Grumpy

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[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

This is a bit complex because of the way people define own.

Technically no one but the company who developed the games own the game.

Publishers effectively own it as they usually monopolize the entire licensing control of the game.

Gamers never own but merely have the license to play. This is true even with games from long time ago. While you do own the physical disk, you only license the data inside the disk.

Some people may define ownership of a game by the fact that no one is going to take it away from you. In that way, gog does do that. Since you can download a DRM free version you can install as many times as you want for as along as you want.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah. If there's a Saudi that is rich enough to buy EA on a whim, he'd definitely think $1000 for a game is very cheap and don't understand what pricing issue exists.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I would say give onlyoffice a try. It's not FOSS but does have free tier for home use and it's what I go to for non-main work computer. Beats libre imo.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My best answer at this point would be that you need to make your own program to find and remove by content. Because no other manual pdf editor would reasonably have such a feature since it's so niche.

Also vibe coding with AI tends to be very good for singular tasks like this.

I wouldn't recommend converting the pdf to anything else since that would remove the layer info unless it's to more complicated formats like EPS, illustrator, etc.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I would have no issue with vibrator usage, since that's a tool, not a person. But I don't think I want anyone else dunking on my gf while I make the alley-oop.

From the emasculated male perspective, LeBron is the competitor, not your teammate.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To properly do this the phone has to support it at hardware level. Pixel and iPhone have this feature but don't know about yours. There are apps like battery guru which will alert you, but you have to manually unplug at that point.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 112 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

Could've been just a greasy hand when it was off and not hot. The patina can then build differently there because of the residue.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

This is why reading and writing is one of my lucid dreaming triggers. Don't need tops or other tokens like in Inception. Just try to read the same thing multiple times and it's different everytime in a dream, because you aren't actually reading, just hallucinating that you are.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My guess: It's a link. This news website likely will show other South Africa news if you click it.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Payment processors don't know which game you bought. That's not the concern.

Their concern is that the store they do business with provides services to content they deem inappropriate. Frankly, I'm surprised they allowed this much for so long given the past.

Why credit card processors are puritans, I have no idea. But MC, Visa and PayPal have historically always been super anti-porn.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Article states it's the cost of only the last and third subpoena. Since the first two were struck down in court already, they're arguing making the exact same request again for a third time afterwards is just waste of time for everyone.

[–] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Unauthorized reproduction or copyright infringements is more scary and dramatic than theft in some ways. Just look at the punishment for copyright infringement vs theft. One is waaaaaay more severe. It's almost akin to saying "You stole his life!" Instead of "you killed him!" Since severity of punishment for copyright infringements is pretty much up there with murder.

 
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