Yeah, I think the indie scene is more creative with all aspects. Art, mechanics, themes. However, they still follow previous work and develop on it. All games would be necessity be more creative if all parts were patentable.

I think there is a case to be made for parents as they protect innovation. However for software, which develops rapidly, it’s more a choke on innovation and development as innovation is more iterative.

It’s the same in all art. gaming just has mechanics and code that is more easy to fall within the patent system. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t support parents on game mechanics. However, I think for many games we are rewarding derivative dross rather than innovation and novelty. There is a middle ground.

Perhaps parents for a shorter period, maybe 10 years. With development lead time, this would actually be shorter in practice. However, the flip side would be that if you apply for a patent, your code becomes open source after the patent expires. For that game and all derivatives of the patent sold during the period. So make the option to patent something have an upside for consumers and other companies too.

Or we’d have a huge variety of different games that are more creative.

Previously, they would uphold agreements from a previous administration. Trump doesn’t even uphold agreements from his own previous administration. If you can’t trust agreements, you stop making them and use other forms of diplomacy, which are less diplomatic. China will be under big pressure of their growth stalls. USA will be under pressure of their growth stalls due to trump. Wars are a time honoured distraction.

Fine then and confiscate the cars used, as evidence.

Don’t worry. There has been no indication he wants any land outside US territory. Except the 3 he’s mentioned in his first month. Including Canada of course.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they require a game to be downloaded and played to count. I know on PS , if you have already downloaded, after purchase, a refund is less likely, so downloading likely triggers the sale to be complete, with payment to the seller. It could be similar for free games.

Lol, my answers increased in length based on your responses. My initial response was a single sentence. I’m glad other people are enjoying it. It seems to have led to some really interesting discussion.

I have twice showed you that my definition is meaningless, as is a dictionary definition. There is none so blind as cannot see.

If you think the safety rating of a niche car qualifies as technology news, you’re in for an exciting time looking at history books.

As I mentioned, technology can mean any development. So I didn’t define it, so much as point out that a strict reading of the word is different to what people expect posts about.

Forks and knives are also a technology, but are not relevant here. If you don’t get the nuance, or disagree, that’s fine.

If you and others think it’s relevant, enjoy, but I’m pointing out that for others, myself included, this is spam and more appropriately posted to other communities including but not limited to Elevtic vehicles communities (about 20 exist) Enoughmuskspam Cars communities (about 20 communities)

Certainly not automobile safety. This has nothing to do with technology, as in development, but is tangentially relevant being that Tesla positions itself as a technology company.

I don’t see any posts here about all the other ev car companies. Technology can be technically be any progress or development, but I also don’t expect to see tech posts about gradual iterations or improvements in the touchscreen operation of a lawnmower.

People come here to find out about new tech and the development of it. This is musk spam.

Is this really technology news?

From his wife’s café.

You’re missing the point. As digital exists, there is no supply issue. That’s solved. So there is no disc capacity or supply issue, as a result of that. Preordering is taking on their risk, not mitigating yours. Your risk of not purchasing is exceedingly low.

Part of the point is to lie so blatantly to let you know they control you and there is nothing you can do about it. Part of it is plausible deniability. Part of it is unending propaganda. Part of it is to lose trust in news sources.

No, there is a finite amount, agreed. However, the cost of making and shipping is minimal in the overall production cost. If no they need 100, shipping 120 is easy. Any excess can be used for following weeks and months sales. The gamer doesn’t want to miss out, but the company is much more likely to take active steps to ensure they don’t miss out on a sale. In the age of digital, even if they did sell out, it can still be pirchaesed online. So, it is high risk, low reward to preorder.

So, while missing out on day one is possible, it’s extremely unlikely and so preordering is basically a free loan and handing over money before there is a chance to assess quality.

A tariffs is a tax on goods crossing a border. An export tariff is imposed by the country exporting. I don’t mind pedantry, but you’re just incorrect.

Wouldn’t it be funny if Canada and Mexico put an export tariff on that very same oil.

Instead of,learning from it, the guilt from it means they support genocide in Palestine, while those in the far right want to relive it. Germanys economy is not going great, which leads to more unrest.

Yes, but israel pays a lot to conflate the two.

Just like they try to conflate anti Zionism or anti Israeli genocide or apartheid as antisemitism.

Ok, we’ll let’s keep the plane analogy. If they could run on 50% less fuel, would you invest in airline fuel companies, thinking they will be having bumper sales figures?