See, and to me, this isn't an argument for mods--that's letting big companies get away with releasing buggy/unfinished games and counting on the community to pick up the slack. It's one thing to encourage mods that expand gameplay or add quality of life features over time (especially on indie games without the big budgets), but when I'm watching someone play, say, Starfied in the days after release talking about waiting for mods to do things like make the interface playable I just can't even. I love mods and I agree they can keep them relevant and playable and fun for longer than they would otherwise and game companies are dumb to try to block them, but I also don't want to get in a space where big companies expect to use free community labor to make their $60+ games playable out of the box.
Our energy company has a "saver switch" for this kind of thing but it's mounted to the house where the AC power goes in, not connected to our (dumb) thermostat at all. They say it can cycle the AC during peak hot periods, but in however many years that we've had the thing, it's made no noticeable difference on the temperature of our house. Granted, we keep it at 76 most days during the summer because our house is old and leaky, but still. Locking people's thermostats at 80+ without warning should have some sort of accountability, but what do I know?
Mixer's predecessor, Beam, was definitely doing things to differentiate itself (reduce latency, viewer integration with streams & games, etc.), but once Microsoft bought them and integrated with Xbox they didn't do much of anything to improve the platform (in fact, it got worse, from a viewer standpoint). Twitch did reduce latency after Beam started to become more notable, and now have some viewer integrations. Was that due to the competition or would they have done it on their own? Hard to say.
I watch a number of small streamers who have built their communities on Mixer and are making the move to Twitch, but it's not been an easy transition for them. A very small number of streamers are big enough to not feel a sting from this sudden shutdown and Microsoft's scrapping of the platform for parts.
Question: Given that the Supreme Court has (as late as today), declined to hear challenges to QA, do you suppose that means they will decline to hear this one, too? Which would give the precedent a chance to stand?
Only use music you've secured the rights to. 2. Only use music that has granted streamers rights to use 3. Use a service like PretzelRocks that takes submissions from artists who allow streamers to use their music on-stream.
It's a travesty that so much scientific information, much of it publicly funded, is hidden behind paywalls and out of the reach of the public. Brava, Alexandra.
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See, and to me, this isn't an argument for mods--that's letting big companies get away with releasing buggy/unfinished games and counting on the community to pick up the slack. It's one thing to encourage mods that expand gameplay or add quality of life features over time (especially on indie games without the big budgets), but when I'm watching someone play, say, Starfied in the days after release talking about waiting for mods to do things like make the interface playable I just can't even. I love mods and I agree they can keep them relevant and playable and fun for longer than they would otherwise and game companies are dumb to try to block them, but I also don't want to get in a space where big companies expect to use free community labor to make their $60+ games playable out of the box.
Reason #5392 why I'm glad I have a dumb house
Our energy company has a "saver switch" for this kind of thing but it's mounted to the house where the AC power goes in, not connected to our (dumb) thermostat at all. They say it can cycle the AC during peak hot periods, but in however many years that we've had the thing, it's made no noticeable difference on the temperature of our house. Granted, we keep it at 76 most days during the summer because our house is old and leaky, but still. Locking people's thermostats at 80+ without warning should have some sort of accountability, but what do I know?
Mixer's predecessor, Beam, was definitely doing things to differentiate itself (reduce latency, viewer integration with streams & games, etc.), but once Microsoft bought them and integrated with Xbox they didn't do much of anything to improve the platform (in fact, it got worse, from a viewer standpoint). Twitch did reduce latency after Beam started to become more notable, and now have some viewer integrations. Was that due to the competition or would they have done it on their own? Hard to say.
I watch a number of small streamers who have built their communities on Mixer and are making the move to Twitch, but it's not been an easy transition for them. A very small number of streamers are big enough to not feel a sting from this sudden shutdown and Microsoft's scrapping of the platform for parts.
Supreme Court
Question: Given that the Supreme Court has (as late as today), declined to hear challenges to QA, do you suppose that means they will decline to hear this one, too? Which would give the precedent a chance to stand?
(I'm assuming the ruling will be appealed.)
Re:
2. Only use music that has granted streamers rights to use
3. Use a service like PretzelRocks that takes submissions from artists who allow streamers to use their music on-stream.
Excellent
It's a travesty that so much scientific information, much of it publicly funded, is hidden behind paywalls and out of the reach of the public. Brava, Alexandra.