Trading in is for those who preorder a game that turns out to be a dud, or beat it in a weekend (hey, wonder why so many 100-hour games are released nowadays?) Of course you can't trade in the season pass.
I dunno if they still do, but Adobe used to give away Photoshop CS2 as freeware (I have it installed but never used it). The installation key, and a license which seems to allow you to use it for whatever. Presumably you could download it from anywhere and the license would still make it legal.
Indeed, particularly in the aerospace/defense industries. Rockets/spaceplanes and probably supersonic aircraft have to withstand heat far beyond 90C, where they might want to put glass.
Training people to be skeptical of SMS-based 2FA is good, because forced number porting is so trivial. Due to social engineering or policy, it's far too easy to steal someone's phone number or its associated mobile codes. Furthermore, most people have it set up to show texts when their phone is locked, which undermines the value of verification codes if their phone is stolen. Dongles or even biometrics are superior. An NFC dongle you could slip in your phone case could be a good compromise.
Elon wanted to call the Model 3 the 'Model E' but Ford complained about trademark infringement so he compromised with the number 3 instead. He explicitly said at the time that he wanted the initialism to spell 'SEX'.
Has a "random stranger gives death threat over internet due to mild transgression" situation actually ever led to a followup murder? In the hours/days it'd take to actually reach the other person, they'd likely calm down and realize their beef is stupid and not worth the trouble. As opposed to Diaper Lady who drove cross-country to kill her lover because he was cheating on her, and IIRC she made no death threat first. SWATTING is thus a much larger problem, as proven recently.
Automatically believing something that the left-wing AND right-wing biased outlets report on is still unwise, as it just means that outlets that lack critical reporting and are willing to publish regardless of truth merely have to agree to prioritize profits. It's commonplace that a white house press release will happen and all the publishers across the spectrum will report on it, even if it's blatant disinformation. Reporting "person X says Y" is technically factual, even if the reporter knows the content is bullshit. I expect newswires to do that, but any news outlet that editorializes should be more skeptical, and I'd only factor in the ones that are.
How about if, say, The Atlantic, BBC, Al Jazeera, and Christian Science Monitor all agree on something?
It's worth pointing out that TLAs already monitor your social media accounts (Elon keeps getting busted by the SEC for stuff he says on Twitter) and your bank accounts (IRS).
Using the word 'metrosexual' unironically in a sentence: negative 100 points. Using the word 'unironically' in a sentence: negative 200 points. Using self-effacing humor: negative 300 points. Mocking social credit systems: priceless. Using dead memes: death penalty.
Many people hire illegal immigrants to do their yardwork, or to work at their business. Not hiring people with a criminal record is more CYA if something happens and there's a liability suit: "You KNEW they had a record of doing X and yet you hired them anyways, therefore you're liable since they did Y on the job!"
Hiring a writer for the premise, and a few more to handle dialogue, is relatively cheap. Paying for all the voice-acting is much more expensive, particularly the editing and integration (unless you already have a toolchain that automates that). In this case the game is a prequel, so writing the premise is much easier than normal since most of it was already done and laying around since the last game.
Modeling and texture work is far more expensive, note the hundreds of names listed in the credits in that section for a modern AAA game.
People have wondered how folding screens (particularly exterior folding screens a la the Huawei Mate X) are going to be protected. Glass doesn't bend very well at the hinge part, which means plastic has to be used. However, plastic that bends well tends to be soft and thus scratches easily. My sneaking suspicion is that this calls for a 'new' tech I read about here on Slashdot 11 years ago. In particular, bonding plastic, which covers the hinge, to glass that covers the rest of the screen. Sure, the hinge area in the middle of the unfolded screen would still be susceptible to scratching, but that'd be an improvement over the whole screen being less-protected.
I imagine the nanoparticles could be used on a digital camera sensor to simulate the effect. That'd probably be the easiest way to refine it. I'd be worried that everything would look solid green with no depth cues.
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Reading your commend made me laugh so hard I fell over onto my collection of UMDs, Memory Sticks, and proprietary Vita charging cables.
The ONE time I didn't run an EULA past my lawyer...
Trading in is for those who preorder a game that turns out to be a dud, or beat it in a weekend (hey, wonder why so many 100-hour games are released nowadays?) Of course you can't trade in the season pass.
I dunno if they still do, but Adobe used to give away Photoshop CS2 as freeware (I have it installed but never used it). The installation key, and a license which seems to allow you to use it for whatever. Presumably you could download it from anywhere and the license would still make it legal.
It's been superseded by a new, broader, more secretive, more intrusive, more brazenly unconstitutional program.
That's why they were called 'slider' phones.
Indeed, particularly in the aerospace/defense industries. Rockets/spaceplanes and probably supersonic aircraft have to withstand heat far beyond 90C, where they might want to put glass.
Training people to be skeptical of SMS-based 2FA is good, because forced number porting is so trivial. Due to social engineering or policy, it's far too easy to steal someone's phone number or its associated mobile codes. Furthermore, most people have it set up to show texts when their phone is locked, which undermines the value of verification codes if their phone is stolen. Dongles or even biometrics are superior. An NFC dongle you could slip in your phone case could be a good compromise.
Elon wanted to call the Model 3 the 'Model E' but Ford complained about trademark infringement so he compromised with the number 3 instead. He explicitly said at the time that he wanted the initialism to spell 'SEX'.
Multiplayer Solitaire? Is that a euphemism for something?
Has a "random stranger gives death threat over internet due to mild transgression" situation actually ever led to a followup murder? In the hours/days it'd take to actually reach the other person, they'd likely calm down and realize their beef is stupid and not worth the trouble. As opposed to Diaper Lady who drove cross-country to kill her lover because he was cheating on her, and IIRC she made no death threat first.
SWATTING is thus a much larger problem, as proven recently.
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Automatically believing something that the left-wing AND right-wing biased outlets report on is still unwise, as it just means that outlets that lack critical reporting and are willing to publish regardless of truth merely have to agree to prioritize profits. It's commonplace that a white house press release will happen and all the publishers across the spectrum will report on it, even if it's blatant disinformation. Reporting "person X says Y" is technically factual, even if the reporter knows the content is bullshit. I expect newswires to do that, but any news outlet that editorializes should be more skeptical, and I'd only factor in the ones that are.
How about if, say, The Atlantic, BBC, Al Jazeera, and Christian Science Monitor all agree on something?
Using automated content filtering is how you get cases like Marvin the paranoid android. Please, think of the androids!
It's worth pointing out that TLAs already monitor your social media accounts (Elon keeps getting busted by the SEC for stuff he says on Twitter) and your bank accounts (IRS).
Clearly the groups need to start identifying as Maoist.
Using the word 'metrosexual' unironically in a sentence: negative 100 points.
Using the word 'unironically' in a sentence: negative 200 points.
Using self-effacing humor: negative 300 points.
Mocking social credit systems: priceless.
Using dead memes: death penalty.
Many people hire illegal immigrants to do their yardwork, or to work at their business. Not hiring people with a criminal record is more CYA if something happens and there's a liability suit: "You KNEW they had a record of doing X and yet you hired them anyways, therefore you're liable since they did Y on the job!"
Have you tried visual novels?
Mentil likes how you refer to your laughter in the 3rd person.
LA Noire did the same thing when you ride in a car. You could press a button to reach the destination instantly, though.
Hiring a writer for the premise, and a few more to handle dialogue, is relatively cheap. Paying for all the voice-acting is much more expensive, particularly the editing and integration (unless you already have a toolchain that automates that). In this case the game is a prequel, so writing the premise is much easier than normal since most of it was already done and laying around since the last game.
Modeling and texture work is far more expensive, note the hundreds of names listed in the credits in that section for a modern AAA game.
Apple Rocket Launcher confirmed. They had to one-up the Boring Company Not-A-Flamethrower.
People have wondered how folding screens (particularly exterior folding screens a la the Huawei Mate X) are going to be protected. Glass doesn't bend very well at the hinge part, which means plastic has to be used. However, plastic that bends well tends to be soft and thus scratches easily. My sneaking suspicion is that this calls for a 'new' tech I read about here on Slashdot 11 years ago. In particular, bonding plastic, which covers the hinge, to glass that covers the rest of the screen. Sure, the hinge area in the middle of the unfolded screen would still be susceptible to scratching, but that'd be an improvement over the whole screen being less-protected.
I imagine the nanoparticles could be used on a digital camera sensor to simulate the effect. That'd probably be the easiest way to refine it. I'd be worried that everything would look solid green with no depth cues.