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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 21st
Hey y’all, what have you been playing?...
Your next Windows PC may need at least 16GB of RAM (www.ghacks.net)
ifn't (programming.dev)
With Nintendo Switch Online having emulators like gba and 64 etc. Would you play those versions or would you continue to emulate those games on another device?
I got an OLED SWITCH for Christmas and I’ve been diving into the emulated games. So much fun but I normally emulate games on my miyoo mini plus or pc....
The Perfect Solution (programming.dev)
Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games (kotaku.com)
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare” (theintercept.com)
OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material (arstechnica.com)
Apparently, stealing other people’s work to create product for money is now “fair use” as according to OpenAI because they are “innovating” (stealing). Yeah. Move fast and break things, huh?...
HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly (arstechnica.com)
The activist who’s taking on artificial intelligence in the courts: ‘This is the fight of our lives’ (english.elpais.com)
The American Matthew Butterick has started a legal crusade against generative artificial intelligence (AI). In 2022, he filed the first lawsuit in the history of this field against Microsoft, one of the companies that develop these types of tools (GitHub Copilot). Today, he’s coordinating four class action lawsuits that bring...
Meet New Zealand's youngest MP whose parliamentary war cry went viral (www.sbs.com.au)
The 21-year-old New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, her country’s youngest MP since 1853, honoured the Indigenous people of New Zealand by performing a traditional haka, or war cry, as part of her maiden speech in December. In the resurfaced video, the chant reverberates around the parliamentary chamber as other Māori...
Get ready to hear more about "pre-internet" times (www.axios.com)
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/8149733...
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 24th
Merry Christmas!! 🎄 What have you all been playing!!
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)
Adobe gives up on $20 billion acquisition of Figma (arstechnica.com)
Best chiptune/gaming-inspired music?
I’m trying to expand my library of classic game/game-inspired music. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I’m including some music that I particularly enjoy for reference....
Tech Billionaires Launch Fund to Create New Libertarian Societies (www.vice.com)
More efforts from tech bros to build Rapture....
Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (pluralistic.net)
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer' (www.reuters.com)
Adobe’s $20 billion bid for Figma in peril after EU warning (www.theverge.com)
IBM suspends ads on X after corporate ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft has control issues (www.gamesindustry.biz)
The effort to squash unlicensed controllers hurts plenty of paying customers, and might not even achieve its goals
Google Paid How Much to Be the Default Search Engine? (gizmodo.com)
One executive revealed the number, and it’s more than the GDP of Haiti.
Are people reading articles before posting them? (imgflip.com)
Israel-Palestine megathread for the remainder of the weekend
the front page is now like half articles on this currently, so it’s probably time for a megathread because none of us want to keep track of 12 threads on this subject and all the resulting comments. only major subsequent developments (for example, boots on the ground; pronunciations by governments; that sort of stuff) will get...
How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.
My 9yo daughter has a tablet with family link, so I can monitor what apps she wants to install. As the garbage games are mostly at the top free, she keeps asking for games that I reject, in most cases because it’s riddled with ads....
Is there an indie games bubble? (roadmapmag.com)
Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art (arstechnica.com)
I’ve generally been against giving AI works copyright, but this article presented what I felt were compelling arguments for why I might be wrong. What do you think?
Was Unity lying yesterday or are they lying today? (lemmy.today)
Unity: We have to charge for every install because we only see totals. Also Unity: We can tell which install is which, so you won’t be overcharged.
Does anyone know of any kid-friendly "horror" games out there for children ~7 years old?
My son loves the adrenaline rush of getting scared, particularly with jump scares, however, I have a lot of difficulty finding a game or show which is appropriate for him. He is prone to nightmares, and more adult-oriented “kid horror” is too much (Poppy’s Playtime, Cartoon Cat?) And others like Siren Head. His peers...
Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare (www.wired.com)
What would you be interested in out of a modern games focused journalism outlet?
Hey Fediverse -...
Besides Robux, What Can I Give to My Little Brother that Plays Roblox?
Besides Robux, What Can I Give to My Little Brother that Plays Roblox?...
Sources: Ubisoft’s canceled Immortals 2 was a big break from the company’s formula (www.axios.com)
Ubisoft open-world games typically take place across a map that’s filled with quest markers, and players are often guided with a compass or arrow that directs them to their next objective....
Clickworkers in Brazil are turning on each other (restofworld.org)
Suggestions for smaller-y games if I liked _______
I’ve had a great time playing some of the ‘smaller’ games lately: Dredge (adore this game so much), Dave the Diver, Cloudpunk, Stray, Octopath II, Observer....
18+ Pokémon unveils official Wiglett toy (www.eurogamer.net)
“The official Pokémon Center shop has launched its latest plush toy - and it’s for Wiglett, the long, pink-tipped worm-like creature that stands erect at 10-and-a-quarter inches.”
PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry By Default (www.techpowerup.com)
Intel graphic drivers collect Telemetry By default in windows.
Hank the Tank, a 400-Pound Bear Behind Lake Tahoe Break-Ins, Is Captured (www.nytimes.com)
A female bear — and one of three known as Hank — was captured with her three cubs by California wildlife authorities. She was responsible for at least 21 home break-ins, officials said.