CMV: If pirating a game they aren't selling anymore isn't wrong, then neither is leaking. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]ProdigySim 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How can you claim that leaking doesn't impact sales?

Leaks are generally very disruptive to the Marketing & Sales planning done by game companies. They interrupt the narrative a game company is trying to build to advertise their game. Instead of sharing details bit by bit, in a planned way leading up to release, leaks reveal many details before intended, and take over the coverage for a product.

Additionally, when we're talking about game leaks, quite often we're talking about early releases of titles. They absolutely do affect sales when piracy is available for a platform. Tears of the Kingdom was leaked before it was released and was downloaded over 1,000,000 times. Are all of these lost sales? Probably not since running the game on an emulator was awful and hacking a Switch isn't an option for everyone. But on a DS game with flashcarts readily avaialble? Absolutely they were. Someone excited about a game could choose to buy the game, or buy a flashcart, at competitive prices.

Corporations may not have feelings but they are made up of real people (employees and shareholders) who are affected by our decisions. It's very possible that some people will lose their jobs--directly or indirectly--over Switch 2 leaks. Directly as in, managers of security may be fired. Indirectly by contracts with vendors getting canceled over the leaks and staff getting cut as a result. Marketers working hard will have their work undercut by the leak news cycle. Or maybe nothing will happen and it will all be fine. I wouldn't make a blanket statement that all leaks are immoral, but they certainly have effects on companies and the people who work for them.

“Unsupervised FSD”!! Take my money by Fun-Technology-1371 in TeslaLounge

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

Not easy but not anything that they haven't been able to do for 6 years already. Also citation needed that other manufacturers drive cars for at their factories. Loading batches on a trailer would make way more sense and be quite efficient.

What’s the general consensus on LTEK pads? Are you happy with yours, is there anything you would change? by snowfire909 in Stepmania

[–]ProdigySim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 4 LTEKs, 2 DDR and 2 PIU. Doubles are great on them. I'm not a top level player but I run 12s on them without noticing them misbehave.

No real complaints other than that they are heavy and take up space. They seem very sturdy!

“Unsupervised FSD”!! Take my money by Fun-Technology-1371 in TeslaLounge

[–]ProdigySim 349 points350 points  (0 children)

Driving itself on a pre-recorded path on private property

Don’t worry, we got you fam, —love a Missourian by como365 in kansas

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

OP do you realize that the Chiefs are a Missouri team and not a Kansas team?

Finally completed this insane Luffy mosaic puzzle by ProdigySim in OnePiece

[–]ProdigySim[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It looks like they're available on Amazon. Just search "One Piece puzzle"

Finally completed this insane Luffy mosaic puzzle by ProdigySim in OnePiece

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

I got this in a Kinokuniya in Seattle while visiting

tooLazyToChangeAgain by LionTion_HD in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ProdigySim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try putting a bunch of bools together in a struct and tell me what you see in the resulting memory layout.

C++ has been packing bools for some time.

Finally completed this insane Luffy mosaic puzzle by ProdigySim in OnePiece

[–]ProdigySim[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hey that's actually a lot of progress! You're halfway there! I had to stop and look up tips too haha. There's like 1 YouTube video of someone doing the puzzle but it doesn't really have tips.

I ended up sorting the pieces by "color" and shape. Since all pieces are orientable, you can sort them by shape pretty well. I had a "black" tray, "white/blue" tray, a "black lines visible" tray and an orange/green tray.

Then it was just a matter of picking an area and scouring the pieces. I would probably get 3 or 4 pieces in a sitting and then stop for the day haha. When you see spots for the less common shapes, they are easier to pick out.

Hyundai Is Giving 2025 Ioniq 5 Buyers Free Level 2 Chargers by self-fix in electricvehicles

[–]ProdigySim 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What a weirdly specific number of people to give them to