[-] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Probably "Trap Adventure 2".
Imagine an old Mario game where Bowser has the most rediculous traps set up. You need to memorize all of the trap locations as well as have the coordination to tip-toe around them to survive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nW9k6k1I3k

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Though Nintendo’s not going after Pocketpair because lamballs look uncomfortably similar to wooloos, we do know the company is famously litigious in protecting its brand.

So no one really knows what exactly Nintendo is accusing them of yet.

Here's an older video by an attorney that did a deep dive on Palworld and its legality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns3ATH556NU (Warning: long video).

Edit - Update:

A patent lawyer Was able to narrow down which patent that they could allege was infringed by looking at the combined patents between Nintendo and The Pokémon Company (since they filed a joint lawsuit). There are 28 possibilites and they are claiming that multiple patents have been infringed. https://gamerant.com/nintendo-pokemon-palworld-pocketpair-lawsuit-which-patent/

One likely candidate is a patent that was filed (and requested that the review process be expedited) in July of 2024 that's "primarily centered on creature-catching mechanics".

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

hmm doesn't seem to work for me.

Only thing that works is to manually re-select the keyboard among my keyboard selection/input method.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

This has been driving me crazy.

I'm using a Pixel with GrapheneOS and the FUTO Keyboard.

Slight workaround for everyone on Android: Click the keyboard selector at the bottom right of your screen and just select the already active keyboard. This will temporarily fix it until you start to type up a different comment.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

When you can get ticketed for speeding while your car is on the back of a tow truck:
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/11008328/photo-towing-van-speeding-ticket-evidence/

Or a red light traffic ticket when your car was stolen:
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-red-light-ticket-camera-illinois-car-stolen-theft/11677595/

And the police/courts won't help you because it's a problem from the private company running the cameras... I think we can see where some sort of AI backed camera network is headed.

A bandaid to fix this might be to setup an easy way for someone to dispute the charge. For every day that it takes the company to review the dispute, they would need to pay back the accused the same amount that they are charging them (with a minimum of paying them back twice the amount of the fine).

Even then, I'd rather cameras not be used in this way at all.

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Thanks to Camural for putting together this list with the links:

Vehicle Balance:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-vehicle-balance/436913

Group and Party System:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-group-and-party-system

Commodity Trading:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-commodity-trading

Salvage Career:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-salvage-career

Arena Commander:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-arena-commander

Vehicle Features:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-vehicle-features

Locations:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-locations

New Player Experience:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-new-player-experience

Inventory Management:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-inventory-management

Law and Criminality System:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-law-and-criminality-system

Game Economy:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-game-economy

Environment Art and Audio:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-23-feedback-environment-art-and-audio-1

FPS Combat:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-fps-combat

Mining and Harvesting:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-mining-and-harvesting

Keybinds and Controls:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-keybinds-and-controls

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19696500

A few more details here, but definitely read through the known issues if you decide to hop in:

We are intending to leave this build up for up to 24 hours but could come down sooner if blocking issues occur.
This test will have each Stanton shard split into many authoritative zones. We are planning to start the test out at 1 DGS with 100 players as a baseline and increase this to add more DGS with 500 and then as high as 1000 players

Edit: An easy way to download this is just to rename your "LIVE" folder to "TECH-PREVIEW".

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A few more details here, but definitely read through the known issues if you decide to hop in:

We are intending to leave this build up for up to 24 hours but could come down sooner if blocking issues occur.
This test will have each Stanton shard split into many authoritative zones. We are planning to start the test out at 1 DGS with 100 players as a baseline and increase this to add more DGS with 500 and then as high as 1000 players

Edit: An easy way to download this is to rename your "LIVE" folder to "TECH-PREVIEW".

Edit2: If they make it to 1000 players, this will be handled by 6 dedicated game servers (DGS) being meshed together into a shard.

The 500 player count will be achieved with 3 DGS

Global Chat will work, but will only show players in your DGS and not everyone in the shard: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230/message/55594666

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Link to Spectrum Thread about Feedback: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-vehicle-balance

Direct link to the survey: https://airtable.com/appuNwWnmCOAmbCgo/shrko5r7043boH6g3

Deep dive video by Avenger One about Master Modes/combat: https://youtu.be/SNm8RaKHLHg

Edit: Some awesome suggestions to fix racing (even with mastermodes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqarzvkKJ4

I really like his idea of performance components and the benefit/drawback ideas he comes up with.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19579831

I'm hoping they implement a way to assign crimestat to players that "flick" cargo at other players or ships in armistace zones.

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I'm hoping they implement a way to assign crimestat to players that "flick" cargo at other players or ships in armistace zones.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19453608

From Wakapedia in SC-Testing-Chat:

@Wakapedia-CIG:

We're getting closer. QA team is checking the build. Goal is 2x800 player meshed shards. Will update here shortly as we are hoping for sometime in the next 30 minutes if QA gives the greenlight!

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230/message/55501617

Update:
Wakapedia-CIG:

  TECH-PREVIEW will be opening up shortly for a RMQ/Meshing Playtest! https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/190049/thread/tech-preview-playtest-meshing-playtest-round-3

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From Wakapedia in SC-Testing-Chat:

@Wakapedia-CIG:

We're getting closer. QA team is checking the build. Goal is 2x800 player meshed shards. Will update here shortly as we are hoping for sometime in the next 30 minutes if QA gives the greenlight!

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230/message/55501617

Update:
Wakapedia-CIG:

  TECH-PREVIEW will be opening up shortly for a RMQ/Meshing Playtest! https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/190049/thread/tech-preview-playtest-meshing-playtest-round-3

update 2: Last second issue found, test delayed until tomorrow (morning at earliest).

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19451679

And for those that haven't heard of the Titan Suit before: https://starcitizen.tools/Titan_exosuit

[-] [email protected] 140 points 1 month ago

Jail makes the most sense considering he returned with the same ticket in his pocket, but then again, since his family reported him missing you would have thought that they would have found out that he was in jail...

[-] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago

Really good article discussing the unfortunate trend where

a lot more people are trying to push gamers to play games that aren't really designed to be played for months on end.

-Buckley

Some other great quotes in there, the whole thing is worth a read.

[-] [email protected] 91 points 1 month ago

The list of apps that were found to have this malware:

  • AirFS
  • Astro Explorer
  • Amber
  • CryptoPulsing
  • Brain Matrix
[-] [email protected] 181 points 4 months ago

It's worth pointing out that once Pokémon Go players found out about OSM, we saw a massive increase in new users as well as those contributing to OSM so that the maps would better reflect the areas they played in.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334378297_How_an_augmented_reality_game_Pokemon_GO_affected_volunteer_contributions_to_OpenStreetMap

Unfortunately there are always a few that will try to game any system. In this case they're essentially vandalizing OSM for their own selfish reasons.

[-] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They do have a free tier, and while it doesn't auto request your data removal they can at least notify you which data brokers have your info so you can make the requests manually yourself. https://monitor.mozilla.org/

Edit: The data removal features are currently available only in the US according to their FAQ:

Why is data removal only available in the US? When will it be available in my country?

Data removal is only available in the US because of legislation that allows data brokers to operate there. In many other countries and in regions like the EU, laws like GDPR prevent these websites from collecting and selling people’s personal information without their consent. We’re exploring ways to expand protection and personal data removal outside of the US where needed.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozilla-monitor-faq

[-] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

For those curious, the apps that sold your specific geolocation data were "Drunk Mode" and "Walk Against Humanity".

Edit: Although Wikipedia notes that X-Mode's SDK is in use in more than 400 apps. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Mode_social#cite_note-13

This is a big win for privacy advocates as well:

"By securing a first-ever ban on the use and sale of sensitive location data, the FTC is continuing its critical work to protect Americans from intrusive data brokers and unchecked corporate surveillance,” said Khan.

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