wizardbeard
@wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Reddit locks down its public data in new content policy, says use now requires a contract 4 days ago:
They store the current edit and one previous version back, and deletion does not count as an edit as it only hides the latest version from showing on the front end and through the api.
This was found out by people trying to edit and delete comments in mass during the api exodus.
So you’d want to edit the comment to garbage twice before deleting it, and hope they aren’t willing to restore shit from deeper backups they surely have for system safety (speaking as a systems engineer) that they haven’t pulled from yet.
- Comment on Reddit locks down its public data in new content policy, says use now requires a contract 4 days ago:
Suggesting common sense pratices and understanding of how the world works isn’t being supporting of the state of things. I see no argument in the comment you replied to that it’s ok.
Time isn’t infinite, and if I have to choose only one option then I’d focus on helping people make their way through the world that currently exists, rather than focusing on impotent ranting about how things should be.
We can’t just snap our fingers and live in the world of how things should be. Until we get there we all have to live in the world that is.
- Comment on Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation 5 days ago:
Fucking hell. I had really hoped that the world could have gotten off its collective ass to ratify some international agreement limiting the use of AI for shit like this before we’d start seeing these headlines.
- Comment on Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV 5 weeks ago:
I’m honestly surprised it took this long for someone to try this. With smart devices I would think it would just take enough RAM to store the last few seconds of frames and do a comparison.
Like, if less than 5% of the image changed in the last three seconds and there’s been no new caption lines recieved (for broadcast content), pop a banner ad in at the bottom. Like how TV stations used to advertise upcoming specials and events over top of the bottom of other shows.
Additionally/alternatively: Require streaming apps to broadcast a clear “paused” status back up to the OS, or just track use of the pause/play button.
There’s a whole bunch of different ways a smart device could attempt to identify pauses in content, and a whole bunch of companies who would be willing to mess up on the identification and piss off consumers for the chance to push ads and make more money.
What’s going to be interesting is how streaming services and cable/sattelite providers react to this. I’d imagine that they would consider overlaying ads they don’t control onto their content to be a violation of their rights to advertise to the consumer and control their own content. Also means corporations making content would have less control over what ads are shown with their content, and ads would have less control over the content they are shown with.
“This Liveleak flaying torture video brought to you by Gillette razors!”
- Comment on Take-Two Buys Gearbox From Embracer, Confirms Development on New Borderlands Game 1 month ago:
As long as T2 ensures Randy Pitchford doesn’t Fixed that for you. Man’s a stooge.
- Comment on Linda Hamilton says she wouldn't star in a 'Terminator' reboot: 'It's been done to death' 2 months ago:
Or the resistance reaches Skynet and John Connor spends an hour in rigorous philosophical debate with it
Directed by Hideo Kojima
- Comment on Good gaming experiences with no HUD? 5 months ago:
If you’re into Bethesda games and modding them, nearly all of them have “immersive HUD” mods that only show HUD elements when it’s relevant.
- Comment on GTA 6 is likely to skip PC again and only launching on current gen consoles 5 months ago:
A lot of games are still doing dual releases on last gen and current gen.
- Comment on Have yourself a most wonderful time of the year! 5 months ago:
Man, and here I thought Dominick the Donkey was torturous. You’re out here discovering whole new circles of hell.
- Comment on Fallout TV Show - Trailer 5 months ago:
And ended in the middle of an arc too, iirc.
- Comment on Fallout TV Show - Trailer 5 months ago:
Even though each game is a player driven RPG, there’s a canon “through line” of major events from 1 to 2 to New Vegas. 3 and 4 are set far enough away or in a different enough period of time that the plot impact is more minor.
Personally though, I hope this is less of an adaptation and more of a “side stories in the setting”.
- Comment on Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours 5 months ago:
It’s not like these free play periods are a surprise to them. They are in complete control of how hard their servers get pounded and when.
- Comment on Star Citizen Just Had its Biggest Crowdfunding Day Ever With $3.5 Million in 24 Hours 5 months ago:
What? Specifics please.