Corporations are profit driven top down organizations. Decisions are made at the top. Checks are written from the top. Historical failings of security are the result willful negligence from the top.
It's a great shooter made by one of the best teams in the business (Unreal Tournament team). The mechanics are solid, and it's a fun game. They do inventive limited time game types (they keep it fresh). But then they slap on meta mechanics that deepen the addictive nature of the game: gambling (random loot boxes), dailies, weeklies, and seasonal 'quests' that just unlock token aesthetic items.
Personally, I don't play it because I waited too long and the core mechanics have a distant skill cap (building magical fortresses instantly, and dropping on your unsuspecting/confused opponent from above with a shotgun) and I have other stuff taking up my time (1000 hours in PUBG, for example). Plus the game was clearly designed for the younger audience (... yadda yadda, I suck at it).
Speaking of quarter eaters, Perhaps we should swap back to coin operated devices as a fun regulation mechanism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blo8XPaLv-8
Fortnite has Daily quests and seasonal goals to keep you coming back every day and to appear as though you are building towards some long term goal.
Video games are addictive. Addictions, if poorly regulated, lead to a host of social issues. This has been the case since pong and tetris and before. Quarter eaters.
So you are still onboard with Net Neutrality, you just now want platforms responsible for what users post on their sites... Are you sure you know what NN is?
This makes no sense. There is a clear line between Ajit and Verizon, and you claim the 'democrats' are being paid to support something that is good for all consumers?
Yeah... but lobbying prevents a drop in legislative solution. This is a big dollar solution to a big dollar problem. I wish them luck, and I hope they are rapidly made obsolete by a groundswell of common sense that percolates up through the legislature.
It's hard to do it right without a great deal of effort. A lot of front end effort went into making sure everything is opt out with a timer that flips the switch back when you arent paying attention.
Maybe if we, as a society, had lawmakers and regulators that gave a shit about our personal information, we wouldn't have articles like this that say 'so do people really even care?'.... we would just have our damn privacy.... and maybe give some of that up (KNOWINGLY, perhaps for MONEY) for the furtherance of big data applications.
I agree that posting is easy and potentially effective, but we live in a world of bots and paid troll farms. They are efficient and will drown out and discredit anything individuals try to post. So... still need money to fight.
Shilling? I have never read a positive post or comment regarding Ajit Pai on slashdot. He is universally hated by anyone who is aware of his professional existence.
Slashdot Mirror
Ajit is a Verizon man. This admin isn't likely to allow their competitors to get bigger and compete.
The explanation does not preclude the first or second assumption.
I doubt that Valve will get into this market for the same reason they stopped making games; it competes with their core business.
Corporations are profit driven top down organizations. Decisions are made at the top. Checks are written from the top. Historical failings of security are the result willful negligence from the top.
It's pre-Gutenberg in science land. If you don't have a backer with deep pockets, scientific materials are out of reach.
It's a great shooter made by one of the best teams in the business (Unreal Tournament team). The mechanics are solid, and it's a fun game. They do inventive limited time game types (they keep it fresh). But then they slap on meta mechanics that deepen the addictive nature of the game: gambling (random loot boxes), dailies, weeklies, and seasonal 'quests' that just unlock token aesthetic items.
Personally, I don't play it because I waited too long and the core mechanics have a distant skill cap (building magical fortresses instantly, and dropping on your unsuspecting/confused opponent from above with a shotgun) and I have other stuff taking up my time (1000 hours in PUBG, for example). Plus the game was clearly designed for the younger audience (... yadda yadda, I suck at it).
Speaking of quarter eaters, Perhaps we should swap back to coin operated devices as a fun regulation mechanism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blo8XPaLv-8
Fortnite has Daily quests and seasonal goals to keep you coming back every day and to appear as though you are building towards some long term goal.
Video games are addictive. Addictions, if poorly regulated, lead to a host of social issues. This has been the case since pong and tetris and before. Quarter eaters.
There's been an MLG arena in Columbus Ohio for years.
https://www.tomshardware.com/n...
Shoot, they are building another $10M one as well as part of some $2B larger complex.
https://esportsobserver.com/pl...
It isn't deception if the deceiver believes the statement. 9X% of garbage on the internet is people parroting false statements.
That snopes article merely states that he wrote the article, not that the article is true.
Article is clear. 95% is fake, they want to continue studying the 5% that is verifiable.
So you are still onboard with Net Neutrality, you just now want platforms responsible for what users post on their sites...
Are you sure you know what NN is?
This makes no sense. There is a clear line between Ajit and Verizon, and you claim the 'democrats' are being paid to support something that is good for all consumers?
Ha.
Make it part of the TOS at minimum. Advertising these sorts of services would get one blacklisted.
Yeah... but lobbying prevents a drop in legislative solution. This is a big dollar solution to a big dollar problem. I wish them luck, and I hope they are rapidly made obsolete by a groundswell of common sense that percolates up through the legislature.
That seems like a royal fuck up.
It's hard to do it right without a great deal of effort. A lot of front end effort went into making sure everything is opt out with a timer that flips the switch back when you arent paying attention.
Maybe if we, as a society, had lawmakers and regulators that gave a shit about our personal information, we wouldn't have articles like this that say 'so do people really even care?'.... we would just have our damn privacy.... and maybe give some of that up (KNOWINGLY, perhaps for MONEY) for the furtherance of big data applications.
vard, clearly doesn't know what he is talking about.
Or 100G for that matter? This guy really has no clue, clearly.
This is an excellent point. AC forgot to mention those duped by paid propagandists. They are people too.
I agree that posting is easy and potentially effective, but we live in a world of bots and paid troll farms. They are efficient and will drown out and discredit anything individuals try to post. So... still need money to fight.
You cannot fight money with no money. How will you broadcast this message to the unwashed masses?
The tact should be to use the current system to remove the inflow of money. We just need a lot of money to do it.
Shilling? I have never read a positive post or comment regarding Ajit Pai on slashdot. He is universally hated by anyone who is aware of his professional existence.