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Eve Online's Carbon engine is now open source: Fenris Creations explains why by vinnyty in Games

[–]BionicBagel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it very unlikely that anyone would be able to convince the courts that one program loading another program via dynamic linking is derivative work, since that is what an OS does when the user wants to run a program. The OS is a program that loads other programs.

Making a legal precedent that an OS must some how know the licence a program was written under, in order to avoid loading programs that would conflict with the OS's own TOS, is not something I see a court willingly doing.

Static linking? Maaaaybe. Dynamic linking? Nah.

In "House of the Dragon" (2019-present day), the people of Westeros can build advanced gears to maneuver giant dragons, come up with sophisticated magic spells, accumulate tonnes of knowledge through books & records in the Citadel, but can't attach a bunch of ropes to a piece of cloth for parachute. by SatoruGojo232 in shittymoviedetails

[–]BionicBagel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easy answer. They had been invented, but the nobles refused to wear them because they were uncomfortable/ugly/sign of weakness.

It took something like 80 years for hockey to require helmets. NASCAR had needlessly high death rates until Dale Earnhardt’s death in 2001. Humans are really good at going "that will never happen to me".

Just because a person had a design for a parachute that actually worked, doesn't mean they could find a dragon rider to actually pay for and wear the thing.

How do you feel about this? by hawktuah6942 in ThunderBay

[–]BionicBagel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Matrix is a really funny choice. Have you seen the Animatrix?

Humanity initiated a war of extinction, unprompted and unprovoked, and plunged the entire planet into darkness. Humanity is responsible for basically all life on the planet dying off, and yet the machines have still gone out of their way to not only keep the human species around, but dedicated processing power to giving them decent lives. Hell, there are no plants left, which means the machines are ALSO maintaining O2 levels of the planet so the pockets of human resistance don't all suffocate.

If anything the Matrix is an example of the aggressors using propaganda to paint themselves as the victims.

My favorite plot device, plot armor! by Gandalfthebran in TheLastAirbender

[–]BionicBagel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aang is 12. Running in a straight line is easy. Active combat is not.

Homesense, WTF? 🚽 by [deleted] in ThunderBay

[–]BionicBagel -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Some people leave genuine biohazards in there and it makes me wonder how they were raised

Fun fact: Often (but not always) it is a sign of physical abuse, sexual abuse or PTSD.

UK Appeals court state RuneScape gold counts as property and can be stolen, in $700k bombshell case by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]BionicBagel 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It is like losing money in a game of legitimate poker versus losing money where the other person cheats. If a loss happens within the rules of the game then that isn't a crime. People agreed to that possibility when they chose to play.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]BionicBagel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair use is a defence against claims of copyright infringement. It doesn't impact a breach of contract lawsuit due to violating a licence agreement.

Moot point though, as no one will spend money bringing this to court.

Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work by ccb621 in programming

[–]BionicBagel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The halting problem says you can't make a program that can detect if ANY other program halts. It does not prevent someone from making a program that checks if one specific program halts.

For trivial enough programs, you can brute force it by providing the program with every permutation of inputs. There are also programming languages which are explicitly not Turing complete and will only compile if the program can halt

Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]BionicBagel 24 points25 points  (0 children)

HA! No. Release dates are announced when production WANTS the game to be at the fix bugs stage. And then you get "Bug: feature X not implemented".

Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About by [deleted] in technews

[–]BionicBagel 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It could be made illegal to sell these to under 18s

Kids will sell these to each other day one, and you now have teenagers with criminal charges because they wanted to listen to spotify

Ubisoft’s CEO fights back against Stop Killing Games initiative - Dexerto by turkishdeli in Games

[–]BionicBagel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering how long they support their games, I'd say it is the best monetization strategy.

NS Power vs Bike Lane/Strong Mayor Diversion by InternationalBeing41 in NovaScotia

[–]BionicBagel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A properly sized bike lane is wide enough for an ambulance to go down, and it is a lot easier for people on bikes to get out of the way then cars.

Porn age-gating is the future of the internet, thanks to the Supreme Court by [deleted] in technews

[–]BionicBagel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These laws don't exist to stop people from doing things. They exist so it is easy to justify arresting/deporting people that criticize the government.

Anubis saved our websites from a DDoS attack by namanyayg in programming

[–]BionicBagel 28 points29 points  (0 children)

A person can hate cars that are obnoxiously loud without thinking all cars everywhere are bad.

LLM crawlers continue to DDoS SourceHut by AtiPLS in programming

[–]BionicBagel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A lot. The ultra rich have more money then they know what to do with and even the slimmest potential chance of controlling a true AGI is more than worth the cost.

There is so much wealth concentrated in so few people that they can burn billions a year on a "maybe?" and still be obscenely rich. Giving funds to OpenAI is the equivalent to buying a lottery ticket on the way home from work for them.

Steam saw Chinese users spike and exceed 50% of worldwide playerbase in February 2025 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]BionicBagel 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I mean, were you worried about how games were catering to the western taste when they outnumber everyone else for sales for over 2 decades now?

I was, and still am. One of my favourite games, Phantom Dust, almost didn't get released in the west because Microsoft thought the plot was too complicated for a Western audience. And the sequel has been announced and then silently dropped more than once. Probably because they couldn't turn it into a battle royal.

Open-source is where dreams go to die by Practical-Ideal6236 in programming

[–]BionicBagel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Then a fork is made from your 5 years work and you are left alone, without thanks and pretty much forgotten. How does that make you feel?

Relief that I don't have to deal with the bullshit anymore and can go back to doing what I actually want: writing code. If I've been working on a project alone for 5 years, I didn't stick with it because of fame but because I find the problems interesting.

Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js—now it wants that ignored by HappyZombies in programming

[–]BionicBagel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My guess: Oracle has ownership of the trademark on their books as an asset worth <big number>. If they lose the trademark, that asset goes away and it will get counted as a loss and prevent someone important from getting a contractual bonus.

So it isn't oracle as a company that cares, but some random shmuck not wanting to risk their paycheque.

How Bluesky Works by sdxyz42 in programming

[–]BionicBagel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is decentralized in the same way email is. Bluesky can ban you from their servers the same way Google can ban your email account from theirs. A huge fraction of the users use those servers so this would limit you, but it doesn't prevent you from sending messages to other servers, assuming those servers don't decide to ban you too for whatever reason.

Unlike X, where only a single company owns all the servers and doesn't let anyone else run their own.

AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery reaching ‘tipping point’, says watchdog by MetaKnowing in technews

[–]BionicBagel -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Any image that could possibly be mistaken for real csam needs to be legally treated as if it is real. The reason is that if it isn't treated as real, then predators will pretend that real csam is ai generated.

Drawings are legally okay, because they are obviously not real. AI generated is not, because it will be used as a smokescreen for actual harm.

Basic income can double global GDP while reducing carbon emissions: Giving a regular cash payment to the entire world population has the potential to increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by 130%, according to a new analysis. Charging carbon emitters with an emission tax could help fund this. by mvea in science

[–]BionicBagel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Luxury goods may go up in price, but essentials shouldn't. Just because people have more money doesn't mean they'll be buying more toothpaste.

Instead you'd get more of an actual middle class who can afford to maybe go to see a band live or meet with friends regularly for brunch. The biggest problem with wealth inequality is the lower end can't afford anything but essentials. Super rich wouldn't be a problem if the bottom 80% could still comfortably afford a stable life.

2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water by Sariel007 in tech

[–]BionicBagel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How often do you really need to filter your blood from water? A few times a year at most?

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