I just realised I drew the pedals as suspended in midair and frankly I regret nothing

The problem is the arms race escalates forever - cheat developers will just regroup, analyse what the new VAC is doing, and start finding new exploits.

Not saying Valve should just give up; quite the opposite. The war never ends.

For actual authoritative word definitions, I use Oxford English Dictionary - it requires an account but most libraries include free access.

For quickly finding synonyms and other uses while writing, my go-to for the last few years has been WordHippo. There are plenty of other sites that give synonym lists, but in my experience WordHippo surfaces way more variety, including idiomatic expressions and slang.

Ah yes, I too remember the part of 1984 in which Big Brother improved Oceania’s outdated train ticketing system.

I also don’t care for Souls games, but I think ‘angry and miserable’ is the intended experience.

In a world where people require money to survive, copyright protections ensure writing and other arts remain a realistic (if rarely profitable) activity for those without the luxury of complete financial independence and a wealth of spare time.

I sit, pooping.
The cramps
come in
waves.
Send help.

Unfortunately this was added to the gamescom b2b meeting platform, used by actual game developers and publishers to organise actual meetings with each other at the event. It’s not a throwaway marketing email to be sent straight to junk; it affected everyone using the system for genuine business purposes.

They’re still doing ‘pay up or allow all cookies’ popups, so definitely not good on them as far as I’m concerned.

I’m from the UK and have visited much of Europe at one time or another. I’ve been to Munich a couple of times.

Germany is one of the countries where I would say I experience the least culture shock - people in general seem to have very similar attitudes and social mores to folks back home.

To make a few generalisations: Public transport is good (but many journeys are walkable). Food is hearty and decently varied in the big cities. People are reserved but pleasant.

I always assumed Nintendo’s buttons are that way round because Japanese is read right-to-left.

You’ve got to admit it’s pretty funny that we’ve whittled the field down to three console manufacturers and they all put the ‘X’ button in a different place.

Probably because it adds functional & mechanical complexity (and therefore cost) for a feature most people don’t need.

Are you really looking down at the buttons often enough that it would actually make a difference?

Personally, I’d rather have a robust and up-to-date set of consumer protections rather than leaving everything up to ‘buyer beware’.

Nowhere in the article or the original report does it say this is specific to Apple devices.

Good! This will align us with the same planned EU rules.

FYI this is an msn repost of a GB News piece (the UK’s version of Fox News), so is extremely biased.

Does 400 charge cycles really amount to just over a year of use for most people? I’m assuming one cycle means a full power cycle, not just a top up.

For reference (and I understand it’s a bit apples to oranges) I’ve had my iPhone 15 since Dec 2023 and charge it every night and it’s currently showing 125 charge cycles.

Not to kill the vibe (if you’re having fun then by all means continue) but replying is probably the worst thing you can do - all you’re doing is telling the spammers that you have an active email address, so they’ll send more spam.

Sounds about right. 41% of game devs got laid off last year, and there have been several more big layoffs since that survey.

Statistically, this is a terrible time to try and join the industry.