ClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]

I think there’s a balance to strike. Making the US dependent on them is good. But I think giving materials to make weapons to the guy who keeps screaming how he wants to use those weapons on you is questionable after a certain point.

“The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them” except China is the main producer of rope.

Maybe my confusion about that lies in the fact that I’ve only ever used homebrew for piracy?

Like okay you managed to do all this without using a single line of Nintendo’s code, now I can play this completely illegitimate copy of Mario Kart without breaking Nintendo’s copyright.

The only reason to not use Nintendo’s code is to avoid getting caught, and seeing as this news is only coming out almost 20 years after the Wii when the homebrew scene has mostly moved on anyway means that wasn’t too big of a concern as long as no one say, in charge of the Wii homebrew software throws a temper tantrum about it.

Yeah see that’s where it really loses me, like I’ll be honest I just don’t think plagiarism is that big of a deal. It’s bad sure. But like, it’s not theft, it’s just a dick move. This seems like such an overreaction.

Dear Nancy,

Enclosed you will find a plan to go down in history as a positive figure instead of a feckless ghoul good at nothing but insider trading.

Best,
ClimateStalin

Jesus fucking Christ

Classic “I wish we lived in the world conservatives think exists”

Marvel Rivals - Started playing with some of my wow guild mates, v fun. I don’t get super into hero shooters but it’s a fun thing to do with friends.

Dredge - Finally got around to pirating it, nice game to play while my spouse and I listen to a podcast

Baldur’s Gate 3 - Slow progress, don’t have that much time I can really sit down with headphones on and focus on something but it’s so good.

Ah okay yes that’s the part I misunderstood, that is fucked. When it’s not costing you anything or limiting you just attribute credit ffs

Imagine if Nancy Pelosi was secretly funding Maoist guerillas in Kentucky

So not even shut down by Nintendo, shut down by someone who went “waaah waaah this is copyright infringement”?

Yeah man you’re making the “Pirate Games” machine of course there’s copyright infringement involved I’m shocked you ever thought there wasn’t

“Program on Wii uses Wii code” no shit? Of course it would. It’s a program on the Wii!

Am I missing something here?

Patents should be so specific that it’s basically a joke how easy it is to get around them. Like, anything past building the exact same product to the exact specifications listed shouldn’t be patent infringement.

I should be able to build an iPhone 15 but all the components are 5% bigger so they don’t match the patent filing and it’s not infringement. For digital things, unless I straight up stole your code and assets, absolutely not.

Also patents should expire after like, 5 years, 10 at the most. Not just because I hate capitalism. Even using the explicit logic behind why patents exist, longer patent terms are harmful. You allow people to patent things to “encourage innovation” by ensuring people have the right to profit off their inventions. But after a few years that’s done, and longer terms prevent people from building on the work of people that came before.

I have to assume they will be, allowing enemy officers to join you no-questions-asked seems like a poor choice in basically every situation

This particular one is kind of a moment for me. Horrible sign for other things, but honestly I’d be in favor of banning all SHEIN products in the first place.

essential to making such things as military drones

I’ll be honest they should’ve stopped selling us anything needed to make military drones years ago unless the US stopped its anti-China rhetoric.

Don’t sell bullets to the guy who keeps telling anyone who will listen how ready he is to go shoot you and your family.

Because reality is sad and I like media that reflects and comments on reality

And there isn’t even a shortage of lasers! There’s plenty of people getting shot at!

Like holy shit, have subway surfer tiktok videos ruined your brain so much that you can’t listen to a well-paced content-rich conversation? It’s not like it’s a lot of talking where nothing gets said, every conversation is so dense I catch details on a second watch.

Yeah that’s the other thing, 95% of Star Wars content is made for you illiterate babies, let us have our 24 episodes of the one boring and sad show.

Also, were these people complaining that Game of Thrones was boring and sad? Or Breaking Bad? Honestly they probably were complaining about both of those when they had character heavy episodes now that I think about it

You’re god damn right it must

Agree on free him but I honestly think he might thrive in prison

Ironically even given that, people are less likely to be convicted when the death penalty is on the table, because people feel bad sentencing someone to death, even if they agree with it.