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• May 08, 2025 @ 03:01am
  on Fallout 1 & 2 Source Code Preserved Only Through One Person Refusing To Delete Copies Of It

  Out of curiosity, what is the difference between the source code of a game and the code/assets/etc that run when you’re playing a copy of a game?

  Assets are graphics/audio/sound/3d model/etc

  Is it possible to dismantle a retail copy of a game in order to get the code used to make it work, or is it like…dunno, having the answer to an equation without knowing exactly what x and y were added together to get it?

  watch the lego island decomp video tldw: take a cake and trying and work out the recipe by taste alone

• Dec 30, 2020 @ 10:11pm
  on Repair Shop Owner Who Supposedly Had Hunter Biden's Laptop Sues Twitter For Defamation… Has Lawsuit Tossed The Same Day

  can someone kill this bot?

• Dec 23, 2020 @ 11:13am
  on Once Again, Section 230's Authors Feel The Need To Tell Everyone That Section 230 Is Not The Evil You Think It Is

  get lost troll, setup your own website where you can post and wine about Masnick and/or Techdirt

• Dec 22, 2020 @ 04:19am
  on The SolarWinds Hack Is Just The Same Sort Of Espionage The US Government Engages In Every Day

  why the F do the governments keep using the word Cyber-?

  I thought it fell out of use in late 1990s

• Nov 25, 2020 @ 07:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: No, you're comparing apples to oranges: censoring vs

  on Will Parler Users Treat Its 'Glitch' That Hid Georgia Election Content The Same Way They Treated A Twitter Glitch?

  I don't always post comments because 90% of the time someone has already said what I want to say

• Nov 24, 2020 @ 07:07pm

  Re: No, you're comparing apples to oranges: censoring vs noise.

  on Will Parler Users Treat Its 'Glitch' That Hid Georgia Election Content The Same Way They Treated A Twitter Glitch?

  F**K off troll

• Jun 30, 2020 @ 11:55pm

  Re: Re:

  on As Predicted: Parler Is Banning Users It Doesn't Like

  when they wrote 230 an interactive computer service was a computer that you would dial in to like a BBS or a OSP

• Jan 14, 2020 @ 11:52pm

  Re: Imagine that...

  on Game Dev Torrents Its Way To More Sales, Not Less

  Isn't this what shareware did back in the day?

• Jan 03, 2020 @ 08:47pm

  Re:

  on Academic Publishers Get Their Wish: DOJ Investigating Sci-Hub Founder For Alleged Ties To Russian Intelligence

  tell that to Kim dotcom

• Dec 30, 2019 @ 02:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  on Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  thanks (I was hoping I was on techdirt's list),
  the song's chorus fits the amazon ring shit-storm (didn't realize the song was a love song) and with the impending EU robo-copyright directive the lyrics would have been muted anyway

• Dec 23, 2019 @ 04:35pm

  ring of fire by johnny cash

  on Nearly 4,000 Ring Credentials Leaked, Including Users' Time Zones And Device Names

  Why do I keep hearing the Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash?

  all together now:

  robo-copyright activated

• Jul 02, 2019 @ 12:38pm

  smart tech with cellphone connection

  on The Press Needs An Intervention When It Comes To Over-Hyping 5G

  I never understood why this so-called smart tech needs a cellphone connection
  when short rang p2p packet radio network would work better

  Is it because "everything" is being done in the "Cloud"?
  what has happened to local processing of data?

  smart cars: V2V network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicular_ad-hoc_network)
  IOT: wifi

  Is it because everything is being done in the "Cloud"?

• Jun 29, 2019 @ 10:10pm

  please correct

  on This Week In Techdirt History: June 23rd – 29th

  the is a damaged url

  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040621/0041255.shtml'>the best place to do research</a> and folks were warming up to the idea of <a href=

• Jun 26, 2019 @ 10:58pm

  Re: Re: What's the incentive to create if everyone can take your

  on EU Intellectual Property Office Produces Dumbest Propaganda Film Ever, Pretending Without IP There Is No Creativity

  what about Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf also

• Jun 25, 2019 @ 11:32am

  Re: What are the alternatives?

  on Once Again: It's Not Clear The Internet Needs Creepy Targeted Ads

  some options are:

  • affiliate programs
  • Patreon / crowdfunding options
  • selling wares (eg: branded merchandise)

• Jun 24, 2019 @ 10:47am

  when can leave....

  on Australia Says Media Companies Can Be Sued Over User Comments On Facebook

  I am feeling embarrassed to be an Australian, the USA is looking better everyday

• Jun 21, 2019 @ 06:19pm

  Re:

  on Guy Pushing Hawley's 'Viewpoint Neutrality' Concept In The Media Used To Write For White Supremacist Site

  Hang on, didn't these white supremacists groups have their own "platform" back in the day:

  • newpapers/newsletters
  • unlisted dial-up BBS
  • Geocities websites

• Jun 21, 2019 @ 06:25pm

  once respected news media Orgs

  on Guy Pushing Hawley's 'Viewpoint Neutrality' Concept In The Media Used To Write For White Supremacist Site

  It is sad that once respected news media Orgs, are willing to be mouthpieces for white supremacist groups.

• Jun 17, 2019 @ 11:04pm

  Re:

  on We're Apparently Scanning Our TVs For Viruses Now

  the reason why we keep point out manufacturer failing is because of their underlying business philosophy towards software development

  • manufacturers follow the waterfall model and just buy software off-the-shelf to bundle with their hardware.
  • software companies follow the Agile model and push out the software on a rolling release cycle

• Jun 10, 2019 @ 10:21pm

  they are complaining to the wrong cloud

  on Whining About Big Tech Doesn't Protect Journalism

  Complain to BIG NEWS, not Big tech

  How many news reports are carbon copies that are downloaded off the news wire?

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