American AI companies 'distilled' millions of works from the original authors, they dont like it? Tough.

News at 11.

That was true back in 2006. Every disc bought since then would not actually let you play the game, you had to connect to the internet and download gigabytes more.

I was in the middle of nowhere, had a PS3 and an unopened copy of Need for Speed. I popped the disc in and was excited to play the new game. Yeah, that didn't happen. It insisted that I connect to the internet and download gigabytes of data. I couldn't download because I was in the middle of nowhere. I did not ever purchase another console after that experience.

Long story short, the current status is not really a change. At least they are not misleading you anymore.

It is a good thing that the second law of thermodynamics doesn't exist.

I advocate for Linux; however, I also have to be realistic. Try patching Ubuntu 24 LTS and then check what vulnerabilities are still left with the note "no patch available". It is currently over 100. That will not fly in any organization that cares about security.

What country do you live in? I live in the USA and have been working for 45 years and I will not be able to stop until I die.

Peaceful protesting gets zero attention. Recall this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Did even the slightest change happen after that?

The people who have all of the money do not care about anything other than their own money. You could have every single person in the USA outside protesting and absolutely nothing would change until infrastructure started getting destroyed or the wealthy families actually felt threatened.

And you dare to insult "smart" people with guns from joining protests? WTF is wrong with you?

Flock is a private company. I think you need to change how your argument is worded because it does not address how the government and Flock are colluding.

Ok, I am willing to play this game: How exactly do I determine which candidate will actually put money in my pocket? Every single one promises they will do that, but absolutely none have in the past 50 years that I have been observing. Some are worse than others, but ALL of them appear to be bad. I wonder if that has to do with political parties and "first past the post" type of elections that we have... but if that were the case, then it wouldn't REALLY matter how I vote as the general outcome is already determined even if the details and specifics take more time to pass.

An example: Social Security. The "elites" have wanted to plunder Social Security since it was first established. Back in 1978, they finally passed a law that both Democrats and Republicans voted into law which allowed them to plunder Social Security. Essentially what happened was that this law in 1978 allowed the administration to take all 300 billion of surplus cash within the Social Security ecosystem and replace it with IOUs. That allowed all of the existing cash and all future payments to be used for the General Fund. Unsurprisingly, within 10 years, there were already cries from the government about Social Security would be insolvent soon.

Fuck you. Fuck your voting system. Fuck putting this on the voters. The outcome was predetermined and there was nothing the average person could have done about it. The system is completely and totally corrupt. Might makes right.

Now imagine saying this about, say, Japan.

I've noted the comments here about how this is old news: that's true. But it will be novel to some people who didn't live through it, and even for those who did, it's a necessary reminder. Japan is ruthless, unscrupulous, and unethical: they will do anything. They're not the only ones, of course, but they're arguably the most dangerous because of their size, wealth, and longevity. They're the enemy of open standards. They're the enemy of open source. They're the enemy of open protocols. They're the enemy of America. They're the enemy of The West. They're the enemy of security. They're the enemy of privacy. They've always been the enemy and they always will be, because it's in their DNA: it's impossible for them to change.

So any time -- ANY TIME -- there's some statement or initiative or announcement that they're going to support freedom/democracy/etc., any of the things I listed -- the first things that should come to mind are these wise words of Ash: "It's a trick -- get an axe."

If you have to go back 26 years to find something to complain about, you really don't have a basis to complain.

Well, I bought Triggerheart Exclica on Xbox Live Arcade back in 2006 on an Xbox 360.

I can go download that game, right now, on my Series X, because, gasp, it's the same account.

So if I were to buy GTA VI for Series X in a few months, and type the download code into the 'redeem code' box, it ties that code to my account. See?

Yup. I remember buying Dawn of War in like 2008, and in the case was a disc with the Steam installer, and a piece of paper with a Steam code.

As if you live an in real Democracy. LOL. That tax money will be spent on Whitehouse renovations or Reflecting pools, all contracted out to the sycophants of whomever is in charge in order to receive kickbacks. The country is cooked and will inevitably become as full-fledged dictatorship.