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  • I don’t think anybody here is siding with ISPs. We’re just happy to hear that they’re having difficulties policing piracy.

    When I say individual rights I mean any and all rights an individual has or should have. In the case of piracy, an individual should have a right to entertainment media at a reasonable cost. The more corporations increase the cost of media access, the more piracy proliferates. In the case of AI, an individual should have the right to earn a living. Corporations are using the works of individuals to ultimately increase their own profits without due compensation to the individual.

    I don’t know how you got to pro conservative capitalism from a single anti-corporatist statement, but it likely took you several leaps of logic that I’m not going to even try to follow.




  • I’m not sure that would be the best solution. A cheater could still get caught cheating 6 times before requiring a repurchase, and it’s still a pretty harsh penalty for someone who didn’t cheat. You keep your game, but you can no longer share your library if your family situation changes.

    ‘Sorry, son, you can’t play my games on your computer because daddy made a bad decision when he was 21.’

    The ultimate solution is probably an online identity when playing any game. Imagine if cheating got you banned from all online games for 5 years.


  • Yeah, it’s most likely to prevent someone from using the family feature to get away with cheating.

    As it stands now, if you get caught cheating you must create a new account and repurchase the game. So the main deterrent is the full cost of a game.

    With the steam family function you could potentially create 5 new accounts per year, and simply remove them when they get caught cheating. The only deterrent would be the wait period.

    So I agree with their decision. The downside is that you must trust someone before adding them to your family. If your cheating son gets you kicked off counterstrike, then just remove him from your family. They’re never too old to drop off at the fire station.





  • KaiReeve@lemmy.worldtoStar Wars Memes@lemmy.worldThey flipped a coin
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    Man, just existing on Tatooine is hard work.

    -It’s a desert planet run by crime lords.

    -The natives carry rifles and kidnap people just to torture them to death.

    -There are little goblins driving tanks around the countryside stealing anything that isn’t sand.

    -The sand is rough and coarse and irritating and it gets everywhere.

    -Krayt Dragons


  • It sounds like your situation is similar to mine. My father is a sociopathic narcissist and I didn’t realize it until I was 30 when he effectively disowned me. It hurts to be rejected by a parent to such a degree and I was pretty depressed for a while, but it helps to know that he suffers from a mental illness. Knowing this also helped me to disown him, in turn. He was always toxic and harmful and I find now that I am happier without him in my life.

    I do often wonder in what ways my life may have been better had I had a supportive father, but it’s much more productive to look forward than to lament over what could have been.

    I hope that you are able to move past your father’s negative influence and be better off for it. Some men are just miserable people.





  • KaiReeve@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlVegan food: The west vs India
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    I mean, isn’t all Indian food overspiced? You could probably make curry out of just about any meat or meat substitute and it will still taste like spices.

    American food has a higher focus on meat flavor, which is why so many meat alternatives try to imitate meat. You can buy vegan Indian or Chinese food here that tastes decent, but it’s not a steak.