"This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state.

Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.

The initiative does not seek to acquire ownership of said videogames, associated intellectual rights or monetization rights, neither does it expect the publisher to provide resources for the said videogame once they discontinue it while leaving it in a reasonably functional (playable) state."

Right there in black and white, one click away. There is no attempt to force companies to keep servers running, if you have a single player game then it can’t remotely destroyed by requiring a server connection that gets taken down without a patch to remove that requirement.

Ohhhhhh, that explains a number of past relationships for me.

Yes?

Not OP, but i am here because it’s addictive.

Ostensibly, I came to be informed about special interest areas… But that’s not a fair representation of how my time is spent.

That’s a very rose tinted glasses view of the local impact a federal candidate has, vs the impact of the elected government.

Ignore the word punish. If you don’t like lib/nat wreck and sell plans, don’t vote national no matter what promise they makes to the electorate - it’s highly unlikely they have the ability to hold up their end of the bargain as it’ll be a party decision.

*we detect the direction of light by the location in the eye…ect.

There fixed it for you.

Why did you bite hair? " I don’t know"

Aukus is dead

Perhaps I am delusional, but I still hope that we are contrary and proud enough of a country to take whatever America can dish out to not be publicly humiliated into submission.

Obviously there are a multiple of less public submissions we’ve made over the last century, but I still have hope we can turn it around.

Yeh for sure, you can only fight so many battles at a time. Even if it pays off in the future.

I mean, if you want to make a point like that: TV shows are horrificly scarring to children. Not all of them of course, and we have a rating system to make it easier for disconnected parents.

The same goes with games. I guess you’ve never played a Nintendo switch, but these are hardly the same thing as phone gatcha games. My son can easily walk away from playing Mario kart at 5. Games should probably also be rated on addictiveness.

Parental oversight and engagement is of paramount importance.

As to the final paragraph, your right half of the adults can’t. But it’s not like the challenge is going to go away as they age, kids will have better defenses against this shit if they learn from a younger age. But we should also have a deeper look socially as to what we want to let companies get away with in terms of manipulating us.

I’m shocked by the level of anti tech/screen time in this thread.

‘6 is too young’ - you think this (or any 6yo) child doesn’t watch TV? All the arguments provided go double for TV, expect for portability.

My take, as a parent, is that full restriction is almost as unhelpful as no restriction. Kids need to learn, and a big thing they need to learn is self regulation. Teach them by teaching them how to play within limits and how to watch between limits. Some of my friends did zero screens till 5, and now they’re kid now basically worships screen time - it’s this huge reward for him. H’ll be fine, but the difference to my kids is staggering.

A key point about screens, games or shows, is that they shouldnt be used to replace emotional self regulation. There is research coming out now that does how this stunts emotional development.

But ultimately it’s your brother’s choice.

Still trying to sell? Would you ship to aus?

I don’t think you can controlled burn a suburb tho.

The AC my car die, there was no blow. If we drove fast enough we could feel a slight cool breeze.

Hit up YouTube, turns out there is an AC blower fan - makes sense - and the one in my car had probably made it’s last rotation.

Found a replacement part for $50 on eBay, followed YouTube vids to replace. Took about 15 min, and a bit of discomfort. Beautiful cool Air on demand again, in time for that 40C day.

Given that super cheap auto quoted me $350 for the manufacturer recommended part, I like to think I saved myself a lot on going to the mechanic. Pretty chuffed with myself, I know nothing about cars; thanks YouTube.

Just in time for bird flu!

Yes, I think that is how the whole world is voting… But I’m worried that the solution we’re all voting for is a bigger dick, so that what we’re experiencing today will seem pleasurable by comparison.

Thanks for the detailed response!

I’m neither a professional programmer nor a user of Ai but…

Do you think your experience, I’m guessing a pre-ai trained programmer, is reflective of post-ai trained programmers?

Will the inevitable reliance on AI in learning and training, will creativity of new programmers drop? Is that even a problem?

Penny Wong happy to say storming out, throwing papers and flipping the cunts in your meeting the bird wouldn’t be allowed in any workplace - I beg to differ that’s like a HR reprimand at worst for first offense.

Systematic discrimination towards a college based on race? Doesn’t that have legal consequences? Instant termination at my workplace.

Fuck Penny, fuck Labor.