froggie
7mo ago
https://kotaku.com/unity-death-threat-texas-sf-offices-town-hall-canceled-1850838902
possibly an attempt by unity devs to paint their critics as terrorists?
Following the ire it provoked, the company has somewhat changed its tune on the plan, confirming it will “only charge for an initial installation.”
froggie
7mo ago
i just learned you can change the style of the site in the profile settings
i also found out there is a bug/feature where the lines on the side of the comments, that you can use to collapse the comments, is invisible on every style besides the default
i fixed it by adding this to my custom css
.comment .comment-collapse-bar {
border-right: solid;
}
.comment .comment-collapse-bar-click:hover .comment-collapse-bar {
border-right: solid;
}
but since i also found out there is custom css, anyone using this feature? id like to check out some user created styles
froggie
7mo ago
i have never actually seen communists advocate for everyone to have the exact same standards of living, that always felt to me like a strawman from capitalists pretending to explain what communists believe to other capitalists
A) Men are not born with equal talent and ability. Therefore
B) The choices they make with their capital are not equally wise. Over time...>
C) Men are not born into equal prosperity and circumstance, compounding with the effects of A.
This statement seems trivially true. Everyone knows someone in their lives who makes smart decisions with their money and someone who makes dumb decisions with them. But the very notion that this over time will lead to a hierarchal and oligarchic character of their society is viscerally offensive to many. The reaction to this dilemma is the underlying problem of all modern political ideologies.
you gloss over C, but that is the only problem communists see with capitalism, because "make your money work for you" is a thing in capitalism, where if you inherit enough money it takes no talent to then hire an advisor and let him invest your money, giving you free capital for 0 work or talent
in communism, people have different standards of living as well as authority depending on their credentials, track record etc., it is a real attempt at meritocracy, the only thing they get rid of is the feedback loop of rich getting richer for no reason than that they were already rich to begin with
froggie
7mo ago
i edited my comment as i was researching those news, found out he was involved in an alien hoax before, using the body of a child
gonna just assume he used his connections as a journalist or maybe bribery to get a congress hearing
the other thing that sticks out to me is that he said "almost a third of the DNA is of unknown origin" which, if it is an actual fossil, means its at least 2 thirds related to some species we know, probably monkeys, that would just make this a new species of monkey but not an alien
well those look like sculptures to me but the "scientists unveil" really makes me think, who is putting their phd on the line for that?
is this a case of journalists believing literally anything some anon is telling them?
edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Maussan
the guy who is the only source on what scientists say is only a journalist with no background in science
the same guy attempted an alien hoax before that was later revealed to be the body of a child
froggie
7mo ago
wow, i really expected them to be more competent than given credit, but i guess they actually made a terrible system
froggie
7mo ago
They've actually admitted that they don't have a way to prevent pirate installs from counting, and hitting F5 on a game that's being rendered in a browser also dings the developer for fifteen cents.
where did they admit that?
froggie
7mo ago
i checked and the fee doesnt apply to games that arent making at least $200 000 a year or that dont have over 200 000 installs
since you need to be paid for an install in the first place, how is having your income taxed any more controversial than every single other company taxing you for hosting your games on them?
froggie
1yr ago
Theres so much speculation about whats the best voting system ranging from "no voting allowed" to "vote with emoji that can have any abstract meaning you want" or "separate vote for each fraction of the post you want to highlight"
But we could go with the archipelago system of just adding every voting system as an option you can select when making a post, and well just see what happens
There might be a different 'best' voting system for each unique combination of topics and audiences.
I know this is going to be the most expensive way of doing this and if theres not enough interest no one will want to program it, just wanted to throw this idea out
i dont claim to find this relevant to modern culture war but bear in mind not every country has a culture war about the same topics.
maybe he is slovakian, i dont know if it is relevant there but i dont just assume it isnt
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