That’s likely true, but we can write a fair contract that allows for that.
Same question for XIII. Why emulate it?
In case you haven’t seen it, Tom7 created a delightful exploration of using an LLM to manipulate word counts.
Google removed “Don’t be evil”
Still parading that lie around? It’s easily verified as false. Their code of conduct ends with:
And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!
Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.
Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.
Excellent! I might check it out!
If I haven’t played in a year or so. Will there be any painful grind barriers to get to the 1999 content?
POS is an English acronym. It stands for Point of Sale. The proper term would usually be POS Terminal, but it’s often shortened to POS.
Probably just that they have a business license. It’s somebody the gov’t can find to verify if needed since the company has to keep employee records.
Part of the issue is that modern games are usually getting fixes right up to release. Pre-release reviews tend to focus on things that aren’t likely to ever change significantly, like design and writing.
It would be nice if they gave a summary of issues they saw with a disclaimer that they may get fixed instead of omitting that information entirely.
Excel functions are translated. This leads to being pretty much locked out of any support beyond documentation if your system language isn’t English.
Expanse does too, though it isn’t common in that world.
Exactly. If you implement DRM that will make the software unusable if it can’t phone home, you should be legally required to have a plan in place for when your servers shut down.
MMO servers get a bit more complicated since they often rely on third-party components that aren’t releasable.
Only if the publisher has taken steps to stop individuals from preserving them through more traditional means.
I’ve been playing Gamedle recently. I tend to discover interesting games both as answers and while researching the info I have.
Video games have a very different production flow to film. The same people editing dialog recording are also doing other sound work. The people cleaning mocap also do hand animation. It’s not like film where you hit a brick wall for 90% of your crew if your filming isn’t on schedule.
Things in the short term are done recording and aren’t impacted. Things in the long term can move the resources to other tasks. If a strike goes for six months or a year, they will start seeing issues.
More biomes don’t fix the fundamental flaw in the design. It treats planets the same way Raft treats islands. They become purely a resource hunt for the player, no matter what skin they have.
Raft gets away with it by having your base travel with you, being incredibly hostile, and being short enough that the loop doesn’t get tiring.
NMS and Starbound struggle from the same issues. Infinite tiered worlds end up feeling the same, but also remove all meaning from the exploration. In Minecraft or Terraria you aren’t going to be flying to a totally new place in five minutes, so you want to get to know your surroundings and put down some roots.
Travel time and not having tiered world progression makes the player care about where they are at instead of seeing it as a stepping stone.
Banks like to think that branch employees (bank tellers) are sales people. Most of them give ‘goals’ to each employee requiring them to open a certain number of new accounts, land a certain number of loans, etc each week/month. It isn’t ethical since the only people you can really sell on those services are the ones who should least get them. Anyone who actually wants/needs the services will come to you.
Wells Fargo differed from the rest of the industry by setting completely impossible goals, not just unethical ones. This led to them developing a culture where signing people up for services they didn’t agree to became commonplace.
Bananas grow from seeds inside the fruit. Since we bred the seeds out, now it’s a clone-only plant.