ShellMonkey

@ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So many software patents are nuts. The idea of owning rights to a specific game mechanic is just as bad. Abstracted to the Nth degree you could read this request as char A told char B to do a thing and they comply. That’s hardly a unique enough thing to merit any kind of legal protection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burger King will use AI to monitor employee 'friendliness'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haven’t been there in a couple decades, but that kind of 1984 BS would put them from passively skipping to actively disliking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a mouse, they used to just be a simple thing you plug in, get a basic driver from the OS and it makes a cursor move.