We criticize DRM but can the PC gaming industry really survive without it?

maxwood · 3 days

Ah, gotcha.

maxwood · 3 days

How do you tell a pirated copy of the DRM version from a pirated copy of the version without DRM?

maxwood · 3 days

I don't understand what you mean. Are you saying that people are using pirated copies of the game that still require them to be online while playing?

Joe0793 · 4 days

So you hate girls who say "lol"? Because that is the only thing this post has in common with the one you described.

karpify2 · 5 days

I added up the population figures for all of the visible dark blue countries on this map (excluding the UK and the PRC but including Hong Kong): you share that plug design with 469,621,662 people around the world - over seven and a half times the population of the United Kingdom. You've got plenty of company.

flettz · 6 days

Would someone born in a country that gained independence during their lifetime be a citizen of both the independent state and the colonial power?

Microsoftt · 6 days

Where did you find that quote?

Microsoftt · 6 days

I don't think cultural exchange is much of a barrier to conflict. Before the war and even now, a large percentage of the U.S. population was and is of German descent. The Japanese were more foreign to the average American, but far from unknown - after all, there were plenty of Japanese Americans, too. Furthermore, think of all the civil wars between people of the same culture, but with a few key ideological differences. Sometimes it's even just a fight over resources.

zaiker · 7 days

There's actually a sequel to that movie that came out last year: Revenge of the Electric Car. It "features the birth of a new generation of electric cars including the Chevrolet Volt, the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Roadster", all of which are on the market right now. I've even seen TV commercials for the Chevy Volt.

Rick-Deckard · 9 days

What is your source for that figure?

menevets · 9 days

Look, I get it: ads are generally a nuisance. But what is the alternative? People are always throwing Netflix out as an example of "the right way to do it", but the problem is that virtually all of the television content on Netflix was at some point subsidized through advertising (excluding BBC series and any other government-subsidized content, I suppose). Netflix has produced only a single series on their own, and obviously they could not afford to produce anything close to the vast library of programs they offer through their streaming service. So if not through commercial breaks, how would you propose that TV series be funded?

ElBeh · 9 days

Isn't that basically a reiteration of the point he was making - that unpaid internships usually go to people who already have the means to support themselves, and thus can act as a barrier to advancement for poorer people?

Canadauni1 · 10 days

Unless there was a significant population decrease

That seems likely in the scenario given by the show.

TheJungleVIP · 10 days

You realize that both of those examples exist, right? Black people are just like any other racial group: they're not all the same. Do you really think the family in that picture just posed like that, then went back to throwing chairs?

TheJungleVIP · 10 days

The vast majority of black people are not Turk from Scrubs

What are you implying here?

TheJungleVIP · 10 days

Eh, poor spelling and grammar are hardly the scourge of this website. The dominance of easily-digestible content (e.g., memes and other ostensibly funny images) is much more of a problem, as it so quickly takes over subreddits that don't have rules against it.

zawr · 14 days

the US has the 2nd highest infant mortality rate

Wait, what? According to the United Nations, the U.S. has the 34th lowest infant mortality rate.

ButtPlugsForDays · 16 days

Don't let your cat live longer than twenty years.

anutensil · 22 days

You're misconstruing what he said. He said that the U.S. government is not "the shittiest government ever" because in many countries the government actually forbids such criticism, while the U.S. does not. Re-read his actual words: they don't contain any of what you're railing against.

Ferretpuke · 22 days

... hasn't that game already been made?

SGMidence · 22 days

You make a very good point. There was discussion in the thread about the benefits of a single global language, but I agree that a multitude of global languages is far more likely in the foreseeable future.

kentaror · 24 days

This channel has many more episodes of G4's "Icons".

DocUnissis · 24 days

This comment provides a good explanation.

SGMidence · 24 days

Most of the relevant discussion seemed to branch from the comment I linked, but I also found this comment by Gaijinloco to be an excellent treatment of the issues.

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