[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

ID tech is nowhere near flexible enough for something like Starfield or even Skyrim. It's partially the reason why it's so efficient. It simply isn't fit for the task.

And the Bethesda developers are intimately familiar with Creation Engine, achieving the same level of productivity with something new will take a long time. Switching the engine is not an easy thing.

Not to say that Creation Engine isn't a cumbersome mess. It has pretty awful performance, stability and is full of bugs, but on the other hand it's extremely flexible which has allowed its games to have massive mod communities.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Out of 46.5 billion total cost, 27 billion was out of Musk's pocket. 13 billion were bank loans, most as a leveraged buyout so technically Twitter owes the banks, but the banks do not own shares. 5.2 billion, only a little more than 10% came from other sources. The biggest is 1.89 billion from the Saudi Prince, but those are just his previously owned shares that he decided to keep. It wasn't a new investment. He obviously has influence (same as he did before the acquisition) but I doubt he's giving marching orders with less than 5% stake. https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/who-is-financing-elon-musk-s-us-44-billion-deal-to-buy-twitter-1.6100579?

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

What in the fuck is a technologist? Is that what journalists are calling themselves now because they realized how embarrassing the journalist title has become?

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

In what non private residence enclosed places are you alone? I can't think of any. Are you talking about hotels or... Because yea that would be ridiculous. But also, since you're alone it's not like anyone can enforce the mandate or even know you're not following it.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

It was too close to something a vatnik would say. Honestly, without your 2nd comment there was no way to know you're being ironic.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Why are you bootlicking? Stop encouraging corporations to milk money from consumers because "it's not as bad as the others".

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

Posing Brave as an alternative to Chrome is ridiculous. It's a crypto scam company that intends to profit from advertising. And they have been caught inserting referrals into url suggestions.

Don't know why you think Edge is better either. Microsoft is no more your friend than Google and they have every intention to collect as much data as possible.

If you want chromium, use a build of un-googled chromium. You don't need to replace one evil with another if you can just rip it out altogether.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Okay, someone gains access to your device and sends themselves the NFT that proves ownership of your house.

What do you do? Do you just accept that since they own the NFT, that means they own the house? Probably not. You'll go through the legal system, because that's still what ultimately decides the ownership. I bet you'll be happy about middle men and "waiting 45 days to close" then.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

You don't have to use inheritance with Java. In fact, in most cases it's better that you don't. Practically all of the Java standard library doesn't require the use of inheritance, same with most modern libraries.

On the contrary, I think inheritance is a very natural way to think. However, that doesn't translate into readable and easy to maintain code in the vast majority of the cases.

I am not sure what you mean by how it's stored or manipulated on a computer. A garbage collected language like Java manages the memory for you. It doesn't really care if your code is using inheritance or not. And unless you're trying to squeeze the last drops of performance out of your code, the memory layout shouldn't be on your mind.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

It doesn't. A double is a 64 bit value while an integer is 32 bit. A long is a 64 bit signed integer which stores more exact integer numbers than a double.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Jail time for what crime? Do you have an example of this happening?

I can find one case in 2014 in Arizona. The man burned a bible in front of a Christian-oriented homeless shelter. He was detained on suspicion of one count of unlawful symbol burning.

That seemed like a very strange law, so I looked it up.

A. It is unlawful for a person to burn or cause to be burned any symbol not addressed by section 13-1707 on the property of another person without that person's permission or on a highway or any other public place with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons. The intent to intimidate may not be inferred solely from the act of burning the symbol, but shall be proven by independent evidence.

B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

If I had to speculate, this law was probably put in place against cross burning by the KKK or similar intimidating acts.

He was arrested on suspicion of unlawful symbol burning, but I can't find any updates on the case, which likely means he was not prosecuted for it.

I can't find any more cases besides this and someone being jailed for 11 years for burning a bible. In Egypt.

[-] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

How do you know anyone is a verified adult? A 17 year old can look like a 22 year old. Should we ban all porn unless its of verified adults? Should one need a license to use their body in pornography?

Do you verify everyone to be of age in all pornographic material you consume? Unless you do, there is a decent chance you've unknowingly seen pornographic content involving someone just not quite of age.

To answer your question more directly, pornography companies where images usually originate obviously don't hire underage actors. Sites for posting/selling self pornography also require documents, but that's pretty prone to forgery.

When it comes to self posting on social media, all bets are off. Someone not quite of age can post pornography of themselves on twitter or reddit or they can even post it on self hosted blog.

So you have 2 solutions: Ban all pornography of people who would be asked for a driver's license when they are buying alcohol. So probably like 30+ years of age. Requires a government license to post pornography of self, which would also require disclosing your legal name and other identifiable information when posting pornography.

Or we can continue being pragmatic and use our best judgement while understanding that our perception can't tell who is 17 years and 363 days old and who just turned 18.

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