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Maybe add to title: “but is solved now”. Would have saved me some time thinking they might go somewhere.
It was solved? They never decrypted the original file, only the decoy.
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"Everyone has to share everything" is a restriction, not a freedom.
Where did that come from? 'You aren't allowed to prevent others from sharing this thing' is completely different from 'you have to share this thing'. 'Everyone is allowed to share everything' is a freedom, not a restriction. Whether or not it's a freedom people should have is a difficult question to answer because we don't know what the modern world would be like without copyright (I expect creators would try and get…
Maybe add to title: “but is solved now”. Would have saved me some time thinking they might go somewhere.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Internet denizens love opening a locked box. This phenomenon has been weaponized by the gaming industry in the form of loot boxes.
It is strange to me that people obsess on programming in-game with "red stone" etc. That said I am dayjob programmer so the last thing I want to do on my free time and is to program stuff. I made a game that uses the Luanti "voxel" engine (MC-likes games of course, but also transposition of other genres), and even programming that is bit of a chore but that's the price to pay to play the game you want to play (there'…
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Well then they can sleep in your bed if you want the couch or someone else in your home you aren't using.
But then how do we determine who has priority for the couch? The singleton nature of the couch requires some form of access control to prevent disputes. No such restriction exists for a memory of the couch, once we have each been exposed to it we can enjoy the memory perpetually and simultaneously with no conflicts. Artificially restricting what can be remembered and by whom solely on the basis that some forms of mem…
Unless we agree upon the abstract concept of “owning” property even while you do not physically possess it.
You need look no father than a kindergarten to see the natural way of things: the toy belongs to whichever toddler is holding it.
While not entirely comparable, it is no more absurd to extend the idea to intangible ideas as well.
Internet denizens love opening a locked box. This phenomenon has been weaponized by the gaming industry in the form of loot boxes.
It is strange to me that people obsess on programming in-game with "red stone" etc. That said I am dayjob programmer so the last thing I want to do on my free time and is to program stuff. I made a game that uses the Luanti "voxel" engine (MC-likes games of course, but also transposition of other genres), and even programming that is bit of a chore but that's the price to pay to play the game you want to play (there'…
Game engine design is a rabbit hole :)
Game design is the ultimate lockbox - you're unlocking an entire imaginary world which has some platonic existance in your mind.
And since you mentioned Luanti, it deserves to be much better known as a credible open alternative to Minecraft. You could do a lot worse then designing/prototyping your game with Luanti as the game engine.
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>is weird and crosses many limits. It's similar in format to communities that obssess over "lost media." The inability to pirate or get access to something becomes an obsession. Even if the piece of media exists in an archive somewhere, that doesn't matter to them because it's about the fact that they themselves don't have access to it that has become the obsession.
There's also the piracy communities where a majority of users believe they have some sort of inherent right to watch something merely because it exists. I don't understand where that sentiment comes from.
I have every right to see a thing. Just like you have every right to try to stop me from doing so. The general rule is that we shouldn't hurt eachother trying to do it/prevent it.
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I mean, part of the deal with IP law is you get government protection for your idea, in exchange for society having access to it. I’m personally of the mind that if my tax dollars went towards protecting your shit, you owe society access. This is not defending the ones who believe they have the right to things sans that deal
This argument is so ridiculous I must be misunderstanding you. By your logic you owe me access your house since my tax dollars pay for the legal system that gives you property rights?!
I am not aware of any type of IP enforced in the US that comes with a yearly taxed based on the value of the IP. If one exists, please let me know.
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Physical property rights are made up too. How can you claim to own something if you aren’t actively defending it nor physically possessing it in that moment. Do you “own” your house even when you’re not home? Yes, you do, because we all agreed on this made up thing called “property rights” and we pay our tax dollars to have it enforced. Otherwise whoever is in your house “owns” it until you or someone else forcible r…
Nuance beaten by a strawman. Well done. You know what, your words are all made up.