qarbone

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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"*Video game piracy is not stealing" is closer to a statement I can get onboard with. A trivial example to disprove the former statement is the classic, seafaring pirate.

But a more salient example would be pirating music. If you have a pirated copy of an album such that you don't need to buy another and don't stream it from any official sources, you are materially and negatively impacting that artist.

Edit: it came to mind after I posted you might hold the position "I haven't taken anything from them and I wouldn't have bought it regardless of my pirating, so I haven't deprived them of anything." A position I've seen a number of times and fundamentally disagree with. Not trying to be rude but I'm not going to engage with that particular thought experiment.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

You know, I can't fault them for it. They gave it a try and decided the land wasn't their bag.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, 8 is the correct choice as an adult male. I'd be safe from Gaetz, with access to the aisle.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Define "works"?

If you're a CEO, cutting all your talent, enshittifying your product, and pocketing the difference in new, lower costs vs standard profits might be considered as "working".

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, dreadfully sorry. Shall I...just stick my neck out here? Or is this going to be a trampling? Let me know.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They made a successful cipher that has thwarted their enemies into perpetuity.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, not me. I'm a husky: smart enough to get myself into trouble, not smart enough to get myself out of it.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, and then we got better

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No! Absolutely not! Are you trying to kill us all?!

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My natural eyes are rather fukt, so yeah I'd agree. They're killing it.

She's 84 and I placed her at late 60s at the convention, as someone who remembers the name 'Pelosi' once every half-year. I guess it was a tag team cage match with her surgeon and beautician vs me and my perception of older women.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

If, 24 months from now, most people aren't coding, it'll be because people like him cut jobs to make a quicker buck. Or nickel.

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