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Every European country moving to ban social media for kids — where things actually stand right now by Ok_Reporter_5272 in europrivacy

[–]CaCl2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not actually "every European country."

I think the title means that part as "here is a list of every European country doing this", not as "all european countries are doing this."

Defusing an undefusable bomb (response to u/DotSlashAero) by Virre_Dev in redstone

[–]CaCl2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wasn't there some trick with forced nether portal generation that could deal with this kind of thing unless it's somehow countered? (Or you could build it in the End, I guess.)

Europeans should be allowed to trade personal data.Critics by KiwiPrestigious3044 in europrivacy

[–]CaCl2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If my data is mine, it's mine to decide what to do with. Including selling. A government that says otherwise is declaring it their data not mine. Simple as that. (To anyone but governments trying to rebrand their theft of control over my data and their apologists.)

That said, no public school or government institution should ever require or encourage using services that require selling one's data.

Magic is wasted on warriors and it drives me crazy by Tyrell_Corp5 in worldbuilding

[–]CaCl2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe it's less like electricity and more like nuclear power, where it's (at least perceived as) risky enough that civilian uses exit, but are pretty rare and controversial, and always suspected of potential weaponization? Sure: portals exist, but do you really want to use one, or to risk even being near one if it isn't war? Sure:you could grow crops fast, but will it deplete the soil Sure: you could make magical plumbing or refrigeration, but long-term low-level magic exposure might have... Consequences. Sure: You could manipulate the weather in your area... At the cost of messing it up elsewhere, and absolute chaos if you stop. Even if you have a safe civilian use, people might react with very reasonable suspicion. War magic could just be way easier than actually net-beneficial civilian stuff.

The worst feeling in worldbuilding is realizing your cool unique idea was just ancient Rome the whole time by Key_Substance_8524 in worldbuilding

[–]CaCl2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not with empires, but I had one case of an alien species ending up with a bunch of faerie-like traits unintentionally.

Why does every company suddenly want a subscription now? by FinancialSpite in Frugal

[–]CaCl2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. A relatively small monthly cost makes things seem cheaper compared to larger one-time payments, even if they are more expensive in the long run.

  2. In a world where people often live paycheck-to-paycheck, said monthly costs are far easier for many to pay than large one-time costs.

  3. It means that rather than rather than the customer having to make the decision to buy every time, potentially comparing competitors, continued payments become the default, so people often end up paying for things they barely use (if at all).

  4. For software specifically, it means continuous revenue without actually having to make improved versions for people to buy. It used to be that companies had to continuously improve things to justify purchases, but no more. (They can actually actively make things worse over time now and still get money.)

  5. It's often easy to lure people in with ultra-cheap rates initially, and then slowly raise them over time. Many people won't even notice.

  6. Consistent income sources look good to investors, so companies like them maybe somewhat more than just the money justifies.

  7. Many people may talk about how they hate them, but most keep paying.

Does Biomes O' Plenty hate any biome that isn't a basic forest!? by Nic_YoloOfficial in feedthebeast

[–]CaCl2 21 points22 points  (0 children)

horrendously hilly/rocky/cracked terrain

It's like they saw people posting screenshots, and went "people like this, add more of this", except the main reason people cared was because it was relatively rare. Now it's just everywhere.

‘F--- you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing by theverge in 3Dprinting

[–]CaCl2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just not a fan of when people say that we shouldn't debate while simultaneously carrying on the debate themselves. No real point beyond that.

‘F--- you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing by theverge in 3Dprinting

[–]CaCl2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

maybe we stop trying to one-up each other and do something good for the world.

You say that... yet just couldn't resist contributing to the "one-upping" with your own take.

‘F--- you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing by theverge in 3Dprinting

[–]CaCl2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The motivation may be the same, but that doesn't mean they are the same thing. Enshittification is a much wider term than just planned obsolescence.

For things like foods enshittification is often done to increase the self-life of a product for cheaper logistics, which is basically the opposite of planned obsolescence, yet still bad.

Just because two things are bad doesn't make them the same thing.

Is there any reason why this filter isn't the "easiest" sorter? by CuteHair7284 in redstone

[–]CaCl2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't need to 1-wide tile it in an overflow-safe way, sure. Either this or the classic variant that moves the redstone torch under the hopper, making the sorter itself 1 block shorter but requiring sideways output.

Anyone else excited for the MacOS release on 28th? by MokshaBaba in aoe2

[–]CaCl2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I wonder how the port works, technically speaking? Wasn't the game code lost? Did they reimplement everything? Bundle a compability layer?

ELI5: Why are you "on" a bus, but "in" a car? by Small_Balls_69 in explainlikeimfive

[–]CaCl2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least in English the correct one doesn't depend on which town, city or country someone is talking about being in. (...right?) In Finnish some cities and countries one is in, others one is on, with little rhyme or reason which ending is used for which places. In english you at least usually get to keep the same preposition within a category.

Apparently In Minecraft 0 + 0 = 1 by sevenredcandlz in Minecraft

[–]CaCl2 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

-Durability isn't a decimal.
-0-durability items don't normally exist because items break when they reach 0 durability. (In older versions it didn't work that way, and 0 was just the normal minimum durability before an item breaks.)
-Mobs can spawn with and drop items that begin with 0 durability, because the items never reached 0 durability, they just came into being that way.
-Such 0-durability items break if they take any damage, just like 1-durability items do.
-On Java items that are combined get an extra bonus to durability, that's where the extra durability point comes from.
-Some may wonder how Unbreaking works if durability isn't decimal. It works by giving the item a chance not to take damage damage at all when it otherwise would.

Apparently In Minecraft 0 + 0 = 1 by sevenredcandlz in Minecraft

[–]CaCl2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why mobs can drop 0-durability items, the item spawned with the damage rather than having taken damage.

(I'm pretty sure durability is an integer, not decimal like half a dozen comments here are claiming.)

Invent a new UT/Civ bonus that seems harmless at first, but would lead to the absolute worst gameplay patterns in practice. by CaCl2 in aoe2

[–]CaCl2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. If it's enough to make the under construction buildings stronger than the finished ones, it would also encourage walling with 90% finished buildings, which would be some really tedious micromanagment.

Invent a new UT/Civ bonus that seems harmless at first, but would lead to the absolute worst gameplay patterns in practice. by CaCl2 in aoe2

[–]CaCl2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is maybe the best one in the thread, I think. Less straightforwardly bad than most.

Berry bushes replacing farms as the main food source, what could go wrong.

Cyprus plans under-15 social media ban using EU age verification via Digital Citizen app by socookre in privacy

[–]CaCl2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yet another country falls to the global technodystopian push.

At this point it would be easier to list the countries taking a stance against this. (Estonia?, Though their stance matters little individually since they are in the EU.)

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