In my hometown there was a spot near the main square that was just far away enough that to go there you really had to go out of your way.
For years there used to be a pozzeria there and after they closed it down, a kebab decided to open there. It only lasted about two months before the owner gave up because literally no one would go there when there were already three other kebabs on the square, and in far more convenient places.
That didn't deter a bunch of other geniuses from opening their shop there, because throughout the next two years five different kebsbs opened there, before finally the barber nextdoor bought it out and integrated that space into his barbershop.
While both are infringement on intellectual property, the cardinal difference is that plagiarism is stealing someone else intellectual work and passing it off as your own product. With piracy the pirate doesn't claim they themselves made the game, nor do they resell the game for profit.
Looks like it's leaning into the usage of mushrooms and ziplines which is... Okay, I suppose. If it leans more into juicy gameplay rather than lore I'll be happy
Now, dear The Node reader, what does all this have to do with crypto? Or how can it help you earn money? Well, depending on how the situation shakes out it could have a few implications for crypto as a social movement. Obviously, the ability for a company to make unilateral decisions that severely affect users is a Big Plus for...
Actually you could scrape decentralisation. No one besides the owner can actually be trusted with knowing what's right for the platform, and u/spez even allowing users to revolt proved that, obviously. Just make the next reddit, but with crypto.
Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says (www.cnbc.com)
Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings (www.cnbc.com)
At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.
‘School Never Taught Us About Taxes,' Says Woman Who Wouldn’t Remember It Even If They Had (reductress.com)
read more: reductress.com/…/school-never-taught-us-about-tax…
Shrewd Entrepreneur Opens Burrito Place In Former Site Of Failed Burrito Place (www.theonion.com)
Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?
If I’m talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say “soccer”?...
Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.
I got diagnosed with a condition in which I can’t stop making airport puns
doctors say it’s terminal
This Ni🅱️🅱️a eating' beans (lemmy.world)
Rule
rule (feddit.de)
What do you eat that other people think is odd?
I'll start: pesto as a bagel topping.
Silent Surf Fractal Trailer (twitter.com)
Looks long.
Reddit activated a word filter that whenever you say "fuck spez", your comment won't show up for anyone else. I just tested it on ModCoord. they're also deleting spez memes from the subs they nuked lol
r/ModCoord: The admins in charge of demodded subreddits are mass-removing images of Huffman previously shared on them...
[Fil unique] Croissance de Lemmy (the-federation.info) French
Plutôt impressionnant en si peu de temps
The Reddit boycott is good for crypto - CoinDesk (www.coindesk.com)
Now, dear The Node reader, what does all this have to do with crypto? Or how can it help you earn money? Well, depending on how the situation shakes out it could have a few implications for crypto as a social movement. Obviously, the ability for a company to make unilateral decisions that severely affect users is a Big Plus for...