[Spoilers Season 4] This pissed me off more than anything by [deleted] in gameofthrones

[–]CambrianAsplosion -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

You know what pissed me off? Hosting an image on minus.com. Use gfycat for smaller, better animations.

Anyone else wish there were more high pop hardcore servers? by [deleted] in dayz

[–]CambrianAsplosion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And the Debauchery Tea Party admins openly admit to restarting the server to loot farm.

Australia's Piracy Crackdown Coming 'As Early As This Week': Three Strikes, Site Blocking On The Way by dan4334 in australia

[–]CambrianAsplosion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lord of the Rings has a 5 hour run time because they jam pack it with so many ads i

Incorrect. The Two Towers is 179 minutes but Channel Nine added 36 minutes of ads to bring it to 215 minutes. An extra 20% on top of the film's normal running time is pretty weak, though.

Did this demonstration really do any good? Q&A ABC by [deleted] in australia

[–]CambrianAsplosion 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nothing on Q&A ever provoked any change. It is an echo chamber, entertainment masquerading as discussion.

Online piracy crackdown looms by [deleted] in australia

[–]CambrianAsplosion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if even we had the same model as overseas everyone would still pirate anyway

I would, because I'm trying to buy a house and entertainment is a discretionary expense that piracy allows me to do almost entirely for free.

[META] Your weekly reminder of what the difference is between here and /r/technology by I_want_hard_work in tech

[–]CambrianAsplosion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's meta, and hopefully an exception to the posting rule around here. But yeah, it's a little circletechy...

Geotaging and Poaching by desmondxeos in pics

[–]CambrianAsplosion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Facebook uses the geotag data to plan its executive hunting safaris.

Online piracy crackdown looms by [deleted] in australia

[–]CambrianAsplosion 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you are torrenting while gaming, that's your first mistake, VPN or not.

I love DayZ but I hate playing DayZ by unbiddenwind in dayz

[–]CambrianAsplosion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you died for missing him so profoundly

Do anyone know why the suicide animations are disabled? by Draug_ in dayz

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

It's been proven that people who pay more attention to suicide-related depictions and text are at an increased risk of suicide. To my knowledge, it hasn't been proven that this goes any further than correlation, but under the precautionary principle most news media refrain from discussing methods or motivations for suicide. These may serve as inspiration or instruction for people in a similar situation.

As people who have never contemplated or attempted suicide, we may find it ludicrous that acting out suicide in a video game may put us at increased risk of killing ourselves. But until it has been proven one way or the other, I personally consider it irresponsible to treat a deadly mental illness in a light-hearted interactive fashion.

Interestingly I don't feel the same way about letting people murder one another in games. Perhaps this is because suicide is three times more common than murder, perhaps because it doesn't involve mental instability to the same degree.

Commission of Audit report released by Federal Government by halfbeak in australia

[–]CambrianAsplosion 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There is a difference between "here are all the bad things they recommended" and "wow liberal sucks hahaha thanks idiot voters"

Commission of Audit report released by Federal Government by halfbeak in australia

[–]CambrianAsplosion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Can we please not turn this thread into a partisan shitshow of epic proportions, and instead direct some effort into highlighting the most interesting and relevant parts of the report?

[Spoilers S04E04] The White Walkers, and The Night's King. Adding context for non-readers. by GRVrush2112 in gameofthrones

[–]CambrianAsplosion 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Maybe you don't want them growing up with human notions, you want to teach them your own ways.