Could this be the first time a troll post got awarded with a best-of-the-week mention?
In second place, it's an anonymous comment about Parler that may have been intended as a joke but was more likely just so-stupid-you-have-to-laugh — garnering it plenty of reports and a whole lot of funny votes:
For what it's worth, I didn't report this but voted it as funny. I even explicitly mentioned in a reply that I thought that it was a joke. We may never know! 🤷🏼♂️
Re: Re: Clearly, you hate people protecting their own work.
Remember that the Constitution of the United States of America, the highest law of the land, has said Congress may enact such laws, not that they must. Also, it must be for the benefit of the arts and science. If the law starts harming innovation and media, something is wrong. Maybe the existing laws need to be re-written or abolished entirely.
According to this article Cyberpunk 2020 microtransactions will be multiplayer only. That's news to me but it implies GOG is breaking its no DRM ever creed since Microtransactions require DRM.
A cursory google search on "microtransactions + DRM-free" led me to this Reddit page. Seems like you're at least four years too late. If there is indeed a difference, what is the difference?
Even George Orwell couldn't have predicted this... Tried and convicted before the crime even occurs.
Phillip K. Dick and Steven Spielberg did indeed predict this in the literary and cinematic versions of Minority Report (in that respective order), though.
It’s hard not to be fascinated by someone so obsessed with a single blog and the people who write for it that they’ve dedicated a decade of their life to trolling it because of an insult so weak that it makes Yamcha look like Super Saiyan Blue Goku.
First of all, do you mean outer wilds? Because I saw Outer Worlds on GOG. I also saw Wasteland 3 on GOG, as that was crowdfunded through fig and some of the people who backed it through that platform (as opposed to investing in it) wanted to play it on Steam or GOG (or itch.io, whichever). I know this for a fact because I'm one of those people who backed Wasteland 3 on FIG and received it through GOG. It was worth every penny and then some!
It's not "a vast majority of Colorado voters" who approved the measure to have municipal broadband but "a vast majority of Denver, Colorado voters" who approved the measure to have municipal broadband. Please fix. Thank you.
So proud of my state! Now we can join the ranks of California and Tennessee as "States with strong anti-SLAPP statutes!" This really, really makes me happy!
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
rewarding a troll post
Could this be the first time a troll post got awarded with a best-of-the-week mention?
For what it's worth, I didn't report this but voted it as funny. I even explicitly mentioned in a reply that I thought that it was a joke. We may never know! 🤷🏼♂️
On the post: Ajit Pai's FCC Does Something Good, Frees Wireless Spectrum The Auto Industry Had Done Little With
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Ajit Pai's not merely a broken 24-hour-clock; he's a broken 24-hour clock with the year, month, and day in the format
YYYY-MM-DD, hh:mm:ss. That means that he's only right once.
On the post: Ajit Pai's FCC Does Something Good, Frees Wireless Spectrum The Auto Industry Had Done Little With
Wait, wait, hold the phone!
I refuse to read any further, this article is definitely fake news!
(I'm being facetious, by the way)
On the post: Will Parler Users Treat Its 'Glitch' That Hid Georgia Election Content The Same Way They Treated A Twitter Glitch?
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I don't know, but my sarcasm detector was going off at that Anonymous Coward. I think he was joking.
…but then again, I could be wrong. The last four years has taught me that.
On the post: Will Parler Users Treat Its 'Glitch' That Hid Georgia Election Content The Same Way They Treated A Twitter Glitch?
Re: With apologies to the Portal crew:
I wonder what Jonathan Coulton would think about that. Maybe I should go walk over to his house and ask him…
On the post: Senator Tillis Plans Major Copyright Overhaul: Recognizes Legit Problems, But Current Solutions Are Lacking
Re: Re: Clearly, you hate people protecting their own work.
There's just a teeny-tiny problem with that…we're also signatories to treaties such as the Berne Convention and the WIPO treaty. If anything requires ©, it's those treaties, not the constitution, which only says that we can create ©, not that we must.
On the post: Ridiculous: 'Cyberpunk 2077' Will Ship With A Mode Just To Help Streamers Avoid DMCA Notices
Re: 2077 Crunch and Microtransactions
A cursory google search on "microtransactions + DRM-free" led me to this Reddit page. Seems like you're at least four years too late. If there is indeed a difference, what is the difference?
On the post: Ridiculous: 'Cyberpunk 2077' Will Ship With A Mode Just To Help Streamers Avoid DMCA Notices
Re: "stream-safe"?
I know the guy who got a DMCA takedown of his white noise. He's pretty brilliant and we communicate on facebook a lot.
On the post: Florida Sheriff's Pre-Crime Software Says D-Students And Victims Of Domestic Violence Are Potential Criminals
Re:
Phillip K. Dick and Steven Spielberg did indeed predict this in the literary and cinematic versions of Minority Report (in that respective order), though.
On the post: Bad Analogy: Comparing Social Media To Guns
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I understood that reference.
On the post: Microsoft: Bethesda Games Will Be 'First, Best' On Xbox, PC
Re: Interesting you should bring up Epic
First of all, do you mean outer wilds? Because I saw Outer Worlds on GOG. I also saw Wasteland 3 on GOG, as that was crowdfunded through fig and some of the people who backed it through that platform (as opposed to investing in it) wanted to play it on Steam or GOG (or itch.io, whichever). I know this for a fact because I'm one of those people who backed Wasteland 3 on FIG and received it through GOG. It was worth every penny and then some!
On the post: Why Don't Conservatives Care About Copyright?
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that would explain a lot, frankly.
On the post: Devin Nunes Files Another SLAPP Suit; Sues The Washington Post Again
Forget about Nunes for a moment.
What does his Cow have to say?
On the post: Devin Nunes Files Another SLAPP Suit; Sues The Washington Post Again
On the post: Day After Senator Lindsey Graham Is Credibly Accused Of Trying To Undermine The Election, He Hosts Hearing Attacking Social Media For Undermining Election
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or the CEOs of AT&T, Comcast, or Disney?
On the post: Colorado Voters Continue To Peck Away At State Law Restricting Community Broadband
No Link
Also there's no link to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance from which you are quoting.
On the post: Colorado Voters Continue To Peck Away At State Law Restricting Community Broadband
Slight Correction
It's not "a vast majority of Colorado voters" who approved the measure to have municipal broadband but "a vast majority of Denver, Colorado voters" who approved the measure to have municipal broadband. Please fix. Thank you.
On the post: Despite RIAA's Claim That YouTube-dl Is Infringing, Journalists Use It All The Time
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DON'T GIVE THE RIAA ANY IDEAS FFS!!!
On the post: About Time: NY Governor Cuomo Signs Anti-SLAPP Law
Sunrise date
BTW, Mike, do you know when the stronger, robust anti-SLAPP law will take effect?
On the post: About Time: NY Governor Cuomo Signs Anti-SLAPP Law
YAAAYYY!!!
So proud of my state! Now we can join the ranks of California and Tennessee as "States with strong anti-SLAPP statutes!" This really, really makes me happy!
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