Thank you for the help understanding this.

Yes, but only insomuch as laws that protect minors impose additional constraints on those who have “actual knowledge” that a user is actually a child.

So, if I understand right, basically they assume its correct unless given significant evidence otherwise? So like, if this flag is enabled and I visit a website and don’t directly provide personal information, then they have to assume I am a child under CCPA and thus can’t share my data. Right?

Statr law can expand upon federal law but not contradict. And it smells like AB1043 is more “add a more explicit signal of user age” than anything affecting data retention relating to children.

What part do you think is contradictory?

I was wondering more if they could just argue that it isn’t an reliable metric and thus was ignored for COPPA if it ever came up in Federal court - esspecially if adults end up using the flag for CCPA or Civil Code protections. As opposed to in California law, where it is assumed to be true unless shown otherwise.

So there isn’t really a good option, other than buying an off-the-shelf mesh system?

Its hard to know for certain given Trump’s insanity, but my own read on the situation is that they want to permanently remove Iran as a threat to Israel or the US. Basically, destroy the current government, and destabilize the country. What happens after that, they don’t care.

It may also be to raise oil prices, but this seems more secondary, given how involved Israel is, and how Trump doesn’t really have the subtly to not directly attack infrastructre related to oil.

I don’t think its changed significantly, but I also do think the impacts (good and bad) have become more far-reaching, and the bad esspecially has become more visible.

We’ve always had a generally evil ruling class, and that evil always ranged from “just” stealing from the populus to genocide and torturing people for fun (just as today). Unlike historically, we’re just aware of all of it, whereas a serf would barely know what their own lord was like, nonetheless one on the other side of the world. We’ve also always had those willing to work to build a better future. In the past, this was mostly limited to giving food and money, usually organized by religions organizations, and this continues, but we also now have thousands of other non-profits and tools, made and maintained by talented people who just want a better world. Think of all the people making educational videos, articles, software and more and giving it away for cheap or for free. Things like Wikipedia, VLC, and others would have caved to the rich and powerful decades ago if not for the fact that they’re committed to making the world better.

As a whole, yes. We’ve managed to make it this far, and have strived for progress the whole time. On an individual level, absolutely not.

Based on my own experiences and readings, I’d guesstimate that a good 10% of people are genuinely evil, and another 50% are morons. I would absolutely not bet on those odds when trying to get help. Still, that leaves another 40% who are decent enough to want good, and smart enough to act on it.

They are only cosmetic, but absolutely still gambling. That said, the design and use of the market and operations did mean it was far easier to avoid and far cheaper. For example, you could get basically a full loadout of skins, without ever opening a lootbox, for far less. Doesn’t change the fact that the lootboxes in CS (and everything else) need to be regulated though.

Dota 2 is great (I’ve got thousands of hours, and am still on the low side in my circles) but its hardly something I’d recommend for those who don’t want to spend time learning. Its like 50 hours to learn the basics, then another hundred to understand basic positioning and strategy.

While I don’t think Arcane is perfect, esspecially with the pacing issues, I think the character writting was phenomenal. Silco and Jinx in particular are both extremely empathic, and you feel bad for them and potentially even want them to succeed despite their despicable actions. Ambesa is far too rushed, but she’s still a fairly deep and multifaceted character (and benefits a lot from having a book to provide background). Honestly, the characters who are weakest, in my opionion, are the ones with most focus: Vi, Cailyn, and Victor. All three of them feel rushed and lacking in both depth and development.

I don’t have anything specific in mind. I’m mostly just trying to figure out where to even start learning. Like, I have a few different web sites and web apps already made, ranging in complexity from stuff with only html and css, to larger .net apps with a database and restful api. I just don’t really know how to go from running the exe on my computer to actually making it a secure and usable website.

Its incredibly annoying. I’ve taken a number of courses on software development, in a number of different areas, but nothing ever goes beyond, “press run in your IDE and see your finished program run”. If you’re just making a simple app that runs locally, fair enough, but thats only half the battle for most modern software.

As someone who doesn’t pay attention to niche fighting games: Guilty Gear games are still being made? I thought they were a retro game or something. I think you’re overestimating it’s prominence. The only moden fighting games that come to mind as someone who has no interest in competitve play are Street Fighter, Mortal Combat (and Injustice), Smash Bros, and 2XKO. I’m don’t have confidence to say that fighting games aren’t growing, but the only news/attention I’ve seen for the genre since the launch of Street Fighter 6 has been a couple 2XKO trailers.

I want to know the whole process of what its like streaming games as a hobby.

Basically, you get a microphone, download OBS, set up an account on one or more steaming platforms and just play games. If you’re doing it as a hobby, just do what you want to do. If you just want to chill, play games, and talk, do that. If you want to try scripting streams or making it more high production, you can experiment with camera/microphone hardware and live production tools. If you want to try and be an “”“influencer”“” type, you can practice acting, improv, and being more energetic. Its very open ended.

Im not the best at games but i still like them and i think it would be neat to build a community possible, but im still unsure? Im not even sure where to start to stream to a community?

If you want to be successful and/or build up a larger community, you’ll need to go to Twitch and/or YouTube. Odds are, it will start very slow and theres no garentee you’ll ever build up much of a community. It is a competitve space because its so easy to get into, but if you’re doing it as a hobby (rather than to compete or make money), then you can just focus on what makes it fun for you.

If you’re looking for specific techniques or tips, to get viewers, I would recommend a couple:

• Stream something unique - if you’re the millionth person playing Minecraft, you’re less likely to get viewers than if you’re the one person streaming Ricochet. Similarly, if you’re playing basic Minecraft Survival, you’re competing with a thousand others. If you’re using Minecraft to act out Macbeth, you’ll stand out.
• Try to minimize downtime durring streams: if viewers get bored, they’ll be more likely to leave. You can reduce this by picking games with less downtime, planning more thoroughly, or just by being entertaining yourself.
• Try to stream consistantly or regularly: If you have a schedule, people are more able to come back to your streams. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but something like, “I stream every Friday at 5:00, and other days as I feel like it” can help.

It is true that AI work (and anything derived from it that isn’t significantly transformative) is public domain. That said, the copyright of code that is a mix of AI and human is much more legally grey.

In other work, where it can be more separated, individual elements may have different copyright. For example, a comic was made using AI generated images. It was ruled that all the images were thus public domain. Despite that, the text and the layout of the comic was human-made and so the copyright to that was owned by the author. Code, obviously can’t be so easily divided up, and it will be much harder to define what is transformative or not. As such, its a legal grey area that will probably depend on a case-by-case basis.

This isn’t a tier list tier list. Its clearly a tier list tier tier list.

Honestly, I forgot Mbin was a seperate piece of software. I was too focused trying to think of non-Fediverse alternatives. How is Mbin? I hear so little about it nowadays.

Is there any alternatives other than PieFed and Lemmy? Given that even Lemmy still lacks the content to serve as a suitable Reddit alternative for most people, I can’t imagine that theres anything else short of a bunch of disconnected, dedicated, niche interest forums.

Correction: asked my friend, and shoes off is the normal expectation in Nigeria. Slippers are just a personal preference, so the chart is just wrong.

Although not sure about Nigeria, are slippers and flip flops like expected to be worn or just available?

In my (limitted) experience, its expected. When I visited a friend who was Nigerian, they offered me slippers to wear in the house, and they felt uncomfortable going barefoot in my (Canadian) house.

Edit: Talked to my Nigerian friend, shoes off is expected, and slippers are just a personal preference. The map is just wrong.

It might be in including having slippers or “indoor shoes”. Nigeria is there as a shoes on, but from my understanding, its only slippers/flip flops specificly for indoors, that are normal.

Edit: Talked to my Nigerian friend, shoes off is expected, and slippers are just a personal preference. The map is just wrong.