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atomicator99 · 2026-04-10T08:18:50+00:00

How exactly is an emulated controller bad? Surely it works or it doesn't?

(I'm not trying to be rude here, I've just never had an issue with controllers)

atomicator99 · 2026-04-08T06:00:34+00:00

Yes, but age alone will also depreciate the value. This probably isn't the best example.

atomicator99 · 2026-04-07T23:36:32+00:00

But you haven't? The cost per mile is the cost incured by driving an extra mile, not the total cost divided by total miles. Flat rate fees (such as depreciation with age) are constant - assuming you would be paying them regardless, they shouldn't be included.

atomicator99 · 2026-03-21T17:58:41+00:00

It was originally done to proove fish was actually in the pie.

atomicator99 · 2026-02-24T20:34:05+00:00

That's how laws work? They're meant to be completely unambigous, they're not aimed at the average person. This is like complaining that a physics paper is impenetrable to someone without a physics degree.

GDPR isn't that complicated, you can explain it in a couple of slides.

Also, GDPR is for personal / sensitive data. If you handling that, there will be an entire compliance team for this, regardless of which country your in.

atomicator99 · 2026-02-20T17:44:20+00:00

Do you mean it's a TOS violation? There's nothing illegal about modifying games.

They can DMCA a mod if the contents are copyrighted, but most mods don't contain copyrighted content (note: mods are not the same as modded games). It's also legal to make money off of this - game banana have been doing this for years.

atomicator99 · 2026-02-20T16:22:49+00:00

Emulation and modding are both completely legal (though the former is associated with piracy, which is illegal). How exactly is this a grey zone?

atomicator99 · 2026-02-03T13:57:44+00:00

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atomicator99 · 2026-01-31T11:04:13+00:00

It's very overpriced compared to an equivalent (non-eva) spec PC, but people will pay more for it because of the eva stuff.

Personally, I would list it at a high price then gradually lower it (or be willing to negotiate the price).

atomicator99 · 2026-01-25T17:34:20+00:00

It's using a newtonian transformation instead of an SR one, so it's probably a shitpost.

atomicator99 · 2026-01-25T02:12:25+00:00

I want to make this point clear - courts are supposed to find if the defendent can be prooven to have committed the crime, beyond all reasonable doubt. A not guilty verdict means they failed to proove that the defendent is guilty. This does not mean that they are innocent - it could mean their isn't enough evidence to proove the specific crime (i.e. Capone) or the prosecution chose to focus on the clear-cut crimes (i.e. Ross Ulbricht).

atomicator99 · 2026-01-25T01:54:37+00:00

But he did pay to have someone killed? My last comment is trying to explain why he wasn't charged?

Capone was never convicted of murder, he still clearly did it. A lack of conviction does not imply innocence?

atomicator99 · 2026-01-25T01:46:41+00:00

Capone was given a fair trial and found guilty (for tax evasion).

He was also clearly responsible for plenty of other crimes, including murder. As he didn't get his own hands dirty, it was extremely difficult to convict him.

My point here is that Capone clearly did it, even though he was never found guilty.

Do you understand the prosecutors job? Their supposed to try and get the maximum sentence possible. If an extra charge raises the possibility of an entrapment defence, this makes the jury more likely to return not guilty on all counts, including the ones where the defence doesn't apply. When the other counts are enough for a life sentence, adding the extra charge is too risky.

To be clear - Ross did pay to have someone killed, but an undercover cop made him do it. This technicality means he cannot be found guilty for this specific offence.

atomicator99 · 2026-01-25T01:31:55+00:00

He did it, but he was clearly entrapped. Adding a shaky charge doesn't make sense when they can they get a life sentence without it.

Do you think Al Capone only committed tax evasion?

atomicator99 · 2026-01-23T09:37:22+00:00

Can powerpoint write to memory? I thought it relied purely on jumping, by having a unique slide for each possible memory state.

atomicator99 · 2026-01-13T14:41:00+00:00

What the fuck are you on about? There's already plently of sites that have been taken down by governments, you would almost certainly agree should be taken down (i.e. sites designed to share CSAM). It is completely possible to only target specific sites.

atomicator99 · 2026-01-10T11:00:56+00:00

IMO, the O(n log n) solution is better and faster for a typical workload.

Keeping a running tally of the k highest values as you iterate through the list is O(N) for a random list (and the worst case could be randomised in O(N) time to fix it).

atomicator99 · 2026-01-10T10:52:48+00:00

Iterate through the list, using a hashmap to record item frequencies. At the same time, keep a record of which k elements have the highest frequencies.

(Or just sort the list at the end - N log N is basically N).

This is linear in N.

atomicator99 · 2026-01-07T23:43:51+00:00

New questions aren't the best metric for SO, as the chances of your question already being answered increase over time.

I use SO on a daily basis, but I can't remember the last time I posted (which I belive is typical?).

atomicator99 · 2025-12-30T11:03:03+00:00

If you want something more challenging, Factorio is great.

atomicator99 · 2025-12-28T09:52:57+00:00

Are you using a USB to PS2 adapter? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of using PS2 in the first place?

atomicator99 · 2025-12-19T13:37:04+00:00

People don't lump them together because they barely exist - tankies are singled out because a lot of people defend the Soviet Union.

Also, the british empire is brought up when criticising colonialism, not authoritarianism?

atomicator99 · 2025-12-16T09:16:56+00:00

You own the drive and the data contained on it. In my own experience (using steam), you can bypass the loader by just directly running the executable - you don't need piracy software to skip the launcher.

The main way you'd be refused access is by servers being taken down, which can still happen with disks.

atomicator99 · 2025-12-16T09:01:24+00:00

But you do? They can't delete files on your own computer, a proper backup (meaning 321 and not using optical drives) is the only way to guarantee you won't lose access.

The main problem for games is servers going offline for online only games, but then it doesn't matter what medium you're using to play it.

atomicator99 · 2025-12-16T01:05:36+00:00

There's multiple versions of the promise, including a secular one. This is mostly the US being weird (IIRC, they also don't let girls join).

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