100% brightness with soft white and another that is for movies that turns off all the light except two and modifies the color value to be a...
If they were just talking about Reddit, I’d assume something dodgy was going on connected with the IPO. But Quora is supposedly back from the dead too… Am I missing something glaringly obvious here?
Taking a cursory look I feel like posts still aren’t being engaged with like they used to. I remember seeing posts with 100,000 upvotes very regularly on the front page, but you really don’t see that anymore. Yeah maybe they tweaked their calculations but why make your site look like it’s not as engaging as before right before a major IPO offer?
Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
They go through the Star Wars movies from a book lore perspective, point out flaws in the writing and lore-breaking, and offer suggestions on how the sequels could have been handled differently. They did The Last Jedi, and I really enjoyed it. They also have some cool videos on podracing, ships, and guns.
Really solid drawing tutorials that aren’t very complicated, takes the time to break down high-level concepts into simple exercises. Overall a really fun channel to watch, even if you’re not into drawing.
Newgrounds-era animator with amazing compositing techniques and a very unique animation style where he inserts himself into his videos as a very animated caricature of himself.
A storm chaser who is Reed Timmer’s ying to his yang. Very chill, documentary-quality footage featuring himself playing guitar and talking about the beauty and power of nature. You’ve probably seen his footage on the Weather Channel!
Great deep dives into random technology, old and new. The video on the popcorn button on microwaves is really good (I think that may be on his second channel?)
We now consider this anniversary version of Half Life to be the definitive version, and the one we’ll continue to support going forward. Therefore, we’ll be reducing the visibility of Half Life: Source on the Steam Store. We know Half-Life: Source’s assets are still being used by the Source engine community, so it’ll remain available, but we’ll be encouraging new Half-Life players to play this version instead.
Wow. Didn’t think they’d ever acknowledge HL:S again but here we are. This is such a cool update.
Multiple employees testified that Musk gave directives that were at odds with the company’s normal processes and policies. In December 2022, Musk directed that company servers be moved from one data center to another. Company policy was to wipe data before removing servers from a center, but the relocated servers were transferred without being wiped because employees did not have “enough time to put together a process that would be in compliance with [their] own policies,” according to the testimony.
As a Futurama fan…Futurama. The reboot is very mediocre at best, the show was great when it was a bunch of characters with wildly different personalities messing around in the year 3000. The first reboot was kinda less interesting but ok for the most part, I personally think the movies were pretty bad and the new season just wants to be South Park with 3-year old dated references. It had a good run, should’ve ended after season 4
I have a friend who’s alcohol consumption has gotten out of control. Me and his other friends/family are planning an intervention and so I’ve been doing a lot of research/reading on the topic....
Brackeys has returned from a three-year hiatus and will be creating Godot content! (youtu.be)
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Very excited to have another YouTube juggernaut in the open source ring!
TIL the dev of Iron Lung, an acclaimed indie horror game, faced significant backlash over increasing the price from $6 to $8 (www.ign.com)
Then, responding to those who have said he’s “only doing this for the money", Szymanski tweeted: “Yes, no fucking shit. I make games for a living. If I didn't want to earn money from them I wouldn't charge money for them.”...
Feds Now Adding Dragnet Searches Of YouTube Users’ Video Watching To Their Investigative Arsenal (www.techdirt.com)
No Man's Sky: Orbital Update (youtu.be)
Sean doing a new emoji update tease. Steam internal brand was updated a little over an hour ago! (programming.dev)
Sengled wifi lightbulbs not keeping color settings?
Hey all, hoping I can gain some insight into an issue I’m having with my sengled lightbulbs. Basically I have two scenes set up in HAS, one “default” scene that has all the lights at 100% brightness with soft white and another that is for movies that turns off all the light except two and modifies the color value to be a...
Has Reddit’s traffic really quadrupled in 6 months? (www.bandt.com.au)
If they were just talking about Reddit, I’d assume something dodgy was going on connected with the IPO. But Quora is supposedly back from the dead too… Am I missing something glaringly obvious here?
We get it, it hit 4% (programming.dev)
In all seriousness it’s very exciting, I just don’t need to see the same information worded 20 different ways from random clickbait sites lol
magnetic fields (lemmy.sdf.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/13026743...
it feels like this is getting worse as time goes on (programming.dev)
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
How long is “forever”? When it comes to digital media, forever could be as close as a couple of months away....
Bluesky opens to public registration (bsky.social)
People who have made and successfully kept their New Year's resolution, what was it and how did you stay motivated?
Which YouTuber still creates high-quality videos to this day?
Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update (half-life.com)
Steam Visibility: How Games Get Surfaced to Players (youtu.be)
This is an incredibly informative video from Valve, especially dispelling myths near the end....
Godot is headlining at the Jetbrains Gamedev Day! (lp.jetbrains.com)
13:00 - 13:45 UTC 15:00 - 15:45 CET/CEST 09:00 - 09:45 EST/EDT 06:00 - 06:45 PST/PDT 16:00 - 16:45 EET/EEST...
Musk may have violated FTC privacy order, new court filing shows (wapo.st)
The Justice Department makes the accusation in its response to motion from X asking that the consent decree be dismissed...
What's a show that should've gotten cancelled or ended SOONER than it did?
Too many “what got cancelled too soon” questions, what’s a show that went on too long?...
Researching alcohol interventions for a friend. I’ve seen more ads for alcohol than ever in my life
I have a friend who’s alcohol consumption has gotten out of control. Me and his other friends/family are planning an intervention and so I’ve been doing a lot of research/reading on the topic....
What do you swear by?
Brand, thing, behavior, method, advice, mantra, etc....
anon enjoys accessibility (programming.dev)
Anon is a landscaper (programming.dev)
one of my perosnal favorites (programming.dev)