I disagree. Not all women are feminists, and getting more ladies into game development is not even one of the goals of these feminists. Their goal is to turn all gamers into feminists, and impede any gaming that isn't conforming to the dogma By force, if necessary.
>>>Why do you believe the gaming industry will be turned into a "radfem mandatory inclusion" platform?
I believe this based on precedence in other similar industries, like graphic novel industry. The crux of the issue is that there is no concise set of demands that could be accommodated. Once you achieve a set of their goals/objectives, next one comes along and pressure re-doubles along with the effort to vilify you for not bending over backwards to satisfy it. It is just like blackmail, once you pay, you will keep paying forever.
I'm firmly on the side of "let me enjoy my games".
Imagine, if every time you sat down for dinner some obnoxious person started to yell at you about starving Nigerian children. Annoying? Well, this is how gamers see SJW.
I personally believe that this issue is worthwhile of further attention. Why? Because as a gamer that does not associate with GG, I still don't care to have gaming turned into radfem 'mandatory inclusion' platform.
If you thought Jack Thompson was bad, read up on what radfem thinks about boys and gun play. If they have their way with gaming, next BG of CoD will have pink waffle bats and dolls instead of guns.
>>>FBI confirmed somewhere else that at least 2 of the feminists in distress have sent death threats to themselves and then pretended it's gamers doing it.
If this is true, that would very very damning. Who was involved? Do you have any proof of this, like links to FBI reports?
Exactly, I really hope they find people who were engaging in criminal behavior so both sides can move on and continue engaging in the debate if gaming is an appropriate platform for broadcasting feminist agenda.
Well, they were simply waiting for a pretext to start boiling the frog. There is no real competition to Steam in digital, they managed to completely kill off PC game retail, so now they will start implementing draconian measures. Region locks. Always-connected. Limited activations. In-game adds.
Sure, some of your friends playing kings in-between starving between gigs. Meanwhile I took my BMW out of the garage of my own house, drove it to work, parked it in my reserved spot, sat down in my own office, and checked/. while enjoying the morning coffee.
Almost any programming job is an uphill battle. You always compete with outsourcing and you always chasing new fad technologies. All this pain for no gain.
I understand this is/., but why send this poor kid down this hard road? He already got liberal arts degree, don't advise him to compound his mistakes.
Congratulations, your degree is worthless and since you are not independently wealthy the reality of sunk in.
While you absolutely need technical skills, your written language skills will be valuable in any field that writes reports, papers, or manuals. Therefore, logical path is to become technical writer or double-down on academia and focus on publishing papers.
Short term you are talking about is likely our lifetime. Meanwhile all increased productivity gains will go solely to 1%, just like during past 30 years. What left of middle class doing jobs that could not be automated (e.g. doctors, dentists, social workers) will not see any economical benefit.
Why do you even.... >>> "Cookies blocked everywhere? I don't believe it, you'd never be able to log into anything." Try wiping your cookies on session or window close. You can accept cookies and not keep them longer than necessary.
>>>"Flash disabled? Well, yes, I have that by default but for security not tracking. "Do not track" is an absolute waste of time. And just because duckduckgo doesn't track you, doesn't mean the sites you land on don't." The sites will track them only if you let them. Regularly wipe cookies, blacklist via host file or firewall, tracking companies and you will no longer see any "targeted" leotard ads.
You don't realize how big the problem of traditional media retreat to walled gardens is. You think outrage and clickbait are bad now? Well, wait until it is the only game in town, because it is the only way to monetize content creation. That and cat pictures.
Do we want this kind of internet for the sake of "purity"?
I 100% agree that we don't need to accept tracking. Still, your analogy is somewhat flawed - robots don't watch TV or subscribe to newspapers, scripts/bots do crawl websites.
I am largely with you, but keep in mind that we don't want Pyrrhic victory. All-time anonymous and add free Internet is not a desirable outcome if it all goes subscriptions and walled gardens.
While I personally block _all_ online advertising (and tracking) via various means, I disagree that intentionally breaking per-click model is a good thing. If the AdNauseam gains adoption, it will likely trigger further escalation in tracking. Advertising pays for significant portion of online content, and vast majority of people have to deal with it. If substantial fraction of people are given tools to block and automate click-spoofing, then new and much more draconian ways to track will be developed.
You think flash cookies are bad? Wait until AdNauseam forces Google to cut anti-NN deal with telecoms in exchange of ISP-level in-stream identifier insertion.
A blood sample and DNA analysis is most accurate. Now, what is your definition of "best"?
If, for example, you want to incontinence users the most, you could devise biometric authentication based on anal probing. If you want to inconvenience the least, some form of gait analysis would work, but with a significant number of false positives.
Now, I know you don't have a cheap car if it is already has all these features. Most people won't have a car with automatic rain-sensing wipers. This is certainly an upscale feature. I also have no idea what kind of power draw the infrared light and sensor require.
On my car I can set fan to run for some time using residual core heat or cooling to maintain preset temperature. This feature good for about 30 minutes (but will run longer) and does not run if the battery charge drops past some threshold, but you have to manually activate it before exiting the car. I also never use this feature since it is too much bother to set.
Car manufacturers want to double-dip by tracking you using your car. When you pair your phone with infotainment system, they can sell real-time location data (your car's GPS) strongly tied to your identity. Even if you opt out of OnStar and such system, they are still active.
You also get your car pwned remotely, because not only they track you, they failed to secure the interface, ether out of ignorance or "in the interest of national security".
A number of reasons this isn't a simple feature request:
* continuous monitoring will drain your battery, so you will come to a dead battery every time you go on vacation;
* the system will also have to monitor for precipitation, so additional sensors are needed (you wouldn't want to come back to wet seats now, would you?);
* there are better ways to spend ~100$ in parts and 5lb of weight.
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This is nothing short of Opportunist-gate.
I disagree. Not all women are feminists, and getting more ladies into game development is not even one of the goals of these feminists. Their goal is to turn all gamers into feminists, and impede any gaming that isn't conforming to the dogma By force, if necessary.
>>>Why do you believe the gaming industry will be turned into a "radfem mandatory inclusion" platform?
I believe this based on precedence in other similar industries, like graphic novel industry. The crux of the issue is that there is no concise set of demands that could be accommodated. Once you achieve a set of their goals/objectives, next one comes along and pressure re-doubles along with the effort to vilify you for not bending over backwards to satisfy it. It is just like blackmail, once you pay, you will keep paying forever.
I'm firmly on the side of "let me enjoy my games".
Imagine, if every time you sat down for dinner some obnoxious person started to yell at you about starving Nigerian children. Annoying? Well, this is how gamers see SJW.
I personally believe that this issue is worthwhile of further attention. Why? Because as a gamer that does not associate with GG, I still don't care to have gaming turned into radfem 'mandatory inclusion' platform.
If you thought Jack Thompson was bad, read up on what radfem thinks about boys and gun play. If they have their way with gaming, next BG of CoD will have pink waffle bats and dolls instead of guns.
>>>FBI confirmed somewhere else that at least 2 of the feminists in distress have sent death threats to themselves and then pretended it's gamers doing it.
If this is true, that would very very damning. Who was involved? Do you have any proof of this, like links to FBI reports?
Exactly, I really hope they find people who were engaging in criminal behavior so both sides can move on and continue engaging in the debate if gaming is an appropriate platform for broadcasting feminist agenda.
Well, they were simply waiting for a pretext to start boiling the frog. There is no real competition to Steam in digital, they managed to completely kill off PC game retail, so now they will start implementing draconian measures. Region locks. Always-connected. Limited activations. In-game adds.
Kessler effect is a real problem, putting anything into orbit, especially small and hard to track, is fundamentally bad idea.
What OP should have done is mention jobs in sales. These leeches make more than they deserve without actually having to have any technical skills.
Sure, some of your friends playing kings in-between starving between gigs. Meanwhile I took my BMW out of the garage of my own house, drove it to work, parked it in my reserved spot, sat down in my own office, and checked /. while enjoying the morning coffee.
Almost any programming job is an uphill battle. You always compete with outsourcing and you always chasing new fad technologies. All this pain for no gain.
/., but why send this poor kid down this hard road? He already got liberal arts degree, don't advise him to compound his mistakes.
I understand this is
Congratulations, your degree is worthless and since you are not independently wealthy the reality of sunk in.
While you absolutely need technical skills, your written language skills will be valuable in any field that writes reports, papers, or manuals. Therefore, logical path is to become technical writer or double-down on academia and focus on publishing papers.
Short term you are talking about is likely our lifetime. Meanwhile all increased productivity gains will go solely to 1%, just like during past 30 years. What left of middle class doing jobs that could not be automated (e.g. doctors, dentists, social workers) will not see any economical benefit.
Why do you even....
>>> "Cookies blocked everywhere? I don't believe it, you'd never be able to log into anything."
Try wiping your cookies on session or window close. You can accept cookies and not keep them longer than necessary.
>>>"Flash disabled? Well, yes, I have that by default but for security not tracking. "Do not track" is an absolute waste of time. And just because duckduckgo doesn't track you, doesn't mean the sites you land on don't."
The sites will track them only if you let them. Regularly wipe cookies, blacklist via host file or firewall, tracking companies and you will no longer see any "targeted" leotard ads.
You don't realize how big the problem of traditional media retreat to walled gardens is. You think outrage and clickbait are bad now? Well, wait until it is the only game in town, because it is the only way to monetize content creation. That and cat pictures.
Do we want this kind of internet for the sake of "purity"?
I 100% agree that we don't need to accept tracking. Still, your analogy is somewhat flawed - robots don't watch TV or subscribe to newspapers, scripts/bots do crawl websites.
I am largely with you, but keep in mind that we don't want Pyrrhic victory. All-time anonymous and add free Internet is not a desirable outcome if it all goes subscriptions and walled gardens.
While I personally block _all_ online advertising (and tracking) via various means, I disagree that intentionally breaking per-click model is a good thing. If the AdNauseam gains adoption, it will likely trigger further escalation in tracking. Advertising pays for significant portion of online content, and vast majority of people have to deal with it. If substantial fraction of people are given tools to block and automate click-spoofing, then new and much more draconian ways to track will be developed.
You think flash cookies are bad? Wait until AdNauseam forces Google to cut anti-NN deal with telecoms in exchange of ISP-level in-stream identifier insertion.
Value added? More like value subtracted for most of the things on your list.
Plus, you are ignoring the fact that nobody is planning to encrypt content like video streaming.
A blood sample and DNA analysis is most accurate. Now, what is your definition of "best"?
If, for example, you want to incontinence users the most, you could devise biometric authentication based on anal probing. If you want to inconvenience the least, some form of gait analysis would work, but with a significant number of false positives.
Yes, correct to the above. Only now car manufacturers also can do what telecoms have been doing for some time.
Also, some phone manufacturers allow you to turn GPS off. I am not aware of a car manufacturer letting you do the same.
Now, I know you don't have a cheap car if it is already has all these features. Most people won't have a car with automatic rain-sensing wipers. This is certainly an upscale feature. I also have no idea what kind of power draw the infrared light and sensor require.
On my car I can set fan to run for some time using residual core heat or cooling to maintain preset temperature. This feature good for about 30 minutes (but will run longer) and does not run if the battery charge drops past some threshold, but you have to manually activate it before exiting the car. I also never use this feature since it is too much bother to set.
Car manufacturers want to double-dip by tracking you using your car. When you pair your phone with infotainment system, they can sell real-time location data (your car's GPS) strongly tied to your identity. Even if you opt out of OnStar and such system, they are still active.
You also get your car pwned remotely, because not only they track you, they failed to secure the interface, ether out of ignorance or "in the interest of national security".
A number of reasons this isn't a simple feature request:
* continuous monitoring will drain your battery, so you will come to a dead battery every time you go on vacation;
* the system will also have to monitor for precipitation, so additional sensors are needed (you wouldn't want to come back to wet seats now, would you?);
* there are better ways to spend ~100$ in parts and 5lb of weight.
Next vulnerability name - WAGTD (We all going to die!!!)