The only thing worse than making him a martyr would be failing to make him a martyr. If he had died, the person taking his place wouldn't have the same die-hard following or charisma as he does. Now, he gets to reap the same benefits as if he were martyred, without the disorganization and fragmentation of someone trying to fill in his shoes.
This is truly the worst timeline.
"But, it stopped little Aimbot Andrew from successfully using the xProAimb0t2024 program he spent his monthly allowance on! Never mind the rest; it's working as intended. Closed as WONTFIX."
– Anticheat developers
Nintendo's angle is more along the lines of:
It's a massive reach, but it's a plausible argument—or even a good one if the judge is a technologically illiterate luddite. Beyond that, Nintendo is the kind of litigant that will drag out a lawsuit until the other party is forced to settle.
Oh, fun! It was blue asbestos, too. They couldn't have made it any more carcinogenic if they tried.
Source: https://www.asbestos.com/products/cigarette-filters/
Credit to @partial_accumen@lemmy.world for finding the source.
I'm pretty impressed with The Verge this time around.
They did a very good job quickly explaining the legal stance and argument that Nintendo has with their lawsuit, what needs to happen for it to be successful, and how the precedent set in 1999 around emulators isn't applicable to this suit.
Wow, I stand corrected. When this first happened, I said nobody domestic could actually be stupid enough to break multiple federal and state laws doing this, but here we are.
After ruining copyright law and borrowing from public domain works, Disney finally loses a property to public domain. An incredible start to the new year!
Letting people senselessly get injured or die seems to be a common theme in Elon's ventures, so I'm not all that surprised about this.
TCP is also deciding to ramp up the amount of boxes you kick over until the post worker gets crushed by boxes, at which point you decide to lower your box-kicking rate by half and try again.
I know a lot of people idolize him, and that's probably not healthy, but he just gets it. Provide value and convenience for consumers, and consumers will stick around. Be an inconvenience while squeezing consumers for money, and we'll leave with a parrot on our shoulders and a one-finger salute.
Can't wait to see Rossmann's video on this one. Especially the part about how their idea of a recall is to tell people to throw away their device and buy a new one.
Edit-- https://youtu.be/Q_Mk-5XkSmY
It's good to hear that there's some more scientific studies showing that gender and sex are distinct facets of our biology. Sadly, I'm skeptical it will do much to sway the bigots, but any good news is positive news!