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Why did/can game companies not protect themselves against this possible change of contract?

I mean, if you spend millions on developing a game, taking two-three years to develop, surely you try to tackle any risks that might endanger the project. For example, by fixing the price on the foundation of your game, i.e. the game engine.

This is a huge change in the way this game engine will be considered for new games. If now during the development and full lifetime of the game the contract rules can change, gamedev companies will start to avoid these kind of contracts.

With this one change Unity made it so that they can now no longer be trusted to keep the agreed upon contract terms intact for the lifetime of the game.

If only they said this would go in effect for new, not-already-in-development-and-paid-for-game-engine, projects from January 1st, it would have saved them this breach-in-trust issue.
If you need to use all the memory then swapping breaks down, best you can do is try to divide the work so half can be done, then you completely swap all the memory and do the other half. Also PCIe is (relatively) slow for moving gigabytes of data back and forth.
Classic socialism approach. Make everyone equally worse off. Frankly I'd rather move country than give my 2yo a tablet. And if I'd learn I have to by law well that'd just reinforce my conviction.

Any idea if this ludicrous situation is the same in Norway, Finland, Denmark?
It's worse than that.

Some credit card companies - in the UK at least - specifically target people with poor credit scores with rates up to 99.9%(!)

And it's normal practice - but utterly perverse logic - to increase the rate of anyone who starts missing payments.

Debt collectors can get a court order to put a lien on property, and then get another court order to force sale of that property and repayment of the debt.

Of course the collectors bought the debt for some tiny percentage of its nominal value, so this is immensely profitable.

The outcome is that if you lend to poor people with poor credit scores there's an excellent chance you'll be able to secure a supposedly unsecured debt on their property and make them homeless, with a huge margin of profitability.

There are also ambiguous and murky connections between the debt collectors and the credit card companies which allow the latter to distance themselves from the harassment and aggression of the collection companies.

At the same time there's an incredibly toxic combination of wages decreasing in real terms, exploding property prices (both renting and buying), exploitative health care costs, constant ad noise promoting pointless lifestyle spending, and constant reinforcement of the belief that if you're in debt in a glorious economy of freedom and opportunity it's entirely your own fault.

It's a perfect storm of financial servitude. The credit industry is just one part of it.
I get about the same speed (35 tok/s) out of 13B Llama2 on a 4070 Ti, FWIW.
The shutdown was planned 3 years ago. The reactors were prepared for the shutdowns, maintenance was cancelled and also no new radioactive material was sourced for them. So, it was not easily possible to just revert the decision and just keep those reactors running. Even getting them back to a state, where they could be kept running longer would have taken several years.
In German cities during the night, the streets look hardly different from southern countries, where any place that a car is able to fit goes.

Is the only time of the day where police and civil police (ordungsamt) seem to close their eyes to what is clearly a violation of proper parking.

A couple of chargers here and there, hardly help.
I don't see how that is "punishment". A team is a group of people helping each other to achieve a common goal. Sometimes other team members will screw up and you will step in and do what you can to help the team overcome this. Other times that member is going to be you, and then your teammates will (hopefully) step in to cover your ass.
I think the part you're missing here is that the punishment must be proportionate to the crime (it's an eye for an eye, not your whole head for an eye).

Also it requires the punisher to have some form of legitimacy.

These two conditions make it unlikely that you would be compelled "to murder one in three people I meet everyday".
Why the downvote? You have evidence that they definitely used this tool or that it's somehow better than other tools? I'd be interested to read about how you know that.
If the sysadmin chooses to, otherwise PowerShell can be run arbitrarily
The biggest thing is that it’s not the language. Cobol is trivial for any seasoned programmer, however no one is looking for a ‘just’ cobol programmer, they are looking for someone who understands and knows the ins and out of the mainframe (etc) eco system. I don’t mind cobol as a language; it’s very friendly to read imho and writing is too much typing but not hard.
Easily the most disingenuous double-speak in the video. They aren't anti-union in principle, just against any union at Amazon?
Yes, I would say so. Advantages are liquidity & ease of transfers (both within custodians like PayPal, and on public blockchains).
I was quite surprised by the phone call to be honest. Certainly changes the dynamic that I'm used to around Apple products.
Exactly, it can, and will, be used as a weapon.

It is an actual liability to use Unity, and there is no way to avoid it. Anyone can directly hurt them by simply installing a game multiple times on multiple devices. Bonus, developers can hurt other competing developers!

It is such an idiotic move it is criminal, and I am hoping that they get slapped with a class action lawsuit if they don't recede on it.

The worst part is that, even though I'd love for everyone to just switch over to Godot, game studios cannot simply "change engine" and they absolutely know it. So for them to just come up with completely unreasonable terms, with no possibility to not agree to it? You are forced to accept to give them an arbitrary amount of money that is spat out at the end of the month by a proprietary, closed source system that is basically BUILT IN MALWARE IN EVERY SINGLE UNITY GAME.

That's actual fucking robbery.

They can't simply force users to accept to give them 110% of your revenue, or else, AND expose them to direct damage while doing so. This cannot be legal.

Absolutely shameful. I seriously hope that no one will ever consider Unity again after this stunt.
Once every object in the frame is mapped to 3D coordinates, exaggerating the parallax is trivial (like rendering a video game for 3D glasses / VR), but to your point, figuring out what was behind those objects (to fill in the negative space that remains after translation) is a guessing game, equivalent to various smart fill / magic eraser features. Originally they used only context from the same photo, and nowadays they also use generative AI. Not always great results.
The difference I see is that in Europe, at least where I live, at the end of the month the bank will charge your bank account with the full amount of whatever is the balance of your credit card.

If you have no money you will go into overdraft and that’s about it, you basically have a problem and the bank will keep nagging about that overdraft if you don’t have an agreement.

The goal is to use the “credit” of the credit card for 30 days as a convenience. The implicit expectation is that it will be paid in full at the end of the month.

In countries like US and South America (e.g.) many people see credit card as free money (that they don’t have), so when the end of the month comes they simply don’t have the money to pay the balance or pay very little of it. The consequence is what we all know: high interest on the balance which keeps snowballing.

I know in south america banks even have interface for payment in instalments etc. Here in Europe, at least my bank they don’t have have such feature, I guess it’s just not meant to be used and abused they way it happens in other places.

This is my view at least.
Their reply is not SSO, it's some toy alternative they're proposing that none of your customers would accept (like saying "Dropbox is just rsync")

SSO is hairy enough that you can't write it from scratch in any reasonable amount of time for what a typical SaaS needs.

There's OSS SSO you can host yourself that supports enterprise : https://www.keycloak.org/

If you're B2C Firebase Auth is cheap, and doesn't actually require hosting on Firebase
I’m interested to know if the curvy thing was just an aesthetic style that viewers enjoyed, or if it came out of some technical constraint. Like did sharp/straight-edged shapes tend to look more janky/jarring when animated?
I often buy things on ebay. At least here in germany it's filled with offers from small to medium sized companies that offer usually cheaper or equivalent prices to amazon.
We install curbside chargers
Ditto, and conversely, UK "apple sauce" vs US "applesauce": two nations divided by a common language and all that.
Turn Your Face into a Hero
I was thinking of MRI where I believe the limit is universally taken to be 4W/kg in the head region (Torso can be higher)
Its 43% higher than the limit. And as Apple is denying the claims id be interested to see what other bodies measure it at.
> Surely there has to be an SLA that they have to uphold.

What makes you think that?
But there must be an API to unlock files that programs like "The Unlocker" use? Or do they just enumerate the other processes handles to that file and close them?
Sure, but doesn't that business model kind of exist then in the form of money market funds (and somewhat related in bank deposits) anyway? What's the new thing from a customer and business perspective?
Well, they did say this:

> Would love to see more Mini/Smart car EVs

Teslas are big cars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-segment, they're not Minis. The smallest Tesla is 4.7m long.

There are 3 car categories smaller than the smaller Tesla.

But yeah, EVs are heavy.
The WHO said so: https://www.iarc.who.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E....

(Not that I trust the WHO, but just saying)
Can anyone provide any additional details on the EXL2[0]/GPTQ[1] quantisation, which seems to be the main reason for a speedup in this model?

I had a quick look at the paper which is _reasonably_ clear, but if anyone else has any other sources that are easy to understand, or a quick explanation to give more insight into it, I'd appreciate it.

[0] https://github.com/turboderp/exllamav2#exl2-quantization

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.17323
Even simpler: It shows that consequentionalism is not compatible with democractic justice systems and human rights most of the time. I'd even say always.

But consequentialism sure is an edgy example of first principle thinking. One that allows people to partray themselves as really tough, cold logical driven badasses ready to meet the hard decisions.
This probably depends a bit on which part of Europe. In the UK the consumer protection law surrounding credit cards is stronger so it's better to use a credit card for larger purchases especially.

For daily payments shops all accept both credit and debit and
there's no difference to the consumer whether they happen to tap a credit or debit card.
I recently switched to Walmart Plus. For me, on the whole, it's better:

- Shipping times are faster than Amazon. I do consistently see same-day delivery, whereas Amazon almost never did, and had frequent delays (in my area)

- Less of a problem with comingling / fakes

- Returns work better.

- So far, no broken / damaged packaging. Amazon would e.g. toss delicate items, a heavy bottle of detergent, and sharps in the same box with no packaging, with the expected results.

On the downside:

- It's slightly more expensive. On the whole, went accounting for broken / damaged items, fakes, etc., I still think I come out ahead.

- Less selection of esoteric items. I just order those from Aliexpress, Amazon, or eBay (and wait until I get up to $35 free shipping for the former). Amazon never shipped those quickly in either case.

This was not based on unions or ethics. Amazon worked great for me through 2020. It broke in 2020, and since then, I've had consistent issues. Customer service is also no longer empowered to resolve issues.
Thunderbolt 3 has to give up to 15 watts of power delivery on copper cables, anything beyond that is out of scope for the standard.
I am not sure this is a good idea. Correct me if I'm wrong but LLMs or NNs in general can not be open source the way a traditional software product is i.e. you can't inspect the code to see what it's exactly doing and why. You can only test them and apply benchmarks but these tests can be manipulated. Can we ever trust a LLM the way we trust a regular computer program?
> The EU isn't a super-state and EU law isn't applied by some overarching entity

Yes-and-no: the EU Commission serves as the "executive branch" (Americanisms...) of the EU, and while the EU isn't a true federal superstate union yet, but there's enough similarities that the EU Commission probably does 80% of the work it would be doing if the EU were.

While the majority of EU directives are enforced by member states, the EU can enforce itself via several routes (e.g. there is now an EU public prosecution, and the EU parliament can vote to apply sanctions on its own members for non-compliance (e.g. Hungary).
There's no other path that the user is guaranteed to have write permissions to (except maybe /tmp, I guess).
> Germany literally shut down working reactors...

They were EOL, I'm not sure what you expected them to do with them? I don't really care about whatever pro/anti nuclear stance you have, I think it's pointless to even discuss in the German context because that ship sailed years ago.
> I see it as something entirely solvable considering that even a heavily used car spends most of its time parked

What if it's parked up blocking the charging point? This hand waving away the central problem is common. Let the eat cake.
> What Unity probably wants or needs is to take a cut off the large successes. That’s where all the money is. The problem is that they aren’t involved in distribution.

Isn't the simple solution to just tax the companies a percentage of the revenue? Isn't that what Unreal do?
It's really short compared to other mice, even other ambidextrous ones. I can't really rest my hand on the magic mouse, it has to hover because of how short it is. This to me is uncomfortable long term. It also just has bad tracking and bad feet that make it bad to use.
That's only for big cars.

The smallest Tesla is a D-segment car, cars around 4.7m: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-segment

There are 3 different car categories smaller than the smallest Tesla.

For smaller cars, EVs are a mess, they're between 25 and 40% heavier than equivalent ICEs, that's a humongous difference.
> Our business model is built on speed, innovation, and customer obsession. Things not generally associated with unions.

Unions are there to stop employers using their might to exploit their workers - sorry - associates. Unions and management have a valid stake in the company. No company, no workers, no profit.
I’m pretty sure that was exactly the joke they were going for
The Society for Amateur Radio Astronomy lists some other interesting projects for beginners:

https://radio-astronomy.org/getting-started
If you want ease of transfer and liquidity then you are kind of back to a bank demand deposit, no? Why go the extra steps?

If you want to transfer treasuries, that can be done, too.
It works legally since you didn't buy Unity. You don't own anything. You're licensing the right to use it on an ongoing basis.

It's like how I can't buy a Rolling Stones CD and then play it on the radio for millions of people without paying them. I never bought the music, just the right to listen to it privately.
What would Mother Nature think of all this?
This is because debt collection is a terrible deal: debt like this sells for a very steep discount, because debt collectors generally have a low rate of success of collecting. They essentially rely on apathy, ignorance, or compliance from the debtor, and if there's any resistance put up they essentially just write it off as it's no longer worth the effort (especially because debt collectors often don't have any actual evidence of a debt owed: they get a spreadsheet with names, addresses, and amount owed, and that's it. Something like that doesn't tend to stand up in court). So you probably gave them a better deal then the debt collectors.
I prefer Noto Emoji: https://emojipedia.org/google

imo the best ones are on Apple, and I'm saying this as an android user which happens to use Signal (which uses the apple emojis)
Being able to take part in the defi ecosystem.

Being able to have all your money stolen with no recourse when you misplace your crypto pass phrase is new.
If everyone cycles you need a cycle lane at least the size of a car lane, and then you still need space for the bus, and of course you still need to accomodate vans, taxis, and emergency vehicles...

There is no silver bullet. Adding decent cycle lanes means wider roads, and there's nothing wrong with that.

> Building roads just increases congestion through induced demand.

How do you propose to build new housing estates, new schools, etc. and to link them to the rest of the country?
Not yet. They just can't sell them anymore (even used ones). Recall will only occur if Apple doesn't provide any mitigating measures.
That's true, but I don't think it's altruism. Working conditions that incent people to urinate in a bottle to avoid being marked as slow...tend to mean higher wages are needed to close that deal.

Higher being relative, of course. I know from a historical perspective that warehouse work in the 1980's, after a couple of years, was enough to pay for a modest apartment and car, etc. It's not now.
> Airbnb has been a negative influence on the housing market

airbnb exposed the fact the societies are full of nimbys and politicians are useless. all while providing a good alternative to hotels.

> Uber, well, do I even need to discuss that one?

uber is amazing. it completely undercut the monopolies of the taxi companies. it provides an amazing service at a reasonable price.

> our centuries old nemesis: Capitalism.

you're referring to the the biggest driver of wealth, education and health in the history of humanity as a nemesis? humans are, right now, the richest, most educated and healthiest they have ever been in their short history on this planet, and that is due to capital first and foremost.
I rented an EV for vacationing this summer, as I don't have a car. The experience was horrendous, compared to gas. In France anyway.

Need to fill up gas? Go to any gasstation, fill up, pay by card. Requirements: a car and money.

Need to fill up EV? Find a charging point with your exact plug. Learn about different plugs, different namings for the same things, very confusing. Then, you cannot simply fill up. You must first download an app, create an account, hook up your creditcard to that account, use the app to scan the QR on the station, fill up and pay by card. Even if you are not required (by french law) to open an account, you are charged more by $chargingcompany if you do not.

Requirements: a phone with camera and internet connection, creditcard, the correct cable, downloaded and configured app

For this consumer, this is a huge step backwards in usability.
Also I suppose most people will auto-reinstall everything when they get a new phone via Play, no matter if they will actually continue playing that game.

That seems pretty far-fetched for PC users. Either they copy their Steam library (or the standalone install) or not reinstall everything they own.
To be fair, Germany economy was already fucked, but the energy transition is accelerating the inevitable. Germany is the last of the industry-based economies in Europe and this while simultaneously being the country with the highest energy prices. That situation was never going to last. The energy prices will remain high for many decades even if a successful energy transition might bring them down eventually, so industry has been relocating outside of the country anyway. The transition to EVs has only made matters worse. A lot of German industry is being made redundant. And Germany in 2023 is still skeptical of the digital age and a service based economy. So yeah, the future is not bright either way.

But what the government is doing is partly ideology based and partly, I believe, the personal ambition of the economy minister himself. I think the American approach is much more sane and they will probably still end up being the global leaders of green energy tech.
For some giggling, look at names of libraries: https://love2d.org/wiki/Category:Libraries

- Möan.lua - A messagebox system with multiple-choices and more (renamed to Talkies)

- Gspöt - GUI library for Love

...
this was an awesome article that I think will literally help myself and others in dealing with bureaucracy of any kind. Wow. saved that one. As well as the things the other commenter mentioned I liked the parts about finding who to write to at large companies. very useful
I don't like the idea of charging my EV at a gas station, but I do like the idea of forcing anyone and everyone connected with fossil fuels to be help fix the problem they created.
Software specifications are usually adopted by convention and implemented to minimize surprise and make things interoperable. They are not authorities and cannot make anyone do anything. One of the most common software failure modes is to implement a specification too tightly or in a way that nobody wants although the reverse is a problem as well.
Still wayting for Crysis to be ported to iPhone. /s
> So yeah, charging ABSOLUTELY needs to get to a point where it's on-par with "splash and dash" in the petrol world

I don't think there's anyone in the world who wouldn't like this, and there are many people already working on it.

But I would say: you don't seem to be justifying the statement I've quoted. You're speaking from experience to say that filling up an EV from 0-100% is slower than an ICE vehicle, but everyone knows that. You're not saying why every EV needs this for everyone's case, aside from your use of capital letters.

The reality is that would be nice (or having a fusion reactor where I never have to fill up again would be nicer), but there are plenty of people and journeys that happen in ways that EVs could easily fulfil, and the zero to three journeys a year most people do that require a long uninterrupted haul across hundreds of miles might have to be planned a little differently, or might require the renting of an ICE car.