Has the Steam Machine price been announced, or are you referring to PCs?

I mean, I agree we don’t want spying, but: a foreign government absolutely can use your data against you. Whether its creating a profile on you that could later be used against you when you enter that country, using it for statistical or targeted data for influence campaigns…there are a lot of ways.

China in particular has repeatedly deployed extra-territorial “police service stations” in at least the UK, Canada and the US to punish or harass those it’s identified as “Chinese” dissidents or sympathizers in other countries.

That’s not really how it works with bad faith review bombing. When they’re just actively trying to tank the business by any means possible, it’ll be just actual lies. “Terrible haircut,” “Rats everywhere,” “Cut me and I was covered in blood,” etc.

It’s more a trademark issue, which requires continued use (but that may still be legally satisfied even with a low active user base). If there is an active maintainer/owner, they probably could file a trademark suit.

Copyright in anything like code or content will outlive us all in Berne Convention countries. That protection is automatic, so the notice like you see there is not necessary, but it also indicates dates that begin the copyright clock, not the ending of it.

It’s probably a Goldilocks zone thing where too few prevents it from working, and too many will inevitably be overrun by bots and scanners.

The best argument for time travel is our ancestors somehow already knew a toilet should be called “the John.”

Yup, you’re right.

This reply is offensive. We both went to all that work and you didn’t even have the decency to say “What Nintendidn’tyetbecausethatDSadisalotmorerecentandidon’trememberNintendoutselfhavinganythingquitethatrisqueinthe’90s.”

You have society’s permission to be ashoud, under threat of being pramed.

I think your response is deadpan, but just to be clear, there’s no way that’s real. I can be convinced by someone creating a properly faked Photoshop of it in a real magazine, however.

Or, I guess, Sega did what Nintendalsodid.

I actually think they won’t because they’ll have achieved what the investigation was meant to do already - install their MAGA fascist-friendly replacement.

As the article states, they’re doing this because Senator Tillis was refusing to vote on the MAGA yes-man Warsh replacement solely because of the investigation. This will actually result in Trump getting what he wanted.

So as usual, the White House does something actually illegal and crazy to destabilize the status quo, and then walks it back in exchange for a slightly less crazy but still democracy-destroying alternative.

Get ready for the Fed to drop interest rates to zero in the three months before the election to try to swing it right.

Also, when most of the new technology is corporate-fellating AI, surveillance and ad technology, it’s also the technology that’s the problem.

What’s really just depressing is that these companies are more profitable and worth more than ever before. They don’t need to do this. They are essentially tightening their grip on civilization’s throat to see how hard they can squeeze before we all die, for the love of the game.

It’s also weird because they are opening themselves up to being out-competed by a company that isn’t (as) evil. Being not evil is the most valuable market differentiator right now. Companies like Valve that seem to just be sticking with “we have enough money” are like water in the desert.

We have to keep track of the horse in the hospital, unfortunately…

“Your honor, the defendant clearly intended for me to illegally arrest her!”

Uh oh, someone tell the Android devs that is isn’t Newthink compliant.

Looks like Stephen Miller feels secure that the public got its scalps from Noem and Bongino, so he will not be held accountable for masterminding turning ICE into the gestapo on meth (well, more meth).

Look out fellow Americans, he greased up and ready to Nazi around some more.

Well that’s just… awesome. Thanks.