BadlyDrawnRhino

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[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you're a newsletter subscriber, check to see if you have received a voucher for a slightly higher discount. Couldn't tell you the difference, I have to wait for my refund request to be processed.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure if this is poking fun at Starfield, or the way Bethesda constantly rehashes their games as "Anniversary Editions" with the fanfare of a brand new release.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Season 1 of Universe was rough, but they really hit their stride in S2 and I was very disappointed it got cancelled when it did.

I think I actually like S2 of Universe more than a lot of Atlantis. I always felt like they played it a bit safe with SGA, and it just felt like SG1 but in a different location. Which is fine and obviously a lot of people liked that, but the thing I appreciate about Universe is that they tried something different. I think if they'd fully committed to it and cut off the ship's contact with Earth, which would then mean less stupid soap opera drama, the show might have done a lot better.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

I get that, I don't think I'd necessarily stop buying from GOG, but I definitely look at Steam first for any games without GOG achievements. Hopefully the Comet guys come up with a solution for the popup UI soon!

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's correct. I believe they're working on a way to get notifications working through Heroic, but at this stage you need to check your GOG profile for achievement unlocks.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 53 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Surely it's less immoral than turning them into a zombie minion without their consent?

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Top 3 is hard. I'll start with the first three that came to mind, in no particular order:

  • Witcher 3

  • Star Control 2

  • Monkey Island 2

But there are so many that I could have listed instead.

The Commander Keen games are amongst the first I remember playing, I loved those and played through them so many times.

Baldurs Gate 3 was such a masterpiece, it probably could bump W3 off that list.

Although, Ultima 7 was the first RPG I played where I became properly immersed in the story. The world, the characters, the way the mystery of the main story unfolds. And it is actually a really good jump-in point for the series as it's set a couple centuries after number 6.

Fallout 1 also could easily make the list. I loved the way such a small and intimate quest for your vault unfolds into something bigger.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

But the large corporations are handling that side of things already. If the lawsuit goes in the favour of copyright holders, AI companies would in theory have to do something to avoid using copyrighted material, or pay for the usage. Of course, there's every chance that they may end up avoiding using copyrighted material from anyone big enough to fight back, and just profit off of the works of artists without the resources to stop them doing so.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 18 points 8 months ago (10 children)

You're not wrong, but if they win against AI, all artists will benefit because of the precedent that it would set.

What I think will actually happen if this is looking to not go in the tech bros' favour is that they'll settle and make a potential deal with large copyright holders for ongoing usage, and that would screw individual artists.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 8 points 8 months ago

The OAIC announced on Thursday afternoon that privacy commissioner Carly Kind would close the investigation after being satisfied that I-MED’s data had been “de-identified sufficiently”. She found this despite a “small number of instances” where the company had accidentally provided non-anonymised information.

I'm getting really sick of corporations being held to a different standard to individuals. If I were to accidentally give out non-anonymised client data, I would be facing disciplinary action at least. Until corporations start getting held to account for all of these privacy breaches, they're just going to keep on maximising their own profits at the expense of our data.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 14 points 9 months ago

Depends what she means by it. It's completely normal for rewrites and reshoots to happen during the filmmaking process, simply because some stuff that works on paper just doesn't translate that well on screen, and sometimes the actors do something on the fly that is better than what was in the script, but that triggers rewrites to accommodate the change.

If Marvel actually didn't have a completed script before the initial shooting began, that would be potentially worrying, but highly unusual.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's also interesting to include Luther in there. Luther is the embodiment of an anti-hero, and is constantly getting into trouble for disregarding due process. He's certainly not lauded as the hero in the end.

I'm not familiar with too many of the other shows portrayed, that just stood out to me. I don't doubt that there are some instances where "copaganda" plays into it, but I think it's more likely that due process is kind of boring to show on screen, it's just more entertaining to have the main character do whatever it takes to solve the case. And really good cop shows explore the negatives of doing so just as much as any supposed positives.

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