Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191003071331

I don't really see the point until the cut alcohol entirely from sponsorship as well, still see ads for that. Yeah, they make large sets with some stuff removed so they don't get DMCA'd to shit, though they still have most of the stuff from those companies in the packs. I did check and the guy essentially made packs from retromags.com, he also has a bunch of packs for single magazines and a giant manual collection for lots of consoles. I'd say to just check the source (retromags.com), the pack is nice but it has a base DL and loads of updates. It also requires some upload-ratio due to it being a registered-only tracker and not sure if those German anti-p2p companies are still as aggresive as ever. I'll have to make sure to play bike only + waggle controls for the full experience. It's mostly context in English, same with Dutch these days I guess. We'd probably use "stom" instead of "dom" for a temporary lapse of intelligence. I'd agree with the rest, except reasonability. There is a significant cultural aspect to that.

Android phones can apparently turn wi-fi scanning off? I've never tried it, but they hide it away quite a bit. It's also used for optimising GPS though, so your location might get a bit less accurate. Oh yeah, I got a bunch of GUST games. Ar Tonelico, Mana Khemia and Atelier Iris 2 and 3. Helps that all of those were a bit closer to "real RPGs" than the rest of the Atelier series. It was kind of my introduction to very anime'ish games and having radically different gameplay would've probably put me off. I'd say that even shovelware had some standards. There were terrible exceptions, but they were just that. Most of the shovelware I saw was playable and sometimes enjoyable. It's the generation afterwards which has the absolute worst in shovelware for consoles and handhelds. XBOX 360's Arcade as well had some trash, but atleast that wasn't sold in stores. It's still politics, so lobbying won't go away. But one thing is for sure, the next batch of older people will also struggle with the newer technologies, so that won't change.

More money made and they can say it's better for the environment which they care deeply for. Maybe GOG can jump on it. Maybe even Steam if EPIC pushes them hard enough, would certainly help their reputation. No clue myself, wikipedia has a list and we've also got the Internet Adult Film Database. They are surprisingly well catalogued for something that people'd rather not talk too deeply about. We'll get retro-prostitution websites, mark my words. Transhumanism is always an interesting topic when it comes to other's view. I personally embrace the improvement of the human mind&body by most technological means. Ofcourse the privacy problems remain, slavery can be made surprisingly easy with the threat of exploding chips. Eugenics in the form of genetic engineering are fine by me as long as they are generic improvement or remove diseases and if it's available for all and not just the rich. Gene editing would be great to remove genetic disorders from the genepool The companies which are joining in are all huge and probably have money to burn, so failure might not make the services disappear. I am glad we don't have as much giant cartels and single corps here. Pretty much everyone near a decently sized Dutch city has a fiber line going into their homes, doesn't have to be used yet but it's there. Not sure how it went with outlying small villages (anything below a 1000 basically), heard some efforts were done by the locals to pay the companies themselves because goverment & co feel it costs too much. Luckily there are project just for such communities now, probably because of the outrage that sparked.

Bias exists in all, whether you notice it or not. I sure don't like EA, but if they publish a good game I'd still go for it. Just going against them for being EA is the exact opposite of brand loyalty and is just as bad even if done for better reasons. In the parent example you assume neutrality, but are you truly neutral towards your parents? Or do you have some unconcious bias? After all, most people consider mother = safety. To me picking a side isn't binary, the four boys vs 1 are a decent example. What if that single boy did some terrible shit to them, 4 V 1 is still unfair but doesn't the kid deserve it at that point? You can still pick the side of the four boys but disagree with their methods and punish them for that. Would you say that those people picked one specific side wholeheartedly in that case? Better to not censor anything, I for one would enjoy the realistic horror that is a "true" WW 1 game.

I'm fine with people being happily shilling stuff, as long as it's clear or genuine. Most of the times it's not. Especially with children like you said. Youtube in particular is really terrible when it comes to this shit, the content you had "for kids" included some weird stuff. Either it's unsafe or too much of a hassle, I'll stick to my debit card linked to paypal or iDEAL, does the job just fine. It does always surprise me how technologically advanced they are in some ways and then suck out completely in others. It's not like IT stuff is truly hard, most of the time you follow instructions and looking up information has never been easier. Maybe it has something to do with most of the instructions being in English.

I know it's good, but I just dislike having to fiddle with the scripts and then other scripts popping up after the refresh, just to get a site working. It's only there as the third layer for me and multiple adblock layers work fine for me, especially when dealing with most adblock blockers (though noscript might help with that as well). It's essentially the lazy way out for me.

Does Japan still use terrible stickers on boxes then? They swapped them out ages ago for easy to remove ones over here. It's always fun buying old games and seeing people didn't even bothe removing the stickers because they knew full well it wouldn't work. I'm still waiting on my rough art book. EMS being EXPRES mail is just a lie at this point. the package literally sat in the post office during the weekend and it started to move again on monday. Mailbox mail and such does have a "weekend break" (sunday and monday) over here, but packages just get delivered. I doubt Japan would be any different. Maybe it was because of the free shipping coupon ;)