Personally, I’m a fan of apps that use your system theme automatically so they don’t even need to ask you.

Plus, if it did work the way it was supposed to, there would be zero harm done.

Cars already do that with having their own cell connection that you can’t turn off. It’s dystopian.

Lots of game developers started off as hobbyist modders when they were young. Maybe they’re trying to eliminate the future competition. More likely, Denuvo’s actual primary purpose is DRM and anti-cheat is just how it’s sold to players.

I’ve never used Ubuntu and I don’t have a 4090, so I am wholly unqualified to answer that question. My comparison was between Mint and Pop. That being said, Canonical has had its more than fair share of controversies in the past, so you’d probably want to avoid them if it’s convenient to do so, all else being equal.

I can confirm that PopOS works well on devices with both an iGPU and an nvidia dGPU.

I think you have an overly optimistic view of the world.

Yup, that’s a great way to start a marriage. “I love you with all my heart and want to be with you forever. Also, I don’t trust you, so let’s get a prenup.”

The law needs to protect people by default. It’s just impractical not to. You have to keep in mind that humans are not perfect rational agents.

I found that Pop!_OS (another Ubuntu fork) worked better with Nvidia crap out of the box. They both seem pretty good.

Or install uBlock Origin

I care. I live here.

Before now, these programs didn’t get cut because of the checks and balances of our government. They probably think this presidency will be like the 45th. Those protections are gone and a lot of people are going to suffer and die because of it.

I can’t wait until computers and compression algorithms advance to the point where YouTube competitors become commercially viable!

Just kidding, YT will probably just blackmail their content creators into only posting on their platform and nowhere else to maintain their monopoly.

Being an ignorant dipshit isn’t making a valid point.

That’s why companies shutting down online games need to be compelled to open-source or at least provide binaries for their servers.

I understand why most companies wouldn’t do that, but they should be forced to open-source online games that get shut down or otherwise made non-functional.

The only issue I have with that last suggestion is that contracts can blur the line between being employed at a company and not. For example, obviously a contract employee should be subject to the same level of minimum wage, but what about if a company hires another company? What stops some big tech company from just getting all of their janitors from a contract with a janitorial company that doesn’t have to pay their people nearly as much? I think that windfall taxes on the 0.1% and a big UBI are the way forward.

Even if a universal basic income makes things more expensive, it will make things more expensive by less than the amount that average people will benefit from it. It also reduces economic inequality.

That number specifically indicates that they’re probably using a positive integer amount of seconds since the epoch (jan 1st, 1970). Rookie mistake.

This relevant article suggests it’d be up to the party.