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Which parts are the coroutines?
Multiple methods in that snippet use something like: while(true) { Animate(image); wait 200; } implies there are multiple synchronous execution stacks. It's not threading, as the synchronization points are explicit.
Hmmm, I'd have just called it cooperative threading/multitasking then. Or do you think that would be wrong?
This is really cool, and certainly a solid example of why the legislation is moronic. However, isn't this a violation of DMCA's (and similar legislation worldwide) "software lock" circumvention laws? > It's not pretty, but this is probably the first time anyone's been able to use Plasma at all in the better part of a decade. It seems that Wollay removed a critical UI file (for the sheet which artwork exists on) from…
The DMCA provides a singularly annoying exemption process. Every three years, the Librarian of Congress makes a determination of valid exemptions to the DMCA. These exemptions are complicated to apply for, and having been previously granted theoretically has no impact on whether it is granted the next time, so anyone who wants to maintain an exemption needs to reapply and make their case every three years.
From 2018 and until 2021, there are 14 DMCA exemptions in effect. One of them is "Computer programs, except videos games, no longer reasonably available in commercial marketplace, for preservation by eligible libraries, archives, and museums." Unfortunately, while this software is not a video game, nor is it reasonably available, it is not covered by this clause, as "the work cannot be made available or distributed outside the physical premises of the eligible institution."
Not to worry, though! There is one other possible exemption. Number 11: "Computer programs, for purposes of good-faith security research." Is this good-faith security research? Well, one of the tests there is whether the "information is used primarily to promote security of devices on which the program operates." This probably does the opposite, being an effective argument and tutorial AGAINST security, so it probably doesn't work, either.
So yes, this is probably illegal. It could maybe even be a felony, technically. You could probably get years in prison for it. You wouldn't, but that won't stop a fed from convincing you of that in order to get you to sign a confession.
This is really cool, and certainly a solid example of why the legislation is moronic. However, isn't this a violation of DMCA's (and similar legislation worldwide) "software lock" circumvention laws? > It's not pretty, but this is probably the first time anyone's been able to use Plasma at all in the better part of a decade. It seems that Wollay removed a critical UI file (for the sheet which artwork exists on) from…
(caveat: IANAL and am frequently wrong) The DMCA provides a singularly annoying exemption process. Every three years, the Librarian of Congress makes a determination of valid exemptions to the DMCA. These exemptions are complicated to apply for, and having been previously granted theoretically has no impact on whether it is granted the next time, so anyone who wants to maintain an exemption needs to reapply and make…
The US strong-armed most their trade-partners into implementing DMCA-compatible laws. Here in Australia we have "compatible" laws, but to my knowledge no exemption process.
EDIT: It's probably worth noting we didn't even bother amending our existing legislation, we just introduced new conflicting legislation. It's a real mess.
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Multiple methods in that snippet use something like: while(true) { Animate(image); wait 200; } implies there are multiple synchronous execution stacks. It's not threading, as the synchronization points are explicit.
>synchronization points are explicit Hmmm, I'd have just called it cooperative threading/multitasking then. Or do you think that would be wrong?
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Multiple methods in that snippet use something like: while(true) { Animate(image); wait 200; } implies there are multiple synchronous execution stacks. It's not threading, as the synchronization points are explicit.
>synchronization points are explicit Hmmm, I'd have just called it cooperative threading/multitasking then. Or do you think that would be wrong?
Whoa, this editor was quite amazing! If you have two minutes, watch the "Photo Texturing" and "Photo Editing" demonstrations: https://youtu.be/bCWX3BNT1H0?t=150
The "Image Warping" I'm pretty sure you can do in Photoshop these days tho'.
I've reverse engineered a number of content encryption schemes. It's always a ton of fun, and you get to see the large amount of psychological warfare at play at the higher tiers. A very common trick that I've seen in a lot of Japanese games, for offline material, is to combine a hashing system and encryption. That is, the game will attempt to load "main.script", which is a custom bytecode scripting language. The fil…
Indeed, it's often more fun than playing the game itself; but then again, I'm someone who has been taking things apart since I was very young (and not surprisingly, got into trouble a few times for it...) I suspect RE is something that's closer to what those in the other sciences do, i.e. analysis and thinking more about how/why things are the way they are, rather than what they can build; which is why not a lot of d…
One of the reasons I was attracted to computers when I was a kid was figuring out Windows secrets.
Do you think the creator would have been net up in revenue terms to add features, or using this feature to reduce piracy?
I though it was FreeHand. Maybe someday
What is the backstory behind why the company stopped selling this software? Has anyone asked the author or company about it? Would it be worth asking them to release the source since it's been so long since selling it?
Wollay and most software development he does is intermittent at best. The Cube World community went 6 years without an update. He will occasionally (every few years) post screenshots and teasers on social media, but it seems very clear that development of his projects is whimsical. I don't think anyone at this point would be surprised if he tweeted out tomorrow that he's done developing Cube World. It also seems that…
He wrote an article explaining that the DDOS they suffered when first releasing Cube World had a lot of impact on his mental health and that is why he rarely communicated and then he disappeared again.