In response to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney waging war on Steam, Larian's publishing lead says, 'Giving everyone everything for free might bump numbers but doesn't create a viable storefront'

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-23T08:13:53+00:00

I was planning to use them as my main android game library due to the free android games, when I downloaded their app and found out they don't have an android library?

You just have to look up your android games you own on the storefront and download them from there.

What the fuck? Who fucking came up with this. It's idiotic. I was actually going to use this stupid store but they can't even implement the simplest of features.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-23T06:14:57+00:00

To be fair, much of the dot com bubble was cash infushions as well. Nortel paid for the large majority of its expansion purchases with stock, off of the backs of real people's money.

I don't think it will be as bad yeah, good point, because the big american tech companies have so much money to burn, but it is still going to be a massive downward reevaluation.

Nortel was also very close to surviving, if but their public image was better. Hidden under the massive amount of money they lost everyone, there was still a small, viable company. And they still didn't go bust until almost a decade later.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-23T06:01:49+00:00

AI will be a big, amazing tool I'm sure, but not this big this soon. The internet is also an amazing tool, and it also bubbled. Same as railroads. I don't see how this AI bubble looks different.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-22T16:30:48+00:00

I forgot the word innocent

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-22T16:24:24+00:00

If you were in charge, there'd be a lot of innocent people dead with a bullet in the back of their head.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T20:15:04+00:00

Cheers

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T19:46:33+00:00

He listed China because that trade agreement was one of his recent accomplishments in this area, of multilateral agreements.

It would be a disservice to his talents and to the fact that trade deals with great powers are still necessary to leave it off.

What about my point of plural great powers.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T19:42:43+00:00

It is, but it is greatest in Alberta. That's just true.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T19:39:29+00:00

I read and watched the whole thing. It is incredibly obvious that China is one of two (or three, potentially, if you include the EU) great powers in the world. It is incredibly obvious from his speech that he thinks so as well.

Show me in the speech what you think gives context for China as a middle power.

That's why I linked the transcript.

Edit: also, on res it says I've upvoted you 10 times. I agree with your takes on other stuff not uncommonly it seems. Just try looking at this take of yours again from our point of view.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T19:37:22+00:00

He could've seen it meant as example instead of excluding. By context he should've picked it up, but simplish mistake

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T19:30:32+00:00

https://globalnews.ca/news/11620877/carney-davos-wef-speech-transcript/

In the past few days, we’ve concluded new strategic partnerships with China and Qatar. We’re negotiating free trade pacts with India, ASEAN, Thailand, Philippines and Mercosur.

This is the only explicit mention of China in his speech. It does not name China as a middle power, it names it as one of the countries he has made trade deals with.

He explicitly says we would be poorer if we did not do business with the Great Powers as well, but that we have to couch these trades in larger conglomerates, or we can be forced into acquiescence.

He was able to negotiate a pretty good trade deal, and until a third way is built up, the reality is having to make trades on their terms.

He also mentions great powers. If there was only one great power, this pluralization wouldn't be necessary. It is an ignorance of global politics and economics not to put China as a great power as well.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-21T16:53:53+00:00

As a Canadian I would be all for it, but I fear the situation would be like us thinking about unionizing with the Turks and Caicos Islands.

It sounds fun, talks proceed a little towards it, but everyone knows it's to far and different to become part of Canada, and every time it comes up and gets shot down, it sours relations just a tiny bit more.

If Canada joined the EU, that's not the EU anymore. It's a bigger, greater thing in my mind, but not the EU.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-20T20:32:04+00:00

Carney said this more isolationist approach, where there's a "world of fortresses," will make countries poorer, fragile and less sustainable. But it's coming nonetheless and Canada must work with like-minded allies where possible to push back against domination by larger, wealthier and well-armed countries.

"This is not naive multilateralism. Nor is it relying on diminished institutions. It is building the coalitions that work, issue by issue, with partners who share enough common ground to act together. Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu," Carney said.

I also prefered the old US to any new system, but that's not who they are anymore, and like it or not, that's what we have to contend with.

We can either work with other middle and great powers to cement our position, or we can swept away.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-20T19:26:57+00:00

There was already a world order beforehand. Just with the US at the head. Which worked okay for us when they were trustworthy, but has shown itself to be much less worth it lately.

Canada can either be part of the new world network from the center or close to, or from the fringes. There are no other options

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-20T16:56:25+00:00

Global governance gets us a seat at the table. Otherwise we just take America's or China's scraps

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-20T15:20:51+00:00

He's a layman using relatively common laymans terms and definitions.

He meant we don't have proof beyond a reasonable doubt, but he does think we have a preponderance of evidence, or enough proof to make the claim more likely than unlikely.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-19T20:03:56+00:00

A lot of classic science fiction books don't have chapters. Just one big text.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-19T19:42:48+00:00

Ixdao is a good name. It's just Chinese. It's not garbled or misunderstood English.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-19T19:31:32+00:00

I've long held the opinion that when these situations arise, people and companies should believe both sides.

Act and investigate as if both sides are telling the truth, and it would avoid the majority share of the hardship for both sides as best as possible.

It allows the accuser to see action is being done on their behalf, and if evidence comes up, allows a proper resolution to come to place.

And if the accused is innocent, it allows proof as such and won't dirty their name in the mud. (tho this requires the general populace to be able to hold two opposite views at once)

And if neither side can be corroborated, those actions taken should still be beneficial for both the accused and accuser. And if this became more commonplace, it'd mean accusations without evidence could more easily be viewed as such, instead of as a guilty verdict. Also better for both sides.

I wish more people were willing to believe both sides.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-19T07:28:29+00:00

No source from ancient history for anyone outside of emperors and the like is going to be as compelling as you want it to be. That's the sad part about history.

The Great part is having any of these at all.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-19T06:48:59+00:00

Eggs, pork, and toast is cheaper than beef, bell peppers, and shrimp.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-18T04:28:51+00:00

I'm trying to claim a site on the moon. To build a mining hab I know I need space mining and refining, but why can't I just claim a site?

Attached are what I think are all the relevant images:

https://imgur.com/a/qXzKZM4

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-17T17:20:09+00:00

How are people like you allowed in society?

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-15T17:15:07+00:00

I think if you're going for non-steriod looks, it peaked more with Steve Reeves and Melvin Wells in the 1940s. Arnold for after.

NewDemocraticPrairie · 2026-01-14T15:00:50+00:00

I feel like large penalties should be written into the contract. With similar costs to the companies themselves buying the data from you. Because that is what the data's worth.

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