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McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by dumpsterdiver »

IIAOPSW wrote: post #162
pcthrowaway wrote: post #28

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I think this is pretty cool too, but um.. > Just because something is done by a massive corporation doesn’t make the thing bad I don't think anyone was saying this. Some airlines plant trees. That doesn't make planting trees bad. But massive corporations (with maybe ~1% or fewer exceptions) don't base their practices on anything remotely resembling bad or good, and this leads them to profit-seeking behaviours that ha…

You think that finding a way to get food in front of people at the largest possible scale and the lowest possible marginal price hasn't helped anyone at the individual level? In your own words, they don't base their practices on good or bad. Meaning their actions should be statistically uncorrelated with doing help or harm. You can say its not a good or ethical company, but you can also say its not a bad or unethical…

> You think that finding a way to get food in front of people at the largest possible scale and the lowest possible marginal price hasn't helped anyone at the individual level?

I agree with your point. McDonald's value meals have been a staple for low income households for a long time, and from what I hear the app provides daily deals that can mean the difference between someone going hungry or not.

Of all the corporations a person could get mad at, choosing one that is well known for feeding low income families is an odd choice.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by jpadif »

superdisk wrote: post #23

I wrote the music engine they used in this game... never thought I'd see the day haha :)

The music sounds particularly awesome, first thing I noticed is how deep the bass sounds given the limitations of the medium.

Looks like it is using a separate tone for the initial kick, and then a sweep an octave lower, it really sounds huge. This is the first time hearing a Game Boy game through nice headphones though, so I'm not sure if this is also present in older games.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by NobodyNada »

sh34r wrote: post #181
NobodyNada wrote: post #77

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My understanding of the situation is that the U.S. federal government has been doing an excellent job of managing fisheries over the past couple of decades — there was an overfishing crisis in the 80’s, but since then we’ve gotten our act together and implemented population monitoring and fishing quotas. There are definitely problems (especially with certain methods of fishing causing bycatch problems or habitat dest…

I agree with you broadly, and despite their abhorrent reputation for sourcing unethical animal products, it does seem that you're right about McDonald's fish. However, on a larger scale, one of the hidden ethical pitfalls is that a lot of wild-caught fish comes from international waters, where there are no regulations whatsoever, or are imported from Asian countries with little to no regard for such things. Japan inf…

> or are imported from Asian countries with little to no regard for such things. Japan infamously still allows whaling. The global fishing industry is also rife with modern-day slavery.

Those are very good points that I neglected to mention, and my professor spent a lot of time discussing them. One of the main points of the class is that seafood sustainability is extremely dependent on the species of fish and the country of origin, and so it’s important to do research on where your fish is coming from. I don’t remember a lot of details anymore, but I do specifically remember that most stuff from Alaska is excellent, and shrimp is awful in terms of ethics & sustainability.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by HaZeust »

jedberg wrote: post #115
bongobingo1 wrote: post #13

I can't quite tell if this is written by an LLM (and aided by a person, re: the developer is known) or the writing style is just so prolific that LLMs cant help but ape it. I think it's because every sentence is pretty short. These sentences end up being related, and should probably be just one paragraph. The writing style seems to separate everything out, I can say this might be what gives the impression of a LLM gl…

FWIW I use a lot of line breaks when commenting on HN. Mainly because the text goes to a large width, and lot of folks on here use very wide screens. I like to make sure my main points are easily readable.

I see what you did there.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by Aeolun »

splatzone wrote: post #193
binji wrote: post #189

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nah, people can do whatever they want with it :)

McDonalds makes ~$23 billion per year. You deserve something.

When they decided to release it how they did they decided that compensation was secondary.

Maybe just the fact that their software is now used by millions of people is cool enough?

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by oceanplexian »

toolz wrote: post #34
tropdrop wrote: post #25

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Honestly I've been impressed with their fish sandwich recently – wild caught and actually flaky filet!

I'm no expert, but I thought we should prefer farm raised, no? Seems weird to advertise they are wild caught when that's a big concern with over-fishing in the wild.

The new burgers are better as well. It's not in-and-out but they improved the cheese and the patties have gone from "circular cardboard" to "kind of resembles a burger" on the quality scale. For folks that live in Europe and have access to better McDonalds this might not be anything new, but for us it's a big upgrade.

Re: McDonald's just dropped a brand new Game Boy game

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Post by danparsonson »

ryandrake wrote: post #153

Interesting. Title: McDonald's dropped a game. Article: McDonald's released a game. Weird that they are saying the opposite. I was initially very confused.

Yes, ambiguous - 'dropped' as in 'content drop' (release), not as in 'dropped from the list'.
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